You set colours under Settings → Event defaults, and Acquit colours every entry it writes to your Outlook calendar so court work stands out at a glance.
- Go to Settings → Event defaults and find the Colour coding section.
- Pick a colour for Court appearances (every synced court date) and one for Court events (conferences, prison visits and other non-appearance entries).
- Add individual appearance types under Appearance types if you want, so every Trial can be red while ordinary Mention entries stay blue.
Colours apply through Outlook categories, so they show everywhere you view that calendar: Outlook on the web, the desktop app and your phone. The palette is Outlook’s own fixed set of 25 colours. Acquit sets the category colour in your Outlook settings for you, and you can adjust the same categories inside Outlook itself.
Categories work in reverse too
When Acquit reads your calendar and an entry’s title doesn’t say the appearance type, the entry’s category is used as a fallback. An entry titled just Smith, John with the Trial category still comes in as a trial; the title always wins when it names a type.
If you see a “reconnect Outlook” note
Applying colours needs a calendar permission added in a recent update. Your colour choices are saved either way: click reconnect Outlook once and they’re applied automatically.