outlook displays the full month, with the 1st at the top.
This: http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/wrongdate.htm covers a different
issue, but if you look at the screen shots of the month with compressed
weekends and without compressed weekends, you'll get a better idea of how
outlook does the calendar based on the options you choose.

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> My calendar is set up to show me monthview.Today, May 31 - when I click on
> the calendar it shows Monday March 28th and so I have to scroll down to
> get
> to the current time frame. How can I get the calendar to open on the
> correct
> time period - the first Monday of the current week? Thx