The Latest VueMinder Calendar Announcements, Tips, and More 

VueMinder Calendar continues to be improved. Version 7.3 adds an appearance theme editor, default task settings and appearances, importing and exporting of notes and tasks, improved meeting requests, multiple email or SMS reminders per event or task, a mini desktop calendar, a Week view on the full desktop calendar, inline event creation directly on the calendar, and much more!

Version 7.3 adds a graphical editor for creating custom appearance theme files. This tool allows you to simply hover the mouse over any visual component (i.e., button, tab, etc) of VueMinder Calendar. Press a number key to edit the display properties of the hovered component type, such as its color. You can even assign bitmaps to skin the various components of the window. We know there are some very creative people out there, so if you come up with a cool appearance theme and would like to share it, please let us know!

Version 7.3 adds the ability to customize how overdue, upcoming, and completed tasks appear. It also adds default task settings, so reminders and other task data can be specified as a template to be used when creating new tasks.

Version 7.3 of VueMinder Calendar Pro adds import and export capabilities for notes and tasks. These can be imported from CSV files, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, or iCalendar (ICS) files. Notes and tasks can also be exported to the same formats. This improvement makes transferring task and note data between VueMinder Calendar and other programs much easier.

Version 7.3 has improved meeting requests to better integrate with other programs, such as Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar. A new meeting request can be defined in VueMinder Calendar Pro. When sent, the request will provide response options for the recipient, such as "accept", "decline", and "tentative". Meeting request attachments generated by other calendar programs can also be loaded in VueMinder and a response sent , simply by opening the attachment in whatever email program is being used.

As of version 7.3, VueMinder Calendar Pro can now have any number of email and/or SMS reminders scheduled for each event or task. These reminders can be scheduled up to 6 months in advance, and any time in between. This feature will make email and SMS reminders much more useful, since there's no longer a limit of just one reminder.

For those that prefer a simpler, smaller calendar on the desktop, a new "mini" desktop calendar mode has been added in version 7.3. This calendar will show a single month, with color-coding of dates. Hovering the mouse over a date will list a summary of that date's activities. This new mini desktop calendar preserves much of the functionality of the full desktop calendar, but in a much smaller form. Your inner minimalist will rejoice!

Version 7.3 adds a Weekly view to the Desktop Calendar, as well as a settings menu for the Desktop Calendar's Week and Month views. Now you can see your whole week, divided into days and timeslots, with just a quick glance at your Window's desktop. The Week view on the Desktop Calendar is also fully interactive, allowing new events to be created or existing events to be rescheduled simply by dragging.

Version 7.3 has been improved to allow the creation of events simply by clicking a day or timeslot and typing an event name. Pro version users can have pre-configured default settings, such as reminders, automatically applied to the new event. In many cases, the Event Editor window will never need to be opened when defining a new event. This improvement can save you time and help you become even more efficient!

FamousWhy.com has interviewed Dan Chartrand, founder of VueSoft and developer of VueMinder Calendar. In the interview, Dan describes how VueMinder Calendar was created and VueSoft's plans for the future, along with many other interesting tidbits.

VueMinder Calendar Pro has been reviewed by SoftwareCocktail.com, and awarded their top rating of "Editor's Pick". Here's an excerpt:

Jam-packed to the hilt with smart, Web 2.0 features, and with outstanding integration with industry-standard desktop and online calendar services and clients, using VueMinder Calendar Pro is like having your own personal project management team on call 24 by 7.

You can read the full review here.

Version 7.2.0 contains significant improvements to the backup and restoring of data. It also has several other new and improved features, such as date navigation via the keyboard, day-of-year information in tooltips, default font settings, and more. We've also been very busy with bug corrections, especially related to calendar sharing, reminder processing, and reliablity of the software in general. Continue reading to see what's new in version 7.2.0.

VueMinder Calendar Pro's online help documentation has been updated, making it current as of version 7.1.0. All the new features that have been added since the previous help documentation update are described in full detail, with many screenshots to better illustrate how the software works.

Version 7.1.0 contains a number of new and improved features, including the ability to undo or redo changes, Week and Month View layout and navigation improvements, a global hotkey to command the Desktop Calendar to appear, and more...

With VueMinder Calendar Pro 7.0, calendars can be easily and securely shared over a local network, with varying user permission levels. This article provides a quick step-by-step guide on setting up calendar sharing using VueMinder Calendar Pro.

VueMinder Calendar Pro continues to be improved. Version 7.0 has been released, and contains many new features to help you better organize and manage your time. Here's a quick overview of what's new in Version 7.0...

Version 7.0 improves the look and feel of the main window. It also adds more layout options, such as the ability to display multiple view types simultaneously and to have a full sized list view.

Version 7.0 improves local calendar sharing over a local network. Calendar sharing can now be done through a database, allowing calendar owners to control whom can view or modify their shared calendars. All the complexity of calendar sharing is handled behind the scenes, allowing configuration of calendar sharing to be done quickly and easily, even for inexperienced users.

Version 7.0 adds the ability to write notes and optionally pin these to dates. Notes can also be listed in the List view and printed.

Version 7.0 significantly improves contact data. Instead of being limited to the only the fields required for sending email and SMS reminders, the latest version adds a full-featured Contact Editor, as well as distribution lists, contact grouping, and contact data import/export. A new contact list has also been added, allowing contacts to be sorted, filtered, and searched.

Version 7.0 adds the ability to define distribution lists and contact groups. These can be used for email and SMS reminders. They can also be used when sending a meeting request.

Meeting requests have been improved in version 7.0. Previously, it was not possible to see who was invited to a meeting after the request was sent, or to easily add more attendees. In this version, a new "Attendees" tab has been added to the Event Editor window for meeting requests. Also, instead of relying on the default mail client to send the notice, it will now be sent directly from VueMinder Calendar.

Version 7.0 adds a "Year" view type, showing the events for an entire year. This view is fully functional, allowing events on selected dates to be added, deleted, sent via email, categorized, and more. Also, when the mouse is hovered over a date, a summary of events occurring on that date will be displayed.

Version 7.0 adds a Timeline View. This provides another way of visualizing your schedule, horizontally rather than vertically. The displayed time interval can be adjusted anywhere from 15 minutes to 4 weeks, allowing you to drill down into the events of a particular date, or see a big picture of activities spanning several months.

The List View has been improved in version 7.0 to list notes, contacts, and distribution groups in addition to events and tasks. New options for grouping rows have been added, allowing you to do things like group all events based on category. The list can also now be made to fill the main window area, just like the other view types.

VueMinder Calendar Pro 6.0.0 adds the ability to sync with Google Calendar, allowing you to enjoy the power and flexibility of the VueMinder Calendar user interface, while still having access to all your calendar data via the web. And, if you think configuring VueMinder Calendar to sync with Google Calendar sounds complicated and difficult, think again! You can set up your calendars to sync with just a few clicks of the mouse, and VueMinder Calendar handles the rest. Continue reading to find out just how easy it is...

VueMinder Calendar 5.5.0 adds some exciting new capabilities for visualizing your schedule. Have you ever wanted see, with a simple glance, which upcoming events and tasks have a high priority, when a birthday is getting close, or which events are in Room A as opposed to Room B? All these possibilities, and many more, are available in the latest release.

Do you need a simple and secure way to share calendars between computers on your local home network, or with coworkers in your office? VueMinder Calendar Pro 5.4.0 makes it easy to share calendars. Everyone on the local network can make changes to a shared calendar, and changes are reflected instantly on all other computers.

VueSoft has announced it will provide free licenses of VueMinder Calendar Pro to churches. You can learn more here.

VueSoft now provides a competitive discount to customers making the switch from other calendar programs. Scrap that tired old calendar program you've been using for years, and receive a nice fat discount when you step on up to the future!