VueMinder Calendar Help - Calendar Options

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Overview

The Calendar tab of the Options Window allows you to specify work day options and general calendar settings.

The options window.

Work day options

Each day of the week can have its own work schedule specified independently of other days.
The work day options will affect the display of the Day and Timeline Views, which shade working hours differently than non-working hours. It will also affect the Daily and Timeline print styles.

If a day is usually a work day, check the Work Day box. This will allow the work starting and ending times to be specified.

The start and end times are the times that you normally start and end working on the associated day.
You can type in any start/end time or select one from a drop-down list.

The calendar options.

When this option is enabled, event tooltips will be displayed in the Calendar View and Desktop Calendar.
If the "Show event descriptions in tooltips" box is checked, the tooltips will include event descriptions, including special formatting like embedded pictures.
The following is an example of a tooltip when the option to show descriptions in tooltips is enabled:

When deleting an item, such as an event or calendar, VueMinder Calendar will prompt to confirm the deletion, by default. For example, when deleting an event, the following message will be displayed.
This prompt can be disabled by unchecking the "Prompt to confirm item deletion" box.
If you check the "Don't ask me again" box in the confirmation dialog, and later change your mind and want to see this dialog before deleting items, it can be re-enabled via the checkbox in the Calendar Options window.

Week numbers, using either Simple Week Numbering or ISO 8601, can be displayed.

When enabled, this option will result in week numbers (1-53) being displayed in the week header area of the Month View (if week headers are enabled in the Month View's Settings), Year View, Date Navigation Pane, and Desktop Calendar.
Two standards for week numbering are supported, Simple Week Numbering and ISO 8601.
- Simple week numbering will cause the week containing the first day of the year to always be numbered as 1. This is the standard used in the United States.
- ISO 8601 week numbering will cause the week containing the first Thursday of the year to be numbered as 1. This is the standard used in Europe.
Here's an example of how the Month View looks when week numbers are enabled:
When the showing of week numbers has been disabled, the Month View will appear as below:

The first day of the week option.

The first day of the week will default to match your regional settings defined in Windows.
For example, in the USA, the first day of the week is Sunday, while in the UK, it's Monday.
If you prefer a different first day of the week, you can select it from the drop-down list.
This will affect the left-most day that is displayed in the the Navigation Pane, Month View, Year View, and Desktop Calendar.
It will also affect the Monthly and Yearly print styles.

By default, the date and time format that is shown in the Popup Reminder Window and List View will use a long and descriptive format, based on your Windows regional settings.
For example, in the United States, this will result in date/time strings having a format like "Sunday, November 23, 2008 6:20 PM", while in the United Kingdom it would be "23 November 2008 18:20".
If you prefer a shorter date/time be displayed, or if you prefer a format (and language) that matches what is used in the United States, you can select a different option from the drop-down list.
Example formats based on the current date and time will be displayed for you to select from. Note that this option is not used in email or text message reminders.
Here's an example of the available date time formats when running in Brazil:

An additional time zone can be selected for display in the Day and Week Views.

This option allows times for an additional time zone to be displayed side-by-side with times for the local time zone in the Day View.
A label for the additional time zone can be entered, if desired. This label is displayed above the additional time zone column.
Here's what the Day View looks like after entering the example settings shown above, with the additional time zone circled: