Overview
The Event Editor window allows you to create new events or
modify existing ones. When you create a new event, the
following window will be displayed. Depending on your
options, the
Calendar Properties, and the active calendar
name, the initial/default values may be different. This window
will also be displayed when opening an existing event, allowing
you to view or modify any of the event's parameters. Tabs
are displayed allowing the event actions, recurrence settings,
description, and appearance to be modified. If any data or
settings have been entered on a tabs, the tab's name will be
bold to indicate data is present.
Title
- When the Event Editor is initially displayed, focus will be placed on the Title field,
where a descriptive title for the event may be entered.
- The event's title will be displayed in the
Calendar View.
- The title does not need to be unique and there is no limit to its length.
- The title can also be modified from the
Event list.
Location
- An optional location may be entered for the event.
- After specifying a location for an event, the location
will be made added to a drop-down list. You can select a
previously entered location, rather than typing it in again,
by selecting the location from the drop-down list. This list
is accessed by clicking the drop-down arrow on the right
side of the Location text box.
- The location will also be displayed in the
Calendar View if there is
enough space in the event block.
Calendar
- The event will belong to the specified calendar.
- Clicking the drop-down arrow will display a list of all
calendar names.
- You can type a different calendar name to add the event
to a new calendar. The calendar will be created after
closing the Event Editor window.
- When opening an existing event, you can use the Calendar
control to reassign the event to a different calendar.
This can also be done (more easily) from the
Event list.
Category
- Events can be assigned to one or more categories. The
Event List can display event
categories in a column, and this column can be sorted or
filtered.
- To assign categories, place checkmarks in the desired
categories, accessed from the Category drop-down list.
- You can also create, delete, or rename categories by
clicking the "..." button. This will open the
Category Editor window.
- Category names can also be typed in. Multiple categories
must be separated with semicolons.
- You can type in a new category name, and it will be
added to the list of available categories.
Completed
- Check this box if you'd like to mark the event as
completed.
- Events can also be marked as completed by
using the associated checkboxes in the
Event List.
- Completed events will be gray/crossed-out
in the Event List and faded (semi-transparent) when displayed
in the Calendar View.
- If the Hide Completed Events option is
selected from the View menu,
completed events will be hidden from
display in the Event List and
Calendar View.
Start and End Time
- The event's beginning and ending date and time can be
specified. Events can be all day, span multiple dates,
or have starting and ending times.
- If "All Day Event" is checked, the event will
last all day and the starting and ending times
won't be displayed. All day events can still span
multiple dates. They will be all-day events on each
day.
- The starting and ending times can be selected from the drop down list.
If the desired time isn't available from the drop-down list,
you can use the keyboard to type in a time (example: "1:50 PM").
- The event duration shows how long the event lasts.
It can also be modified to adjust the event
ending time, or vice versa. Duration values can be
selected from the drop down list. If the desired
duration value isn't available from the drop-down list, it
can be typed in (example: "1.3 hours").
- The minimum duration for an all-day event is 1 day. The
minimum duration for a non all-day event is 1 minute.
- Note that the ending date and time must come after the starting
date and time. If they do not, the starting date and
time will be automatically adjusted.
Action
A list of available actions is shown on the Action tab of the
Event Editor window. Actions can be enable or disabled using the
associated checkbox. Actions that have already been
performed will be indicated with gray checkmarks.
The "Event Defaults" button allows the action settings
specified for the current event to be saved as the default
action settings for any new events that are created belonging to
the same calendar. This is equivalent to modifying the event
action settings under the
Calendar Properties,
but is a convenient shortcut. You can also load the default
action settings and assign them to the current event.
When an action is enabled, additional
options will be displayed to
allow the action's settings to be viewed or modified. An event can have one or more of the
following actions:
Recurrence
The following event recurrence types can be specified on the
Recurrence tab when the "Recurring Event..." box is checked.
Each recurrence type allows a number of additional options to
customize the event recurrence exactly the way you want.
You can also specify a date range or maximum number of event
occurrences using the Recurrence Range
controls.
Description
A formatted text description of the event can be entered on the
Description tab. If an email reminder is sent, this description
will be included in the email. This description will also appear
in the Details Pane when the
event is selected, as well as the event's tooltip when hovering
the mouse over the event in the
Calendar View. If the description contains links to web
pages or files, those links will be clickable in the
Details Pane. You can also hold
the Ctrl key while clicking a link in the description editor to
open the link.
If you prefer plain text, or if you're an advanced user and
would like to edit the description using HTML, you can click the
"Plain Text" tab below the description box. Any changes made on this tab will be reflected
on the Formatted Text tab, and vice versa.
Appearance
The appearance tab allows the appearance of the event or the
event's calendar to be modified.
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