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VueMinder Calendar Help - Features

Current as of Version 7.1.0

Feature Overview

VueMinder Calendar is a full-featured calendar program for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit). Here's a summary of the many powerful and unique features you'll find in VueMinder Calendar...

Flexible Reminder Options

• Popup reminders can contain descriptions, pictures, video, music, or embedded web pages.
• Reminders can also be displayed via desktop alerts, which can be set to automatically snooze and to play a sound when displayed. Desktop alerts can also be pinned to a location on the desktop, similar to stick notes.
• Reminders can be sent via email and SMS text messages, both to yourself as well as any other people you'd like to receive your reminder.
• Calendars can be individually configured with default reminder options for new events. Recently dismissed, snoozed, or sent reminders can be easily accessed and redisplayed.
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Google Calendar Sync

• Automatically sync calendars with Google Calendar whenever changes are detected, in both directions.
• Easily add existing Google Calendars to VueMinder Calendar, and vice versa, using a single button click.
• View and modify Google Calendars while offline - without receiving error messages. As soon as a web connection is detected, changes made while offline will be automatically synced.
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Microsoft Outlook and Excel Integration

• Calendars can be imported and exported to Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
• Automatic Outlook synchronization allows you to view or modify the same calendar in both VueMinder Calendar and Outlook.
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Integrated Desktop Calendar

• An interactive calendar can be optionally integrated into the Windows desktop, allowing quick and easy reference to your schedule.
• Many of the features available on the main window, such as event creation and modification, can be performed from within the Desktop Calendar.
• The Desktop Calendar properties, such as transparency, size, and location, can be easily modified directly from the desktop.
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Fully Customizable Event Appearances

• Assign a font name, style, and color, as well as a two-tone gradient background to calendars, categories, priorities, or event locations.
• There are infinite possibilities when customizing appearances.
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View Data By Day, Week, Month, and More

• The main window allows viewing of data using a number of flexible modes: Day, Week, Month, Year, Timeline, and List.
• Each of these view types have numerous settings for tailoring the display of data to match the way you work.
• The layout of the main window can be configured however you like, even allowing multiple view types to be displayed simultaneously.
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Share Calendars Over a Local Network

• Calendars and reminders can be securely shared with other VueMinder Calendar users over a local network.
• User permissions (reader, contributor, or no-access) can be individually assigned, or a global default used.
• Changes to a shared calendar will be instantly reflected on all other computers sharing the same calendar.
• Shared calendars can be accessed and modified while offline. The calendar will automatically sync as soon as a network connection is restored.
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Publish Your Calendars

• Share your calendars by publishing to any location, including secure servers using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) 3.0 or TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0 protocols.
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Subscribe to Others' Calendars

• Subscribe to a shared calendar, including calendars that are on servers requiring authentication.
• You can also easily subscribe to holidays and public calendars using our built-in calendar browser.
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Send Calendars, Events, and Meeting Requests via Email

• Send calendars, events, and meeting requests to others via email, using the iCalendar file format.
• You can even select multiple events to send at the same time, rather than having to send them individually.
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Contact Data Management

• Keep track of all your contact data in a convenient central location. You can start by importing contact data from a number of sources, such as CSV files, Outlook, or Google Mail.
• Contacts can be assigned to distribution lists or groups, which can be used for sending reminders, meeting notices, email, or text messages.
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Repeating Tasks

• Perfect for those easy-to-forget tasks that need to be performed periodically, such as replacing the furnace filter or checking the smoke detector batteries.
• When you complete a repeating task, simply click its checkbox and the next due date of the task will be automatically calculated.  There's no need to manually redefine the task for the next time it's due.
• You can also mark events as being completed.  Completed events can either be hidden or faded in the day, week, or month views.
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Powerful List View

• The List View shows events, tasks, and notes for a specified date range. It also shows contact data.
• The List View supports powerful filtering capabilities, and you can save or load customized filters. Rows can also be sorted or grouped.
• Lists can be exported to a Microsoft Excel formatted file.
• Search results are shown within the List View. Multiple searches can be performed, and each will be on a separate tab. Searching is also nearly instantaneous.
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Printing and Print Previews

• Many different print style layouts are provided.  Print by day, week, month, or year.
• You can also print a detailed report, an email-style memo, or the contents of the current event and task list.
• A real-time print preview is provided.
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 Date Navigation

• A multiple-month navigation pane is provided.  Simply resize the navigation pane, and additional months will be displayed.
• The previous or next day, week, or month can be quickly navigated by using left and right arrow buttons.
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Appearance Themes

• The entire appearance of VueMinder Calendar's main window and desktop calendar can be modified by selecting different appearance themes.
• There are over a dozen themes packaged with VueMinder Calendar.
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Flexible Recurrence Options

• A complete set of event recurrence rules is provided, covering any possible recurrence pattern, no matter how complex.
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Many Other Features...

• A configuration wizard is provided to help get you started.
• You can backup and restore VueMinder Calendar's data. An automatic backup feature is also provided.
• Almost any data change can be undone or redone. You can even undo the accidental snoozing or dismissal of reminders.

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