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Overview
The Calendar List shows the calendars that have been defined.
- The checkboxes can be used to toggle the display of events in
the Calendar View and
Desktop Calendar. This
allows events to be filtered from the display depending on
which calendar they belong to.
- An example Calendar List containing several
calendars is shown below. As you can see, the calendar appearance
settings are also applied to the calendar names to help
visually distinguish which events belong to which calendar.
- The
appearance settings for the currently selected calendar can be
modified from the Appearance Toolbar
or the Calendar Properties
window.

Calendar Icons
Calendars displayed in the list can have varying icons or
combinations of icons...
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The active calendar will
include a green
selection indicator. This is the default calendar when
creating new events.
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A subscribed calendar will have an orange arrow pointing
down.
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A calendar that is not active or subscribed will
display as a plain calendar icon.
Context Menu Commands
Right-clicking in the Calendar List will result in the
following context menu being displayed:

New Calendar
- After selecting this option, a new calendar entry will be added to the
Calendar List.
- The new calendar will become the default calendar when creating new events.
You can change the default calendar by clicking on a
different calendar in the list.
- The formatting of events belonging to the calendar can be modified by using the
Appearance Toolbar or
Calendar Properties
command.
- The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+N.
Delete Calendar
- This command will delete the active or selected calendar.
- Before the calendar is deleted, you will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
- The keyboard shortcut for deleting a calendar is the Delete key.
Rename Calendar
- This command will allow the calendar to be renamed.
- If a name is entered that is already used by a different
calendar, the name change will be rejected. Calendar names
must be unique and non-blank.
Add Shared Calendar From LAN
- Select this command to add an existing shared calendar
to the Calendar List.
- A file dialog will open, allowing you to browse and
select a shared calendar file from your local network.
- After being added, the shared calendar can be viewed
only. To both view and modify a shared calendar, you'll need
to
upgrade to the Pro version.
- The keyboard shortcut for adding a shared calendar from
the local network is F9.
Add Calendar Subscription
- This will initiate a new calendar subscription.
- A new calendar will be created and added to the
Calendar List.
- The Subscribe
to Calendar window will then be displayed, allowing the
location of the calendar to be specified, along with other
subscription settings.
- If the new calendar is successfully subscribed, it will
automatically be named based on the source calendar.
- The keyboard shortcut for adding a calendar subscription
is F6.
Add Public Calendars
- After selecting this command, the
Add Public Calendar
window will be displayed, allowing you to browse a list of
publicly available calendars and select ones that you would
like to add to your
calendar list.
- These public calendars cover things like holidays for a
variety of countries and religions, sports and
entertainment events, science and astronomy events, and
much more.
Move Up
- This command moves the selected calendar up in the list.
- If the selected calendar is the first or only item in
the list, the Move Up option will be disabled.
- The keyboard shortcut for moving a calendar up in the
list is Alt+UpArrow.
Move Down
- This command moves the selected calendar down in the
list.
- If the selected calendar is the last or only item in the
list, the Move Down option will be disabled.
- The keyboard shortcut for moving a calendar down in the
list is Alt+DownArrow.
Show All Calendars
- This command will cause events for all calendars to be
displayed in the Calendar View.
- This is equivalent to manually checking each calendar in
the Calendar List.
- The keyboard shortcut for showing all calendars is
Ctrl+Shift+S.
Hide All Calendars
- This command will cause events for all calendars to be
hidden in the Calendar View.
- This is equivalent to manually unchecking each calendar
in the Calendar List.
- The keyboard shortcut for hiding all calendars is
Ctrl+Shift+H.
Calendar Properties
- This will open the
Calendar Properties window for the currently active
calendar, where the calendar's appearance and
subscription settings can be viewed or
modified.
- The keyboard shortcut for accessing the Calendar
Properties is F2.
Export To iCal (ICS)
- The Export menu option allows
the selected calendar to be exported to an iCalendar (ICS)
formatted file.
- The
Export Calendar Window
will display after selecting this command.
- Your exported calendar
to be imported by anyone else
that is using VueMinder Calendar (both Lite and Pro) or another calendar program that supports
importing iCalendar (.ics) formatted files.

Import From iCal (ICS)
- The Import menu option allows
calendars to be imported from an iCalendar (ICS)
formatted files.
- The Import Calendar Window
will be displayed after selecting this command.
- Calendars are imported using the standard iCalendar (.ics) format. Calendars of this format are are widely available on the web,
and can cover everything from standard holidays to the schedule of your favorite television show.
- Importing differs from subscribing because an imported
calendar won't be synchronized or periodically updated from
the source. If you expect the source calendar is
likely to change, subscribing to the calendar may be a
better option. If, on the other hard, the source
calendar is not likely to change, or is located somewhere
that is not always accessible, importing may be the better
option.

Share
The Share menu option expands into a submenu of commands for
calendar sharing and synchronization.

Subscribe
- This command will display the
Subscribe to Calendar window for the
currently active calendar, where subscription settings can be
viewed or defined.
- The keyboard shortcut for accessing the Subscribe to
Calendar window is F7.
Sync
- This command will synchronize the active calendar.
- The calendar will be
updated from the subscription location. Any local
modifications will be overwritten.
- During the Sync operation, the
status bar will update to show the current status. After
the Sync operation completes, the status bar will indicate
"Ready".
- This option is disabled if the active calendar is not subscribed.
- The keyboard shortcut for sycing the current calendar is
F5.
Sync All
- This command will synchronize all calendars that are subscribed.
- This is equivalent to performing a Sync command on each
calendar, except it is done as one operation.
- During the operation, the status bar will update to show
the current status. After the Sync operation completes, the
status bar will indicate "Ready".
- The keyboard shortcut for syncing all calendars is Ctrl+F5.
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