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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. 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, and description to be viewed or modified. If any data or settings have been entered on a tabs, the tab's name will be bold to indicate data is present.

The Event Window when creating a new event.

Title

The event 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.

Location

The event location.

  • An optional location may be entered for the event.
  • The location will also be displayed in the Calendar View if there is enough space in the event block.

Calendar

The event calendar selection.

  • 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.

Category

One or more categories can be optionally assigned to an event.

  • Events can be assigned to one or more categories.
  • 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

Events can be marked as completed by checking the Completed box.

  • Check this box if you'd like to mark the event as completed.
  • Completed events will be 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 Calendar View.

Start and End Time

The event date and 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 list of available event actions.

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 event recurrence types.

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. This description will 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.

The event description. HTML is supported.

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. Any changes made on this tab will be reflected on the Formatted Text tab, and vice versa.

The description can also be edited as plain text or with HTML codes.

 

 

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