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VueMinder Calendar Help - Getting Started

Current as of Version 5.1.1

Looking for the Pro version documentation? Click here.

Overview

VueMinder Calendar Lite is a FREE calendar and reminder program for Windows. It supports multiple calendars displayed simultaneously in layers. These can be viewed and printed by day, week, or month. They can also be visually distinguished using unlimited combinations of fonts, background colors, and gradient styles. It also integrates a semitransparent calendar into your Windows desktop, so you'll always be able to see your upcoming events.

VueMinder Calendar Lite provides a number of reminder options including popup reminders and desktop alerts. Desktop alerts fade into view unobtrusively in the lower-right corner of the screen. Recently viewed or dismissed reminders are easily accessible and can be redisplayed with a single click.

VueMinder Calendar fully supports the iCalendar standard, allowing subscriptions to calendars located on both your local network or over the web. You can also export to iCalendar files, and use those in other calendar programs. A wide variety of print layouts and styles are also provided, along with a dynamically updating print preview window that allows you to instantly see what will be printed as the various printing options are modified.

For an even more full-featured calendar program, consider upgrading to VueMinder Calendar Pro, which allows you to publish calendars over the web or to your local network, import and export to Excel, sync with Outlook, send SMS and email reminders, customize the interface with themes and user-defined layouts, and much more.

Suggested Reading for Getting Started

If you've used other calendar programs in the past, you should already have a fairly good idea of the basic functionality to expect in VueMinder Calendar Lite. However, VueMinder Calendar Lite provides a number of unique or improved features that you won't find anywhere else. To learn more, we recommend reading the following:

• Features
• Tips & Tricks
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Main Window
• Event Editor

Context-Sensitive Help

If you ever have a question about how something works in VueMinder Calendar Lite, you can access specific help documentation for the window that you're currently on by either clicking the Help button (located in the lower-left corner of most windows) or by pressing the F1 key. You can also navigate to the help documentation for the window of interest by locating it in the Table of Contents to the left.

Most windows also include a help button on the title bar.

When this is clicked, the mouse cursor will change to show a question mark.

Click on any control that you need help on, and additional information about the control will be provided.

Contact Us

We hope you enjoy using VueMinder Calendar Lite! We'd appreciate any feedback, feature requests, or bug reports you may have. You can contact us here.