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An Introduction to Calendar
An Introduction to Calendar
- How do I view my calendar if it's not showing?
- How do I open my calendar in a separate window?
- How do I quit the program?
- How do I change the view (day/week/month) in my calendar?
- How do I view a certain day in my calendar?
- How do I create a basic appointment?
- How do I create a detailed entry?
- How do I add an attachment to my entry?
- How do I set a reminder (pop-up window)?
- How do I edit an entry?
- How do I create a recurring or repeating meeting, appointment or event?
- How do I edit a recurring entry?
- How do I copy an appointment, meeting or event?
- How do I delete an entry?
- How do I print my calendar?
- All Day Events
- How do I invite others to a meeting?
- How do I schedule a group?
- How do I search my calendar for an appointment?
- How do I search for a meeting that I scheduled?
- How do I open another person's calendar?
- How do I check for conflicts or find available times to schedule a group meeting?
- View Group Schedules button
- How do I search for free time?
- Publishing Free/Busy information
- Can I hide my Free/Busy information
- How do I see who accepts my meeting?
- How do I cancel a meeting I scheduled?
- What do I need to do with a meeting request?
- How do I propose a new meeting time?
- How do I accept a new meeting time?
- How do I view a list of who was invited to a meeting?
- How do I control what others see of my calendar?
- Assign Delegate permissions
- Working as a Delegate (Access Another Users Folder)
- Sharing calendar and other Outlook folders
- Remove old calendar items
- Archive your calendar items
- Delete old items on your calendar
| How do I view my calendar if it's not showing? | | |
Open the Calendar Pane by doing one of the following:
| How do I open my calendar in a separate window? | | |
- On the Navigation Pane | Right-Click the Calendar button near the bottom.
- Choose Open in New Window from the pop-up menu.
| How do I quit the program? | | |
Select File | Exit to exit from Outlook. Or Click the Red X in the upper right corner of the Outlook application. Note: Outlook is a client/server application that operates in real-time. Therefore, your calendar is updated automatically and you do not have to save your work -- this is done automatically.
| How do I change the view (day/week/month) in my calendar? | | | Choose one of these four buttons on the toolbar to view your calendar in the Day, Work Week, Week, or Month, views respectively. TIPS: In the Day and Work Week views, to resize the calendar time intervals, Right-click the Timeline on the left side of the calendar window and select the time interval from the pop-up menu. To display the day view of a particular day, click anywhere on the display for that day (in Work Week, Week or Month view) and then click the Day button on the Standard toolbar. Clicking on the Today button will always take you to the current date. If you are in the Week view and you click the Today button, the current week will display. In the Month view, click the Today button to display the current month. In the Month view, a downward-pointing triangle will indicate that a particular day contains more information than you can see.
| How do I view a certain day in my calendar? | | |
In the Calendar view:
From the Menu bar, select Go | Go to Date and select the date you want and which view you want. Click OK. Or Press CTRL + G and select the date you want and which view you want. Click OK. Or On the Navigation Pane, select the date you want from the calendar display in the upper left corner. Navigate forward or backward a month at a time using the arrows to the left and right of the month displayed.
| How do I create a basic appointment? | | | In the Day view or Work Week view, click within a desired time frame. Type the title of your entry, e.g., 'review literature'. Press Enter. TIPS: The duration of entries created by this method depends upon the time interval you have set. For example, if your intervals are set at 15 minutes and you create an entry using the 'type and enter method', then the entry duration will be 15 minutes. You can click and drag across a span of time intervals prior to typing the title of the entry to create a longer appointment time. Once a calendar entry has been created, it can be rescheduled by clicking once inside the entry and dragging the entry to the desired time frame and dropping it.
| How do I create a detailed entry? | | | Start a New Appointment by doing one of the following: Click the New Appointment button on the Standard toolbar. OrDouble-click on a time block in the Calendar window to open the Appointment dialog box. Fill in each field: Subject, Location, Start date, Start time, End date and End time. Decide how to display the time on your calendar - Busy, Free, Tentative, or Out of Office. Set a Reminder if you want one. You may type additional notes or details in the notes area. Click the Save and Close button. Note: If you select All Day Event the window title changes to Event. If you invite another person or resource, the window title changes to Meeting.
| How do I add an attachment to my entry? | | | Select the Appointment tab in the Meeting, Appointment, or Event window. Click the Attach button on the Standard toolbar. Locate the file you want to attach to the calendar entry and click the Insert button. Click the Save and Close button. TIP: When an attachment is added, the file name and associated application icon appear in the appointment notes area.
| How do I set a reminder (pop-up window)? | | | Select the Appointment tab in the Meeting, Appointment, or Event window. Check the "Reminder:" box. Click the down arrow in the time box to select the amount of time prior to the appointment that you would like a reminder. Click the Save and Close button. TIP: As long as Outlook is minimized, the Pop-up window will pop up while other programs are running. Pop-up windows can be snoozed like an alarm clock after they go off. Select the entry that you want to edit: Double-click the calendar entry. Or Right-click the calendar entry and choose Open from the pop-up menu. Select the appropriate tab (Details, Reminders, Reply), depending on the changes that you want to make. Make the necessary modifications. Click OK. Note: You can only edit entries that you have created. You cannot edit entries that someone else created. If you want to modify an entry, but you are not the creator, you can use the mail message feature to e-mail a modification request to the creator.
| How do I create a recurring or repeating meeting, appointment or event? | | | Click the Recurrence button in the Meeting, Appointment, or Event window. Verify the appointment Start time, End Time and Duration. Select the Recurrence pattern - Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly, and then fill out the frequency information on the right half of the Recurrence pattern. Set the Range of recurrence - Start Date and End Date (No end date, End after ## occurrences, or End by specific date.) Click OK. Schedule the remainder of the meeting as usual then click Send or Save and Close. Note: When you modify the Occurrence series to add or remove dates, any exceptions, i.e., any modifications to inDIVidual occurrences of the series, will be lost and all occurrences will be set to match the entry you are modifying. As an example, when you attach a different agenda to each meeting in a recurring series, and then modify the series to add more meetings, all of the attachments are lost. It is best to start a new recurrence series rather than modify the existing one. Open an instance of the recurring entry by: Double-click the calendar entry. Or Right-click the calendar entry and choose Open from the pop-up menu. An Open Recurring Item pop-up dialog box appears. Choose to Open this occurrence or Open the series and then click OK. Make your changes and then click the Save and Close button. Note: If you modify the recurrence itself by clicking the recurrence button on the toolbar - e.g., add or remove entries - You will get the following warning dialog box: Any exceptions associated with this recurring appointment will be lost. If any of the exceptions are meetings the attendees will not be notified. Is this OK? | click OK or Cancel All entries in the recurrence will be modified to match the one you are currently in.
| How do I copy an appointment, meeting or event? | | | Hold down CTRL key and drag the item to either a new time or to a new date/time. You can then open the new appointment and modify it as needed. Note: You can not copy recurring meetings. Click the left edge of the entry to select it. Press the Delete key. Note: You can only delete entries that you have created. You cannot delete entries that you have been invited to. You can print your calendar by doing one of the following: From the File menu, select Print. Or On the Standard toolbar, click the Printer button. In the Print style scroll box, select the way you would like your print to look: Daily Style, Weekly Style, Monthly Style, Tri-fold Style, Calendar Details Style or Memo Style, Or Click Page Setup or Define Styles to modify and create your own. - Enter the Start and End dates for the range of days you would like to print.
- Click OK.
Note: Open a single meeting the choose File | Print to print it.
An All Day Event is an appointment without a start time or an end time. It can last one day or multiple days. e.g., holidays, vacations, days on call. To create an All Day Event in the Appointment window check the "All day event" box. Or Drag an existing appointment to the shaded area just under the date of the event on the calendar display. You can set the "Show time as" option to Free, Tentative, Busy, or Out of Office. Choosing Busy, Out of Office or Tentative will mark the time for the entire day. Note: Reminders for All Day Events are generated at the beginning of the day. They can not be associated with a particular time of day. Use a standard appointment with a reminder set and Show time as Free to do this.
| How do I invite others to a meeting? | | | Start a New appointment as you normally would and fill in the details as needed on the Appointment tab. Click on the Scheduling tab. To invite attendees, click the Add Others button in the lower left corner of the window. Select Add from Address Book. Select a name from the list. To find a person's name, type their name in the "Type Name or Select from List:" box. This works best when you type the last name first. (e.g., jones, tom.) If you want to invite people not listed in the GAL (Global Address List), click the Advanced button and chose New to add them. Note: You can add people from your Contacts or Distribution Lists. Select each name and click the Required, Optional, or Resources buttons at the bottom of the Select Attendees and Resources window. Click OK. To automatically choose an open time, click the AutoPick Next button. Outlook will automatically choose an open time after checking everyone's schedule. You can also choose the meeting date and time manually. If you did not schedule a room, you may want to enter a location in the Location field. Select any other options. If the meeting is recurring, click the Recurrence button. Set the Recurrence pattern, and Range of recurrence options. Click Send. The meeting invitation is sent to all attendees. Note: If you do not want to receive responses, select Actions from the Menu bar and de-select Request Responses. Note: Always send Notification about a meeting request or modification to Attendees. Otherwise the meeting or the meeting update will not appear on their calendar. When you modify a meeting, if you cannot see the Send Update button Click the double chevrons >> button on the right edge of the standard toolbar to see additional buttons that aren't displayed. Create your Meeting or All Day Event as normal. Click the Add Others button on the Scheduling tab. Select the InDIVidual person or select a Distribution List from the GAL or from your Contacts. You can click the + (plus sign) in front of the Distribution List to expand out the Distribution List to see each inDIVidual and their Free/Busy times or leave it collapsed to see a cumulative Free/Busy display. Note: If you expand a Distribution List, you won't be able to collapse it again. Finish the Meeting as normal.
| How do I search my calendar for an appointment? | | | Open the Find bar at the top of your calendar by doing one of the following: Press Ctrl + E. Or Select Tools | Find | Find. Or Click the Find button on the Standard toolbar. - Enter your Search Criteria in the Look for: drop-down box
Click the Find Now button. A list of appointments that match that text will display. Double-click on the meeting to open the details of the appointment. Close the appointment and close the search results windows to go back to your calendar. Note: To save this search to use again, from the Options drop-down box select Advanced Find then in the Advanced Find window select File | Save Search.
| How do I search for a meeting that I scheduled? | | | Open the Advanced Find window by doing one of the following: Select Tools | Find | Advanced Find. Or Press Ctrl + Shift + F. Or Click the Find button on the Standard toolbar then the Options button and select Advanced Find. On the Appointments and Meetings tab, enter your Name or HawkID in the Organized By... field. e.g., Organized by... (your hawkid) or Attendees... (your boss) etc. Click the Find Now button. A list of meetings that match will display. Double-click on the meeting to view the details of the meeting. Close the meeting and close the Advanced Find window to go back to your calendar. Note: To save this search to use again, in the Advanced Find window, select File | Save Search.
| How do I open another person's calendar? | | | Note: You can only open another person's calendar if they have Shared it with you or given you Delegate permissions. You can open another person's calendar a number of ways: In the Calendar Navigation Pane, click the Open a Shared Calendar link and enter the person's name, (last name first) or enter their HawkID and click OK. Or Select File | Open | Other User's Folder and enter the person's name, (last name first) or enter their HawkID. Choose Calendar in the Folder type: drop down box and| click OK. The person's calendar will appear beside yours in the View Pane.
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