Create a New Event


Items that you enter into a calendar are called events. An event can be an appointment, party, reminder, all-day class, week-long seminar, or anything else that's in your schedule.

To create an event:

1.

Select one of the calendars in the Calendars list. If none of the existing calendars seem appropriate for the new event you want to add, create a new calendar, as explained on the previous page.

2.

In the View pane, press-and-drag vertically in the time slot in which you want to place an event.

Or double-click the time slot where you want to place a new event. After you create the event, you can drag it to any position in the calendar. You can also drag an event's edge to change its duration.

Or click once in a time slot, then from the File menu choose "New Event."

3.

When you create a new event, the text "New Event" is already selected, so all you have to do is type a description or name for the event.

Or click the Show Info button to open the Info drawer (shown on the right), then click on the text at the top of the drawer and type a description. Anything you type here appears in the event block in the calendar, and vice versa.

4.

Set the other options in the drawer:

To repeat this event in the calendar, click the repeat pop-up button (the small double-arrows) to open a menu containing recurrence choices.

You can invite attendees to an event.

To switch the event to another calendar, click the calendar pop-up button (the small double-arrows) and assign the event to another calendar.

To set an alarm for the event, click the alarm pop-up button, then choose a type of alarm and how soon before the event you want the alarm to activate.

If the event has a web site, enter the address in the url field so you can access it with a click.

Create an All-Day Event or a Multi-Day Event

All-day and multi-day events are represented by rounded rectangles that stretch the width of the event duration. In Day or Week view, they appear in a row at the top of the calendar in order to leave more room for other items in the main window and to avoid overlapping events in the main calendar area.

To create an allday event:

1.

Create a new event in iCal. Or select an existing event that you want to change to an allday event.

2.

Click the Show Info button to open the Info drawer (shown on the right).

3.

Click the "allday" checkbox.

4.

Press the Return key to apply the setting.

To create a multi-day event:

1.

Create a new event (page 121). Or select an existing event that you want to change to a multi-day event.

2.

Click the Show Info button to open the Info drawer.

3.

Click the "allday" checkbox.

4.

Click the "from" and "to" values to set the event dates: Click the day, month, or year value, then press the Up or Down arrow on your keyboard to change the value. Or type a value to replace the highlighted value.

5.

In Week view you can drag an existing event to the allday space at the top of the calendar, then drag the event's edge to stretch across multiple days.

To convert a multi-day event into a regular event, Controlclick on the event and choose "Make Regular Event." Or uncheck the "allday" checkbox in the Info drawer.

To create recurring events:

1.

Click an event in iCal to select it.

2.

Click the Show Info button to open the Info drawer.

3.

Click the "repeat" pop-up menu (shown on the right). Choose one of the repeat options in the pop-up menu.

4.

Select "Custom" from the pop-up menu if you want to make additional settings in the window shown below.

5.

Click ok (above) to apply your settings.




Macs on the Go!(c) Guide to Mobile Computing for Mac Laptops Using Mac OS X
Macs on the Go
ISBN: 0321247485
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 119

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