End Time
: Set the ending time for your appointment. Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to select between Hours and Minutes. Use the Up Arrow or Down Arrow keys to select a
value.
Occurs: Select the recurrence pattern. The options are Once, Daily (every x days), Daily (every x week day), Weekly (every x weeks on y week day), Monthly (every x days of y month),
Monthly (every x week day of y month). Please refer to section 5.13
Reminder
: Select between On and Off.
Time
: Select a time for the reminder to occur. This option has 24 settings from 0 minutes to 14 days.
OK
: Select this button or press the
Enter
key to accept your changes.
Apply
: Select to accept your changes, and stay on the General page.
Cancel
: Select this button or press the
Escape
key to discard your changes.
5.7
Notes Page
Use the Notes Page to enter Notes for the current Appointment or task.
Note
: Enter any text information related to your Appointment.
OK
: Select this button or press the
Enter
key to accept your changes.
Apply
: Select to accept your changes, and stay on the Notes page.
Cancel
: Select this button or press the
Escape key
to discard your changes.
5.8
Create a new event
To create a new Appointment:
1.
Press
F4
to open the application menu. From the Appointments submenu, select New appointment and press
Enter
. Or In the Calendar main window, press
F3
to open the
Contextual Menu. Select New appointment and press
Enter
. Or
N
.
To create a new Task:
2.
Press
F4
to open the application menu. From the Tasks submenu, select New Task and press
Enter
. Or In the Calendar main window, press
F3
to open the Contextual Menu.
Select New Task and press
Enter
. Or
K
. Note that to enter a Start and Due date for a given task you will need to check the corresponding check box using the
Validate
key
and use the
Right arrow
to modify the date.
3.
You are now on the General page. Enter the Event information. Use the
Tab
or
Shift Tab
buttons to move forward or backward within the dialog’s fields. To create a recurring event,
select the desired type of Occurrence, and press enter to open the recurrence dialog. Press Enter to confirm your settings.
5.9
View or edit an event
To view or edit an event, follow the steps below:
1.
From the Calendar Main window, use the day browser to select the day from the listed week and press
Enter
. You can also use the Calendar Date Control to select a specific date.
Press
Tab
to get to the Calendar Date Control.
2.
Select an Event from the list and press
Enter
to open it.
3.
You are now on the General page. Review or modify the Event information and press
Enter
when done. Use the
Tab
or
Shift Tab
buttons to move forward or backward within the
dialog’s fields.
5.10
Delete an event
To delete an event, do the following:
1.
From the Calendar main window, use the day browser to select the day from the listed week and press
Enter
.
2.
Select an Appointment from the list and press
Delete
.
3.
Press
Enter
to confirm or Escape to cancel the deletion process.
5.11
Search
Use the Search Dialog to find an Appointment that meets the specified search criteria. To open the Search dialog, from the Calendar Application menu select Search. Alternatively, use
the shortcut F.
Subject
: Enter a subject name or a location to search. This option allows you to search appointments by entering either
Subject
or
Location
name.
Ex: Appointment 1 = subject: Doctor location: Montreal
Appointment 2 = subject: Dentist location: Montreal
Search with keyword: Montreal, two appointments found: appointment 1 and appointment 2
Search with keyword: Dent, one appointment found: appointment 2
From
: Set the earliest date from when to start searching for your appointment. Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to select between Month, Day, and Year. Use the
Up Arrow
or
Down Arrow
keys to select a value.
To
: Set the latest date until when to finish searching for your appointment. Use the
Left Arrow
and
Right Arrow
keys to select between Month, Day, and Year. Use the
Up Arrow
or
Down
Arrow
keys to select a value.
Search
: Select this button or press the
Enter
key to accept your changes.
Search result list box:
This will contain all the appointments that meet your search criteria.
Close
: Select this button or press
Escape
to finish your searching.
5.12
Options
Use the Options Dialog to set the start and end times for all-day Appointments as well as the way the days of the week are listed. To open the Options dialog, from the
Calendar
Application menu
select
Options
.
Start all day event time
: Set the time for when your all-day appointments will start. Use the
Left Arrow
and
Right Arrow
keys to select between Hours and Minutes. Use the
Up Arrow
or
Down Arrow
keys to select a value. Default is 8 AM.
End all day event time
: Set the time for when your all-day appointments will end. Use the
Left Arrow
and
Right Arrow
keys to select between Hours and Minutes. Use the
Up Arrow
or
Down Arrow
keys to select a value. Default is 5 PM.
Week preset
: Select between Monday to Sunday and Saturday to Friday. Default is Monday to Sunday.
Factory Defaults
: Select to restore the
Calendar Options
settings to factory defaults.
OK
. Select this button or press the
Enter
key to accept your settings.
Cancel
. Select this button or press the
Escape
key to discard your settings.
5.13
Recurring events
When creating Appointments or Tasks, users can set them as events that are repeated periodically.
Recurrence involves two levels of information: Periodicity of the event (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) and the time extent of the periodicity, in other words, how and when does the
recurrence end (no end, final date, a certain number of occurrences).
Users can enter these details when they reach the “occurs” combo box and press
Enter
during the creation of a new event (appointment or task). The recurrence window that follows will
depend on the type of recurrence selected. The following lists possible values for each type of recurrence.
Once:
The event only occurs once.
Daily (e.g:.every 1 day):
Select from
Every 1 day, Every 2 days, Every 3 days, Every 4 days, Every 5 days, Every 10 days, Every 20 days.
Daily (every weekday):
This option will fix the appointment for the entire week, from Monday to Friday.
Weekly (e.g. every 1 week on Monday):
Select the week frequency from Every 1 week, Every 2 weeks, Every 3 weeks, Every 4 weeks, Every 5 weeks, Every 10 weeks, Every 20
weeks. Press the
Tab
key to move to the day selection menu. To cycle through the days of the week, use the
Tab
key. To select a day where the recurrence will occur, press the
Validate
key. It is possible to check more than one day.
Monthly (every day of every 1 month): Set monthly recurrence by date. First select the date of the month from
day 1 to 31. Press
Tab
to determine the frequency of the event in terms of
the number of months and press
Enter
. The event can occur on a specific day every 1 month, every 2 months, every 3 months, every 4 months, every 6 months, every 12 months, and
every 18 months.
