Entering Events
The Event Information dialog is used to enter a new event or modify an existing event. New birthday, anniversary, scheduled, or holiday event entries can be added or edited using this dialog. The following fields are available:
Name
Description of the event. Examples for a birthday, anniversary, and scheduled event would be: John Smith, Our Wedding, and Mortgage CALENDAR REMINDERS Payment.
Type
Birthday, Anniversary, Scheduled, or Holiday
Comment
A note to associate with this event
Date
Birth Date for a birthday. Anniversary date for an anniversary. Start Date for a scheduled event. Next Date for a holiday event.
End Date
The ending date of a scheduled event. For no ending date, remove the check from this date. This field is only available for scheduled events and CALENDAR REMINDERS when you have selected a repeat Frequency other than One Time.
Start/End Time
To make an event timed, put a check mark in the "Start Time" field. This is the time of the event, and is displayed on the calendar. (Note: This can be different than the "alarm time").
When displaying events on a calendar, lists un-timed events CALENDAR REMINDERS first (alphabetically), and then lists events in the order of their start time.
Frequency...
Select this button to specify how often to repeat the occurrence of a scheduled event or holiday. Choices for scheduled events are One Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly. Holiday events repeat yearly.
Choose the Options button to display or hide the additional details available for CALENDAR REMINDERS this event. Four categories of additional details are available, Alarm, E-Mail, Task, and Display.
Alarm options:
Notify At Startup
Display alarm for this event when starts
Notify At
Display alarm for this event at the specified time of day
Start Notifying
The number of days before the event date to start displaying alarms
Play Sound
When displaying an alarm, play the specified sound file. CALENDAR REMINDERS Use the "Browse..." button to go find the sound file, and use the "Test" button to play the sound file.
E-Mail options:
Send E-Mail To
Check to enable sending e-mail. When checked, you can enter the e-mail address as well as how many days in advance of the event to send the e-mail. To specify multiple recipients, separate the email CALENDAR REMINDERS addresses by a comma.
Include File
Check to include specified file in the body of the e-mail message. Mail merge is performed on this file, so you can insert fields from this event into the message of your email. [read more]
Attach File
Check to attach specified file to the e-mail message
Prompt Before Sending
Check to customize the e-mail prior to CALENDAR REMINDERS sending. Remove this check to have the e-mail sent automatically.
Configure...
Select to specify your email account settings, and to assign a subject to use for e-mails. [read more]
Test
Select to send a test e-mail with the currently specified settings
Task options:
Run
When displaying an alarm, run the specified program
Test
Select to run the specified program now
Display options:
Hide
Check to make CALENDAR REMINDERS this a hidden event. Hidden events do not get shown in the main window's list box or calendars unless the menu command "Include/Hidden Events" is turned on. However, enabled alarms for hidden events will still be activated.
Draw Border
Displays a border around the event on the month and year calendars
Colors
Select the foreground and background colors to be used when displaying on the month/year calendars. Choose "Default" to use the default colors.
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