CALENDAR


Calendar quick reference
This quick reference includes a screen image explaining the basics in Calendar, as well as tables listing other commonly-used tasks and shortcuts.
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Table 1. Basics
TaskAction
Open the calendarClick the Open button, and then select Calendar.
Create a meeting or other calendar entryFrom the calendar, click New -> Meeting or another type of calendar entry.

Tip: Choose Event Announcement if you do not want to receive invitee responses in your email.

Table 2. Working with meetings
TaskAction
Add or remove invitees from a meetingOpen the meeting invitation, and click Add invitees or Remove invitees.
Set or cancel an alarm for a meeting
  • To set an alarm, create or edit a calendar entry, and then click Notify me.
  • To cancel an alarm, open the calendar entry, clear the Notify me field, and the click Save and Close.
Reschedule, cancel, update, or confirm a meeting
  • To reschedule, cancel, or confirm, open the meeting, click Owner Actions and then click Reschedule, Cancel, or Confirm.

    Note: When you confirm a meeting, Notes sends an update to invitees with the most current meeting information.

  • To update a meeting and notify attendees, open the meeting, update it, and then click Save and Send Invitations.

Tip: If this is a repeating meeting and any invitees use non-Notes calendar applications, select Just this instance as non-Notes calendars might not support the other options.
Mark a meeting as free time in your schedule
  • If you are creating the meeting, select Mark Available.
  • If you are invited to the meeting, click Tentatively Accept.
Check invitee responses to a meetingIn your calendar, open the meeting, and click the Invitee Status tab at the bottom of the invitation.
Send a message to inviteesOpen the meeting, click Owner Actions and then select Send Message to All Invitees, Send Message to Invitees Who Have Responded, or Send Message to Invitees Who Have Not Responded.
Encrypt a meetingCreate a meeting invitation, click Delivery Options, and then select Encrypt.
Propose a new meeting date or time1. Open the meeting invitaiton and click Respond -> Propose New Time. If Propose New Time options do not display, then the meeting chair has disabled counter-proposals for this invitation.

2. Click Check Schedules to check the free time schedules of meeting participants and see if they are available at the proposed time.

Note: To propose a new time for a repeating meeting, you must first accept the meeting. Then open your calendar, open an instance of the repeating meeting, and propose a new time for it.

Table 3. Working with your calendar
TaskAction
Scroll through your calendar one month, or one week, at a timeIn the navigation pane, select the One Month view, and then use the following shortcut keys:
  • Scroll backward one month - PgUp
  • Scroll forward one month - PgDn
  • Scroll backward one week - Ctrl+PgUp
  • Scroll forward one week - Ctrl+PgDn
Filter your calendar to see only entries of a specific type or status, or entries that are private or chaired by a specific personClick Show at the top of the calendar, click Filter by, and then click a filtering method.

For example, you could click Chair to show only meetings led by a certain person or click Type to show only appointments.

Show canceled meetings on the calendar in red, or remove them automaticallyClick File -> Preferences, click the Calendar and To Do section, click Display, click Views, select Process cancelled meetings automatically, and then select Show as cancelled in calendar or Remove from calendar.
Show or hide tasks on the calendarClick File -> Preferences, click the Calendar and To Do section, click Display, click Views, and then select or clear Display To Do Entries.
Change the color of calendar entriesClick File -> Preferences, click the Calendar and To Do section, click the Colors tab, and then specify background and text colors for the entry type, or for calendar categories.
Display the calendar in time slots or summariesClick Show at the top of the calendar, and then click Summary (Notes Basic client users: Click Formatting, then click Summarize) to show summaries, or Time slots to show time slots.
When you propose a new time for a meeting, leave a placeholders on the calendar for the original time1. Click File -> Preferences, click Calendar and To Do, and then click Display.

2. Select By default, leave a placeholder for countered meetings.

Update other meeting participants when invitees are added or removed1. Click File -> Preferences, click Calendar and To Do, and then click Display.

2. Click Notices.

3. Select When I add or remove meeting invitees, update the other participants.

Table 4. Shortcuts
TaskFor WindowsFor Macintosh
Open Calendar

Note: To enable this shortcut, click File -> Preferences -> Basic Notes Client Configuration -> Enable alternate keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl+2Ctrl+2
Open selected calendar entryEnterEnter
Get help for the current featureF1Help or Command + ?
Enlarge selected text to the next point sizeF2N/A
Reduce selected text to the next point sizeShift + F2N/A
Undo last actionCtrl + ZCommand + Z
Refresh the viewF9F9
Close the current calendar view or calendar entryEscEsc
See a list of available shortcutsCtrl+ Shift + LCtrl+Shift+L

Parent topic: Calendar