Desktop Calendar

Desktop Calendar 7 Walkthrough

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Colours - You can change the overall colour of the calendar here. Click on a square of colour to select it, it'll appear recessed. Click "OK" to apply it.

Alert me after - You will be alerted of upcoming events when you turn your computer on, or when the date changes. As the date change happens at midnight, you might still be up from the night before and not want to be alerted yet. Using the "Alert me after" option you can set a minimum time before the alert will show e.g. it has to be at least gone 4:00am.

Only alert once - If this is enabled, you will only be alerted once per day no matter how many times you restart your computer.

Start day of week - Some people prefer their calendar to start on a different day of the week than other e.g. Sunday instead of Monday. You can select your preferred weekday from the drop down list. Then click "OK" to apply the setting.

Display events - When in the large calendar view you can choose to display your events by their title (text) or their category icon (images). To change it, click on the option you want and click "OK".

Show extra days - The show extra days option utilises any empty spaces at the start or end of the month to show days from the previous and next months. The day numbers are smaller to distinguish them from the current month. To enable it, tick this check box and click "OK".

Sounds - You can turn on\off the sounds in the calendar by ticking\unticking this check box.

OK - Clicking this button will save and apply and changes you've made.

Cancel - Clicking this will dismiss your changes and return you to the calendar.

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Selected category - Select the category to wish to view/edit from this drop down list. It's currently associated icon and colour will be previewed in the boxes to the right.

Icons - These are all the available icons. To change the icon for the selected category just click on one. A box will appear round the icon to show your selection and the preview will change at the top. Click "OK" to apply it.

Colours - These are preset colours. To change the colour for the selected category, just click on one of the coloured boxes. The new colour will be displayed in the preview box at the top. Click "OK" to apply it.

Custom colour - This field can be used to enter your own colour. It takes a standard "hex colour" (also know as "web colour") which consists of 6 hexadecimal digits.

Actions

• New - Create a new category.
• Delete - Remove the currently selected category.
• Rename - Rename the currently selected category.
• Refresh - Reload the categories if the file has been modified outside the calendar.

OK - Clicking this button will save and apply and changes you've made.

Cancel - Clicking this will dismiss your changes and return you to the calendar.

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