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>Using the GNOME Calendar</A
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>    Using the GNOME Calendar is quite simple and most tasks can be performed 
    from any of the major views, Day, Week, Month or Year. Probably one of the 
    most important features to remember is that at any time you may right mouse 
    click on a particular day and add a new appointment. There are many other 
    features which will be described below in each of the major views.
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>The Day View</A
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>     The Day tab is probably the most useful view in the GNOME Calendar as it 
     acts just as a day timer would. On the left of the tab is the hour listing 
     for the current day. The light grey coloring in the hour list separates the 
     work hours from the non-work hours. If you would like to change the work 
     hours displayed in light grey you can do so in <A
HREF="calsetup.html"
>the section called <I
>Setting Up the GNOME Calendar</I
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>.
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>Figure 3-3. The Day View</B
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>      One tip for adding a new appointment in the Day View is to select a few 
      hours in the hours list by clicking and dragging your mouse down the hours 
      list. Once the correct range of time has been selected you may press Enter
      and type in the appointment. This will allow you to skip the Create New
      Appointment dialog.
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>     Next to the hours listing in the top right hand corner is a small full 
     month calendar. You may change the month or year of the small month 
     calendar by pressing the forward and backward arrows on the top. You may 
     use the small month calendar to navigate the days as well. Double clicking 
     on any day in the small month calendar will move the current day view to 
     that particular day.
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>     Below the small month calendar is your Todo list. The Todo list is a 
     simple list where you can keep all your tasks on hand. To add an item to 
     the Todo list press the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add</SPAN
> button. This will 
     launch a small editing box where you can type in the item. Once you have 
     entered an item in the Todo list you may use the
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Delete</SPAN
> to manage 
     your items. The Todo items are available no matter which days are displayed 
     in the Day View and can only be deleted with the 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Delete</SPAN
> button.
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>The Week View</A
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>     The Week View shows the current week with detailed descriptions of your 
     appointments. If you would like to add an appointment for any of the days 
     in the week view you may right mouse click on the day and select the
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>New appointment</SPAN
> menu item from the 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</SPAN
> menu. You may also use the week view to navigate 
     to particular days in the Day View. Double-click on any day in the Week
     View and you will go to that day in the Day View.
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>Figure 3-4. The Week View</B
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>     In the lower left corner of the Week View there is a small month calendar.
     You may change the month or year of the small month calendar by pressing 
     the forward and backward arrows on the top. You may use the small month 
     calendar to navigate the days as well. Double clicking on any day in the 
     small month calendar will move the current week view to that particular 
     week.
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>The Month View</A
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>     The Month View shows the entire month with brief detailed descriptions of
     your appointments. The Month View makes use of the customized colors 
     available in the Calendar. You may read about how to set these colors in
     <A
HREF="calsetup.html"
>the section called <I
>Setting Up the GNOME Calendar</I
></A
>. For any day with a brief description of an 
     appointment you may click on the day to display a detailed description of 
     the appointment in a pop-up window. If you would like to add an appointment
     to a day in the Month View you may right mouse click on any day and select 
     the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>New Appointment in this day</SPAN
> item from the
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</SPAN
> menu. You may use the items in the
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</SPAN
> menu to navigate in the Day, Week, and Year views
     by selecting either <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this day</SPAN
>, 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this week</SPAN
>, or<SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this 
     Year</SPAN
>.
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><B
>Figure 3-5. The Month View</B
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><IMG
SRC="images/calmonth.gif"></P
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NAME="CALYEAR"
>The Year View</A
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>     The Year View shows you the entire year with no descriptions of 
     appointments. Like the Month View, the Year View makes use of the 
     customized colors available in the Calendar. You may read about how to set
     these colors in <A
HREF="calsetup.html"
>the section called <I
>Setting Up the GNOME Calendar</I
></A
>. If you have an appointment on a
     day you may click on that day and a description of the appointment will be
     displayed in the pop-up window. If you would like to add an appointment to
     a day in the Year View you may right mouse click on any day and  select the
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>New Appointment in this day</SPAN
> item from the 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</SPAN
> menu. You may use the items in the 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>pop-up</SPAN
> menu to navigate in the Day, Week, and Month 
     views by selecting either <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this day</SPAN
>, 
     <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this week</SPAN
>, or <SPAN
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Jump to this 
     Month</SPAN
>.
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><B
>Figure 3-6. The Year View</B
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