Calendar

To get to Calendar

Press the Windows key and C until Calendar is announced.
Press ENTER.
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The List View is presented, and you will hear the date for an appointment, defaulted at today. If you previously added items to the calendar, you also will hear other items that are scheduled for the day.

Items are in a List View. If there is more than one item, press the UP and DOWN ARROWS to move between items.

For new appointment

Press CTRL+N.

Subject: Edit Combo

You are automatically in Edit Combo. You can arrow down through predefined entries to choose what you need to change. Alternatively, you also may enter your specific calendar event in the edit field. Once you have picked an entry or typed in your calendar entry, press ENTER.  At this point, you can use the UP and DOWN ARROWS to move through the rest of the choices for that event.

Once you have pressed ENTER from "Creating a New Appointment," you will be returned to the List View. You will hear "Subject" as the top item of 11 choices. Press the arrow keys to move up or down to each item. When you are at an item you want to change, press ENTER to make the change. Once you are done, press ENTER again to save that item.

Settings you must set or may change:

1. "Subject" - type in the subject for the meeting. Press ENTER to save.
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2. "Location" - type in where the meeting will be held. Press ENTER to save.
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3. "Starts" - press UP and DOWN ARROWS to change the start time by half-hour increments. Press ENTER to save.
   
   If you need to change the start date for the appointment as well, press ALT+D.  This will bring up a Date Selector window. In this window, you can change the date for the appointment. To move by date, press the right or left arrow keys.  For more Date Selector commands, press Insert F1+H. This brings up the context-sensitive help for the Date Selector screen. Press ESC to close the message and return to the Date Selector. Once you have the correct date set, press ENTER to return to the new appointment screen.
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4. "Ends" - Calendar defaults to one hour later than the start time you designated. Press ENTER to change this default, using UP AND DOWN ARROWS to move in half-hour increments, just as you did for "Starts." Press ENTER to save.
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5. "All day" - This is set to "No" by default; pressing ENTER allows you to change it to "Yes." Press ENTER to save.
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6. "Occurs" - the default is set to "Once" (the event occurs only once). If you press ENTER you can change notification of this event to occur weekly, monthly, yearly, or in some sort of free-form pattern. Press ENTER to save.
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7. "Reminder" - The default is set to remind you 15 minutes before the event. If you press ENTER, you can change whether or not you are automatically  reminded of the event by using the UP or DOWN ARROWS. Press ENTER to save.  If you want to be reminded by more than 15 minutes, do the following:  to change the reminder interval, press ALT+L , then arrow up or down to choose the interval (e.g. minutes, hours, etc.).  Press ENTER to save.  To change the time for the interval, press ALT+T and then type in the time, (e.g. 1).  Press ENTER to save.
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8. "Category" - You can choose to assign an event to a category. Press ENTER to change the category. Choices are business, holiday, personal. Press ENTER to save.
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9. "Attendees" - This allows you to invite others to the meeting. Press ENTER to select this option then choose attendees from your Contacts list. Press ENTER to save.
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10. "Status" - you may set the status to "Free," "Tentative," "Busy," or "Out of Office." Press ENTER to change the status and the up and down arrows to select which status to set it to; press ENTER when you are done. Press ENTER to save.
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11. "Sensitivity" - you may also set sensitivity levels for the meeting of normal and private. Press Enter to change the sensitivity and the up and down arrows to select which sensitivity to set it to; press Enter when you are done. Press Enter to save.
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To save the event, press ESC.

If the calendar event you just created is for today, it will populate Today screen.

The PAC Mate In Use

The following scenarios will help you Explore the PAC Mate Calendar.