Creating Events

As you learned earlier in this chapter, events are appointments that are scheduled to last an entire day. You can do the following with them:

  • To create a new event, select Actions, New All Day Event. The event form is identical to an appointment form, except there are no time drop-down fields because an event lasts all day.

  • To convert an appointment into an event, uncheck the All day event checkbox.

  • To convert an event into an appointment, check the All day event checkbox.

The other differences between appointments and events are the default reminder times before the appointment or event, and the default setting for your time. Appointments use a default reminder time set in the Calendar preferences; events use a default reminder ...

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