iPhone 5 For Dummies, 6th Edition

Adding Calendar Entries

In Chapter 3, you discover pretty much everything there is to know about syncing your iPhone, including syncing calendar entries from your Windows machine (using the likes of Microsoft Outlook) or Mac (using iCal, Calendar, Microsoft Entourage, or Outlook).

As part of the Facebook integration that came as part of iOS 6, any calendar entries on the popular social network can automatically show up in the Calendar app. You will have to visit Settings, enter your username and password, and then make sure the Calendar app in the Facbook setting is turned on.

In plenty of situations, you enter appointments on-the-fly. Adding appointments directly to the iPhone is easy:

1. Tap the Calendar icon at the top of the screen, and then tap the List, Day, or Month button.

2. Tap the + button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

The + button appears whether you’re in list, day, or month view. Tapping it displays the Add Event screen, shown in Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-4: The screen looks like this just before you add an event to your iPhone.

3. Tap the Title/Location fields and finger-type as much (or as little) information as you feel is necessary or use dictation or Siri to employ your mouth and not your digits. Then tap Done.

Tapping displays the virtual keyboard ...