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diff --git a/docs/usermanual/calendar.sgm b/docs/usermanual/calendar.sgm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3257ae0 --- a/dev/null +++ b/docs/usermanual/calendar.sgm @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +<chapter><title>Calendar</title> +<para> +The Calendar is a way to keep track of all your appointments, birthdays, +meetings, or any other event that you would put in a calendar. +</para> + +<section><title>Navigation</title> +<para> +Navigation in the Calendar is simple. Along the top are five different buttons +that allow you to set the type of view, which correspond to the five items in +the "View" menu. Each one (except for "Today") changes the amount of time +shown on the screen. "Day" shows one day, "Week" one week, etc. Today is the +same as Day, except that it automatically sets the view to the current day. +</para> +<section><title>The Day view</title> +<para> +The day view shows your day divided up into blocks representing each hour. At +the top is the navigation bar, wher you will see a row of buttons, which +represent the days of the current week, and on the left and right sides of the +navigation bar are arrows, which allow you to move one day in that direction. If +you are on the last day of the week, pressing the arrow will bring you into the +first day of the next week (or vice-versa if you are going backwards). There is +also a button that lists the current day, which you can press to select a day to +view from a calendar dialog. +</para> +<para> +In the main view, there is a collumn of buttons, each of which represents one +hour. If you select one, any new appointments will automatically default to +begining at that time and ending an hour later (which you can, of course, change +when you create the appointment). +</para> +<para> +Clicking on an appointment will open a menu that lets you edit, delete or beam +the appointment. Beam will beam the appointment to any device supporting the +Obex protocol (PalmOS based devices, cellphones, etc). libopieobex must be +installed to use this feature. +</para> +</section> + +<section><title>The Week View</title> +<para> +The week view allows you to see your week divided up into columns, representing +each day of the week, and rows, representing each hour of the day. In the +navigation bar at the top, there are two scroll boxes, the one on the left shows +the current year, and the one to the right shows which week it is of that year. +To the right of both of those is a label which shows the date range for the +currently selected week. +</para> +<para> +In the main view, you see the week divided up into rows and collumns +representing the days of the week, and hours of the day. In each cell, you will +see a blue square which represents an appointment, which you can press to see +details of the appointment. If you press anywhere in the free space, you will go +to the day of the column that you clicked in. +</para> +</section> + +<section><title>The Week List View</title> +<para> +The week list view shows you all the appointments that you have that week +without graphically representing how long they are or showing the free time +between them. This is convinient if you need to see a list of all your +appointments, but do not need to see how your time is mapped out. The navigation +bar has an arrow button on either side, allowing you to move to the next or +previous week, as well as a button which gives the current week number for that +year. Pressing the week number button will bring up a calendar dialog, which +allows you to select the week you are viewing. Selecting a day from the calendar + +will bring you to the week that day is in. To the right of that is a button with +a "2" in it. When this is depressed, the main view will show two weeks at a +time, instead of one. The last item is a label which shows the range of dates +for the currently selected week. +</para> +<para> +The main view is comprised of several rows, each of which represents a day of +the week. If you have an appointment on that day, the date will be red, +otherwise it will be black (the current day is blue). Clicking on the date +itself will bring you to the day view for that day. Under each day is a list of +all the appointments for that day, as well as their start times. If you click on +an appointment, you will go to an edit dialog for that appointment, which lets +you view its details. Next to each day heading is a "+" sign, clicking it will +create a new appointment for that day. +</para> +</section> + +<section><title>The Month View</title> +<para> +The month view looks like a normal monthly calendar, allowing you to see on what + +days of the month you have appointments. In the navigation bar, there are two +pairs of arrows. The pair with an arrow and a vertical line will take you to the +first or last month of the currently selected year, while the normal arrow +buttons will take you to the next or previous month. There is a dropdown menu +which allows you to select the month, and a entry field which allows you to +select the year (press the up or down arrows, or enter in your own year). +</para> +<para> +The main view is divided up into a grid, where the columns are the days of the +week, and the rows are the weeks (just like an ordinary calendar). The currently +selected day has a bold box drawn around it, and if the day has an appointment, +there will be a small blue square in the bottom right corner of it (that square +will have a smaller white square if it is a recurring appointment). If the +appointment is an all day event, it will be drawn as a green dot instead. When +you click on the sqaure of a day, you will be taken to the day view for that +day. +</para> +</section> +</section> + +<section><title>Adding Appointments</title> +<para> +To add an appointment, click on the add appointment button in the toolbar at the +top of the window (an image of a blank page), and a dialog will open up, +allowing you to enter information about the appointment (depending on the +current view, and what you may have selected, there may be certain default +settings). +</para> +<para> +At the top of the window is the description field, where you can enter in a +short description of the appointment, or select a common one from the dropdown +list. The location field allows you to do the same. The category dropdown allows + +you to assign the appointment to a category, which you can use later to view +only some of your appointments. The button labeled "..." to the right of that +will open up a dialog where you can add, delete, or edit certain categories. +</para> +<para> +To enter a start and end time, select the date for each from the dropdown menu, +and then you can either manually enter a time, or you can use the three rows of +numbers to more quickly enter it in. To use the fast input method, first click +in the text entry field of the time you want to edit, then you need to select +the hour. The first two rows are the hours, click whichever one you want. The +third row of numbers are the minutes, in units of five. When you select the +minutes field for the start time, it will automatically set the minutes field +for the end time to the same thing, but you can change this by selecting the end +field and giving it its own minutes field. Because of this, it is fastest to set +the start time first and then the end time. There is also an "all day" +checkbox, which will make the appointment take up the entire day. +</para> +<para> +Underneath this you can set the timezone of the appointment from the dropdown +list. To change the available timezones, click the world icon, and it will open +the City Time application. Refer to its documentation for changing the +timezones. If you want to have an alarm go off, check the "alarm" checkbox, +and then set the number of minutes before the appointment that you want the +alarm to sound. If you set the dropdown list next to that to "silent" you will +only be given a visual alarm, wheras if you set the alarm to "Loud", there +will be an alarm sound as well. Note: opie-alarm must be installed for alarms to +work. +</para> +<para> +To set whether the appointment repeats, click the "Repeat" button and a new +dialog will open up. At the top is a row of buttons, which lets you set how +often the appointment repeats. Selecting one of these buttons will change the +interface below, to represent the available options for that type of repetition +(selecting "None" will turn off repetition if you turned it on and no longer +want it). When you are done, click "ok" in the upper right to select that type +of repetition, or "x" to set it back to what it was (none if it is a new +appointment). +</para> +<para> +Finally, you can add notes to the appointment by clicking the "Notes..." +button which will open a dialog with a text entry field for adding notes. Press +"ok" to accept the changes to the notes, "x" to cancel. +</para> +<para> +When you are done setting up the appointment, click "ok" in the top right of +the window, or "x" to cancel adding the appointment. +</para> +</section> +<section><title>Editing Appointments</title> +<para> +How you start editing an appointment varies depending on what view you are in, +but they will all open the same dialog. The dialog is the same as the Add +Appointment dialog, except that the fields will already be filled in with the +information that the appointment contains. Clicking "ok" will keep your +changes, "x" will revert them to what they were before you edited them. +</para> +</section> + +<section><title>Finding Appointments</title> +<para> +To find a specific appointment, click the find button in the toolbar (small +green magnifying glass) and it will open a find dialog. Here you can enter the +text you want to search for, as well as the category you want to search for, as +well as the start date, and whether you want the search to be case sensitive. +Click "Find" to find the next appointment that matches your criteria. +</para> +</section> +</chapter>
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