With technology advances, using a PC to mage our time has become more important than ever. Windows Calendar allows you to manage your time and coordinate your schedule with relatives, associates and colleagues. It’s simple to use, and can be setup to provide you automatic notifications and reminders about specific tasks or future appointments. For example, you can setup the calendar to alert you minutes, hours, or even days ahead of time, depending on how much advance notice you want. Or you can setup a recurring appointment, e.g. staff meeting every Friday at 3:00 p.m., personal budget every two weeks, monthly health club payment, etc.
Windows Calendar also allows you to organize and manage the things you need to do by creating a personal task list. Additionally, for each task, you can describe what you need to do, set deadline for completion, set priority ranking and keep track of your progress. It even allows you to set reminders so you’ll know when a task is nearly due.
To open Windows Calendar, simply click Start, type Windows Calendar and hit enter.
To create a calendar, click the File menu, and select New Calendar. Type a name for the calendar and then press ENTER.
To view your calendar by day, work week, week, or month simply click the View menu and place a check mark next to the view you want to select.
The Details Pane allows you to see a detail of a task or appointment. To view Details Pane click the View menu and check Details Pane. To close the Details pane, simply uncheck it.
To create appointments click New Appointment on the toolbar, then use the Details Pane to enter any additional information.
To create a task, click New Task on the toolbar. Use the Details Pane to write a description and any other information about your task.
You can even search for appointments or task by using the Search box (upper right hand side) by entering keywords.
Happy computing!