Use the calendar to schedule appointments and set reminders. View the calendar by:

• Agenda
• Day
• Week
• Month
• Year

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Tap the Calendar icon on the Today screen to navigate quickly to Calendar.

By default, the calendar first appears in the Agenda view. The Agenda view provides the most detail about appointments.

From the Start menu, tap Calendar to view appointments.

Follow these steps to change the calendar from the default Agenda view to Day, Week, Month, or Year.

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap the Agenda, Day, Week, Month, or Year icon to see the calendar in that view (see Figure 1)
   Figure : View Icons

   

Change the appearance of the calendar by setting the 1st day of the week, deciding how many days in a week will be viewable at one time, showing the number of weeks, showing the half-hour time slots, using a large font, or setting reminders for new items. It is also possible to display several icons that give visual information about appointments, including:

• Reminders
• Recurrences
• Notes
• Location
• Attendees
• If it is private

It is also possible to determine whether to send meeting requests through ActiveSync or an e-mail service.

Follow these steps to customize the calendar appearance:

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap Tools
3. Tap Options
4. Select the calendar options
5. Tap OK

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap New to schedule an appointment
3. Enter a subject or select from the Subject drop-down list (see Figure 2)
   Figure : Subject Drop-Down List

   
4. Tap any item to enter additional information
5. Tap OK to schedule the appointment

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Appointments can be scheduled and reminders set from the Today screen.

Create a reminder when scheduling an appointment or do it at a later date.

Follow these steps to create reminders:

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap an appointment
3. Tap Edit
4. Tap the Reminder field to select the time interval between reminders (the default is 15 minutes)

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap an appointment
3. Tap Tools
4. Tap Delete Appointment
5. Tap Yes to confirm deletion

Use categories to filter the appointments in the calendar.

Follow these steps to categorize appointments:

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap an appointment
3. Tap Edit
4. Tap the Categories field to see a list of available categories
5. Tap Add/Delete to create a category
6. Enter the name of the new category
7. Tap Add
8. Tap OK to place the appointment in the category
9. Tap the Categories field to place the appointment in more categories
10. Tap additional category names to select them
11. Tap OK to list the categories selected in the Categories field
12. Tap OK to save the category information and return to the Calendar screen

Schedule a meeting and send a meeting request through ActiveSync or an e-mail service.

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Contacts with e-mail addresses must be entered in the Contacts application, and the Inbox application must be set up to send and receive e-mail before a meeting request can be sent.

Follow these steps to request a meeting:

1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar
2. Tap Tools
3. Tap Options
4. Tap the Send meeting requests via... down arrow
5. Tap the e-mail service to be used to send a meeting request, then tap OK
6. Tap New to create a new appointment
7. Enter the information
8. Tap the Attendees field
9. Tap the contacts to be invited to the meeting
10. Tap OK to add the attendees
11. Tap OK to schedule the meeting
12. Tap Yes to inform attendees about the meeting