Help: Calendar Overview

Calendar Overview

Calendar helps you create and track appointments, meeting requests, and events. Each of these items can be set as recurring, or repeating over time. Other people can see if you are free or busy to accept or decline invitations.

Calendar Workspace

Calendar has different sets of controls to perform tasks and work with calendar items.


Outlook Bar	Outlook Bar The buttons on the Outlook Bar represent commands and provide a quick way for you to accomplish tasks while using Outlook Web Access. Use the Outlook Bar to access public folders, your Inbox, your Calendar, and your Contacts; also, you can find names and set user options.

Calendar Help	Calendar Help Help provides guidance on Calendar topics. It is context sensitive and provides instructions about the current active item or field.

Schedule Area	Schedule Area The Schedule Area contains either a weekly or a daily view of your schedule.

Date Picker Area	Date Picker Area The Date Picker Area contains calendars for two consecutive months. By clicking the left and right arrows on top of the calendar title bar, you can scroll through different months. Using the calendar controls beneath the monthly calendars, you can view any individual day.

Calendar Item Form	Calendar Item Form Calendar uses forms to create new calendar items, such as appointments and meeting requests. Forms open in new browser windows. Calendar Item forms contain areas to record important information, including Subject, Location, Start Times and End Times. Once the form is filled in and saved, the Form window closes. To see the new item in your schedule area, select the Update page address button .

Calendar Items

	Appointments are personal events that only you are required to attend. Creating an appointment in your calendar reminds you to plan around that time. Examples of appointments include a visit with a physician, picking up a child from school, or a due date on a project or assignment.
	Meeting Requests are appointments where other people are invited. When you add people to the To box of your meeting request and click Send, e-mail is automatically sent inviting them to your meeting. You can also accept or decline meeting requests sent to you.