Getting Started
About AOL Calendar
Using Calendar When You Are Not Signed On
Setting
Time Zone and Hours Displayed
Sharing Your Calendar and Subscribing to Other Calendars
Sharing
Your Calendar
Publishing Your Calendar as a Public Web Page
Viewing
and Subscribing to Other Calendars
Working
with Multiple Calendars
Copying
Events from Other Calendars and the Event Directory to Your Calendar
Unsubscribing
from Other Calendars
Displaying and Printing Your Calendar
Moving
Around in Calendar -- Month, Week, and Day Views
Viewing
Local Weather and Your Daily Horoscope
Changing
Calendar Colors
Printing
Your Calendar
Scheduling and Organizing Events
Creating an Additional Calendar
Scheduling
an Event
Scheduling
a Repeating Event
Inviting
Friends and Family to Events
Reminding
and Notifying Friends and Family About Events
Finding
Events in the Event Directory and Adding Them to Your Calendar
Setting
Reminders for Important Dates and Events
Scheduling
a Task
Rescheduling
an Event
Cancelling
(Deleting) an Event
Moving an EventUsing Your Calendar with Devices and on the Web
Synchronizing
Your Calendar with PDAs and Outlook
Using
Calendar on the Web
Solving Problems in Calendar
Not
Receiving Event Updates
Re-subscribing
to an Unsubscribed Calendar
Receiving
Old Reminders
About AOL Calendar
This latest release of AOL Calendar offers these benefits:
- Create multiple calendars
--- Want to keep the team soccer
schedule separate from your personal calendar? You can now create and
maintain multiple calendars from a single screen name.
- Publish a calendar as a public
Web page
-- You can now publish a calendar as a Web page so that anyone on the
Internet can view it.
- Stay up-to-date with
family and friends -- Share calendars and coordinate schedules
- Simplify event planning--
Organize and share events
- Receive automatic
reminders -- Stay on top of important dates with reminders anywhere
on the Internet and on your cellular phone.
- Check your horoscope
and weather -- Get your daily horoscope and updated weather
everywhere you view your calendar.
- Stay in sync --
Synchronize your AOL calendar with your PDA and Microsoft Outlook.
If you used other versions of AOL Calendar, formerly known as My
Calendar, existing events and appointments automatically transfer to
your new calendar during installation and setup.
If you use calendar programs on a PDA (personal digital assistant)
or Microsoft Outlook, you can synchronize those calendars with AOL
Calendar. For more information, see Synchronizing
Your Calendar.
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Using Calendar When You Are Not Signed On
You can schedule and modify events, appointments and other calendar
entries without being signed on to AOL, however if you are inviting
others to your event, or if you share your calendar, you need to sign
on in order for others to view your calendar and receive e-mail about
your event.
You can set reminders and reminder delivery option when you are not
signed on, however those reminders and delivery options won't take
effect until the next time you sign on.
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Setting Time Zone and Hours Displayed
You can change these Calendar preference settings:
- Time Zone -- Ensures that events and appointment times match your
local time. For U.S. members, Daylight Saving Time adjustments are
automatic. Indiana residents see Notes below.
- Day Start and End -- Determines the daytime hours displayed on
your calendar.
To change Calendar settings
- Click Settings.
- Next to the setting you want to change, click the down arrow and
select a setting.
- When you have finished changing settings, click Save.
Notes
- When you change time zones, Calendar automatically updates
existing scheduled events to reflect the new time zone. For example, if
you change from Eastern Time to Pacific Time, a 4pm ET event
automatically moves to 1pm PT.
- Indiana allows localized adoption of Daylight Saving Time. Most
of the state remains on Eastern Standard Time and does not change. If
you are in this category, click Settings and select Indiana
from the Time Zone menu.
11 counties in the northwest and southwest observe Central
Daylight Time: Gibsone, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Posey,
Spencer, Starke, Vanderburgh, and Warrick. If you live in one of these
counties, select Central Time from the Time Zone menu.
Five counties in the southeast observe Eastern Daylight Time:
Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, and Ohio. If you live in one of these
counties, select Eastern time from the Time Zone menu.
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Moving Around in Calendar -- Month, Week, and
Day Views
You can display dates in the past or future month-by-month,
week-by-week, or day-by-day, or you can quickly jump directly to
another month, week, or day.
To display the previous or next month, week, or day
- Click the tab -- Month, Week, or Day --
for the timespan that you want to display.
- To move to previous dates, click the left arrow that appears in
the date area at the top of the calendar. To advance to future dates,
click the right arrow. Depending on the tab you selected, the
calendar changes to display the next month, the next week, or the next
day.
To jump to another month in the current year
- Click the Month tab.
- To jump to a particular month, click the black down arrow that
appears to the right of the month and year indicator. The months
within the current year appear.
- Click the month that you want to display. To move to the next
month, click the right arrow. To move to the previous month, click the
left arrow.
To jump to a month in another year
- Click the Month tab.
- Click the black down arrow that appears to the right of the month
and year indicator. The current year and the months within the
current year appear.
- Click the month that you want to display. To move to the next
year, click the arrow to the right of the year indicator. To move to
the previous year, click the arrow to the left of the year indicator.
- When the desired year appears, click the month that you want to
display.
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Viewing Local Weather and Your Daily
Horoscope
A weather icon appears near the day or date label in calendar views.
You can change your weather city by going to AOL Weather. (Keyword: AOL
Weather)
To view your horoscope
Click the View today's horoscope link that appears on the
bottom left of your calendar view.
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Changing Colors in Calendar
Calendar enables you to combine multiple calendars in a single calendar
view, and you can distinguish which events go with each calendar by the
color; colors for each event match the color assigned to the calendar.
For information on viewing additional calendars, see Viewing
and Subscribing to Other Calendars.
To change the color of a calendar
- To the left of your calendar view, under the Calendars heading,
click the Calendar name, usually a screen name, of the calendar whose
color you want to change. The Calendar Detail screen appears.
- Next to the Color box, click the down arrow and select
the new color for the calendar.
- Once you select the desired color, click Save. The
calendar name appears in the new color, and when you display this
calendar, events also appear in this color.
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Printing Your Calendar
To print your calendar
- Click the view that you want to print -- Month, Week, or Day.
The Print screen appears.
- Click OK.
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Creating Additional Calendars
You can create multiple calendars to organize events. For example,
you can have a personal calendar as well as a calendar for the family,
bridge club, soccer team, and the like.
To create an additional calendar
- Under the Calendars list on the left side of your calendar, click
Add. The Adding
Calendars screen appears.
- Click Create a New Calendar,
then click Continue. The Calendar Detail screen appears.
- Type the name of the calendar.
- To share this calendar with specific people, click Sharing and
type the screen names of the people who you want to view or view and
edit this calendar. If you want to share your calendar with people who
have Internet e-mail addresses instead of screen names, see Publishing Your Calendar as a Public Web Page.
- After you select the dates you want to print, click OK.
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Sharing Your Calendar
You can invite people to individual events on your personal calendar
-- the calendar with your screen name, share your entire calendar
so that specified people can oview or edit it, or you can publish your
calendar to the world.
To invite people to a particular event on your calendar, see Inviting
Friends and Family to an Event. You can only invite people who have
a screen name, in other words e-mail addresses that end in @aol.com.
Free AOL screen names are available by going to www.aol.com and
clicking Sign On.
To publish your calendar so that anyone can see it, including those
without AOL screen names, for example an e-mail address ending in
@yahoo.com, see Publishing Your Calendar as a
Public Web Page. When you publish to the world, anyone with
Internet access can view your published calendar.
To share your entire calendar so that others can view or edit it
- Click the Sharing button that appears at the bottom of
the
Calendars list, to the left of your calendar view. The Share Your
Calendar screen appears.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to create a list of screen
names with whom you want your calendar shared, and to designate whether
you want that person to view your calendar or to view and edit it.
Important: When you give Edit permissions, you grant that
person full control of your calendar. Be sure to give Edit permissions
only to those who you fully trust to create, edit, and delete events on
your calendar.
- After you finish designating who you want to share your Calendar
with, click the Share button. Calendar sends an e-mail to
each of the screen names you listed, with information on how to view
your calendar.
Calendar sends an e-mail to each of the screen names you invited to
share your calendar, informing them that your calendar is available to
them, and giving them a link that they can click to add your calendar
to their Calendars list. You also receive a confirmation e-mail that
lists all the screen names with whom you have shared your calendar.
Notes
- You can only share calendars that you create. You can't share
calendars that were created by others that appear on your Calendars
list.
- You can only share your calendar with people who have AOL screen
names, you can't share your calendar with Internet e-mail addresses.
Free AOL screen names are available by going to www.aol.com and
clicking Sign On. To invite those with other e-mail addresses,
for example, ending in @yahoo.com, see Publishing
Your Calendar as a Public Web Page.
- You can invite people with Internet e-mail addresses to events;
for details see Inviting
Friends and Family to an Event.
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Publishing Your Calendar as a Public Web Page
If you have a calendar that you want to share with anyone on the
Internet, you can publish your calendar as a public Web page.
To invite people to a particular event on your calendar, see Inviting
Friends and Family to an Event.
To publish a calendar as a public Web page
- On the Calendars list, to the left of your calendar view, click
the name of the calendar that you want to publish. The Calendar
Detail screen appears.
- Click Publishing.
- Select Publish this calendar.
Important: When you publish your calendar, anyone who has access to
the Internet can view your calendar, just as they can view a Web page.
Be sure that you only publish a calendar if the information it contains
can be safely revealed to the public.
- To send the link (URL) of the calendar Web page to others so they
can view the calendar, click Send
e-mail to share this calendar with others.
- After you finish designating who you want to share your Calendar
with, click Share button. Calendar sends an e-mail to
each of the recipients you listed, with information on how to view the
published calendar.
- On the Calendar Detail screen, click Save.
Notes
- You can only publish calendars that you create. You can't share
calendars that
were created by others that appear on your Calendars list.
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Viewing and Subscribing to Other Calendars
To view additional calendars that already appear on your Calendars
list, see Working
with Multiple Calendars.
If you want to view a calendar that doesn't appear on your Calendars
list, you need to subscribe to that calendar. You can subscribe to
publicly-available calendars through the Event Directory; for details,
see Using
the Event Directory.
Another way to view other calendars is to subscribe to calendars
that family and friends share with you. You receive e-mail when others
invite you to subscribe to a calender.
To subscribe to a calendar
- Open the mail message that has Invitation to Calendar in
the Subject.
- Click the Subscribe Now link that appears in the body of
the message. The subscribed calendar appears in the Calendars list,
and events on the subscribed calendar appear in the calendar view.
- If you don't want the subscribed calendar events to appear, click
the check box to the left of the calendar name to clear that calendar
view. You can re-display a subscribed calendar by clicking the check
box to select it.
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Working with Multiple Calendars
You can view multiple calendars, either one at a time or in
combination, enabling you to coordinate schedules and stay on top of
friends' and family plans.
To view multiple calendars simultaneously, so that the combined
schedules appear on a single calendar
- To the left of your calendar view, under the Calendars heading,
click one or more of the check boxes next to the calendar names that
you wish to display. If the only calendar on the Calendars list is the
one with your screen name, see Viewing
and Subscribing to Other Calendars for information on adding
calendars to the list.
- Click the Month, Week, or Day tab to display the desired calendar
view. All the events on the calendars you've selected appear within the
single calendar view.
Notes
You can tell the various calendar entries apart by the color coding;
the color on the Calendars list matches the color of the associated
events. To change the color-coding of calendars, see Changing
Calendar Colors.
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Copying Events from Other Calendars to Your
Calendar
You can copy events from other calendars to your personal calendar.
Your personal calendar is the calendar with your screen name.
To view other calendars, check the Calendars list in the upper left
corner of your AOL Calendar screen. Calendars to which you are
subscribed appear on this list, with a check box next to each. If the
only calendar on this list is the one with your screen name, see Viewing
and Subscribing to Other Calendars for information on subscribing
to additional calendars, then follow the steps below.
To copy events from other calendars to yours
- On the Calendars list, click the check box next to the
calendar that contains the event that you want to add to you personal
calendar. Events scheduled on the subscribed calendar appear on
your calendar view.
- Click the event that you want to add to your calendar. The
View an Event screen appears.
- Click Copy to Personal Calendar. The event appears on
your calendar, in the color of your calendar.
Notes
- If the owner of a calendar from which you copied an event later
makes changes to the event, those changes don't appear on your
calendar. To have the event appear on your calendar and to receive
updates regarding changes, contact the owner of the calendar and ask
them to invite you through the Tell a Friend link on the event. When
you accept a calendar invitation from owner of an event, you
automatically receive e-mail notifications any time the calendar owner
edits or updates the event.
- The check box next to the calendar names on the Calendars list
determines which calendars display. To verify that the copied event
appears correctly on your calendar, clear all the calendar check boxes
except for your personal calendar so that the only events that appear
are those on your personal calendar. Your personal calendar is the
calendar with your screen name.
- The color of the calendar name on the Calendars list matches the
color of events on that calendar, so when viewing multiple calendars
you can determine which events belong to each calendar.
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Unsubscribing from Other Calendars
To unsubscribe from other calendars, so they no longer appear on
your list of calendars
- On the Calendars list, click the underlined name of the calendar
that you want to unsubscribe. The Calendar Detail screen appears.
- Click the Unsubscribe button. A confirmation message
appears.
- To unsubscribe, click the Unsubscribe button. To remain
subscribed, click Cancel. When you click Unsubscribe, the
confirmation message and the Calendar Detail screen close, and the
unsubscribed calendar no longer appears on your Calendars list.
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Scheduling an Event
Calendar gives you the option of scheduling a one-time event, such
as a party, as well as repeating events, such as monthly bingo, weekly
soccer practice, and the like. This section describes how to schedule a
one-time event; to create a repeating event, see
Scheduling
a Repeating Event
You can quickly add a new event to your calendar by typing directly
in the calendar area where you want to schedule the event, or you can
use the Add Event button.
To schedule an event by typing directly on your calendar
- Point to the place on your calendar where you want to schedule
the event.
- Click and hold the left mouse button to stretch the event across
the appropriate time slots, then release the left mouse button. Type
here appears in the calendar time slot that you created.
- Type the title of the event, then press Return. The event
appears on your calendar.
- To add additional details regarding the event, click the event to
display the View or Edit an Event screen, in which you can type event
details, specify reminders and repeating event details, and share the
event with friends and family.
To schedule an event through the Add a New Event screen
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click Add
Event. The Add a New Event screen appears.
- To schedule the event on a different calendar, click the down
arrow next to the Calendar label and select the calendar you want to
use.
- Click the text box next to Title and type the name of the event
as you want it to appear on the calendar.
- Type or select the date and time of the event. If the event is an
all-day activity or has no specific start time, click No specific
time so the event appears above the timed events on the calendar
display.
- To receive a reminder, click the Remind me box and select
the amount of time in advance of the event when you want to receive the
reminder. To specify reminder delivery -- e-mail, Instant Message, or
cellular phone -- click the Edit link that appears to the right
of the Reminder line.
- To share the event information with friends and family, for
example, if this event is a family gathering, click the Share this
event link. The Tell a Friend screen appears. You can
specify screen names and e-mail addresses to which you want to send
information about the event, and recipients can with a single click add
the event to their calendars.
- When you finish specifying the event information, click Save.
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Scheduling a Repeating Event
Calendar gives you the option of scheduling a one-time event, such as a
party, as well as repeating events, such as monthly bingo, weekly
soccer practice, and the like. This section describes how to schedule a
repeating event; to create a one-time event, see Scheduling
an Event.
To schedule repeating event
- Click Add Event. The Add a New Event screen appears.
- To schedule the event on a different calendar, click the down
arrow next to the Calendar label and select the calendar you want to
use.
- Click the text box next to Title and type the name of the event
as you want it to appear on the calendar.
- Type or select the date and time of the event. If the event is an
all-day activity or has no specific start time, click No specific
time so the event appears above the timed events on the calendar
display.
- To receive a reminder, click the Remind me box and select
the amount of time in advance of the event when you want to receive the
reminder. To specify reminder delivery -- e-mail, Instant Message, or
cellular phone -- click the Edit link that appears to the right
of the Reminder line.
- To specify the interval on which this event repeats, on the Repeats
line, click the Edit link to display the Repeating Options
dialog. Select the appropriate repeating pattern from the options
provided.
- To share the event information with friends and family, for
example, if this event is a family gathering, click the Share this
event link. The Tell a Friend screen appears. You can
specify screen names and e-mail addresses to which you want to send
information about the event, and recipients can with a single click add
the event to their calendars.
- When you finish specifying the event information, click Save.
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Inviting Friends and Family to an Event
You can invite people to individual events on your calendar.
To schedule a new event to which you are inviting friends, family,
or colleagues, see Scheduling
an Event.
To invite others to join you at an event already scheduled on
your calendar
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click the
event. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- At the bottom of the screen, next to the Tell a Friend label,
click the Share this event link. The Tell a Friend screen
appears.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to add screen names and e-mail
addresses of people you want to invite.
- If you want to add a personal message to the e-mail that is
automatically sent to invitees, type that message in the Add a
personal message box.
- When you have finished typing screen names, e-mail addresses, and
any personal e-mail message, click Update.
Notes
- People you invite don't need to have an AOL account; as long as
they have an e-mail address you can notify them about your events.
- AOL Calendar automatically sends e-mail to all the people you
invited, and the message includes event details, such as time and
location. Within that message is a link they can click to automatically
send a response to you and to add the event to their calendar.
- Any time you change event details, people you invited
automatically receive an e-mail regarding the change.
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Notifying Friends and Family About Events
You can invite people to events that are already on your calendar.
To schedule a new event and invite friends, family, or colleagues,
see Scheduling
an Event.
To notify others about an event already scheduled on your calendar
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click the
event. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- At the bottom of the screen, next to the Tell a Friend label,
click the Share this event link. The Tell a Friend screen
appears.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to add screen names and e-mail
addresses of people you want to notify.
- To add a personal message to the e-mail that is automatically
sent to the people your are notifying, type that message in the Add
a personal message box.
- When you have finished typing screen names, e-mail addresses, and
any personal e-mail message, click Update.
AOL Calendar automatically sends e-mail to all the people you
invited, and within that message is a link they can click to
automatically send a response to you and to add the event to their
calendar.
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Finding Events in the Event Directory and
Adding Them to Your Calendar
You can use the Event Directory to find a wide array of cultural,
community, and sporting events. Once you locate an event of interest
you can add it to your calendar with a single click.
To find events in the Event Directory and add them to your
calendar
- In the Event directory, left of your calendar, click Go.
- Click the name of the city closest to the area where you are
looking for an event. A screen appears for the area you selected.
- Click the category and dates of interest, then click the schedule
listing that appears.
- For the event that you want to attend, click the Add this
Event to My Calendar link. The event appears on your calendar.
Notes
You can also find the event directory by going to AOL Keyword: Event
Directory. From the event directory you can find and add events to your
calendar without having to start AOL Calendar.
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Setting Reminders for Important Dates and
Events
To schedule a new event for which you want to set reminders, see Scheduling
an Event.
You can only set reminders for events that appear on your personal
calendar. Your personal calendar is the calendar with your screen name.
To set reminders for an event on your calendar
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click the
event. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- Near the bottom of the screen, next to the Reminder
label, click the box next to Remind me.
- Click the down arrow to select the amount of time in advance of
the event you want to be reminded.
- To verify or change how you want the reminder delivered, click
the Edit delivery options link. The Reminder Delivery
screen appears.
- Click the boxes next to the delivery options you wish, then click
Update.
To specify reminder delivery by e-mail, Instant Messenger, cellular
phone or a combination
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click the
event. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- Near the bottom of the screen, next to the Reminder
label, click the box next to Remind me.
- Click the down arrow to select the amount of time in advance of
the event you want to be reminded.
- To verify or change reminder delivery -- by e-mail, Instant
Messenger, cellular phone, or a combination of delivery options, click
the Edit link to the right of the Reminder: line. The
Reminder Delivery screen appears.
- Click the boxes next to the delivery options you wish, then click
Update.
Notes
- Make sure that you allow enough lead time to receive your
reminder at the desired time. For instance, if you want to receive a
reminder two hours before an event, you must make your request more
than two hours before the event, and leave some extra time for your
request to be received and processed. AOL Calendar and its respective
functions are not a service for events deemed to be life-critical --
for example, medicine-taking -- and should not be treated as such.
- Wireless carriers may charge additional fees for Reminders sent
to cellular phones. For details, check with your wireless carrier.
- The default reminder delivery -- Instant Messenger, cellular
phone, or e-mail -- is determined by the preference settings in the AOL
Alerts and Reminders service. When you change reminder delivery options
within a calendar event, the change applies to that event only. To
change default delivery options for all your reminders, go to AOL
Keyword: Alerts & Reminders and click Preferences.
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Scheduling a Task
Calendar gives you the option of scheduling a task, which is an untimed
event that appears above the timed events. Tasks can serve as your
"to-do" list for the day. Just as with time-scheduled events, tasks can
be one-time or repeating tasks, and you can notify friends and family,
and set reminders for tasks.
To schedule a task
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click Add
Task. The Add a Task window appears.
- If you want to schedule the task on a different calendar, click
the down arrow next to the Calendar name and select the desired
calendar.
- Click the text box next to Title and type the name of the task as
you want it to appear on the calendar.
- Type or select the date on which you want the task to appear.
- To receive e-mail reminders, Instant Message reminders, or
cellular phone reminders, click the box next to Remind me and
select the amount of time in advance of the task when you want to
receive the reminder.
- If this is a repeating task, click the Edit link that
appears to the right of Repeats to set the interval on which the task
repeats, such as daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Once you finish specifying the task information, click Save.
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Rescheduling and Changing Events
To schedule a new event, see Scheduling
an Event.
To reschedule an event using click-and-drag
- Point to the event that you want to move, then click and hold
your left mouse button.
- Drag the event to a different date (in Month view), day and time
(in Week view), or time (in Day view). As you move the event, the
new date and time appears.
- When the event is correctly placed at its new date and time,
release the left mouse button.
Notes
- If this event is one that you invited others to attend, or if you
share your calendar with others, AOL Calendar automatically send e-mail
about the event change. Everyone you invited to this event and everyone
who subscribes to your calendar receives an e-mail regarding the
change, and any schedule change is automatically reflected on their
calendar.
- If you are not signed on at the time you make the schedule
change, those who subscribe to your calendar receive e-mail and see the
schedule change after you sign on.
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Cancelling (Deleting) an Event
To delete an event from your calendar
- In one of the calendar views -- Month, Week, or Day -- click the
event you want to delete. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- Click the Delete button on the bottom of the screen. A
confirmation screen appears: "Are you sure you want to delete this
event?"
- Click OK. Your calendar re-displays, and the event no
longer appears.
Notes
- If this event is one that you invited others to attend, or if you
share your calendar with others, AOL Calendar automatically sends
e-mail about the cancellation. Everyone you invited to this event and
everyone who subscribes to your calendar receives an e-mail regarding
the cancelled event, and the event is automatically deleted from their
calendar.
- If this is a repeating event, Calendar prompts you to specify
whether to delete the event on just the one date, or delete all
occurrences of the event.
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Moving an Event
Moving Events between Calendars
An event created in one Calendar can be moved to any other Calendar you have
"View and Edit" permissions for or an Additional Calendar you have
created. (see Creating Additional Calendars). When you
add an event or events from a Planner or using an "Add to my Calendar" button
anywhere on the AOL service, the event automatically is added to your primary
calendar by default. See "Finding Events in the Event Directory and Adding Them
to Your Calender". These events can be moved to another Calendar as well.
To move a single event from one Calendar to another.
Note: You must have "View and Edit" permissions to do this.
- Click on the event you would like to move. The "View or Edit an Event"
pop-up will appear.
- To move the event to a different calendar, click the down arrow next to
the Calendar label and select the calendar you want to use. Only
Calendars that you have "View and Edit" permissions for will be shown.
- Click Save. The event will be moved to the Calendar you selected.
To move a repeating event from one Calendar to another.
- Click on the repeating event you would like to move. If you want to
move a series of repeating events, click on the earliest event in the series.
The "View or Edit an Event" pop-up will appear.
- To move the event to a different calendar, click the down arrow next to
the Calendar label and select the calendar you want to use.
- Click Save. A changing an event pop-up dialog will appear asking
"You are changing a recurring event. Do you want to change this event or this
and all future events?"
- Click on This and Future Events to move the entire series. The
repeating events will be moved to the Calendar you selected.
Notes
You may also move just a single event in a series by clicking This Event, or
you may move part of a series of events by clicking on the first event within
the series and repeating the above steps for moving an entire series of events.
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Synchronizing Your Calendar with PDAs and
Outlook
To transfer information between your PDA or Outlook and your AOL
Calendar
- Click the Sync button at the top of your calendar. A
message appears with instructions to click Refresh after you
run Sync.
- Click OK. The Intellisync screen appears. If you
haven't yet downloaded the sync software, follow the on-screen
instructions to download and install the Intellisync software.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to synchronize calendar entries
with your PDA or Outlook.
- When the sync finishes, click the Refresh link that
appears on the line next to calendar dates, just to the right of Go
To Today.
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Using Calendar on the Web
To view your calendar from another computer that doesn't have AOL
software
- Start up the browser, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
- Go to calendar.aol.com. Your calendar appears.
- You can use this Web-based version of Calendar to check your
schedule, add or edit events, or do any other calendar tasks that you
do when using the AOL browser.
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Conflicting Events
Calendar does allow you to schedule conflicting events. If you
schedule multiple events at the same time, those events appear next to
each other on your calendar.
Calendar alerts you when you schedule conflicting events.
Conflicting events appear in the Conflicting Events area of the
Add Event and View or Edit Event screens. The color of
conflicting events matches the color of the calendar on which the
conflicting event is scheduled.
If you prefer to avoid the conflict, you can adjust the Date
and Time settings until No Conflicts appears in the
Conflicting Events area.
For repeating events, Calendar checks for future conflicts depending
on the frequency:
- For daily events, 60 days.
- For weekly events, six months.
- For monthly events, 24 months.
- For yearly events, 10 years.
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Re-subscribing to an Unsubscribed
Calendar
To re-subscribe to a calendar from which you have unsubscribed
Locate the e-mail that you originally received that invited you to
subscribe to the calendar, and click the Subscribe Now button
within that message.
If you no longer have the original e-mail that invited you to
subscribe, contact the owner of the calendar and ask them to share
their calendar with you again. The owner of the calendar needs to
delete you from their list of screen names on the Share Your
Calendar screen, then re-enter your screen name in order to allow
you to re-subscribe to their calendar.
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Not Receiving Event Updates
If you are not receiving updates to events on your calendar, it may
be because you copied an event from another calendar. When you copy
events, any changes made by the owner of the event will not appear on
your calendar.
To have the event appear on your calendar and to receive updates
regarding changes, contact the owner of the calendar and ask them to
invite you through the Tell a Friend link on the event. When you accept
a calendar invitation from owner of an event, you automatically receive
e-mail notifications any time the calendar owner edits or updates the
event.
If the owner of the calendar previously invited you to an event,
they need to delete you from their list of screen names and e-mail
addresses on the Tell A Friend screen, then re-enter your screen name
or e-mail address in order to re-send the invitation to you.
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Receiving Old Reminders
If you used previous versions of Calendar, old reminders may appear.
To stop receiving old reminders
- In the reminder e-mail, click the Manage Your Reminders
link to delete the unwanted reminder.
- In your current calendar, click the event for which you want to
set reminders. The View or Edit an Event screen appears.
- Select the desired Reminder options, then click Save.
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