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0001 <?xml version="1.0" ?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" 0003 "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0004 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0005 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> 0006 ]> 0007 0008 <book id="korganizer" lang="&language;"> 0009 0010 <bookinfo> 0011 0012 <title>The &korganizer; Handbook</title> 0013 0014 <authorgroup> 0015 0016 <author> 0017 <firstname>Carlos</firstname> 0018 <othername>Leonhard</othername> 0019 <surname>Woelz</surname> 0020 <affiliation><address><email>carloswoelz@imap-mail.com</email></address></affiliation> 0021 </author> 0022 0023 <author> 0024 &Milos.Prudek; 0025 &Milos.Prudek.mail; 0026 </author> 0027 0028 <author> 0029 &Paul.E.Ahlquist.Jr; 0030 &Paul.E.Ahlquist.Jr.mail; 0031 </author> 0032 0033 <author> 0034 <firstname>Jürgen</firstname> 0035 <surname>Nagel</surname> 0036 <affiliation><address><email>juergen.nagel@student.fh-reutlingen.de</email></address></affiliation> 0037 </author> 0038 0039 <author> 0040 &Michel.Boyer; 0041 &Michel.Boyer.mail; 0042 </author> 0043 0044 <othercredit role="developer"> 0045 <firstname>Reinhold</firstname> 0046 <surname>Kainhofer</surname> 0047 <affiliation><address><email>reinhold@kainhofer.com</email></address></affiliation> 0048 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 0049 </othercredit> 0050 0051 <othercredit role="developer"> 0052 <firstname>Cornelius</firstname> 0053 <surname>Schumacher</surname> 0054 <affiliation><address>&Cornelius.Schumacher.mail;</address></affiliation> 0055 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 0056 </othercredit> 0057 0058 <othercredit role="developer"> 0059 <firstname>Preston</firstname> 0060 <surname>Brown</surname> 0061 <affiliation><address>&Preston.Brown.mail;</address></affiliation> 0062 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 0063 </othercredit> 0064 0065 <othercredit role="reviewer"> 0066 <firstname>Lauri</firstname> 0067 <surname>Watts</surname> 0068 <affiliation><address>&Lauri.Watts.mail;</address></affiliation> 0069 <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> 0070 </othercredit> 0071 0072 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0073 </authorgroup> 0074 0075 0076 0077 <copyright> 0078 <year>2000</year><holder>&Milos.Prudek;</holder> 0079 </copyright> 0080 0081 <copyright> 0082 <year>2001</year> 0083 <holder>&Paul.E.Ahlquist.Jr;</holder> 0084 </copyright> 0085 0086 <copyright> 0087 <year>2004</year> 0088 <holder>Jürgen Nagel</holder> 0089 </copyright> 0090 0091 <copyright> 0092 <year>2005</year> 0093 <holder>Carlos Leonhard Woelz</holder> 0094 </copyright> 0095 0096 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> 0097 0098 <date>2016-12-08</date> 0099 <releaseinfo>5.4.40 (Applications 16.12)</releaseinfo> 0100 0101 <abstract><para>&korganizer; is an easy to use personal information manager 0102 (<acronym>PIM</acronym>). You can write journal entries, schedule appointments, 0103 events, and to-dos. &korganizer; will remind you about pending tasks, and 0104 help you keep your schedule. </para></abstract> 0105 0106 <keywordset> 0107 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0108 <keyword>KOrganizer</keyword> 0109 <keyword>kdepim</keyword> 0110 <keyword>manager</keyword> 0111 <keyword>time</keyword> 0112 <keyword>schedule</keyword> 0113 <keyword>reminder</keyword> 0114 <keyword>appointment</keyword> 0115 <keyword>event</keyword> 0116 <keyword>journal</keyword> 0117 <keyword>to-do</keyword> 0118 </keywordset> 0119 0120 </bookinfo> 0121 0122 <chapter id="introduction"><!--updated to 5.4.40--> 0123 <title>Introduction</title> 0124 0125 <para>&korganizer; is an intuitive and easy to use personal information manager 0126 (<abbrev>PIM</abbrev>). You can schedule appointments, events, create 0127 to-dos and write journal entries. &korganizer; will remind you about 0128 pending tasks, record your occurrences, experiences, and reflections and help 0129 you keep your schedule.</para> 0130 0131 <para>But &korganizer; is not only about your personal calendar, it can 0132 help you to interact with your colleagues and friends too. With &korganizer;, 0133 you can invite anyone with an email address 0134 to an event and process responses, share a calendar (using a groupware 0135 server or simply a file over the network), and share events (⪚ 0136 the schedule of a championship or a conference), using the get hot new stuff 0137 framework. &korganizer; is based on open standards, and works with 0138 many different group scheduling servers, giving you the control over your 0139 information and the freedom to choose the best solutions. 0140 </para> 0141 0142 <para>&korganizer; is also the calendar, journal and to-do component of 0143 &kontact;, offering you an integrated solution for your 0144 communication and information management needs: email, notes, contacts 0145 management, news reader and news feeds 0146 reader. Even if you do not use it inside &kontact;, &korganizer; is 0147 integrated with the other &kde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> applications. 0148 For instance, you can configure it to show birthdays from &kaddressbook; in your 0149 agenda, use &kmail; to send and receive invitations, &etc;</para> 0150 0151 <para>Main features of &korganizer;:</para> 0152 <para><itemizedlist> 0153 <listitem><para>Create To-dos, schedule events, and write journal entries.</para></listitem> 0154 <listitem><para>Organize your events and to-dos by grouping the related items with tags.</para></listitem> 0155 <listitem><para>Highlight tags with colors.</para></listitem> 0156 <listitem><para>Open multiple calendars, and seamlessly view and edit them.</para></listitem> 0157 <listitem><para>Reschedule your events by drag-and-drop.</para></listitem> 0158 <listitem><para>Generate recurring events easily.</para></listitem> 0159 <listitem><para>Organize or attend events using the group scheduling features.</para></listitem> 0160 <listitem><para>Choose among the multiple supported groupware servers.</para></listitem> 0161 <listitem><para>vCalendar and iCalendar (open standards) native support.</para></listitem> 0162 <listitem><para>Calendar merging and import.</para></listitem> 0163 <listitem><para>Drag-and-drop between open calendars.</para></listitem> 0164 <listitem><para>Embedding collaboration with &konqueror;.</para></listitem> 0165 <listitem><para>Customizable icon sets.</para></listitem> 0166 <listitem><para>Drag-and-drop tool panels.</para></listitem> 0167 <listitem><para>Much more...</para></listitem> 0168 </itemizedlist></para> 0169 0170 0171 <para>Now take a <link linkend="five-minute-course">Five-minute fly-over 0172 course</link> of &korganizer;, or delve into <link 0173 linkend="managing-data">the documentation</link>!</para> 0174 0175 </chapter> 0176 0177 <chapter id="five-minute-course"><!--updated to 5.4.40--> 0178 <title>Five-minute Fly-over Course of &korganizer;</title> 0179 <subtitle> (for the experienced and for the impatient)</subtitle> 0180 0181 <para>Pressed for time? Let's get you kick-started with a fast, hands-on overview 0182 of &korganizer;!</para> 0183 0184 <para>If you ever worked with a personal information program before, you'll be 0185 right at home with &korganizer;. You can enter new events, reschedule existing 0186 events, assign tags to your events, devise new tags, enter and 0187 modify lists of attendees and their roles, email event invitations 0188 automatically and exchange data with other &korganizer; calendars, create 0189 to-dos and write journal entries.</para> 0190 0191 <para>This course assumes that you know how to work with the &kde;, and that 0192 you prefer to explore on your own. Only the basic functions of &korganizer; 0193 are covered here.</para> 0194 0195 <sect1 id="course-entering-events"> 0196 <title>Entering Events</title> 0197 0198 <procedure> 0199 <step><para>Click the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0200 <imagedata fileref="view-calendar-agenda.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0201 </inlinemediaobject><guibutton>Agenda</guibutton> toolbar button 0202 or choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0203 <guimenuitem>Agenda</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 0204 This will bring up the <link linkend="agenda-view"><guilabel>Agenda View</guilabel> 0205 </link>.</para></step> 0206 0207 <step><para>Click on the desired date in the 0208 <link linkend="glossary" endterm="gloss-date-navigator">Date Navigator</link>. 0209 </para></step> 0210 0211 <step><para>Select the text area beside the desired 0212 hour in the main panel that reflects the time of the event. Double click 0213 this area, or just start typing a summary of the event to open the 0214 <guilabel>New Event</guilabel> dialog.</para></step> 0215 0216 <step><para><link linkend="entering-data-events">Enter event details</link>. 0217 Use the six tabs at the bottom of the window to move 0218 around the dialog and access all the event's characteristics.</para></step> 0219 0220 <step><para>Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to save the 0221 event.</para></step> 0222 </procedure> 0223 </sect1> 0224 0225 <sect1 id="course-entering-todos"> 0226 <title>Entering To-dos</title> 0227 0228 <procedure> 0229 <step><para>Select the <xref linkend="menu-actions-new-todo"/> 0230 menu item to open the 0231 <guilabel>New To-do</guilabel> dialog.</para></step> 0232 0233 <step><para><link linkend="entering-data-to-do">Enter the to-do details</link>. 0234 Use the five tabs at the bottom of the window to move 0235 around the dialog and access all the event's characteristics.</para></step> 0236 0237 <step><para>Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to save the 0238 to-do.</para></step> 0239 </procedure> 0240 0241 </sect1> 0242 0243 <sect1 id="course-entering-journals"> 0244 <title>Adding Journal Entries</title> 0245 0246 <procedure> 0247 0248 <step><para>Select the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0249 <imagedata fileref="journal-new.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0250 </inlinemediaobject><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0251 <guimenuitem>Journal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item to open the 0252 <link linkend="journal-view"><guilabel>Journal</guilabel> main 0253 view</link>.</para></step> 0254 0255 <step><para>Select the <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 0256 <guimenuitem>New Journal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para></step> 0257 0258 <step><para>Enter journal entry summary and text.</para></step> 0259 0260 </procedure> 0261 0262 </sect1> 0263 0264 <sect1 id="course-rescheduling-events"> 0265 <title>Rescheduling Events</title> 0266 0267 <para>Rescheduling events is a simple drag-and-drop operation:</para> 0268 0269 <procedure> 0270 <step><para>Using the 0271 <link linkend="glossary" endterm="gloss-date-navigator">Date Navigator</link> 0272 go to the date of the event that you want to reschedule.</para></step> 0273 0274 <step><para>You should choose an appropriate <link 0275 linkend="reference-menus-view">view</link> before beginning this operation. 0276 Only the <link linkend="agenda-view"><guilabel>Agenda</guilabel> view 0277 </link> (Day, Work Week and Week views) shows individual hours and are suitable 0278 for rescheduling exactly-timed events (appointments), while the Month view 0279 only shows days. Therefore the Month view is most suitable for long-term 0280 events like holidays.</para></step> 0281 0282 <step><para>To display the Week view select the Agenda view, press the 0283 <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0284 <imagedata fileref="view-calendar-week.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0285 </inlinemediaobject><guibutton>Week</guibutton> view toolbar button, 0286 or choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0287 <guimenuitem>Week</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 0288 </para></step> 0289 0290 <step><para>Drag and drop the event to the new date and time 0291 location.</para></step> 0292 0293 </procedure> 0294 0295 <para>If you wish to reschedule more precisely, double-click the event and 0296 change the start and end time using the drop down menus that divide the day 0297 into quarter hours. If that is not precision enough, you can enter the 0298 desired time directly.</para> 0299 0300 </sect1> 0301 0302 <sect1 id="course-rescheduling-todos"> 0303 <title>Rescheduling or Editing To-dos</title> 0304 0305 <para>You should choose an appropriate <link 0306 linkend="reference-menus-view">view</link> before beginning this operation. 0307 Only the <link linkend="todo-view"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0308 <imagedata fileref="view-calendar-tasks.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0309 </inlinemediaobject><guilabel>To-do List</guilabel> view 0310 </link> and <link linkend="description-view">the To-do View sidebar component 0311 </link> show to-dos which do not have a due date.</para> 0312 0313 <para>To display the To-do List view, press the 0314 <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0315 <imagedata fileref="view-calendar-tasks.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0316 </inlinemediaobject><guibutton>To-do List</guibutton> view toolbar button, 0317 or choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0318 <guimenuitem>To-do List</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 0319 </para> 0320 0321 <para>To reschedule a to-do, right click it. 0322 This will bring up a context menu. Choose the <guimenuitem>Copy to</guimenuitem> or 0323 <guimenuitem>Move to</guimenuitem> menu items and select the new date from the calendar 0324 now appearing. The to-do is now copied or moved to the selected date. 0325 Alternatively, if the main panel holds a <guilabel>To-do List</guilabel> view, 0326 just right click the column <guilabel>Due Date/Time</guilabel>. A calendar will 0327 appear instantly, allowing you to set the new due date.</para> 0328 0329 <para>To <link linkend="entering-data-to-do">edit a to-do</link>, right click it and choose the 0330 <guimenuitem>Edit...</guimenuitem> menu item.</para> 0331 0332 </sect1> 0333 0334 <sect1 id="course-conclusion"> 0335 <title>Conclusion</title> 0336 0337 <para>This five-minute course covered only the basic operation of &korganizer;. 0338 Now you should go on and read the rest of this manual to unleash the full 0339 power of &korganizer;'s capabilities. But if you do not feel like it, you 0340 should at least skip through the <link linkend="faq">&FAQ;</link>.</para> 0341 0342 </sect1> 0343 0344 </chapter> 0345 0346 <chapter id="managing-data"><!--updated to 5.4.40--> 0347 <title>Importing, Exporting, and Managing Calendars</title> 0348 0349 <para>&korganizer; can store (and retrieve) events, journal entries 0350 and to-dos using various methods, and to different locations. 0351 Each of these locations is called a <firstterm>calendar resource</firstterm>. 0352 </para> 0353 0354 <para>&korganizer; supports calendar files based on standards such as 0355 iCalendar and vCalendar natively (adding them as new resources), but you can 0356 import the data (merge) into an existing resource and open the file in a new 0357 window too. Importing files in the format used by the old 0358 <application>ical</application> application is also supported.</para> 0359 0360 <para>You can export your data as an iCalendar or 0361 vCalendar file. These files are supported by most scheduling applications. 0362 </para> 0363 0364 <para>In this chapter, we will explain how to manage your calendar, using the 0365 resources, import and export actions and the get hot new stuff scheme.</para> 0366 0367 <sect1 id="managing-resources"> 0368 <title>Calendar Resources</title> 0369 0370 <para>&korganizer; uses a local file 0371 as its default resource. But this is not your only option: there are several 0372 other resources you can add: groupware servers, journal entries as blogs, 0373 network files, &etc; If you use more than one resource, &korganizer; 0374 <link linkend="config-main-general-personal">can be configured to use the default 0375 resource or ask which resource to use</link> when saving new events, to-dos or 0376 journal entries. &korganizer; will seamlessly merge the items from 0377 two or more resources in the <link linkend="description-view">views</link>. 0378 </para> 0379 0380 <para>The default resource is a good choice for many use cases, but you may 0381 want to use another resource, especially if you use a supported groupware 0382 server. Please ask the server administrator for the information required to 0383 configure the groupware resource, including free/busy information publishing 0384 and retrieving. Access to free/busy information allows an event organizer to 0385 take the attendee's calendar into consideration when adding him to the event's 0386 attendee list.</para> 0387 0388 <note><para>Besides calendar storage, groupware servers typically offer contacts, 0389 mail and <link linkend="glossary" endterm="gloss-freebusy">free/busy 0390 information</link> storage. Therefore, some of the resources discussed here 0391 may be related to other resources from &kmail; and &kaddressbook; (the mail and 0392 contacts components of &kontact;), or to the 0393 <link linkend="config-main-free-busy">free/busy settings in the main 0394 configuration</link>.</para> 0395 <para>Please note that &korganizer; 0396 <link linkend="group-scheduling">group scheduling</link> communication is 0397 based on a peer to peer email standard. This means that you do not need a 0398 groupware server to use it!</para></note> 0399 0400 <screenshot id="screenshot-resources"> 0401 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Add Calendars dialog</screeninfo> 0402 <mediaobject> 0403 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="korganizer-resource.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0404 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Add Calendars dialog</phrase></textobject> 0405 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Add Calendars dialog</para></caption> 0406 </mediaobject> 0407 </screenshot> 0408 0409 <procedure id="procedure-add-resource"> 0410 <title>Adding a New &korganizer; Resource</title> 0411 0412 <step><para>Open &korganizer;'s settings dialog with <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 0413 <guimenuitem>Configure &korganizer;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the 0414 <guilabel>Calendars</guilabel> tab from the <guilabel>General</guilabel> page. 0415 </para> 0416 <para>Alternatively open the context menu in the 0417 <guilabel>Calendar Manager</guilabel> sidebar with a &RMB; click 0418 and select <guilabel>Add Calendar...</guilabel></para></step> 0419 <step><para>If the <guilabel>Calendar Manager</guilabel> is not displayed on the sidebar, 0420 choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>Sidebar</guisubmenu> 0421 <guimenuitem>Show Calendar Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item to 0422 display it.</para></step> 0423 0424 <step><para>Press the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> button to add new resources to 0425 the list of available resources.</para></step> 0426 0427 <step><para>Select the resource to enable it.</para></step> 0428 0429 <step><para>Later, if you want to edit or delete a resource, select it on the 0430 <guilabel>Calendar Manager</guilabel> sidebar and press <guibutton>Delete Calendar</guibutton> to delete it or 0431 <guibutton>Calendar Properties...</guibutton> to modify it.</para></step> 0432 0433 </procedure> 0434 <para>Among the existing resources, you can find in &korganizer;:</para> 0435 0436 <variablelist> 0437 0438 <varlistentry> 0439 <term><guilabel>Birthdays & Anniversaries</guilabel></term> 0440 <listitem><para>Provides access to birthday and anniversary dates of contacts in your address book as calendar events.</para></listitem> 0441 </varlistentry> 0442 0443 <varlistentry> 0444 <term><guilabel>DAV groupware resource</guilabel></term> 0445 <listitem><para>Resource to manage DAV calendars and address books (CalDAV, GroupDAV).</para></listitem> 0446 </varlistentry> 0447 0448 <varlistentry> 0449 <term><guilabel>Google Calendars and Tasks</guilabel></term> 0450 <listitem><para>Access your Google Calendars and Tasks.</para></listitem> 0451 </varlistentry> 0452 0453 <varlistentry> 0454 <term><guilabel>iCal Calendar File</guilabel></term> 0455 <listitem><para>Loads data from an iCal file.</para></listitem> 0456 </varlistentry> 0457 0458 <varlistentry> 0459 <term><guilabel>iCal Calendar Folder</guilabel></term> 0460 <listitem><para>Provides access to calendar items, each stored in a single file, in a given directory.</para></listitem> 0461 </varlistentry> 0462 0463 <varlistentry> 0464 <term><guilabel>KAlarm Calendar File</guilabel></term> 0465 <listitem><para>Loads data from a KAlarm calendar file.</para></listitem> 0466 </varlistentry> 0467 0468 <varlistentry> 0469 <term><guilabel>KAlarm Calendar Directory</guilabel></term> 0470 <listitem><para>Loads data from a local KAlarm folder.</para></listitem> 0471 </varlistentry> 0472 0473 <varlistentry> 0474 <term><guilabel>Kolab Groupware Server</guilabel></term> 0475 <listitem><para>Provides access to Kolab groupware folders and e-mail on a Kolab IMAP Server.</para></listitem> 0476 </varlistentry> 0477 0478 <varlistentry> 0479 <term><guilabel>Open-Xchange Groupware Server</guilabel></term> 0480 <listitem><para>Provides access to the appointments, tasks, and contacts of an Open-Xchange groupware server.</para></listitem> 0481 </varlistentry> 0482 0483 </variablelist> 0484 0485 </sect1> 0486 0487 <sect1 id="managing-import-export"> 0488 <title>Importing, Exporting and Maintaining Calendars</title> 0489 0490 <para>While local files are just one among many other resources that can be used 0491 by &korganizer;, they are the most convenient way to share calendars, save 0492 copies, or import items from your old calendar program.</para> 0493 0494 <sect2 id="managing-import"> 0495 <title>Importing Calendars</title> 0496 0497 <para>If you have an iCalendar or vCalendar file, and you 0498 would like to import it, choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> 0499 <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Import Calendar...</guimenuitem> 0500 </menuchoice> menu item. &korganizer; will ask you if you want to <guilabel>Add as new 0501 calendar</guilabel>, which adds the calendar file as a new local file resource or 0502 <guilabel>Merge into existing calendar</guilabel>, which merges the calendar 0503 items into an existing resource.</para> 0504 0505 <para>A good time to do this would be if you received a 0506 vCalendar with a few entries via email, for instance, or if you are planning 0507 to import your calendar from another application. In the latter case, the first 0508 thing to do is to use that application to export the calendar data in one of the 0509 formats above, or use a tool to convert from the application's native format.</para> 0510 0511 <!--Get Hot New Stuff 0512 store.kde.org KOrganizer Calendars--> 0513 </sect2> 0514 0515 <sect2 id="managing-export"> 0516 <title>Exporting Calendars</title> 0517 0518 <para>You can export your data as an iCalendar file, which is supported by 0519 most scheduling applications. &korganizer; will export all calendar 0520 items from the enabled (checked) resources which are 0521 <link linkend="filters-view">not filtered out</link> (let's call these items 0522 <quote>active</quote> items). In other words, if you cannot see a calendar 0523 item, it won't be in the exported file. To filter out the undesired items 0524 before exporting them, you can create 0525 <link linkend="filters-view">filters</link>. Filters are even more effective 0526 if you classify your events and to-dos with 0527 <link linkend="categories-view">tags</link>. To enable and disable 0528 resources, check or uncheck the resource box in the 0529 <link linkend="managing-resources"><guilabel>Calendar Manager</guilabel> </link> 0530 sidebar.</para> 0531 0532 <para>To export all your <quote>active</quote> events, to-dos and journal entries 0533 (independent of to what resource they belong) as a new iCalendar 0534 file, choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu> 0535 <guimenuitem>Export as iCalendar...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 0536 The <guilabel>Save As</guilabel> dialog will pop up. 0537 Enter the file name and location for the new file to complete the export 0538 action.</para> 0539 0540 </sect2> 0541 0542 <sect2 id="managing-purge-archive"> 0543 <title>Maintaining Your Calendars</title> 0544 0545 0546 <para>Contemporary computers have ample storage space. However, if you 0547 synchronize your &korganizer; calendar with a limited-memory machine like the 0548 Palm device, you will find archiving useful. The performance of &korganizer; 0549 can also become worse when there are many events. To archive old 0550 items, follow the procedure below:</para> 0551 0552 <procedure> 0553 <step><para>Choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Archive 0554 Old Incidences...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para></step> 0555 <step><para>Fill in the date in <guilabel>Archive now items older than</guilabel> field or 0556 use the Calendar Widget to choose the date. Alternatively, you can automatically 0557 archive all items older than a certain period of time.</para></step> 0558 <step><para>If you have chosen archiving, you must also provide a filename for 0559 the archive in the <guilabel>Archive File</guilabel> field. If you want to 0560 re-use an older archive file, press the <guilabel>Open file dialog</guilabel> button 0561 and find an existing archive. The entries will be added to the file, 0562 so any item already in the file will not be modified.</para></step> 0563 </procedure> 0564 0565 <para>Archiving will keep all old items in a file, including completed 0566 to-dos. But if you do not want to keep completed to-dos at all, choose the 0567 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Purge Completed To-dos</guimenuitem> 0568 </menuchoice> menu item to remove all the completed to-dos from your 0569 active resources. If you want to keep your completed to-dos, but 0570 do not wish to view them in the to-do lists, consider 0571 <link linkend="filters-view">filtering them out</link> instead of purging them. 0572 </para> 0573 0574 </sect2> 0575 0576 </sect1> 0577 <!-- only import ??--> 0578 <sect1 id="managing-get-hot-new-stuff"> 0579 <title>Downloading Using Get Hot New Stuff</title> 0580 0581 <!--para>If you have a calendar containing events of public interest, such as 0582 a conference or championship schedule, you can upload it (or check if there 0583 is something worth downloading) using the 0584 <ulink url="http://ghns.berlios.de/">get hot new stuff framework</ulink>. 0585 </para--> 0586 0587 <para> 0588 To open the <guilabel>Get Hot New Stuff</guilabel> 0589 dialog, which offers a list of calendars to download, choose the 0590 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> 0591 <guimenuitem>Get Hot New Stuff...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 0592 If you select one of the calendars, a dialog with the list of events from the 0593 calendars will appear. To merge the displayed events with your default resource, 0594 press <guilabel>Merge</guilabel>.</para> 0595 0596 <!--para> 0597 To open the <guilabel>Upload Hot New Stuff</guilabel> dialog, which allow you 0598 to export calendars containing events which may be useful to other people, such 0599 as a conference program, a list of holidays, special events, &etc;, 0600 choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu> 0601 <guimenuitem>Upload Hot New Stuff...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> 0602 0603 <para>Before uploading the events, make sure you have 0604 <link linkend="filters-view">filtered out</link> all unrelated data.</para--> 0605 0606 </sect1> 0607 0608 </chapter> 0609 0610 <chapter id="chapter-views-and-filters"><!-- updated to 5.4.40--> 0611 0612 <title>Views and Filters</title> 0613 0614 <para>While calendars (resources) can hold events, to-dos and/or journal 0615 entries, these items are very different in nature. To-dos may have no 0616 date associated with them, so a schedule view is not suitable to them. 0617 Journal entries are a collection your reflections, occurrences or experiences. 0618 They require their own view mode, as they are not related 0619 with the list of upcoming events or the list of to-dos, &etc;</para> 0620 0621 <para>To solve the challenge of displaying your information in a useful and 0622 intuitive fashion, &korganizer; offers different views, filters and search 0623 capabilities. You can also assign tags to related events and to-dos, 0624 which will help you to view them later, using filters or 0625 colors.</para> 0626 0627 <sect1 id="description-view"> 0628 <title>&korganizer; Views</title> 0629 0630 <para>In this section, we describe the different view modes, and present an 0631 overview of how to browse your personal data using &korganizer;.</para> 0632 0633 <para>The &korganizer; window can be divided into two main areas: the 0634 main window and the sidebar. The main window displays the main views and the 0635 sidebar displays the Date Navigator, the 0636 To-do View, the Item Viewer and the Calendar Manager View. To show or hide the 0637 sidebar components, check or uncheck the menu items under the 0638 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 0639 <guisubmenu>Sidebar</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu.</para> 0640 0641 <para>The Date Navigator is provided to browse and select dates. Today's date 0642 will be outlined with a small box, dates which have events scheduled on them 0643 will be bold (daily or weekly recurring events may not be marked as bold, 0644 <link linkend="config-main-views">depending on the view configuration</link>), 0645 and holidays will be colored red. If you want to jump to a date, simply click 0646 on it. Hold down the mouse to select multiple contiguous dates at once. 0647 The <guilabel>What's Next</guilabel>, 0648 <guilabel>List</guilabel>, <guilabel>Agenda</guilabel> and 0649 <guilabel>Journal</guilabel> views will only show events, to-dos or 0650 journals items from the dates selected in the Date Navigator. The 0651 <guilabel>Month</guilabel> view will show events or to-dos from the first 0652 month shown in the Date Navigator (the selected days in the month won't change 0653 the Month view, only month changes).</para> 0654 0655 <para>The To-do View sidebar component lists your to-dos, just like the 0656 <link linkend="todo-view">To-do view</link>. It is useful if you want 0657 to see your to-dos while using the other views.</para> 0658 0659 <para>The Item Viewer sidebar component shows details of the currently selected 0660 events, to-dos or journal entries.</para> 0661 0662 <para>Finally, Calendar Manager Viewer sidebar component allow you to enable or 0663 disable the resources on the list, by checking or unchecking the resource 0664 box, and to manage your resources. For more information, please check 0665 <xref linkend="managing-resources" />.</para> 0666 0667 <para>You can also browse your calendar view by choosing 0668 the <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0669 <guimenuitem>Backward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item (or pressing the 0670 <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-previous.png" 0671 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>toolbar button), which goes to 0672 the previous day, week, month or year, choosing the <menuchoice><guimenu> 0673 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item (or 0674 pressing the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0675 <imagedata fileref="go-next.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0676 </inlinemediaobject>toolbar button), which goes to 0677 the next day, week, month or year (depending on the view), or choosing the 0678 <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>To Today</guimenuitem> 0679 </menuchoice> menu item (or pressing the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0680 <imagedata fileref="go-jump-today.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0681 </inlinemediaobject>toolbar button), which will include the current day in the 0682 current view.</para> 0683 0684 <sect2 id="whatsnext-view"> 0685 <title>What's Next View</title> 0686 0687 <para>This view displays events and to-dos in a simple format you can 0688 quickly read. All open to-dos will be displayed, but only the events from 0689 the days selected in the <guilabel>Date Navigator</guilabel> sidebar will be 0690 shown. Events and to-dos are displayed one per line.</para> 0691 0692 <para>Switch to the What's Next view by choosing the 0693 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0694 <guimenuitem>What's Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0695 menu item.</para> 0696 0697 </sect2> 0698 0699 <sect2 id="list-view"> 0700 <title>Event List View</title> 0701 <para>This view displays all your to-dos, events and journal entries for 0702 the dates selected in the Date Navigator as a list. Open to-dos that are 0703 not due on the selected dates are not shown. This view is good for displaying 0704 many different items in a compact fashion. It is also useful if your 0705 events are spread out over a long time period that would not be displayed 0706 completely on the screen when using one of the other views.</para> 0707 0708 <para>The items are displayed one per line. Columns show if a reminder is set 0709 (a bell icon displayed in it means the reminder is set), if it repeats multiple 0710 times (a chasing-arrows icon means a repeating event), the start and end time 0711 information. Hovering the mouse over an item will bring up a 0712 tooltip with detailed information about the item.</para> 0713 0714 <para>Switch the display to the list view by choosing the 0715 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0716 <guimenuitem>Event List</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0717 menu item.</para> 0718 0719 0720 </sect2> 0721 0722 <sect2 id="agenda-view"> 0723 <title>Agenda View</title> 0724 0725 <!--TODO: add agenda view options, color of resources and tags--> 0726 0727 <para>The Agenda view presents your events or due to-dos for one or more days, 0728 sorted chronologically. You can also see the length of each event in the day 0729 timetable. To enable the Agenda view choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0730 <guimenuitem>Agenda</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item or press the 0731 <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-agenda.png" 0732 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>toolbar button.</para> 0733 <para>The <guilabel>Day</guilabel>, <guilabel>Work Week</guilabel> and 0734 <guilabel>Week</guilabel> views are variations of the Agenda view. 0735 In fact, you can set the days shown in the Agenda view at any time by selecting 0736 them in the Date Navigator.</para> 0737 <!--check bell + chasing-arrows icon here--> 0738 <para>Time is indicated by a time bar on the left side of the view. A scrollbar 0739 on the right is provided when the whole day cannot be displayed on a single 0740 screen (which is the usual case). Each rectangle in the view represents an 0741 individual event or to-do due for that time, and displays the start and end time 0742 and summary. A <guiicon>bell</guiicon> icon is displayed if a reminder is set, and 0743 a <guiicon>chasing-arrows</guiicon> icon is displayed if it repeats multiple 0744 times. Hovering the mouse over an calendar item will bring up a tooltip 0745 with the item detailed information. To make &korganizer; show a red line 0746 marking the current-time on the current day (the Marcus Bains line), 0747 check the <guilabel>Show current-time (Marcus Bains) line</guilabel> box in the 0748 <link linkend="config-main-views">&korganizer; view 0749 configuration</link>.</para> 0750 0751 <para>Any event can be re-sized with your mouse. Simply move the mouse pointer 0752 near the top or bottom edge of the event, and drag the edge up or 0753 down. This way you can visually modify the starting and ending time of your 0754 event. This also works in the Week and Work Week views. In other words, it 0755 is possible to change start and end times with the mouse by just moving the 0756 upper or lower border of the event to the new time.</para> 0757 0758 <para>Any event can be rescheduled with your mouse. Move the mouse pointer over 0759 the event, and drag it to a new time location. This also works in the Week and 0760 Work Week views. Events can be moved to other, presently non-visible dates. 0761 Move the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to the Date Navigator.</para> 0762 0763 <para>Since the Agenda view cannot contain the whole day on most screens, you 0764 will have to scroll up and down to see the whole day. There is a useful hint that 0765 tells you if there are any currently invisible events above or below your current 0766 view; it is a small down-pointing arrow at the bottom of each day view or 0767 up-pointing arrow at the top.</para> 0768 0769 <tip><para>There are two useful shortcuts for adding events: 0770 0771 <itemizedlist> 0772 <listitem><para>Double-click any 0773 open region of time, and &korganizer; will automatically create an event with 0774 default duration (which is customizable in the preferences dialog). 0775 You can immediately add the summary. The events <quote>snap</quote> to 0776 half-hour increments, rounding off to the closest half hour from where you 0777 clicked.</para></listitem> 0778 <listitem><para>Select any open region of time, and double click it or start 0779 writing the summary of the event. &korganizer; will automatically set the 0780 duration and start time as defined by the selection area in the Agenda 0781 view.</para></listitem> 0782 </itemizedlist> 0783 </para></tip> 0784 0785 <para>To help you organize your agenda, the color of the events reflect their 0786 tags, and depending on the <link linkend="config-main-views">&korganizer; 0787 view configuration</link>, it may also reflect its 0788 <link linkend="managing-resources">resource</link>. Therefore, if you assign 0789 <link linkend="categories-view">tags to events</link> and 0790 <link linkend="config-main-colors">different colors to tags</link> , you 0791 will be able to quickly identify the type of event by its color. 0792 </para> 0793 0794 <para> 0795 The Agenda view can display events from all your calendars merged into one view or 0796 show a view per calendar. Having both views available via tabs is also possible and 0797 can be <link linkend="config-main-views">customized in the preferences dialog</link>. 0798 </para> 0799 0800 <sect3 id="day-view"> 0801 <title>Day View</title> 0802 0803 <para>This view presents the <link linkend="agenda-view">Agenda view</link> for 0804 a single day.</para> 0805 0806 <para>Switch the display to the Day view by choosing the 0807 <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0808 <guimenuitem>Day</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0809 menu item or pressing the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-jump-today.png" 0810 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><guilabel>Day</guilabel> button 0811 in the toolbar.</para> 0812 0813 </sect3> 0814 0815 <sect3 id="next-x-days-view"> 0816 <title>Next X Days View</title> 0817 0818 <para>This view presents the <link linkend="agenda-view">Agenda view</link> for 0819 the next days, starting from today. You can change the number of days to be 0820 displayed in the <link linkend="config-main-views">&korganizer; view 0821 configuration</link>. The default value is 3.</para> 0822 0823 <para>Switch the display to the next days view by choosing the 0824 <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0825 <guimenuitem>Next X Days</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0826 menu item, (X represents the number of days, usually 3).</para> 0827 0828 </sect3> 0829 0830 0831 <sect3 id="week-view"> 0832 <title>Week View</title> 0833 0834 <para>The Week view provides a view similar to the Day view. Events for seven 0835 days are shown next to each other.</para> 0836 0837 <para>Switch the display to the Week view by choosing the 0838 <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0839 <guimenuitem>Week</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0840 menu item or pressing the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-week.png" 0841 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><guilabel>Week</guilabel> button 0842 in the toolbar.</para> 0843 0844 </sect3> 0845 0846 <sect3 id="workweek-view"> 0847 <title>Work Week View</title> 0848 0849 <para>This is the same as the Week view, except that it shows only the working 0850 days of the week.</para> 0851 0852 <para>Switch the display to the Work Week view by choosing the 0853 <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> 0854 <guimenuitem>Work Week</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0855 menu item.</para> 0856 0857 </sect3> 0858 0859 </sect2> 0860 0861 0862 <sect2 id="month-view"> 0863 <title>Month View</title> 0864 0865 <!--TODO: add month view options--> 0866 0867 <para>The Month view shows all the events and due to-dos for the current 0868 month in a familiar month calendar layout. Each cell in the view 0869 represents a day, and each day contains all of the events that can fit in the 0870 area provided (maximizing the window will enable you to see more appointments). 0871 Information on repeating and reminder status is indicated through 0872 <guiicon>bell</guiicon> and <guiicon>chasing arrows</guiicon> icons, just as 0873 in other views.</para> 0874 0875 <para>Navigate the Month view using the Date Navigator arrows, 0876 or the items and toolbar buttons from the <guilabel>Go</guilabel> menu. 0877 Since the visible area of a day cell may not contain all events and 0878 to-dos, you can use the keyboard to browse the items, or you 0879 can use the scrollbars to see all the events and to-dos from that day.</para> 0880 0881 <para>Hover your mouse over any calendar item to display a tooltip with the 0882 item details. Double click an empty area to create an event, double 0883 click any calendar item to edit it.</para> 0884 0885 <para>To help you organize your data, the color of the events may 0886 reflect their tags, and their <link linkend="managing-resources">resource</link>, 0887 depending on the <link linkend="config-main-views">&korganizer; 0888 view configuration</link>. Therefore, if you assign 0889 <link linkend="categories-view">tags to events</link> and 0890 <link linkend="config-main-colors">different colors to tags</link>, 0891 you can identify the type of event (or resource) by its color. 0892 </para> 0893 0894 <para>Switch the display to the Month view by choosing the 0895 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 0896 <guimenuitem>Month View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0897 menu item or pressing the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-month.png" 0898 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><guilabel>Month</guilabel> button 0899 in the toolbar.</para> 0900 0901 </sect2> 0902 0903 <!-- Timeline View--> 0904 0905 <sect2 id="timeline-view"> 0906 <title>Timeline View</title> 0907 0908 <para> The Timeline view shows all events for the selected timespan in a gantt 0909 view. Every calendar is displayed in a separate line. </para> 0910 0911 <para>Hover your mouse over any calendar item to display a tooltip with the 0912 item details. Double click an empty area to create an event, double 0913 click any calendar item to edit it.</para> 0914 0915 </sect2> 0916 0917 <sect2 id="todo-view"> 0918 <title>To-do List</title> 0919 0920 <para>The To-do List provides a place for you to jot down quick (or long-term) 0921 notes about things that need to be done. The To-do View sidebar 0922 component appears right below the Date Navigator. You can also display it in the 0923 main panel if you click the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0924 <imagedata fileref="view-calendar-tasks.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0925 </inlinemediaobject><guilabel>To-do List</guilabel> view toolbar button or if you choose the 0926 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>To-do 0927 List</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para> 0928 0929 <para>You can give your to-do a <quote>date due</quote>, in other words a 0930 date when the to-do should be finished.</para> 0931 0932 <para>You can also assign priorities to to-dos, and they will appear 0933 sorted in order of priority. The lower the number, the higher the priority, 0934 except that zero (0) is defined as <quote>no priority.</quote></para> 0935 0936 <para>To make a new to-do entry, right click the To-do View sidebar component, 0937 or the To-do List view, and choose the <guimenuitem>New To-do</guimenuitem> menu 0938 item. If you right click an already existing to-do, you will get more 0939 choices: you can <guimenuitem>Show</guimenuitem> the summary, 0940 <guimenuitem>Edit...</guimenuitem> the to-do details, 0941 <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> the to-do altogether, or you can 0942 create a <guimenuitem>New Sub-To-do...</guimenuitem> You could for example make 0943 a large to-do like building a house, and make sub-to-dos like choosing the 0944 right building site, hiring an architect, hiring workers and finally arranging 0945 a party for your friends.</para> 0946 0947 <para>When you choose <guimenuitem>New To-do...</guimenuitem>, a dialog will 0948 pop up, allowing you to enter all necessary <link 0949 linkend="entering-data-to-do">information</link>.</para> 0950 0951 <para>Click any to-do in the list to highlight it. If you click the 0952 thick-line box on the left of the to-do description, you will change the 0953 <quote>completed</quote> status of the to-do. If you double-click the to-do 0954 description, you will be able to edit all its details.</para> 0955 0956 <para>You may also pick <link linkend="managing-purge-archive">Purge 0957 Completed</link> from the <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mouse button menu to 0958 delete all to-do entries that you have marked completed.</para> 0959 0960 <para>To-dos can also be dragged around with the mouse to rearrange the 0961 hierarchy or to exchange to-dos with other calendar windows. You can also 0962 read an <link linkend="other-features-drag-and-drop">overview</link> of all 0963 available drag-and-drop operations.</para> 0964 </sect2> 0965 0966 <sect2 id="journal-view"> 0967 <title>Journal View</title> 0968 <para>The Journal view provides a place for you to record your reflections, 0969 occurrences or experiences. You can display the Journal view in the main 0970 panel if you press the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 0971 <imagedata fileref="journal-new.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0972 </inlinemediaobject><guilabel>Journal View</guilabel> toolbar button or if you choose the 0973 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Journal</guimenuitem> 0974 </menuchoice> menu item.</para> 0975 0976 <para>When you click the <guilabel>New journal ...</guilabel> link (or the 0977 <guibutton>New Journal ...</guibutton> button), a new journal 0978 entry will be created. If you want to edit a journal entry, just click the 0979 text box and edit it! To remove a journal entry, press the <inlinemediaobject> 0980 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-delete.png" format="PNG"/> 0981 </imageobject></inlinemediaobject>delete button in the Journal view.</para> 0982 0983 </sect2> 0984 0985 </sect1> 0986 0987 <sect1 id="categories-view"> 0988 <title>Tags</title> 0989 0990 <!--TODO: Add screenshot?--> 0991 0992 <para>To help you organize your entries in related groups, you can assign 0993 tags to events, to-dos and journal entries. If you assign tags, you can use them 0994 later when searching, filtering, and displaying events and to-dos.</para> 0995 0996 <para>To assign tags when editing or creating new 0997 <link linkend="entering-data-events-general">events</link> or 0998 <link linkend="entering-data-to-do-general">to-dos</link>, click the 0999 <guibutton>...</guibutton> button 1000 in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab. You can assign more than 1001 one tag to each item.</para> 1002 1003 <para>To create and delete tags, choose the <menuchoice> 1004 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage Tags...</guimenuitem> 1005 </menuchoice> menu item to open the <guilabel>Manage Tags</guilabel> dialog. 1006 If you assign <link linkend="config-main-colors">different colors to tags</link>, 1007 you will be able to quickly identify the type of event by its color, either in 1008 the Agenda view or in the Month view (depending on the 1009 <link linkend="config-main-views">&korganizer; view configuration</link>). 1010 </para> 1011 1012 </sect1> 1013 1014 <sect1 id="filters-view"> 1015 <title>Filters</title> 1016 1017 <para>To help you view, find and export your data, you can create and 1018 use filters for your calendars. For instance, if you do not want to view 1019 completed to-dos, you can filter them out, instead of 1020 <link linkend="managing-purge-archive">purging them</link>. If you assign 1021 tags, you can use them to create filters.</para> 1022 1023 <para>To create, delete and edit filters, choose the <menuchoice> 1024 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Manage View Filters...</guimenuitem> 1025 </menuchoice> menu item to open the <guilabel>Edit Calendar Filters</guilabel> 1026 dialog. Using this dialog, you can create, delete 1027 and edit filters that will affect which items will be displayed by 1028 &korganizer;.</para> 1029 1030 <!--TODO: Add detailed description of the dialog. Is it stable yet?--> 1031 1032 <para>The <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> 1033 <guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu and the filter toolbar drop 1034 down offer access to all available filters created using 1035 the <link linkend="menu-settings-edit-filters"><guilabel>Edit Calendar 1036 Filters</guilabel></link> dialog. To toggle the display of the filters toolbar 1037 on and off, choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 1038 <guisubmenu>Toolbars Shown</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Filters Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. 1039 If you do not want to use any filter, choose <guilabel>No filter</guilabel>.</para> 1040 1041 <para>Filters are useful when <link linkend="managing-export">exporting your 1042 calendar</link>. If you use a filter, only the filtered (visible) items will 1043 be exported. Also, filters are more effective when the items are already 1044 classified and organized in <link linkend="categories-view">tags</link>, 1045 as you can easily create filters based on tags.</para> 1046 1047 </sect1> 1048 1049 <sect1 id="search-view"> 1050 <title>Searching</title> 1051 1052 <para>Choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 1053 <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item 1054 or press the <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> 1055 </keycombo> shortcut to find events, to-dos, or journal 1056 entries by their to summaries, descriptions, and/or tags. 1057 The find action will only search the specified fields.</para> 1058 1059 <tip><para>You can use wildcards if you do not remember the exact summary. If 1060 you do not know a single character of the summary, put <userinput>?</userinput> 1061 instead of the missing character. If you do not know more characters, use 1062 <userinput>*</userinput>. For instance if you know that the event or to-do has 1063 <emphasis>meeting</emphasis> in the beginning and <emphasis>product</emphasis> 1064 after, you would write <userinput>meeting*product</userinput> in the Find dialog. 1065 &korganizer; will locate entries like <quote>To-do: arrange meeting about the new product</quote>, 1066 <quote>Meeting to discuss the old product line</quote> and 1067 similar. Letter case is ignored.</para></tip> 1068 1069 <para>The result of the Find operation is a list of events, journal entries 1070 and/or to-dos with the specified keyword. The search list characteristics are 1071 the same as the <link linkend="list-view">List View</link>.</para> 1072 1073 <para>This resulting list is active. You can double-click a line to display 1074 or edit the event or to-do details. Get more information about these details in 1075 <xref linkend="entering-data-events" /> and 1076 <xref linkend="entering-data-to-do" />.</para> 1077 1078 </sect1> 1079 1080 </chapter> 1081 1082 <chapter id="entering-data"> <!--updated to 5.4.40--> 1083 1084 <title>Entering Data</title> 1085 1086 <sect1 id="entering-data-events"> 1087 <title>Events</title> 1088 1089 <para>Events are future or past appointments, like business meetings, personal 1090 anniversaries and cinema visits. An event can also take several days, like 1091 holidays.</para> 1092 1093 <para>Entering a new event is very easy. Just choose the 1094 <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>New 1095 Event...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. A window with 1096 six tabs at the bottom will appear.</para> 1097 1098 <para>If you wish you can use a different way to create a new event:</para> 1099 1100 <procedure> 1101 <step><para>Use the Date Navigator to go to the event date.</para></step> 1102 1103 <step><para>Switch to <guilabel>Agenda</guilabel> view and click the desired view's icon on the 1104 <guimenu>View Toolbar</guimenu> or select the desired view from the 1105 <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu. Since your event starts at a particular time, 1106 you should choose a <link linkend="reference-menus-view">view</link> 1107 that displays hours of the day. You may choose <guimenuitem>Day</guimenuitem>, 1108 <guimenuitem>Work Week</guimenuitem> view or <guimenuitem>Week</guimenuitem> 1109 view. The <guimenuitem>Month</guimenuitem> view is more suitable for 1110 to-dos, described below.</para></step> 1111 1112 <step><para>In the main panel, double click the time and date when your 1113 event starts. </para></step> 1114 1115 <step><para>A dialog with six tabs at the bottom of the window appears. 1116 Enter your data as described below.</para></step> 1117 </procedure> 1118 1119 <screenshot id="screenshot-event-general"> 1120 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog</screeninfo> 1121 <mediaobject> 1122 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="event-general.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 1123 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog</phrase></textobject> 1124 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog</para></caption> 1125 </mediaobject> 1126 </screenshot> 1127 1128 <para>This is a thorough description of the individual event window fields and 1129 widgets. Not all fields have to be filled in; some can be left empty. Read the 1130 <link linkend="entering-data-required-fields">Required fields</link> section 1131 for detailed information. And if you prefer to learn by example, there's one 1132 in the <link linkend="examples-entering-event">Entering event</link> section. 1133 </para> 1134 1135 <variablelist> 1136 <varlistentry> 1137 <term><guilabel>Summary:</guilabel></term> 1138 <listitem><para>Enter a short description of the event into the 1139 <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> field. This description is the text shown 1140 on the &korganizer; main panel.</para></listitem> 1141 </varlistentry> 1142 1143 <varlistentry> 1144 <term><guilabel>Location:</guilabel></term> 1145 <listitem><para>Enter short description of the <guilabel>location</guilabel> 1146 where the event will take place.</para></listitem> 1147 </varlistentry> 1148 1149 <varlistentry> 1150 <term><guilabel>Start</guilabel> and <guilabel>End</guilabel></term> 1151 <listitem><para>The &korganizer; suggested Start and End dates of your event. 1152 Events are 1153 expected to start and end on the same date. Change these dates as desired. Enter 1154 the dates directly or use the <link linkend="glossary" 1155 endterm="gloss-calendar-widget"> 1156 Calendar Widget</link>. Select the time from quarter hour intervals, or enter 1157 the desired time directly into the time fields. These fields are only available 1158 when the <guilabel>All Day</guilabel> box is not checked.</para></listitem> 1159 </varlistentry> 1160 1161 </variablelist> 1162 1163 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-general"> 1164 <title>General Tab</title> 1165 1166 <variablelist> 1167 <varlistentry> 1168 <term>Details:</term> 1169 <listitem><para>Enter a long description of the event in the large, untitled 1170 rectangle. You can write as many details as you wish here. For example, If the 1171 event is, say, planned general repair of your car, you can list all items that 1172 need repairing. Later on you can print this list and hand it over to the 1173 serviceman. If the event is shopping, you should list the goods that you 1174 need to buy. Print the event and take it to the shop with 1175 you.</para></listitem> 1176 </varlistentry> 1177 1178 <varlistentry> 1179 <term><guilabel>Tags</guilabel></term> 1180 <listitem><para>You can assign several 1181 <link linkend="categories-view">tags</link> to a calendar item. Click the 1182 <guibutton>...</guibutton> button to display all available tags. Check the tag boxes to 1183 assign suitable tags to the event.</para> 1184 <para>You can also add a new tag, modify a tag, or delete a tag in the 1185 <guilabel>Manage Tags</guilabel> dialog. Open this dialog with <menuchoice> 1186 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Manage Tags</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> 1187 1188 <tip><para>Your language lesson at work may belong to both Business 1189 and Education tags, while the anniversary of your marriage belongs to 1190 either Personal or Special Occasion - it is your choice.</para></tip> 1191 </listitem> 1192 </varlistentry> 1193 1194 <varlistentry> 1195 <term><guilabel>Access:</guilabel></term> 1196 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>Public</guilabel>, <guilabel>Private</guilabel> or <guilabel>Confidential</guilabel> 1197 to keep the event private or confidential. Currently, this choice correctly 1198 sets the <quote>CLASS</quote> attribute of the events to 1199 <quote>PUBLIC</quote>, <quote>PRIVATE</quote> or <quote>CONFIDENTIAL</quote>. 1200 However, whether these settings are really used to restrict the access of the 1201 information depends on the client and/or groupware server implementation.</para> 1202 <warning><para>Currently, &korganizer; <emphasis>will</emphasis> display 1203 items owned by other people and marked as confidential. Other 1204 clients may treat them differently, but be careful when publishing private or 1205 confidential events: iCalendar is a text file format, and can be read 1206 with any text editor (if someone has read access to them). So if you want to 1207 keep items really confidential, make sure you use a resource that 1208 only you can access.</para></warning></listitem> 1209 </varlistentry> 1210 1211 </variablelist> 1212 1213 </sect2> 1214 1215 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-attendees"> 1216 <title>Attendees Tab</title> 1217 1218 <para>Choose in this tab the people you want to invite to your event.</para> 1219 1220 <screenshot id="screenshot-event-attendees"> 1221 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attendees tab</screeninfo> 1222 <mediaobject> 1223 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="event-attendees.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 1224 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attendees tab</phrase></textobject> 1225 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attendees tab</para></caption> 1226 </mediaobject> 1227 </screenshot> 1228 1229 <variablelist> 1230 <varlistentry> 1231 <term><guilabel>Meeting Organizer:</guilabel></term> 1232 <listitem><para>Sets the identity corresponding to the organizer of this to-do 1233 or event. If &korganizer; is configured to send invitation emails, the identity 1234 selected on this combo box will be used when sending these emails. The default 1235 identity can be set in the <guilabel>Personal</guilabel> section of the 1236 &korganizer; configuration. In addition, identities are gathered from your &kmail; 1237 settings and from your address book.</para></listitem> 1238 </varlistentry> 1239 1240 <varlistentry> 1241 <term>Attendee list</term> 1242 <listitem><para>The list in the center of the tab displays the attendees 1243 selected for this event, and lets you add attendees by entering the name and mail address, 1244 edit or remove them.</para> 1245 <para>If the attendee(s) are in your Address Book, you do not have to 1246 remember or type his email address to add it to the attendee list. Just click 1247 the <guibutton>Select Addressee...</guibutton> button and choose the attendee(s) 1248 from the list. Please note that this is the standard &kde; address book, which 1249 is also used by &kmail; and can also be called as a separate application 1250 (&kaddressbook;).</para> 1251 </listitem> 1252 </varlistentry> 1253 1254 <varlistentry> 1255 <term>Participants</term> 1256 <listitem><para>Choose the role of the attendee (Participant, 1257 Optional Participant, Observer, Chair) from the drop down menu at the left side of an entry. 1258 The role is a simple reminder of what part the attendee plays in this event. 1259 </para></listitem> 1260 </varlistentry> 1261 1262 <varlistentry> 1263 <term>Status</term> 1264 <listitem><para>Choose the status of the attendee (Needs Action, Accepted, 1265 Declined, Tentative, Delegated) from the drop down menu at the right side of an entry. 1266 If you use groupware schedule and request responses from your 1267 attendees, as you receive the responses the status of the attendee will be 1268 updated. If you do not request responses, you will have to update the status 1269 manually.</para></listitem> 1270 </varlistentry> 1271 1272 <varlistentry> 1273 <term>Request Response</term> 1274 <listitem><para>Select <guilabel>Request Response</guilabel> from the drop down box if 1275 this attendee should respond to your schedule plan. Consequently the attendee 1276 will be emailed with the event schedule information. A small envelope will 1277 appear in the details list to indicate this. This feature is specially useful 1278 when groupware scheduling is enabled, as the attendee's status is updated 1279 automatically.</para></listitem> 1280 </varlistentry> 1281 1282 <!-- Participiants: no conflicts Reschedule button 1283 What is that? How does it work?--> 1284 1285 </variablelist> 1286 1287 </sect2> 1288 1289 <!--Fixme Resources tab missing --> 1290 1291 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-reminder"> 1292 <title>Reminder Tab</title> 1293 <variablelist> 1294 <varlistentry> 1295 <term>Reminder</term> 1296 <listitem><para>Select a default reminder in the drop down box and press 1297 <guibutton>Add</guibutton> if &korganizer; should remind you about an event.</para> 1298 <para>Use the <guibutton>Configure</guibutton> button to open the 1299 <guilabel>Edit existing reminder</guilabel> dialog. Using this dialog, you can choose 1300 how many minutes, hours or days before or after the events start or end you want to be reminded, you can set 1301 repeating intervals for your reminders, and create special reminders that display text or play sounds.</para> 1302 </listitem> 1303 </varlistentry> 1304 1305 </variablelist> 1306 1307 </sect2> 1308 1309 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-recurrence"> 1310 <title>Recurrence tab</title> 1311 1312 <para>Some events take place regularly. You can specify their exact scheduling 1313 here.</para> 1314 1315 <screenshot id="screenshot-event-recurrence"> 1316 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Recurrence tab</screeninfo> 1317 <mediaobject> 1318 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="event-recurrence.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 1319 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Recurrence tab</phrase></textobject> 1320 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Recurrence tab</para></caption> 1321 </mediaobject> 1322 </screenshot> 1323 1324 <note><para>To activate the settings, start by selecting a recurrence rule at 1325 the right of <guilabel>Repeats</guilabel> from the drop down box. If <guilabel>Never</guilabel> 1326 is selected, you are not able to make any changes on this tab.</para></note> 1327 1328 <sect3 id="recurrence-recurrence-rule"> 1329 <title>Recurrence Rule</title> 1330 1331 <para>Choose if you want to repeat this event daily, weekly, monthly or 1332 yearly. More detailed options are as follows:</para> 1333 1334 <variablelist> 1335 <varlistentry> 1336 <term><guilabel>Daily</guilabel></term> 1337 <listitem><para>Specify whether the event occurs every day (1), every other 1338 day (2) and so on.</para></listitem> 1339 </varlistentry> 1340 1341 <varlistentry> 1342 <term><guilabel>Weekly</guilabel></term> 1343 <listitem><para>Specify whether the event occurs every week (1), every other 1344 week (2) and so on. Also specify the days (Sunday ... Monday) on which the 1345 event occurs. </para></listitem> 1346 </varlistentry> 1347 1348 <varlistentry> 1349 <term><guilabel>Monthly</guilabel></term> 1350 <listitem><para>You can either have the event occur on the same day of the 1351 month, or in a specific week on a specific day of the week. You need to 1352 choose between these two possibilities. By default, &korganizer; assumes you 1353 want to repeat on the same calendar day of the month (for instance the 15th). 1354 You can also adjust the period, so you can repeat monthly, tri-monthly and so 1355 on.</para></listitem> 1356 </varlistentry> 1357 1358 <varlistentry> 1359 <term><guilabel>Yearly</guilabel></term> 1360 <listitem> 1361 <para>This is similar to Monthly. You need to choose whether or not you 1362 are indicating a calendar day of the year (⪚, the 250th day of the 1363 year), in a specific week on a specific day of the week of a month 1364 (⪚, the 2nd Tuesday of March), or the day of the month in a 1365 particular month of the year. By default, &korganizer; 1366 assumes you mean the day of the month. You can adjust the period to 1367 reflect events that occur bi-annually, every four years, and so on.</para> 1368 </listitem> 1369 </varlistentry> 1370 </variablelist> 1371 </sect3> 1372 1373 <sect3 id="recurrence-recurrence-range"> 1374 <title>Recurrence Range</title> 1375 1376 <para>By default, events which repeat will do so forever; there is no 1377 <quote>end</quote> to the repetition. This may or may not be desirable, 1378 so you are able to terminate the repetition by selecting an end date 1379 or a number of occurrences.</para> 1380 1381 </sect3> 1382 1383 <sect3 id="recurrence-exceptions"> 1384 <title>Exceptions</title> 1385 1386 <para>You may have a very nice recurrence rule set up, but realize that 1387 there are a few exceptions. If you set up your college class schedule 1388 for instance, you may want to make exceptions for holidays and the like. 1389 In this area, you can add, change, and delete dates from the list of 1390 exceptions (&ie; times when even if the recurrence rule matches, the 1391 event will <emphasis>not be scheduled</emphasis>). Pick a date with the 1392 date selector, and press <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to include it. For 1393 removing dates, highlight them in the box on the right side, and then 1394 click <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.</para> 1395 1396 </sect3> 1397 </sect2> 1398 1399 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-attachments"> 1400 <title>Attachments</title> 1401 1402 <para>Events and to-dos can contain attachments. Attachments can either be stored as links 1403 or inline. To add an attachment press the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> 1404 button.</para> 1405 1406 <screenshot id="screenshot-event-attachments"> 1407 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attachments tab</screeninfo> 1408 <mediaobject> 1409 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="event-attachments.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 1410 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attachments tab</phrase></textobject> 1411 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit Event dialog - Attachments tab</para></caption> 1412 </mediaobject> 1413 </screenshot> 1414 1415 <para>Checking <guilabel>Store attachment inline</guilabel> will cause the attachment to be stored inside your 1416 calendar, which can take a lot of space depending on the size of the 1417 attachment. If this option is not checked, then only a link pointing to the 1418 attachment will be stored. Do not use a link for attachments that change 1419 often or may be moved (or removed) from their current location.</para> 1420 1421 <para>The following actions in the context menu are provided to work with attachments:</para> 1422 1423 <variablelist> 1424 1425 <varlistentry> 1426 <term><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></term> 1427 <listitem><para>Display the selected attachment with the associated application.</para></listitem> 1428 </varlistentry> 1429 1430 <varlistentry> 1431 <term><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></term> 1432 <listitem><para>Allows to save an existing attachment with a different name.</para></listitem> 1433 </varlistentry> 1434 1435 <varlistentry> 1436 <term><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></term> 1437 <listitem><para>Allows to copy, cut and paste to and from the clipboard.</para></listitem> 1438 </varlistentry> 1439 1440 <varlistentry> 1441 <term><guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem></term> 1442 <listitem><para>Deletes the selected attachment.</para></listitem> 1443 </varlistentry> 1444 1445 <varlistentry> 1446 <term><guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem></term> 1447 <listitem><para>Allows to change an existing attachment.</para></listitem> 1448 </varlistentry> 1449 1450 </variablelist> 1451 1452 </sect2> 1453 1454 <!--FIXME works with certain type of calendars e.g. google calendar ?--> 1455 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-freebusy"> 1456 <title>Free/Busy</title> 1457 1458 <para>When adding attendees to your event, you need to know if they are 1459 busy or free in that particular time. If the attendees make their free / 1460 busy information available, you can view here their schedule before 1461 sending the invitations.</para> 1462 1463 <para>This shows the free/busy schedule chart on the right, where each line 1464 represents one of the attendees, listed on the left. The marked areas on the 1465 chart represent the time already taken by other events, unmarked areas represent 1466 time free from other events. You can move the event to a different point in time 1467 by dragging it with the mouse, or resize it by moving the edges of the highlighted 1468 area with the mouse.</para> 1469 1470 <para>The free/busy information is only available if the 1471 attendee publishes his free/busy schedule, and if &korganizer; is correctly 1472 configured to retrieve it. For more information about configuring &korganizer; 1473 to publish and retrieve free/busy information, please check the 1474 <xref linkend="config" />. Double-clicking on an attendee entry in the list 1475 will allow you to enter the location of their free/busy information. 1476 </para> 1477 1478 <variablelist> 1479 1480 <varlistentry> 1481 <term><guilabel>Scale</guilabel></term> 1482 <listitem><para>Sets the zoom level on the schedule chart. <guilabel>Hour</guilabel> 1483 shows a range of several hours, <guilabel>Day</guilabel> shows a range of a few 1484 days, <guilabel>Week</guilabel> shows a range of a few months, and 1485 <guilabel>Month</guilabel> shows a range of a few months, while 1486 <guilabel>Automatic</guilabel> selects the range most appropriate for the 1487 current event or to-do.</para></listitem> 1488 </varlistentry> 1489 1490 <varlistentry> 1491 <term><guibutton>Center on Start</guibutton></term> 1492 <listitem><para>Press this button to center the free/busy schedule chart on the 1493 start time and day of this event.</para></listitem> 1494 </varlistentry> 1495 1496 <varlistentry> 1497 <term><guibutton>Pick Date</guibutton></term> 1498 <listitem><para>Press this button to automatically move the event to a date and 1499 time when all the attendees are free.</para></listitem> 1500 </varlistentry> 1501 1502 <varlistentry> 1503 <term><guibutton>Reload</guibutton></term> 1504 <listitem><para>Press this button to reload Free/Busy data for all attendees 1505 from the corresponding servers.</para></listitem> 1506 </varlistentry> 1507 1508 </variablelist> 1509 1510 <para>When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose 1511 among the Action Buttons <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> and 1512 <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para> 1513 1514 </sect2> 1515 1516 <sect2 id="entering-data-events-template-buttons"> 1517 <title>Manage Templates</title> 1518 1519 <para>The <guibutton>Manage Templates</guibutton> button opens a dialog which enables you to save the 1520 current event as a template, so that you can reuse the data entered for future 1521 events. As an example you can save a template for a meeting that takes place at 1522 the same location and with the same people.</para> 1523 <para>With the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button you can use an existing 1524 template for your event. Continuing the example in the preceding paragraph you 1525 can specify the agenda of the meeting.</para> 1526 1527 </sect2> 1528 1529 </sect1> 1530 1531 <sect1 id="entering-data-to-do"> 1532 <title>To-dos</title> 1533 1534 <para>The To-do List is a place for you to write down notes to yourself about 1535 things that you need to do. To-dos are tasks, that may or may not be 1536 scheduled. There are short-term and long-term to-dos. For instance you should go 1537 to a hairdresser within a week, and you should sell your old car within a 1538 year. You likely do not want a reminder go off at a particular time, you just 1539 want to have a list of things that you must do, and dates when they must be 1540 finished at the latest (date due).</para> 1541 1542 <para>To enter a new to-do, choose 1543 <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>New 1544 To-do...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A window with 1545 five tabs at the bottom will appear.</para> 1546 1547 <sect2 id="entering-data-to-do-general"> 1548 <title>General Tab</title> 1549 1550 <screenshot id="screenshot-todo-general"> 1551 <screeninfo>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit To-do dialog</screeninfo> 1552 <mediaobject> 1553 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="todo-general.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 1554 <textobject><phrase>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit To-do dialog</phrase></textobject> 1555 <caption><para>A screenshot of &korganizer;'s Edit To-do dialog</para></caption> 1556 </mediaobject> 1557 </screenshot> 1558 1559 <para>This tab shares a lot of options with the <guilabel>Edit Events</guilabel> dialog, 1560 but has some additional items for to-dos:</para> 1561 1562 <variablelist> 1563 <varlistentry> 1564 <term><guilabel>Completion</guilabel></term> 1565 <listitem><para> 1566 This is a percent completed pull down menu initially set at 0% complete. 1567 Later on, you can indicate your progress by adjusting the percent completed 1568 in steps of 10%.</para></listitem> 1569 </varlistentry> 1570 1571 <varlistentry> 1572 <term><guilabel>Priority</guilabel></term> 1573 <listitem><para>Assign a priority to your to-do. This drop down menu offers 1574 priorities from one to nine, one being the highest. Initially to-dos are set 1575 to priority five (medium).</para></listitem> 1576 </varlistentry> 1577 </variablelist> 1578 1579 </sect2> 1580 1581 </sect1> 1582 1583 <sect1 id="entering-data-required-fields"> 1584 1585 <title>Required Fields</title> 1586 1587 <para>This is an overview of what fields are required and what fields can be 1588 empty when entering events and to-dos:</para> 1589 1590 <itemizedlist> 1591 <listitem><para>You must fill in the <guilabel>Summary</guilabel> field.</para></listitem> 1592 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>General</guilabel> Tab may be left completely 1593 empty.</para></listitem> 1594 <listitem><para>If you set a <guilabel>Reminder</guilabel>, 1595 you should also specify the time, and 1596 either the sound to be played or the program to be run.</para></listitem> 1597 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Attendees</guilabel> tab may be left completely 1598 empty.</para></listitem> 1599 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab must only be filled if 1600 you select a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly repeat. 1601 </para></listitem> 1602 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Attachments</guilabel> dialog may be left completely 1603 empty.</para></listitem> 1604 </itemizedlist> 1605 </sect1> 1606 </chapter> 1607 1608 <chapter id="group-scheduling"> <!--updated to 5.4.40--> 1609 <title>Group Scheduling</title> 1610 1611 <para>The group schedule functionality of &korganizer; allows you to 1612 organize appointments, meetings and shared to-do items, request responses 1613 from attendees and publish items. If you are being invited to an event or 1614 to-do, you can reply to it, stating if you will be able to attend, or send a 1615 counter proposal, with different arrangements, like a different time or 1616 location. You can also publish your free/busy schedule, to let people know when 1617 you are available, and request the same information from others.</para> 1618 1619 <para>Currently, &korganizer; schedules events and to-dos using email to 1620 transport the data, in a standards based scheme, the IMIP-protocol for group 1621 scheduling. Being a standard, IMIP is a used by many other clients too. For 1622 example &Microsoft;<application>Outlook</application>, Lotus 1623 <application>Notes</application> and Novell 1624 <application>Evolution</application>. This means that you can share 1625 events with other users using one of these clients. 1626 &korganizer; is integrated with &kmail; for receiving, processing, and sending 1627 events, event responses, updates, cancellations, &etc; For instance, when you 1628 get an invitation in &kmail;, and decide to 1629 accept it, by clicking the <guilabel>accept</guilabel> link in the mail 1630 body, the event is added to your calendar, and a response to the event's 1631 organizer is sent automatically.</para> 1632 1633 1634 <!--TODO: check if to-dos work or not.--> 1635 <!--TODO: check what happens if you counter without this option on.--> 1636 1637 <para>If you check the <guilabel>Use Groupware Communication</guilabel> box 1638 in the <link linkend="config-main-groupscheduling">&korganizer; group 1639 scheduling configuration</link>, &korganizer; will handle the group scheduling 1640 communication for you. In other words, you will seldom need to use the 1641 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> menu directly to perform the scheduling actions. 1642 For instance, if you <link linkend="entering-data-events">create an 1643 event or to-do</link> with attendees, &korganizer; will ask you if you want to send the 1644 invitations to the attendees, so you will not need to use the <menuchoice> 1645 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Invitation to Attendees</guimenuitem> 1646 </menuchoice> menu item later. Also, if you change your status as an attendee 1647 for an event you were invited to, it will ask you if you want to send your updated 1648 status to the event's organizer, so you will not need to use the <menuchoice> 1649 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Status Update</guimenuitem> 1650 </menuchoice> menu item later.</para> 1651 1652 1653 1654 <sect1 id="publish"> 1655 <title>Publishing an Event, To-do or Journal Entry</title> 1656 1657 <para>If you simply want to send an event, to-do or journal entry, choose the 1658 <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Publish 1659 Item Information...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, when the item is 1660 selected. Then a dialog appears, asking you the email addresses which will 1661 receive the event or to-do. The item will be sent by email, in the iCalendar 1662 format.</para> 1663 1664 <para>Please note that you can use this action to email any item to 1665 anyone, not just to the item's attendees. In fact, you can publish an item with no 1666 attendees at all, as publishing does not request an answer from the 1667 attendees.</para> 1668 1669 <para> 1670 An example: you are playing in a band and, from time to time, you 1671 give live concerts. To notify your fans about the concerts, you maintain 1672 a mailing list. If you use &korganizer; to organize your concert dates, 1673 you can just choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1674 <guimenuitem>Publish Item Information...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, 1675 put in the address of the mailing list and the event gets sent. Mailing 1676 list subscribers who use &korganizer; get the concert date automatically 1677 inserted in their calendar. 1678 </para> 1679 1680 <para>Publishing an event as described above will only inform the receiver about 1681 the event, but not give her the option to ask for attendance. Use 1682 <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send as iCalendar...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 1683 if you want to provide that option instead. 1684 </para> 1685 1686 </sect1> 1687 1688 1689 <sect1 id="as-organizer"> 1690 <title>Acting as Organizer in Group Scheduling</title> 1691 1692 <para>When you create <link linkend="entering-data-events">an event</link> or 1693 <link linkend="entering-data-to-do">a to-do</link>, and 1694 <link linkend="entering-data-events-attendees">add attendees to it</link>, you 1695 are acting as the event organizer. To add attendees, use the 1696 <link linkend="entering-data-events-attendees"> 1697 attendee tab</link>, in the <guilabel>Edit Event</guilabel>, or 1698 <guilabel>Edit To-do</guilabel> dialog. In the 1699 <link linkend="agenda-view">Agenda view</link>, a little icon 1700 <inlinemediaobject> 1701 <imageobject> 1702 <imagedata fileref="organizer.png" format="PNG"/><!--FIXME wrong icon meeting-organizer?--> 1703 </imageobject> 1704 <textobject> 1705 <phrase>Organizer Icon</phrase> 1706 </textobject> 1707 </inlinemediaobject> 1708 is placed in the event, if you are the 1709 organizer of a group scheduling event.</para> 1710 1711 <para>The organizer is responsible for sending the invitations, collecting 1712 the attendees responses, and for keeping the data of the event or to-do up to 1713 date for all people involved.</para> 1714 1715 <sect2 id="request"> 1716 <title>Sending Invitations and Processing Responses</title> 1717 1718 <para>To organize an event or to-do, 1719 <link linkend="entering-data-events">create it</link> in 1720 &korganizer; and add all the people that should attend using the 1721 attendees tab. &korganizer; can send invitations to the 1722 attendees, either automatically (depending on 1723 <link linkend="config-main-groupscheduling">&korganizer; group 1724 scheduling configuration</link>), or by selecting the event or to-do and 1725 choosing the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Invitation 1726 to Attendees</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 1727 The attendees get an email containing all the relevant information 1728 for the event or to-do. They can respond to the meeting proposal by accepting or 1729 rejecting it or by making a counter proposal. They can also delegate or forward the 1730 invitation. 1731 All this information is sent to you by email again and, if you have configured &kmail; 1732 appropriately, the attendees responses are automatically inserted in your calendar. 1733 If there are additional attendees willing to participate (e.g. by accepting a forwarded 1734 invitation) you will be asked to accept the new attendees. 1735 </para> 1736 1737 </sect2> 1738 1739 <sect2 id="cancel"> 1740 <title>Cancelling an Event or To-do</title> 1741 1742 <para>To cancel an event or to-do you have to be the organizer. If you 1743 checked the <guilabel>Use Groupware Communication</guilabel> box 1744 in the <link linkend="config-main-groupscheduling">&korganizer; group 1745 scheduling configuration</link>, just delete the item, and &korganizer; will 1746 ask you to send the cancellation. If not, simply select the 1747 item, and choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1748 <guimenuitem>Send Cancellation to Attendees</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 1749 menu item.</para> 1750 1751 <para>This action will send a cancel-message to all attendees, so 1752 they can remove the item from their calendars too.</para> 1753 </sect2> 1754 </sect1> 1755 1756 1757 <sect1 id="as-attendee"> 1758 <title>Acting as the Attendee</title> 1759 1760 <para>When you get an email with an invitation and accept it, the event or to-do 1761 is added to your calendar. If it is an event, a little icon 1762 <inlinemediaobject> 1763 <imageobject> 1764 <imagedata fileref="meeting-attending.png" format="PNG"/> 1765 </imageobject> 1766 <textobject> 1767 <phrase>Attendee Icon</phrase> 1768 </textobject> 1769 </inlinemediaobject> 1770 is placed in the event in the <link linkend="agenda-view">Agenda 1771 view</link>.</para> 1772 1773 <sect2 id="reply"> 1774 <title>Answering an Invitation</title> 1775 1776 <para>If you have an invitation in your &kmail; inbox you can either press 1777 <guibutton>Reject</guibutton> to ignore the request, or press 1778 <guibutton>Accept</guibutton> or <guibutton>Accept Cond.</guibutton>. The 1779 last two actions will insert the item into your calendar. In any case, &kmail; will 1780 send your response to the organizer automatically.</para> 1781 1782 <para>You can also <guibutton>Delegate</guibutton> or <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> 1783 the invitation. When delegating, you can suggest another person as your proxy. 1784 Using <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> you can forward the invitation to one or more 1785 people not yet invited. 1786 When the receiver of the delegation or forward accepts the invitation, 1787 the organizer will be asked to approve the new attendee.</para> 1788 1789 <para>If for any reason you changed your mind, edit your status in the item's 1790 <link linkend="entering-data-events-attendees">attendee tab</link>. If you 1791 checked the <guilabel>Use Groupware Communication</guilabel> box 1792 in the <link linkend="config-main-groupscheduling">&korganizer; group 1793 scheduling configuration</link>, &korganizer; will ask you to send an email 1794 updating your attendee status. If not, choose the <menuchoice> 1795 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Status Update</guimenuitem> 1796 </menuchoice> menu item to send your status update. 1797 </para> 1798 </sect2> 1799 1800 <sect2 id="counter"> 1801 <title>Sending an Alternative Proposal</title> 1802 1803 1804 <para>If you are not satisfied with some of the characteristics of the event or 1805 to-do you got invited to, and want to send a counter proposal to the organizer 1806 (for instance an alternative location or time), just edit the item and send it 1807 back as your proposal, by selecting the item and choosing the <menuchoice> 1808 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu><guimenuitem>Request Change</guimenuitem> 1809 </menuchoice> menu item.</para> 1810 1811 <para>The organizer of the event will get your proposal by email, and 1812 will be able to accept it or decline.</para> 1813 </sect2> 1814 1815 <sect2 id="refresh"> 1816 1817 <title>Requesting the Latest Version of an Event or To-do</title> 1818 1819 <para>To request the latest version of an event or to-do, select 1820 the item, and choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1821 <guimenuitem>Request Update</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. 1822 The organizer should then send you back the latest version of the item.</para> 1823 1824 </sect2> 1825 </sect1> 1826 1827 <sect1 id="free-busy"> 1828 <title>Free Busy information</title> 1829 1830 <para>The free/busy information represents an availability schedule. By 1831 presenting the intervals when one already has previous commitments, 1832 others can avoid arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only the 1833 times are published, not the events, reasons or attendees.</para> 1834 1835 <para>&korganizer; supports publishing and retrieving free/busy information, 1836 either manually or automatically.</para> 1837 1838 <para>To email your free/busy information, choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1839 <guimenuitem>Mail Free Busy Information...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Enter the 1840 email addresses you want to send the information to in the dialog and press 1841 <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.</para> 1842 1843 <para>Groupware servers usually have a standard location for uploading 1844 your free busy information, so that other users can access your data, and 1845 you can access other user's free busy schedule. You can configure 1846 &korganizer; to upload and download free busy information automatically, 1847 using the <link linkend="config-main-free-busy">Free Busy preferences</link>, 1848 in the &korganizer; <guilabel>Configure</guilabel> dialog.</para> 1849 1850 <para>To upload your free/busy information to the server set in &korganizer; 1851 preferences, choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1852 <guimenuitem>Upload Free Busy Information</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu 1853 item.</para> 1854 1855 </sect1> 1856 1857 <sect1 id="examples"> 1858 <title>Examples</title> 1859 1860 <sect2 id="examples-entering-event"> 1861 <title>Entering a New Group Event</title> 1862 1863 <para>In this example, you'll enter an event. You need to arrange a meeting on 1864 <emphasis>the next Monday</emphasis> regarding launch of your new 1865 Product. Your boss <emphasis>Joan Holden</emphasis> will be the event 1866 chairwoman <emphasis>owner</emphasis>, and you, Jack Smith, will be the event 1867 <emphasis>organizer</emphasis>. There will be two more 1868 <emphasis>attendees</emphasis> (participants): <emphasis>Peter 1869 Krzinski</emphasis> and <emphasis>Kirsten Friese</emphasis>. Joan gave you 1870 the program of the meeting. The appointment will start at 1871 <emphasis>12 noon</emphasis> and end at <emphasis>1 pm</emphasis>. The same 1872 appointment should be scheduled <emphasis>(recurred)</emphasis> each Monday. 1873 </para> 1874 1875 <procedure> 1876 <step><para>Using the Date Navigator, go to the next Monday.</para></step> 1877 1878 <step><para>Choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>New 1879 Event...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or select the area between 1880 <emphasis>12 noon</emphasis> and end at<emphasis>1 pm</emphasis>, 1881 and start typing the event summary.</para></step> 1882 1883 <step><para>Enter a suitable summary. It's important to choose the right brief 1884 description, because it appears in many places. We suggest 1885 that you enter <userinput>Product launch event</userinput>.</para></step> 1886 1887 <step><para>Enter the detailed event program into the largest rectangle 1888 area. For the sake of this simple example, enter <userinput>Introduction, 1889 The Plan, Conclusion</userinput> on three separate lines.</para></step> 1890 1891 <step><para>Go to the <guilabel>Reminder</guilabel> tab. Set the 1892 reminder time to 15 minutes, just long enough to brew a cup of tea 1893 prior to the meeting start.</para></step> 1894 1895 <step><para>Go to the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab. 1896 Select <guilabel>Appointment</guilabel> from the 1897 <guilabel>Manage Tags</guilabel> dialog.</para></step> 1898 1899 <step><para>Go to the <guilabel>Recurrence</guilabel> tab and select the 1900 <guilabel>Weekly</guilabel> repeats.</para> 1901 <note><para>Most work has been done for you automatically. &korganizer; 1902 defaults to recurring weekly. Also note that <guilabel>Ends:</guilabel> <guilabel>never</guilabel> 1903 is chosen. This means that this event will be repeated each 1904 Monday (starting, of course, on Monday August 30, 2010) until the end of 1905 time (that is, until you delete it).</para></note></step> 1906 1907 <step><para>Since everything is all right here, click the 1908 <guilabel>Attendees</guilabel> tab.</para></step> 1909 1910 <step><para>In the <guilabel>Attendees</guilabel> tab you should do the 1911 following:</para> 1912 <substeps> 1913 1914 <step><para>You will see that you are the organizer of the event.</para></step> 1915 1916 <step><para>In the first input field enter the email in the 1917 <userinput>Name <email></userinput> format. In our example, enter 1918 <userinput>Joan Holden <jholden@thiscompany.com></userinput>. 1919 <tip><para>If the attendees are already in your &kde; address book, instead of typing the 1920 names and emails, you can press the <guibutton>Select Attendees...</guibutton> 1921 button to add them.</para></tip></para></step> 1922 1923 <step><para>Choose <emphasis>Chair</emphasis> as the role.</para></step> 1924 1925 <step><para>In the next input field enter <userinput>Peter 1926 Krzinski <pkrzinski@thiscompany.com></userinput>.</para></step> 1927 1928 <step><para>In the next input field enter 1929 <userinput>Kirsten Friese <kfriese@thiscompany.com></userinput>. 1930 </para></step> 1931 1932 </substeps> 1933 </step> 1934 1935 <step><para>If you have configured &korganizer; to use groupware communication, 1936 you will be asked if you want to send an email to the attendees, with details 1937 of the event and asking for a response if the 1938 <guilabel>Request response</guilabel> box from the 1939 <guilabel>Attendees</guilabel> tab is checked. Else, you can 1940 send the invitations choosing the <menuchoice><guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 1941 <guimenuitem>Send Invitation to Attendees</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu 1942 item.</para></step> 1943 1944 <step><para>Review the event setup by clicking on the tabs. 1945 If you are satisfied, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></step> 1946 </procedure> 1947 1948 <para>Congratulations, you've scheduled your first event!</para> 1949 </sect2> 1950 1951 </sect1> 1952 1953 </chapter> 1954 1955 <chapter id="config"> <!--updated to 5.4.40, missing General System Tray + Calendars--> 1956 <title>&korganizer; Configuration</title> 1957 1958 <para>To change &korganizer;'s look and behavior, choose the 1959 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure 1960 &korganizer;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. You can get more information 1961 about all the configure options and possibilities in 1962 <xref linkend="config-main" />.</para> 1963 1964 <para>To customize the set of tools available on the bar, choose the 1965 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars... 1966 </guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item and read the Section <ulink 1967 url="help:/fundamentals/config.html#toolbars">Customizing Toolbars</ulink> 1968 in the &kde; Fundamentals.</para> 1969 1970 <para>Localization information like date and time formats can be 1971 configured from &systemsettings; within the modules <guilabel>Language</guilabel>, 1972 and <guilabel>Formats</guilabel>. These control modules can be 1973 accessed from within &korganizer;: just choose the <menuchoice><guimenu> 1974 Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Date & 1975 Time...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. &korganizer; has to be restarted 1976 for changes done in &systemsettings; to take effect.</para> 1977 1978 <para>To configure where &korganizer; stores and retrieves calendar events, 1979 journal entries and to-dos, (in local files, groupware servers &etc;), 1980 please check <xref linkend="managing-resources" />.</para> 1981 1982 <sect1 id="config-main"> 1983 <title>&korganizer; Main Configuration</title> 1984 1985 <para>The options dialog lets you configure a number of different areas of 1986 &korganizer;.</para> 1987 1988 <sect2 id="config-main-general"> 1989 <title>General page</title> 1990 1991 <sect3 id="config-main-general-personal"> 1992 <title>Personal tab</title> 1993 1994 <para>The personal options relate to your personal identity, and other 1995 miscellaneous things that do not fall under any of the other general 1996 categories.</para> 1997 1998 <variablelist> 1999 2000 <varlistentry> 2001 <term><guilabel>Full name</guilabel></term> 2002 <listitem><para><guilabel>Full name</guilabel> is initially set to 2003 <quote>Anonymous</quote> with an email address of 2004 <quote>nobody@nowhere</quote>. You can change your name by directly 2005 entering it here. This name will be displayed by default as 2006 <guilabel>Organizer</guilabel> in to-dos and Events.</para></listitem> 2007 </varlistentry> 2008 2009 <varlistentry> 2010 <term><guilabel>Email address</guilabel></term> 2011 <listitem><para><guilabel>Email address</guilabel> will be used to identify the 2012 owner of the calendar. When another person opens your calendar or events, he/she 2013 will not be able to modify it because it will be read-only.</para></listitem> 2014 </varlistentry> 2015 2016 <varlistentry> 2017 <term><guilabel>Default Email Attachment Method</guilabel></term> 2018 <listitem><para>This option allows you to select the way an email is attached to 2019 an event. You can attach an email as the complete email including attachments, 2020 the email excluding attachments or only a link to the email.</para> 2021 <para>Note that attaching an email without attachments might invalidate its signature. 2022 </para></listitem> 2023 </varlistentry> 2024 </variablelist> 2025 2026 </sect3> 2027 2028 <sect3 id="config-main-general-save"> 2029 <title>Save tab</title> 2030 2031 <variablelist> 2032 2033 <varlistentry> 2034 <term><guilabel>Confirm deletes</guilabel></term> 2035 <listitem><para>When you check <guilabel>Confirm deletes</guilabel> box, 2036 &korganizer; 2037 will ask you to confirm each deletion. If this is not checked, &korganizer; 2038 will not ask before deleting events.</para></listitem> 2039 </varlistentry> 2040 2041 <varlistentry> 2042 <term><guilabel>New Events, To-dos and Journal Entries Should</guilabel></term> 2043 <listitem><para>This option lets you choose between adding new items to 2044 the default calendar or making &korganizer; ask you which calendar should be 2045 used to save each new item.</para> 2046 <para>Kolab2 server specificity: It is recommended to choose <guilabel>Be asked 2047 which calendar to use</guilabel>, if you intend to use the shared folder 2048 functionality of the <guilabel>Kolab</guilabel> server. This 2049 will allow you to keep control of which information is available only to you, 2050 and which information is published in the shared folders.</para> 2051 </listitem> 2052 </varlistentry> 2053 2054 </variablelist> 2055 2056 </sect3> 2057 2058 <!-- System Tray tab missing--> 2059 2060 <!-- Calendars tab missing--> 2061 2062 </sect2> 2063 2064 <sect2 id="config-main-time-and-date"> 2065 <title>Time and Date</title> 2066 2067 <sect3 id="config-main-time-and-date-regional"> 2068 <title>Regional tab</title> 2069 2070 <variablelist> 2071 2072 <varlistentry> 2073 <term><guilabel>Day begins at</guilabel></term> 2074 <listitem><para>Select the time you start your day from the drop down list. 2075 It could be the time when you usually get up, or the time when you start 2076 working. This setting does not prevent you from adding or viewing items before 2077 this time, it just sets the time that will be displayed by default on the top 2078 of the calendar view. Use the scrollbar to display earlier or later events 2079 in the Agenda view.</para></listitem> 2080 </varlistentry> 2081 2082 <varlistentry> 2083 <term><guilabel>Holidays</guilabel></term> 2084 <listitem><para>Select your country from the drop down list, or if 2085 it is not listed, select <guilabel>(None)</guilabel>. 2086 If your country is selected, &korganizer; will recognize and display 2087 its important dates and holidays in the calendar view.</para></listitem> 2088 </varlistentry> 2089 2090 <varlistentry> 2091 <term><guilabel>Working Period</guilabel></term> 2092 <listitem><para>The options <guilabel>Daily starting hour</guilabel> and 2093 <guilabel>Daily ending hour</guilabel> let you specify when your working day starts 2094 and when it ends. &korganizer; sets the working hours apart by marking them 2095 with a different color from the non working hours, holidays and non working 2096 days.</para> 2097 <para>Additionally, you have check boxes beside each day of the week. 2098 Check the week days that are working days for you, in order to mark the working 2099 hours in these days. Checking <guilabel>Exclude holidays</guilabel> 2100 prevents &korganizer; from marking the working hours for the holiday days in the 2101 region defined in the <guilabel>Use holiday region</guilabel> drop down above.</para> 2102 </listitem> 2103 </varlistentry> 2104 2105 <varlistentry> 2106 <term><guilabel>Weekly Start Day</guilabel></term> 2107 <listitem><para>Select the first day of each week. 2108 Normally, you can ignore this since it is set in your locale.</para></listitem> 2109 </varlistentry> 2110 2111 </variablelist> 2112 </sect3> 2113 2114 <sect3 id="config-main-time-and-date-default"> 2115 <title>Default Values tab</title> 2116 2117 <variablelist> 2118 <varlistentry> 2119 <term><guilabel>Default appointment time</guilabel></term> 2120 <listitem><para>Select the default start time for events from the drop down list. 2121 When you choose <link linkend="menu-actions-new-event">New 2122 Event</link> from the <link linkend="entering-data-events">Actions Menu</link>, or 2123 create an event in some other manner such that &korganizer; cannot guess 2124 when you would like your event to start, &korganizer; will put this hour 2125 in the start time editor as the default value.</para></listitem> 2126 </varlistentry> 2127 2128 <varlistentry> 2129 <term><guilabel>Default duration of new appointment (HH:MM):</guilabel></term> 2130 <listitem><para>Select the default duration for events using the spin box. When 2131 you choose <link linkend="menu-actions-new-event">New Event</link> from the 2132 <link linkend="entering-data-events">Actions Menu</link>, or create an event in 2133 some other manner such that &korganizer; cannot guess its duration, 2134 &korganizer; will use this as the default value. 2135 </para></listitem> 2136 </varlistentry> 2137 2138 <varlistentry> 2139 <term><guilabel>Reminders</guilabel></term> 2140 <listitem><para> 2141 Select a <guilabel>Default reminder time</guilabel> to determine how long before 2142 the actual event's scheduled time the reminder will activate.</para> 2143 <para>Set a file to be used as the default sound file for new reminders. You can 2144 always specify another file in the Advanced Reminder accessible from the 2145 event or to-do editors.</para> 2146 <para>Check the next two boxes if you want to enable reminders for all newly created events 2147 or to-dos. You can always turn-off the reminders in the editor dialogs.</para> 2148 </listitem> 2149 </varlistentry> 2150 2151 </variablelist> 2152 </sect3> 2153 </sect2> 2154 2155 <sect2 id="config-main-views"> 2156 <title>Views</title> 2157 2158 <para>These options let you configure &korganizer; views:</para> 2159 2160 <sect3 id="config-main-views-general"> 2161 <title>General tab</title> 2162 <variablelist> 2163 <varlistentry> 2164 <term><guilabel>Next x days:</guilabel></term> 2165 <listitem><para>This option allows you to change the number of days shown by the 2166 <guimenu>Next x Days</guimenu> menu item in the <guimenu>Go</guimenu> 2167 menu.</para></listitem> 2168 </varlistentry> 2169 2170 <varlistentry> 2171 <term><guilabel>Enable tooltips for displaying summaries</guilabel></term> 2172 <listitem><para>If your summary for an event is longer than would fit in the 2173 current View, the remaining characters are not displayed. Check <guilabel>Enable 2174 tooltips for displaying summaries</guilabel> if you want the full summary 2175 displayed when hovering the mouse pointer over the appointment for a few 2176 seconds.</para></listitem> 2177 </varlistentry> 2178 2179 <varlistentry> 2180 <term><guilabel>To-dos use tag colors</guilabel></term> 2181 <listitem><para>Check this box so that to-dos will use tag colors and not 2182 colors specific to their due, due today or overdue state.</para></listitem> 2183 </varlistentry> 2184 2185 </variablelist> 2186 2187 <para><link linkend="description-view">Date Navigator</link> options:</para> 2188 2189 <variablelist> 2190 2191 <varlistentry> 2192 <term><guilabel>Show items that recur daily</guilabel></term> 2193 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Show items that recur daily</guilabel> 2194 box is checked, the days containing daily recurring 2195 events are shown in bold typeface in the Date Navigator.</para></listitem> 2196 </varlistentry> 2197 2198 <varlistentry> 2199 <term><guilabel>Show items that recur weekly</guilabel></term> 2200 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Show items that recur weekly</guilabel> 2201 box is checked, the days containing weekly recurring 2202 events are shown in bold typeface in the Date Navigator.</para></listitem> 2203 </varlistentry> 2204 2205 <varlistentry> 2206 <term><guilabel>Show to-dos instead of events when in Todo View</guilabel></term> 2207 <listitem><para>Check this box to show the days containing to-dos in bold typeface in the 2208 Date Navigator when in To-do view.</para></listitem> 2209 </varlistentry> 2210 2211 <varlistentry> 2212 <term><guilabel>Show journals instead of events when in Journal View</guilabel></term> 2213 <listitem><para>Check this box to show the days containing journals in bold typeface in the 2214 Date Navigator when in Journal view.</para></listitem> 2215 </varlistentry> 2216 2217 <varlistentry> 2218 <term><guilabel>Week numbers select a work week when in work week mode</guilabel></term> 2219 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Week numbers select a work week when in work 2220 week mode</guilabel> box is checked, clicking on the week numbers along the 2221 side of the Date Navigator will navigate through work weeks rather than 2222 through normal 7-day weeks.</para></listitem> 2223 </varlistentry> 2224 2225 </variablelist> 2226 </sect3> 2227 2228 <sect3 id="config-main-views-agenda"> 2229 <title>Agenda View tab</title> 2230 2231 <para><link linkend="agenda-view">Agenda View</link> options:</para> 2232 2233 <variablelist> 2234 2235 <varlistentry> 2236 <term><guilabel>Hour size:</guilabel></term> 2237 <listitem><para>By using this you can control the height of the rows 2238 in the Agenda view.</para></listitem> 2239 </varlistentry> 2240 2241 <varlistentry> 2242 <term><guilabel>Show icons in agenda view items</guilabel></term> 2243 <listitem><para>Check this box to display icons (reminder, recursion &etc;) 2244 in Agenda view items</para></listitem> 2245 </varlistentry> 2246 2247 <varlistentry> 2248 <term><guilabel>Show to-dos</guilabel></term> 2249 <listitem><para>This check box toggles the display of to-dos in the Day, Week 2250 and Month views in the Agenda view. If you have 2251 too many to-dos which have a due date associated, you may want to turn them 2252 off to avoid clutter.</para></listitem> 2253 </varlistentry> 2254 2255 <varlistentry> 2256 <term><guilabel>Show current-time (Marcus Bains) line</guilabel></term> 2257 <listitem><para>This check box toggles on or off a red line in the Day or Week 2258 view indicating the current time (Marcus Bains line). This line gives 2259 you an indication of how much time is left ⪚ until a meeting takes 2260 place.</para></listitem> 2261 </varlistentry> 2262 2263 <varlistentry> 2264 <term><guilabel>Show seconds on current-time (Marcus Bains) line</guilabel></term> 2265 <listitem><para>This check box toggles on or off the seconds on the current-time 2266 line (Marcus Bains line).</para></listitem> 2267 </varlistentry> 2268 2269 <varlistentry> 2270 <term><guilabel>Time range selection in agenda view starts event editor</guilabel></term> 2271 <listitem><para>Check this box to start the event editor automatically when you 2272 select a time range in the daily and weekly view. To select a time range, drag 2273 the mouse from the start time to the end time of the event you are about to 2274 plan.</para></listitem> 2275 </varlistentry> 2276 <!--FIXME Icons to use dropdown box missing--> 2277 <varlistentry> 2278 <term><guilabel>Color Usage</guilabel></term> 2279 <listitem> 2280 <para>Select the <guilabel>Tag inside, calendar outside</guilabel> option if you would like to 2281 draw calendar items in their associated tag's color, with the item's 2282 border drawn in the color of its calendar.</para> 2283 2284 <para>Select the <guilabel>Calendar inside, tag outside</guilabel> option if you would like to 2285 draw calendar items in their associated calendar color, with the item's 2286 border drawn in the color of its tag.</para> 2287 2288 <para>Select the <guilabel>Only tag</guilabel> option if you would like to draw calendar items 2289 (both inside and border) in the color of their associated tag.</para> 2290 2291 <para>Select the <guilabel>Only calendar</guilabel> option if you would like to draw calendar items 2292 (both inside and border) in the color of their calendar.</para> 2293 2294 <para>Please use the <link linkend="config-main-colors">Colors and Fonts</link> 2295 configuration page for setting these colors.</para> 2296 </listitem> 2297 </varlistentry> 2298 2299 <varlistentry> 2300 <term><guilabel>Color busy days with a different background color</guilabel></term> 2301 <listitem><para>Check this box if you want Agenda view's background to be filled with a 2302 different color on days which have at least one all day event marked as busy.</para> 2303 <para>Please look in the Colors configuration area to select the Agenda view background 2304 busy color of your choosing.</para></listitem> 2305 </varlistentry> 2306 2307 <varlistentry> 2308 <term><guilabel>Multiple Calendar Display</guilabel></term> 2309 <listitem><para> 2310 Select if all calendars should be merged into one Agenda view, each calendar should 2311 be displayed in its own Agenda view or if each view should be available via tabs. 2312 The side by side view can be customized with <guimenuitem>Configure View</guimenuitem> 2313 from the context menu. 2314 </para></listitem> 2315 </varlistentry> 2316 2317 </variablelist> 2318 </sect3> 2319 2320 <sect3 id="config-main-views-month"> 2321 <title>Month View tab</title> 2322 2323 <para><link linkend="month-view">Month view</link> options:</para> 2324 2325 <variablelist> 2326 2327 <varlistentry> 2328 <term><guilabel>Display Options</guilabel></term> 2329 <listitem><para>Use the first four check boxes to display the time, icons 2330 (reminder, recursion &etc;), 2331 to-dos or journals in Month view.</para></listitem> 2332 </varlistentry> 2333 <!--FIXME Icons to use dropdown box missing--> 2334 2335 <varlistentry> 2336 <term><guilabel>Color busy days with a different background color</guilabel></term> 2337 <listitem><para>Check this box if you want Month view's background to be filled with a 2338 different color on days which have at least one all day event marked as busy.</para> 2339 <para>Please look in the Colors configuration area to select the Agenda/Month view background 2340 busy color of your choosing.</para></listitem> 2341 </varlistentry> 2342 2343 <varlistentry> 2344 <term><guilabel>Color Usage</guilabel></term> 2345 <listitem> 2346 <para>Configure the colors for the Month view as in <link linkend="config-main-views-agenda">Agenda view</link>.</para></listitem> 2347 </varlistentry> 2348 2349 </variablelist> 2350 </sect3> 2351 2352 <sect3 id="config-main-views-todo"> 2353 <title>Todo View tab</title> 2354 2355 <para><link linkend="todo-view">Todo view</link> options:</para> 2356 2357 <variablelist> 2358 2359 <varlistentry> 2360 <term><guilabel>Always display completed to-dos at the bottom of the list</guilabel></term> 2361 <listitem><para>If you enable this option, all completed to-dos will be always 2362 grouped at the bottom of the To-do List.</para></listitem> 2363 </varlistentry> 2364 2365 <varlistentry> 2366 <term><guilabel>Record completed to-dos in journal entries</guilabel></term> 2367 <listitem><para>If you check this box, &korganizer; will automatically add 2368 a journal entry for every completed to-do.</para></listitem> 2369 </varlistentry> 2370 2371 </variablelist> 2372 </sect3> 2373 </sect2> 2374 2375 <sect2 id="config-main-colors-fonts"> 2376 <title>Colors and Fonts</title> 2377 2378 <sect3 id="config-main-colors"> 2379 <title>Colors</title> 2380 2381 <para>Choose the color used for holidays, for highlighting, and for specific 2382 event tags. You can choose a different color for each tag. Of course 2383 too many colors may be confusing, so use common sense. The use of color 2384 depends also on the <link linkend="config-main-views">view 2385 preferences.</link></para> 2386 2387 <variablelist> 2388 2389 <varlistentry> 2390 <term><guilabel>Holiday color</guilabel></term> 2391 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2392 allowing you to select the holiday color. The holiday color will be used for the 2393 holiday name in the Month view and the holiday date in the Date 2394 Navigator.</para></listitem> 2395 </varlistentry> 2396 2397 <varlistentry> 2398 <term><guilabel>Agenda view background color</guilabel></term> 2399 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2400 allowing you to select the Agenda view background color.</para></listitem> 2401 </varlistentry> 2402 2403 <varlistentry> 2404 <term><guilabel>Busy days background color</guilabel></term> 2405 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2406 allowing you to select the Agenda or Month view background busy color. 2407 This color is only used when the option for drawing busy days with a 2408 different color is set in either of these views.</para></listitem> 2409 </varlistentry> 2410 2411 <varlistentry> 2412 <term><guilabel>Agenda view current-time line color</guilabel></term> 2413 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2414 allowing you to select a color for the current-time (Marcus Bains) line.</para></listitem> 2415 </varlistentry> 2416 2417 <varlistentry> 2418 <term><guilabel>Working hours color</guilabel></term> 2419 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2420 allowing you to select the color of the working hours background in the Agenda view.</para></listitem> 2421 </varlistentry> 2422 2423 <varlistentry> 2424 <term><guilabel>To-do due today color</guilabel></term> 2425 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2426 allowing you to select the to-do due today color.</para></listitem> 2427 </varlistentry> 2428 2429 <varlistentry> 2430 <term><guilabel>To-do overdue color</guilabel></term> 2431 <listitem><para>This button opens the <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, 2432 allowing you to select the to-do overdue color.</para></listitem> 2433 </varlistentry> 2434 2435 <varlistentry> 2436 <term><guilabel>Tags</guilabel></term> 2437 <listitem><para>This group allows you to assign a color to each tag. Select 2438 a tag in the drop down list, and press the button to open the 2439 <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, allowing you to select the color for 2440 that tag. <link linkend="config-main-views">Depending on the view 2441 preferences</link>, this color will be used to mark events and to-dos which 2442 bear this tag in the Agenda and Month views.</para></listitem> 2443 </varlistentry> 2444 2445 <varlistentry> 2446 <term><guilabel>Resources</guilabel></term> 2447 <listitem><para>This group allows you to assign a color to each resource. Select 2448 a resource in the drop down list, and press the button to open the 2449 <guilabel>Select Color</guilabel> dialog, allowing you to select the color for 2450 that resource. <link linkend="config-main-views">Depending on the view 2451 preferences</link>, this color will be used to mark events and to-dos which are 2452 stored using this resource in the Agenda and Month views.</para></listitem> 2453 </varlistentry> 2454 2455 </variablelist> 2456 2457 </sect3> 2458 2459 <sect3 id="config-main-fonts"> 2460 <title>Fonts tab</title> 2461 2462 <variablelist> 2463 2464 <varlistentry> 2465 <term><guilabel>Time bar</guilabel></term> 2466 <listitem><para>Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the 2467 time bar.</para></listitem> 2468 </varlistentry> 2469 2470 <varlistentry> 2471 <term><guilabel>Month view</guilabel></term> 2472 <listitem><para>Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the 2473 Month view.</para></listitem> 2474 </varlistentry> 2475 2476 <varlistentry> 2477 <term><guilabel>Agenda view</guilabel></term> 2478 <listitem><para>Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the 2479 Agenda view (Day, Week and Work Week views).</para></listitem> 2480 </varlistentry> 2481 2482 <varlistentry> 2483 <term><guilabel>Current-time line</guilabel></term> 2484 <listitem><para>Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the 2485 Marcus Bains line (a colored line in the Agenda view indicating the current 2486 time).</para></listitem> 2487 </varlistentry> 2488 2489 </variablelist> 2490 2491 </sect3> 2492 2493 </sect2> 2494 2495 <sect2 id="config-main-groupscheduling"> 2496 <title>Group Scheduling</title> 2497 2498 <variablelist> 2499 2500 <varlistentry> 2501 <term><guilabel>Use Groupware Communication</guilabel></term> 2502 <listitem><para>Check this box to automatically send emails when creating, 2503 updating or deleting events or to-dos which involve others. This email can be 2504 an invitation to attendees of an event you created, a cancellation of an event 2505 you created, an answer or an update on your invitation status, an event change 2506 request, &etc; Check this option if you want to use the groupware 2507 functionality (⪚ Configuring &kontact; as a &kde; 2508 <guilabel>Kolab</guilabel> client).</para></listitem> 2509 </varlistentry> 2510 2511 <varlistentry> 2512 <term><guilabel>Send copy to owner when mailing events</guilabel></term> 2513 <listitem><para>When you check the <guilabel>Send copy to owner when mailing 2514 events</guilabel> box, you will get a copy of all email messages that 2515 &korganizer; sends at your request to the event attendees.</para></listitem> 2516 </varlistentry> 2517 2518 <varlistentry> 2519 <term><guilabel>Mail transport</guilabel></term> 2520 <listitem><para>Here you can choose which type of mail transport you would like 2521 to use. You can either use &kmail; or the &Sendmail; command (which must be 2522 installed on your system in order to work).</para></listitem> 2523 </varlistentry> 2524 2525 </variablelist> 2526 2527 </sect2> 2528 2529 <sect2 id="config-main-free-busy"> 2530 <title>Free/Busy</title> 2531 2532 <para>The free/busy information represents an availability schedule. By 2533 presenting the intervals when one already has previous commitments, 2534 others can avoid arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only the 2535 times are published, not the events, reasons or attendees.</para> 2536 2537 <para>&korganizer; supports publishing and retrieving free/busy information, 2538 either manually or automatically.</para> 2539 2540 <sect3 id="config-main-free-busy-publish"> 2541 <title>Publish</title> 2542 <para>By publishing your free/busy 2543 information, you allow others to take your busy time schedule into account 2544 when inviting you to an event.</para> 2545 2546 <variablelist> 2547 2548 <varlistentry> 2549 <term><guilabel>Publish free/busy information automatically</guilabel></term> 2550 <listitem><para>Enable this option if you wish your Free/Busy information to be 2551 uploaded automatically. Note that you may skip this option and choose to mail or 2552 upload your Free/Busy information via the <guilabel>Schedule</guilabel> menu of 2553 &korganizer;.</para> 2554 2555 <para>If your application is setup to work as a <guilabel>&kde; Kolab 2556 client</guilabel>, this is not required. The <guilabel>Kolab2</guilabel> server 2557 can take care of publishing your Free/Busy information and manage the access to 2558 it from other users.</para> 2559 </listitem> 2560 </varlistentry> 2561 2562 <varlistentry> 2563 <term><guilabel>Minimum time between uploads (in minutes)</guilabel></term> 2564 <listitem><para>If you choose to publish your information automatically, 2565 you can configure the interval of time in minutes between each upload.</para> 2566 </listitem> 2567 </varlistentry> 2568 2569 <varlistentry> 2570 <term><guilabel>Publish (default 60) days of free/busy information</guilabel></term> 2571 <listitem><para>Configure the number of calendar days you wish to be published 2572 and available to others</para></listitem> 2573 </varlistentry> 2574 2575 <varlistentry> 2576 <term><guilabel>Server &URL;</guilabel></term> 2577 <listitem><para>Enter the &URL; for the server on which your Free/Busy information 2578 will be published. Ask the server administrator for this information.</para> 2579 <para>Kolab2 server example: 2580 <userinput>webdavs://kolab2.com/freebusy/joe@kolab2.com.ifb</userinput> 2581 </para></listitem> 2582 </varlistentry> 2583 2584 <varlistentry> 2585 <term><guilabel>Username</guilabel></term> 2586 <listitem><para>Enter the login information relative to your account on the server</para> 2587 <para>Kolab2 server specificity: your registered UID (Unique IDentifier), by 2588 default, would be similar to your email address on the Kolab2 server 2589 but it may be different. In this case enter your UID. Ask the server administrator 2590 about your UID if you do not know it.</para></listitem> 2591 </varlistentry> 2592 2593 <varlistentry> 2594 <term><guilabel>Password</guilabel></term> 2595 <listitem><para>Enter your password (server login password) here.</para></listitem> 2596 </varlistentry> 2597 2598 <varlistentry> 2599 <term><guilabel>Remember password</guilabel></term> 2600 <listitem><para>Check this option if you want &korganizer; to remember your 2601 password and skip asking you each time it uploads your Free/Busy 2602 information.</para> 2603 <warning><para>It is not recommended to store your password in the configuration 2604 file for security reasons.</para></warning></listitem> 2605 </varlistentry> 2606 2607 </variablelist> 2608 2609 </sect3> 2610 2611 <sect3 id="config-main-free-busy-retrieve"> 2612 <title>Retrieve</title> 2613 2614 <para>By retrieving other people's free/busy 2615 information, you can take their busy time schedule into account 2616 when inviting them to an event.</para> 2617 2618 <variablelist> 2619 2620 <varlistentry> 2621 <term><guilabel>Retrieve other people's free/busy information 2622 automatically</guilabel></term> 2623 <listitem><para>Automate the process for retrieving other users free/busy time. 2624 Fill in the server information section below to enable this 2625 option.</para></listitem> 2626 </varlistentry> 2627 2628 <varlistentry> 2629 <term><guilabel>Use full email address for retrieval</guilabel></term> 2630 <listitem><para>This setting lets you change the name of the file which will be 2631 fetched from the server. If you check this option, it will download a free/busy 2632 file called <userinput>user@domain.ifb</userinput>, else it will fetch 2633 <userinput>user.ifb</userinput>. Ask the server administrator if you are not 2634 sure about how to configure this option.</para> 2635 <para><guilabel>Kolab2 server specificity:</guilabel> If you are configuring 2636 &korganizer; as a component to a <guilabel>&kde; Kolab client 2637 (&kontact;/Kolab)</guilabel> you have to check this option.</para></listitem> 2638 </varlistentry> 2639 2640 <varlistentry> 2641 <term><guilabel>Server &URL;</guilabel></term> 2642 <listitem><para>Enter the &URL; for the server from which your Free/Busy information 2643 will be fetched. Ask the server administrator for this information.</para> 2644 <para><guilabel>Kolab2 server example: 2645 </guilabel><userinput>webdavs://kolab2.com/freebusy/</userinput> 2646 </para></listitem> 2647 </varlistentry> 2648 2649 <varlistentry> 2650 <term><guilabel>Username</guilabel></term> 2651 <listitem><para>Enter the login information relative to your account on the 2652 server.</para> 2653 </listitem> 2654 </varlistentry> 2655 2656 <varlistentry> 2657 <term><guilabel>Password</guilabel></term> 2658 <listitem><para>Enter your password (server login password) here. 2659 </para></listitem> 2660 </varlistentry> 2661 2662 <varlistentry> 2663 <term><guilabel>Remember password</guilabel></term> 2664 <listitem><para>Check this option if you want &korganizer; to remember your 2665 password and skip asking you each time it fetches the free/busy files.</para> 2666 <warning><para>It is not recommended to store your password in the 2667 configuration file for security reasons.</para></warning> 2668 </listitem> 2669 </varlistentry> 2670 2671 </variablelist> 2672 </sect3> 2673 </sect2> 2674 2675 <sect2 id="config-main-plugins"> 2676 <title>Plugins</title> 2677 2678 <para>For more information about configuring plugins, please refer to 2679 <xref linkend="plugins-chapter" /></para> 2680 2681 </sect2> 2682 2683 <sect2 id="config-custom-pages"> 2684 <title>Custom Pages</title> 2685 2686 <para>This page allows you to add your own &GUI; Elements to store your own 2687 values into &korganizer;.</para> 2688 <para>Create your elements as described in <guilabel>How does this work?</guilabel></para> 2689 2690 </sect2> 2691 </sect1> 2692 2693 </chapter> 2694 2695 <chapter id="plugins-chapter"><!--updated to 5.4.40--> 2696 2697 <title>Plugins</title> 2698 2699 <para> 2700 &korganizer; provides you with the possibility of extending the application with plugins. 2701 </para> 2702 2703 <para> 2704 The plugins can be configured under the &korganizer; main configuration dialog. 2705 Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem> 2706 Configure &korganizer;</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and click the 2707 <guilabel>Plugins</guilabel> icon on the icon list sidebar of the dialog. 2708 </para> 2709 2710 <sect1 id="plugins-chapter-availableplugins"> 2711 <title>Available Plugins</title> 2712 2713 <sect2 id="date-numbers-plugin"> 2714 <title>Date Numbers Plugin for Calendars</title> 2715 <para> 2716 This plugin adds the number of the day in the year to the Agenda view. For 2717 instance, February 1 is day number 32. 2718 </para> 2719 </sect2> 2720 2721 <sect2 id="wikipedia-thisday-plugin"> 2722 <title>Wikipedia 'This Day in History' Plugin</title> 2723 <para> 2724 This plugin provides links to Wikipedia's <quote>This Day in History</quote> pages. 2725 </para> 2726 </sect2> 2727 2728 <sect2 id="wikipedia-pictureoftheday-plugin"> 2729 <title>Wikipedia Picture of the Day Plugin for Calendars</title> 2730 <para> 2731 This plugin provides the Wikipedia <quote>Picture of the Day</quote>. 2732 </para> 2733 </sect2> 2734 2735 <sect2 id="jewish-calendar-plugin"> 2736 <title>Jewish Calendar Plugin</title> 2737 <para> 2738 This plugin provides Jewish calendar dates in addition to the 2739 Gregorian calendar dates. In the configuration dialog of the plugin, you can 2740 choose if you want to display Israeli holidays, weekly Parsha, day of Omer and/or 2741 Chol HaMoed. 2742 </para> 2743 </sect2> 2744 2745 </sect1> 2746 2747 </chapter> 2748 2749 <chapter id="reference"> 2750 <title>Reference</title> 2751 2752 <sect1 id="reference-menus"><!--updated to 5.4.40, Send as iCalendar--> 2753 <title>Menus</title> 2754 2755 <para>When &korganizer; starts, the main &korganizer; window 2756 appears. The window has several components: a menubar, a toolbar, a 2757 month calendar, a main panel with the current <quote>view</quote> of 2758 events, and a to-do list.</para> 2759 2760 <para>The menus provide access to all the common operations that can be 2761 performed with the calendar, including saving, loading, adding and 2762 deleting events, to-dos and journal entries, printing and more.</para> 2763 2764 <para>Please note that when using &korganizer; as the calendar component 2765 of &kontact;, the menus differ from the stand alone application.</para> 2766 2767 <sect2 id="reference-menus-file"> 2768 <title>File</title> 2769 2770 <para>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu provides access to functions involving 2771 the entire calendar.</para> 2772 2773 <variablelist> 2774 2775 <varlistentry id="menu-file-open"> 2776 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="document-open.png" 2777 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2778 <shortcut> 2779 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> 2780 </shortcut> 2781 <guimenu> 2782 File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 2783 </term> 2784 <listitem><para><action>Opens a file dialog allowing you to select a new 2785 vCalendar or iCalendar file to load.</action> If you have made changes to the 2786 current calendar, you will be given the option of saving them before loading a 2787 new one.</para> 2788 <para>For more information about this, please refer to 2789 <xref linkend="managing-import-export" />.</para> 2790 </listitem> 2791 </varlistentry> 2792 2793 <varlistentry id="menu-file-print"> 2794 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="document-print.png" 2795 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2796 <shortcut> 2797 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> 2798 </shortcut> 2799 <guimenu> 2800 File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 2801 </term> 2802 <listitem><para>Choose <guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem> or click the 2803 <guilabel>Print</guilabel> icon to <action>print the current 2804 calendar</action>. You can specify the range of dates to be printed (either 2805 manually or with the Calendar Widget) and the Print Style (Day, Week, Month or 2806 To-dos and Journal).</para></listitem> 2807 </varlistentry> 2808 2809 <varlistentry id="menu-file-print-preview"> 2810 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject> 2811 <imagedata fileref="document-print-preview.png" 2812 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2813 <guimenu> 2814 File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Print Preview</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 2815 </term> 2816 <listitem><para>If you choose <guimenuitem>Print Preview</guimenuitem> or click 2817 the <guiicon>Print Preview</guiicon> icon, <action>the current calendar will be 2818 printed on your screen, instead of on your printer</action>. Use this 2819 feature to check if the printout will be correct before you start 2820 printing.</para> 2821 <para>You can specify the range of dates to be printed (either manually or with 2822 the Calendar Widget) and the View Type (Day, Week, Month or To-do).</para> 2823 </listitem> 2824 </varlistentry> 2825 2826 <varlistentry id="menu-file-import-calendar"> 2827 <term><menuchoice> 2828 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2829 <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> 2830 <guimenuitem>Import Calendar</guimenuitem> 2831 </menuchoice></term> 2832 <listitem><para>If you have a different iCalendar or 2833 vCalendar file somewhere, and you would like to <action>merge its contents 2834 into your own calendar, add as a new resource or open it as a new window</action>, 2835 choose this menu item. A good time to do this would be if you received a 2836 vCalendar with a few entries via email, for instance.</para> 2837 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2838 <xref linkend="managing-import" />.</para> 2839 </listitem> 2840 </varlistentry> 2841 2842 <varlistentry id="menu-file-import-ghns"> 2843 <term><menuchoice> 2844 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2845 <guisubmenu>Import</guisubmenu> 2846 <guimenuitem>Get Hot New Stuff...</guimenuitem> 2847 </menuchoice></term> 2848 <listitem><para>This action will open the <guilabel>Get Hot New Stuff</guilabel> 2849 dialog, which offers a list of calendars to download. These events can be 2850 added to your calendar.</para> 2851 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2852 <xref linkend="managing-get-hot-new-stuff" />.</para> 2853 </listitem> 2854 </varlistentry> 2855 2856 <varlistentry id="menu-file-export-icalendar"> 2857 <term><menuchoice> 2858 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2859 <guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu> 2860 <guimenuitem>Export as iCalendar</guimenuitem> 2861 </menuchoice></term> 2862 <listitem><para>This action will export all your active events, to-dos and 2863 journal entries (independent of to which resource they belong) as a new iCalendar 2864 file.</para> 2865 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2866 <xref linkend="managing-export" />.</para> 2867 </listitem> 2868 </varlistentry> 2869 2870 <!--not in 4.6.0 2871 varlistentry id="menu-file-export-ghns"> 2872 <term><menuchoice> 2873 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2874 <guisubmenu>Export</guisubmenu> 2875 <guimenuitem>Upload Hot New Stuff...</guimenuitem> 2876 </menuchoice></term> 2877 <listitem><para>This action will open the <guilabel>Upload Hot New Stuff</guilabel> 2878 dialog, which allow you to export calendars containing events which may be 2879 useful to other people, such as a conference program, a list of holidays, 2880 special events, &etc;</para> 2881 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2882 <xref linkend="managing-get-hot-new-stuff" />.</para> 2883 </listitem> 2884 </varlistentry--> 2885 2886 <varlistentry id="menu-file-archive-old"> 2887 <term><menuchoice> 2888 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2889 <guimenuitem>Archive Old Incidences...</guimenuitem> 2890 </menuchoice></term> 2891 <listitem><para><action>From time to time you should delete your old 2892 events.</action></para> 2893 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2894 <xref linkend="managing-purge-archive" />.</para> 2895 </listitem> 2896 </varlistentry> 2897 2898 <varlistentry id="menu-file-purge"> 2899 <term><menuchoice> 2900 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2901 <guimenuitem>Purge Completed To-dos</guimenuitem> 2902 </menuchoice></term> 2903 <listitem><para>This action will remove all the completed to-dos from your 2904 active calendar.</para> 2905 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 2906 <xref linkend="managing-purge-archive" />.</para> 2907 </listitem></varlistentry> 2908 2909 <varlistentry id="menu-file-quit"> 2910 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata 2911 fileref="application-exit.png"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2912 <shortcut> 2913 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> 2914 </shortcut> 2915 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 2916 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> 2917 </menuchoice> 2918 </term> 2919 <listitem><para>When you choose <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> or click 2920 the <guiicon>Quit</guiicon> icon, <action>the current calendar window will quit, 2921 prompting you to save if the current calendar has been modified but not yet 2922 saved.</action></para> 2923 <para>This has no effect on other calendar windows which may be opened. You have 2924 to quit each calendar window individually.</para> </listitem> 2925 </varlistentry> 2926 </variablelist> 2927 2928 </sect2> 2929 2930 <sect2 id="reference-menus-edit"> 2931 <title>Edit</title> 2932 2933 <para>With the <guilabel>Edit</guilabel> menu you can edit and search events and 2934 to-dos.</para> 2935 2936 <para><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>, and 2937 <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> menu items behave in the same fashion as in 2938 other 2939 &kde; applications. With the <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> menu item you can 2940 find events and to-dos across the current calendar.</para> 2941 2942 <variablelist> 2943 2944 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-undo"> 2945 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-undo.png" 2946 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2947 <shortcut> 2948 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo> 2949 </shortcut> 2950 <guimenu> 2951 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> 2952 </term> 2953 <listitem><para><action>Undo the latest action</action>, or in other words, 2954 return the calendar to the state it was immediately before the latest 2955 action.</para></listitem> 2956 </varlistentry> 2957 2958 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-redo"> 2959 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-redo.png" 2960 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2961 <shortcut> 2962 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo> 2963 </shortcut> 2964 <guimenu> 2965 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> 2966 </term> 2967 <listitem><para><action>Redo the latest action</action>, or in other words, 2968 return the calendar to the state it was immediately before the latest 2969 undo.</para></listitem> 2970 </varlistentry> 2971 2972 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-cut"> 2973 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-cut.png" 2974 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2975 <shortcut> 2976 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo> 2977 </shortcut> 2978 <guimenu> 2979 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> 2980 </term> 2981 <listitem><para><action>Cuts the currently selected event(s) to the clipboard, 2982 removing them from your calendar.</action></para></listitem> 2983 </varlistentry> 2984 2985 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-copy"> 2986 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-copy.png" 2987 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 2988 <shortcut> 2989 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> 2990 </shortcut> 2991 <guimenu> 2992 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 2993 </term> 2994 <listitem><para><action>Copies the currently selected item(s) to the 2995 clipboard, but leaving them untouched.</action></para></listitem> 2996 </varlistentry> 2997 2998 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-paste"> 2999 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-paste.png" 3000 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3001 <shortcut> 3002 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> 3003 </shortcut> 3004 <guimenu> 3005 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3006 </term> 3007 <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> <action>inserts the 3008 contents of the clipboard into your calendar</action>. The clipboard must 3009 contain a valid vCalendar or iCalendar item, provided either by a previous Cut/Copy 3010 operation or from a selection made outside of &korganizer;. You will be warned 3011 if the contents of the clipboard cannot be understood.</para> 3012 <tip><para>However, you can safely use <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; 3013 <keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; 3014 <keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> hotkeys to copy text data from any outside 3015 application to a &korganizer; Edit Event window and vice 3016 versa. </para></tip></listitem> 3017 </varlistentry> 3018 3019 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-delete"> 3020 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-delete.png" 3021 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3022 <guimenu> 3023 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> 3024 </term> 3025 <listitem><para><action>Delete the currently selected item(s), 3026 removing them from your calendar.</action></para></listitem> 3027 </varlistentry> 3028 3029 <varlistentry id="menu-edit-find"> 3030 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="edit-find.png" 3031 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3032 <shortcut> 3033 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> 3034 </shortcut> 3035 <guimenu> 3036 Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> 3037 </menuchoice> 3038 </term> 3039 <listitem><para>Choose <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> from the 3040 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> or click the <guiicon>Find</guiicon> icon to 3041 <action>find events, to-dos and journal entries according to their summary, 3042 description, and/or tags</action>.</para> 3043 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3044 <xref linkend="search-view" />.</para> 3045 </listitem> 3046 </varlistentry> 3047 </variablelist> 3048 3049 </sect2> 3050 3051 <sect2 id="reference-menus-view"> 3052 <title>View</title> 3053 3054 <para>There are several different <quote>views</quote> available for 3055 displaying your events, to-dos and journal entries. &korganizer; is smart 3056 enough to remember in between sessions what the last active view was, and the 3057 next time it is started, it will display that view.</para> 3058 3059 <para>In general, each view will provide a way of displaying your journal 3060 entries, to-dos and events, constrained to a particular time period or 3061 style of display. Click any item to select it for further action. 3062 <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> click an item to bring up a menu 3063 with options such as <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>, 3064 <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>, and so on. You can also use the 3065 <guimenu>Action</guimenu> menu to perform similar operations.</para> 3066 3067 <variablelist> 3068 3069 <varlistentry id="menu-view-agenda"> 3070 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-agenda.png" 3071 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3072 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3073 <guimenuitem>Agenda</guimenuitem> 3074 </menuchoice></term> 3075 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Agenda view.</action> 3076 </para> 3077 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3078 <xref linkend="agenda-view" />.</para> 3079 </listitem> 3080 </varlistentry> 3081 3082 <varlistentry id="menu-view-month"> 3083 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-month.png" 3084 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3085 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3086 <guimenuitem>Month View</guimenuitem> 3087 </menuchoice></term> 3088 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Month view.</action> 3089 </para> 3090 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3091 <xref linkend="month-view" />.</para> 3092 </listitem> 3093 </varlistentry> 3094 3095 <varlistentry id="menu-view-timeline"> 3096 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-timeline.png" 3097 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3098 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3099 <guimenuitem>Timeline</guimenuitem> 3100 </menuchoice></term> 3101 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Timeline view.</action> 3102 </para> 3103 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3104 <xref linkend="timeline-view" />.</para> 3105 </listitem> 3106 </varlistentry> 3107 3108 <varlistentry id="menu-view-todo"> 3109 <term> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata 3110 fileref="view-calendar-tasks.png" 3111 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3112 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3113 <guimenuitem>To-do List</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3114 </term> 3115 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the To-do List view.</action></para> 3116 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3117 <xref linkend="todo-view" />.</para> 3118 </listitem> 3119 </varlistentry> 3120 3121 <varlistentry id="menu-view-list"> 3122 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-list.png" 3123 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3124 <guimenu> 3125 View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Event List</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3126 </term> 3127 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the list view.</action></para> 3128 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3129 <xref linkend="list-view" />.</para> 3130 </listitem> 3131 </varlistentry> 3132 3133 <varlistentry id="menu-view-whatsnext"> 3134 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-upcoming-events.png" 3135 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3136 <guimenu> 3137 View</guimenu><guimenuitem>What's Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3138 </term> 3139 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the what's next view.</action></para> 3140 <para>This view displays your next events and to-dos. Events and to-dos are 3141 displayed one per line.</para> 3142 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3143 <xref linkend="whatsnext-view" />.</para> 3144 </listitem> 3145 </varlistentry> 3146 3147 <varlistentry id="menu-view-journal"> 3148 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata 3149 fileref="journal-new.png" 3150 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3151 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3152 <guimenuitem>Journal</guimenuitem> 3153 </menuchoice> 3154 </term> 3155 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Journal view.</action></para> 3156 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3157 <xref linkend="journal-view" />.</para></listitem> 3158 </varlistentry> 3159 3160 <varlistentry id="menu-view-update"> 3161 <term><menuchoice> 3162 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3163 <guimenuitem>Refresh</guimenuitem> 3164 </menuchoice></term> 3165 <listitem><para> 3166 <action>Updates or refreshes the currently displayed view.</action> 3167 </para></listitem> 3168 </varlistentry> 3169 3170 <varlistentry id="menu-view-zoom"> 3171 <term><menuchoice> 3172 <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term> 3173 <listitem><para><action>Use this submenu to adjust the current view to show 3174 more or less data.</action></para> 3175 <para>In the Agenda view (Day(s) or Week view), you can use the zoom actions to 3176 show more or less days (<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu> 3177 <guimenuitem>In Horizontally</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and <menuchoice> 3178 <guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Out Horizontally</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), 3179 or more or less hours in the day (<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu> 3180 <guimenuitem>In Vertically</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and 3181 <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Out Vertically</guimenuitem> 3182 </menuchoice>).</para></listitem> 3183 </varlistentry> 3184 3185 <varlistentry id="menu-view-filter"> 3186 <term><menuchoice> 3187 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 3188 <guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu> 3189 </menuchoice></term> 3190 <listitem><para>This submenu offers access to the filters already created using 3191 the <link linkend="menu-settings-edit-filters"><guilabel>Edit Calendar 3192 Filters</guilabel></link> dialog. <action>Select on this submenu the filter 3193 that will be used in &korganizer; view</action>. If you do not want to use a 3194 filter, choose <guilabel>No filter</guilabel>.</para></listitem> 3195 </varlistentry> 3196 3197 </variablelist> 3198 3199 </sect2> 3200 3201 <sect2 id="reference-menus-go"> 3202 <title>Go</title> 3203 3204 <para>For more information about browsing &korganizer; views, please refer to 3205 <xref linkend="description-view" />.</para> 3206 3207 <variablelist> 3208 <varlistentry id="menu-go-previous-day"> 3209 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-previous.png" 3210 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3211 <guimenu> 3212 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3213 </term> 3214 <listitem><para><action>Go to the previous day, week or month, depending on 3215 the view.</action></para></listitem> 3216 </varlistentry> 3217 3218 <varlistentry id="menu-go-next-day"> 3219 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-next.png" 3220 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3221 <guimenu> 3222 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3223 </term> 3224 <listitem><para><action>Go to the next day, week, or month, depending on the 3225 view.</action></para></listitem> 3226 </varlistentry> 3227 3228 <varlistentry id="menu-go-goto-today"> 3229 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-jump-today.png" 3230 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3231 <guimenu> 3232 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>To Today</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3233 </term> 3234 <listitem><para><action>Go to the period of time that includes the current day.</action></para></listitem> 3235 </varlistentry> 3236 3237 <varlistentry id="menu-view-day"> 3238 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="go-jump-today.png" 3239 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3240 <guimenu> 3241 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Day</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3242 </term> 3243 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Day view.</action></para> 3244 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3245 <xref linkend="agenda-view" />.</para> 3246 </listitem> 3247 </varlistentry> 3248 3249 <varlistentry id="menu-view-xdays"> 3250 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-upcoming-days.png" 3251 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3252 <guimenu> 3253 Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Next x Days</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3254 </term> 3255 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Next x Day view, where x is 3256 defined in &korganizer; main configuration.</action></para> 3257 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3258 <xref linkend="agenda-view" />.</para> 3259 </listitem> 3260 </varlistentry> 3261 3262 <varlistentry id="menu-view-workweek"> 3263 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata 3264 fileref="view-calendar-workweek.png" 3265 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3266 <guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work 3267 Week</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3268 </term> 3269 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Work Week 3270 view.</action></para> 3271 <para>This is the same as the Week view, except only the working days of the 3272 week are shown.</para> 3273 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3274 <xref linkend="agenda-view" />.</para> 3275 </listitem> 3276 </varlistentry> 3277 3278 <varlistentry id="menu-view-week"> 3279 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-calendar-week.png" 3280 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3281 <guimenu> 3282 Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Week</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 3283 </term> 3284 <listitem><para><action>Switch the display to the Week view.</action></para> 3285 <para>The Week view provides a view similar to the Day view. Events for seven 3286 days are shown next to each other. All of the functions available for the Day 3287 view are available in the Week view, too.</para> 3288 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3289 <xref linkend="agenda-view" />.</para></listitem> 3290 </varlistentry> 3291 3292 </variablelist> 3293 3294 </sect2> 3295 3296 <sect2 id="reference-menus-actions"> 3297 <title>Actions</title> 3298 3299 <variablelist> 3300 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-new-event"> 3301 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="appointment-new.png" 3302 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3303 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3304 <guimenuitem>New Event...</guimenuitem> 3305 </menuchoice> 3306 </term> 3307 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>New Event...</guilabel> to <action>create a 3308 new event</action>.</para> 3309 <para>You can get a detailed description of the event window in <link 3310 linkend="entering-data-events">the Entering Events</link> section.</para></listitem> 3311 </varlistentry> 3312 3313 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-new-todo"> 3314 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="view-task.png" 3315 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3316 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3317 <guimenuitem>New To-do...</guimenuitem> 3318 </menuchoice> 3319 </term> 3320 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>New To-do...</guilabel> to <action>create a 3321 new to-do</action>. Initially the to-do has no due date, but you can specify 3322 one.</para> 3323 <para>You can get a detailed description of the to-do window in <link 3324 linkend="entering-data-to-do">the Entering To-dos</link> section.</para></listitem> 3325 </varlistentry> 3326 3327 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-new-subtodo"> 3328 <term><menuchoice> 3329 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3330 <guimenuitem>New Sub-to-do...</guimenuitem> 3331 </menuchoice></term> 3332 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>New Sub-to-do...</guilabel> to <action>start 3333 writing a new sub-to-do. The currently selected to-do will be the 3334 sub-to-do parent</action>. Initially the to-do has no due date, but you can 3335 specify one.</para> 3336 <para>You can get a detailed description of the to-do window in <link 3337 linkend="entering-data-to-do">Entering To-dos</link> section.</para></listitem> 3338 </varlistentry> 3339 3340 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-new-journal"> 3341 <term><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="journal-new.png" 3342 format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject><menuchoice> 3343 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3344 <guimenuitem>New Journal...</guimenuitem> 3345 </menuchoice></term> 3346 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>New Journal...</guilabel> to <action>start 3347 writing a new journal entry</action>.</para></listitem> 3348 </varlistentry> 3349 3350 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-show-event"> 3351 <term><menuchoice> 3352 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3353 <guimenuitem>Show</guimenuitem> 3354 </menuchoice></term> 3355 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>Show</guilabel> to <action>open a dialog 3356 showing the details of the currently selected journal entry, event or 3357 to-do.</action></para></listitem> 3358 </varlistentry> 3359 3360 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-edit-event"> 3361 <term><menuchoice> 3362 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3363 <guimenuitem>Edit...</guimenuitem> 3364 </menuchoice></term> 3365 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>Edit...</guilabel> to <action>edit the 3366 currently selected journal entry, event or to-do.</action></para></listitem> 3367 </varlistentry> 3368 3369 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-delete-event"> 3370 <term><menuchoice> 3371 <shortcut> 3372 ∇ 3373 </shortcut> 3374 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3375 <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> 3376 </menuchoice></term> 3377 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> to <action>remove the 3378 currently selected journal entry, event or to-do.</action></para></listitem> 3379 </varlistentry> 3380 3381 <varlistentry id="menu-actions-make-subtodo-independent"> 3382 <term><menuchoice> 3383 <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> 3384 <guimenuitem>Make Sub-to-do Independent</guimenuitem> 3385 </menuchoice></term> 3386 <listitem><para>Choose <guilabel>Make Sub-to-do Independent</guilabel> to 3387 detach the currently selected sub-to-do item from its parent and make it an 3388 independent to-do item.</para></listitem> 3389 </varlistentry> 3390 3391 </variablelist> 3392 3393 </sect2> 3394 3395 <sect2 id="reference-menus-schedule"> 3396 <title>Schedule</title> 3397 3398 <variablelist> 3399 3400 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-publish"> 3401 <term><menuchoice> 3402 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3403 <guimenuitem>Publish Item Information...</guimenuitem> 3404 </menuchoice></term> 3405 <listitem><para>Email the selected event, to-do or journal entry in the 3406 iCalendar format.</para> 3407 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3408 <xref linkend="publish" />.</para></listitem> 3409 </varlistentry> 3410 3411 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-request"> 3412 <term><menuchoice> 3413 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3414 <guimenuitem>Send Invitation to Attendees</guimenuitem> 3415 </menuchoice></term> 3416 <listitem><para>Send the selected to-do or event to the attendees, and, 3417 if necessary, request a response from them.</para> 3418 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3419 <xref linkend="request" />.</para></listitem> 3420 </varlistentry> 3421 3422 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-reply"> 3423 <term><menuchoice> 3424 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3425 <guimenuitem>Send Status Update</guimenuitem> 3426 </menuchoice></term> 3427 <listitem><para>If you changed your status as an attendee, choose this 3428 menu item to send your updated status (accepted, tentative, &etc;) to the item's 3429 organizer.</para> 3430 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3431 <xref linkend="reply" />.</para></listitem> 3432 </varlistentry> 3433 3434 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-cancel"> 3435 <term><menuchoice> 3436 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3437 <guimenuitem>Send Cancellation to Attendees</guimenuitem> 3438 </menuchoice></term> 3439 <listitem><para>If you plan to cancel an event or to-do, select it, and 3440 choose this menu item to notify the attendees about the cancellation.</para> 3441 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3442 <xref linkend="cancel" />.</para></listitem> 3443 </varlistentry> 3444 3445 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-refresh"> 3446 <term><menuchoice> 3447 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3448 <guimenuitem>Request Update</guimenuitem> 3449 </menuchoice></term> 3450 <listitem><para>Request the latest version of the selected event or to-do from 3451 the organizer.</para> 3452 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3453 <xref linkend="refresh" />.</para></listitem> 3454 </varlistentry> 3455 3456 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-counter"> 3457 <term><menuchoice> 3458 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3459 <guimenuitem>Request Change</guimenuitem> 3460 </menuchoice></term> 3461 <listitem><para>Send an alternative proposal to the organizer of the selected 3462 event or to-do. 3463 </para> 3464 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3465 <xref linkend="counter" />.</para></listitem> 3466 </varlistentry> 3467 3468 <!--varlistentry id="menu-schedule-mail-icalendar"> 3469 <term><menuchoice> 3470 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3471 <guimenuitem>Send as iCalendar...</guimenuitem> 3472 </menuchoice></term> 3473 <listitem><para>.</para> 3474 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3475 <xref linkend="????" />.</para></listitem> 3476 </varlistentry--> 3477 3478 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-mail-freebusy"> 3479 <term><menuchoice> 3480 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3481 <guimenuitem>Mail Free Busy Information...</guimenuitem> 3482 </menuchoice></term> 3483 <listitem><para>Email your Free Busy information to one or more 3484 email addresses.</para> 3485 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3486 <xref linkend="free-busy" />.</para></listitem> 3487 </varlistentry> 3488 3489 <varlistentry id="menu-schedule-upload-freebusy"> 3490 <term><menuchoice> 3491 <guimenu>Schedule</guimenu> 3492 <guimenuitem>Upload Free Busy Information</guimenuitem> 3493 </menuchoice></term> 3494 <listitem><para>Upload your Free Busy information to the groupware server. 3495 Other users will then be able to retrieve the information.</para> 3496 <para>For more information about this action, please refer to 3497 <xref linkend="free-busy" />.</para></listitem> 3498 </varlistentry> 3499 3500 </variablelist> 3501 3502 </sect2> 3503 3504 <sect2 id="reference-menus-settings-help"> 3505 <title>Settings and Help</title> 3506 3507 <para>Apart from the common &kde; menus described in the <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html">Menu</ulink> 3508 chapter of the &kde; Fundamentals documentation &korganizer; has these application specific Settings and Help menu entries: 3509 </para> 3510 3511 <variablelist> 3512 3513 <varlistentry id="menu-settings-sidebar"> 3514 <term><menuchoice> 3515 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 3516 <guisubmenu>Sidebar</guisubmenu> 3517 </menuchoice></term> 3518 <listitem><para><action>Click the menu items of this submenu to show or hide 3519 &korganizer; sidebar components</action>. Note that the sidebar is visible only 3520 when <link linkend="config-main-views">the current view does not use the full 3521 window.</link></para></listitem> 3522 </varlistentry> 3523 3524 <varlistentry id="menu-settings-configure-date-time"> 3525 <term><menuchoice> 3526 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 3527 <guimenuitem>Configure Date & Time...</guimenuitem> 3528 </menuchoice></term> 3529 <listitem><para><action>Click this menu item to set the desktop date and time 3530 formats</action>. Note that this setting is shared between other desktop 3531 applications.</para></listitem> 3532 </varlistentry> 3533 3534 <varlistentry id="menu-settings-edit-filters"> 3535 <term><menuchoice> 3536 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 3537 <guisubmenu>Manage View Filters...</guisubmenu> 3538 </menuchoice></term> 3539 <listitem><para><action>Choose this menu item to open the <guilabel>Edit 3540 Filters</guilabel> dialog</action>. Using this dialog, you can create, delete 3541 and edit filters that will affect which items will be displayed by 3542 &korganizer;.</para></listitem> 3543 </varlistentry> 3544 3545 <varlistentry id="menu-settings-edit-categories"> 3546 <term><menuchoice> 3547 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 3548 <guimenuitem>Manage Tags...</guimenuitem> 3549 </menuchoice></term> 3550 <listitem><para><action>Choose this menu item to open the <guilabel>Manage 3551 Tags</guilabel> dialog</action>. Using this dialog, you can create, delete 3552 and edit calendar item tags. Tags are used to organize your events and 3553 to-dos in related groups.</para></listitem> 3554 </varlistentry> 3555 3556 </variablelist> 3557 3558 </sect2> 3559 3560 </sect1> 3561 3562 </chapter> 3563 3564 <chapter id="other-features"> <!--updated to 5.4.40--> 3565 <title>Other Features</title> 3566 3567 <para>In this chapter, you'll learn of other useful features of 3568 &korganizer;: what tricks you can do with a click 3569 of your mouse.</para> 3570 3571 <sect1 id="other-features-commandline-options"> 3572 <title>Command Line</title> 3573 3574 <para>A nice program to access a &kde; calendar from the command line is konsolekalendar.</para> 3575 3576 </sect1> 3577 3578 <sect1 id="other-features-drag-and-drop"> 3579 <title>Drag and Drop Operations</title> 3580 3581 <para>&korganizer; can be easily controlled with your mouse. The supported 3582 drag-and-drop 3583 operations are detailed below.</para> 3584 3585 <itemizedlist> 3586 <listitem><para>Any event can be re-sized with your mouse. Simply move the mouse 3587 pointer near the top or bottom edge of the event, and drag the edge up or 3588 down. This way you can visually modify the starting and ending time of your 3589 appointment. This works in the Day, Week and Work Week views.</para></listitem> 3590 <listitem><para>Any event can be rescheduled with your mouse. Move the mouse 3591 pointer over the event, and drag it to a new time location. This works in the 3592 Day, Week and Work Week views.</para></listitem> 3593 <listitem><para>Events can be copied to other, presently non-visible dates. Move 3594 the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to the Date Navigator on the left 3595 side of the current calendar, or to the Date Navigator of a different 3596 calendar.</para> 3597 <tip><para>However, you cannot drag from Agenda view in one calendar to 3598 Agenda view in another calendar.</para></tip></listitem> 3599 <listitem><para>Toolbars can be dragged on the screen. Move the mouse pointer 3600 over the toolbar's handle, and drag it to a new location on your 3601 screen.</para></listitem> 3602 </itemizedlist> 3603 3604 </sect1> 3605 3606 </chapter> 3607 3608 <chapter id="faq"> 3609 <title>Questions and Answers</title> <!-- link to userbase faq? --> 3610 3611 <qandaset id="faq-questions"> 3612 <qandaentry> 3613 <question> 3614 <para>Can I use freebusy-time with &korganizer;?</para> 3615 </question> 3616 <answer><para>Yes, follow the instructions in <link 3617 linkend="config-main-free-busy">Free/Busy</link>.</para> 3618 </answer> 3619 </qandaentry> 3620 </qandaset> 3621 3622 </chapter> 3623 3624 <chapter id="credits"> 3625 <title>Credits and License</title> 3626 3627 <para>&korganizer;</para> 3628 3629 <para>Program copyright 2000-2010, The &kde; Developers</para> 3630 3631 <para>Contributors:</para> 3632 3633 <itemizedlist> 3634 <listitem><para>Allen Winter <email>winter@kde.org</email></para> 3635 </listitem> 3636 <listitem><para>Reinhold Kainhofer <email>reinhold@kainhofer.com</email></para> 3637 </listitem> 3638 <listitem><para>&Cornelius.Schumacher; &Cornelius.Schumacher.mail;</para> 3639 </listitem> 3640 <listitem><para>&Preston.Brown; &Preston.Brown.mail;</para> 3641 </listitem> 3642 </itemizedlist> 3643 3644 <para>Documentation copyright 2000 &Milos.Prudek;</para> 3645 <para>Documentation copyright 2001 Paul E. Ahlquist, Jr 3646 <email>&Paul.E.Ahlquist.Jr.mail;</email></para> 3647 <para>Documentation copyright 2004 Jürgen Nagel 3648 <email>juergen.nagel@student.fh-reutlingen.de</email></para> 3649 <para>Documentation copyright 2005 Carlos Leonhard Woelz 3650 <email>carloswoelz@imap-mail.com</email></para> 3651 3652 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> 3653 &underFDL; 3654 3655 &underGPL; 3656 3657 </chapter> 3658 3659 <glossary id="glossary"> 3660 <title>Glossary</title> 3661 3662 <glossentry id="gloss-calendar-widget"> 3663 <glossterm>Calendar Widget</glossterm> 3664 <glossdef> 3665 3666 <para>A tool for choosing the date inside certain entry windows, such as the 3667 event editing window. It is displayed as a small button to the right of the date 3668 field. When you click the button, you will see a month calendar. Use the arrows 3669 to go to a desired date, or click the month name or year number to go 3670 directly to the desired month or year.</para> 3671 3672 </glossdef> 3673 </glossentry> 3674 3675 <glossentry id="gloss-date-navigator"> 3676 <glossterm>Date Navigator</glossterm> 3677 <glossdef> 3678 3679 <para>The calendar that is in the upper-left corner of the &korganizer; window. 3680 It is the main way provided to navigate among dates, and to select from them. 3681 The single-arrow icons move forwards and backwards in time by increments of a 3682 month, while the double-arrows allow moving by a year at a time. Today's date 3683 will be outlined with a small box. Dates which have events scheduled on them 3684 will be bold. If you want to select a date, simply click it. Hold down the 3685 &Ctrl; key and click the dates if you wish to select multiple neighboring dates 3686 at once. The dates will be displayed in the main panel.</para> 3687 3688 <para>Recurring events are not always displayed. You can prevent the display of 3689 recurring appointments in the Date Navigator. Get more information in the <link 3690 linkend="config-main-views">Views chapter</link>.</para> 3691 3692 </glossdef> 3693 </glossentry> 3694 3695 <glossentry id="gloss-due-date"> 3696 <glossterm>Due Date</glossterm> 3697 <glossdef> 3698 3699 <para>A due date is simply the date when your to-do must be finished. For 3700 instance, if your to-do is that you must return your books to the library 3701 by 16th November, that date is called <quote>the to-do due 3702 date</quote></para> 3703 3704 </glossdef> 3705 </glossentry> 3706 3707 <!--<glossentry id="gloss-group-scheduling"> 3708 <glossterm>Group scheduling features</glossterm> 3709 <glossdef> 3710 3711 <para>These features are planned for the future versions of &korganizer;. Group 3712 scheduling will facilitate member roles (attendee, owner, organizer), time 3713 conflict resolution, event reminder distribution, response collection and 3714 evaluation. In other words, you will be able to appoint attendees, invite them 3715 automatically, and see who accepted or refused attending the appointment.</para> 3716 3717 <para>Currently, group scheduling features are not working. However, hooks exist 3718 in the calendar data structures for these features. <guilabel>Private</guilabel> 3719 check box, <guilabel>Require response</guilabel> check box and 3720 <guilabel>E-mail</guilabel> field will then be fully employed. These controls 3721 are described in more detail in <link linkend="entering-data">Entering 3722 Data</link> chapter, in the <link 3723 linkend="entering-data-events-attendees">Attendees section</link> of Windows 3724 reference, and in the <link linkend="config-main-personal">Personal 3725 Preferences</link> section.</para> 3726 3727 </glossdef> 3728 </glossentry> 3729 --> 3730 <glossentry id="gloss-main-panel"> 3731 <glossterm>Main panel</glossterm> 3732 <glossdef> 3733 <para>Normally the largest part of the screen, to the right of the Date 3734 Navigator. It displays the View of the Day, Workdays, Week or Month, the List 3735 View or the To-do List view.</para> 3736 <para>The right mouse button can be used in the List view and To-do List view 3737 only. It displays a local menu. The left mouse button can be used in any 3738 view.</para> 3739 </glossdef> 3740 </glossentry> 3741 3742 <glossentry id="gloss-freebusy"> 3743 <glossterm>Free/busy</glossterm> 3744 <glossdef> 3745 <para>The free/busy information is a set of busy time intervals. By presenting 3746 the intervals when one already has previous commitments, others can avoid 3747 arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only the times are published, 3748 not the event titles, descriptions or attendees. In other words, the 3749 free/busy information is the availability schedule.</para> 3750 <para>When adding attendees to your event, you need to know if they are 3751 busy or free at that particular time before sending the invitations. 3752 If the attendees make their free/busy information available, &korganizer; 3753 can retrieve this information and display it in the 3754 <guilabel>Free/Busy</guilabel> tab of the <guilabel>Edit Event</guilabel> 3755 dialog.</para> 3756 </glossdef> 3757 </glossentry> 3758 3759 <!--FIXME: remove this or transform in glossary items 3760 3761 <sect1 id="course-event-types"> 3762 <title>Calendar Item Types</title> 3763 3764 <para>There are three types of items:</para> 3765 3766 <itemizedlist> 3767 <listitem><para>Events start and finish at distinct date. You can also specify 3768 distinct start and finish times, but you do not have to. While business 3769 meetings, personal anniversaries and cinema visits are examples of carefully 3770 planned events with exact time scheduling, a holiday is an event that takes 3771 several days and thus there is no need to specify exact start and finish 3772 times.</para></listitem> 3773 3774 <listitem><para>To-do's must take place no later than a 3775 certain date, but they can also take place sooner.</para></listitem> 3776 </itemizedlist> 3777 3778 <para>Naturally, what began as a To-do may later require exact timing. 3779 Say it is July 1 and you need to go to a hairdresser within a week. 3780 On July 3 you talk to your hairdresser and agree on an exact time. Thus the 3781 original To-do becomes similar to an appointment. </para> 3782 3783 <para>&korganizer; makes adding exact time to a To-do very easy. If you 3784 check the <guilabel>Due</guilabel> check box and/or the <guilabel>Start</guilabel> 3785 check box you can specify the appropriate dates, when you check the 3786 <guilabel>Time associated</guilabel> check box and fill in the associated times, your 3787 To-do becomes very similar to an event.</para> 3788 3789 </sect1> 3790 3791 --> 3792 3793 </glossary> 3794 3795 &documentation.index; 3796 3797 </book> 3798 <!-- 3799 Local Variables: 3800 mode: sgml 3801 sgml-minimize-attributes:nil 3802 sgml-general-insert-case:lower 3803 sgml-indent-step:0 3804 sgml-indent-data:nil 3805 End: 3806 3807 // vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet 3808 -->