Setting Up your Calendar
When you first log into the Calendar with your Netpiper
username
and
password ,
you log into the Calendar Setup page. Set your calendar preferences here.
| Default View |
Select what 'View' you want from the options given.
The Daily View will give you the list of events or tasks that are scheduled on that particular day.
If you select the 'Weekly' option, a list of all the seven days with events and/or tasks are displayed.
Similarly, selecting 'Monthly' as your default view will bring you all events scheduled in the current month.
The Yearly view will only list the 12 months in the current year.
All event or task dates in the Yearly view appear in Bold. |
| Time Interval |
When you choose 'Daily' view, you can specify time intervals throughout the day.
Choose between the options given. |
| Week Start Day |
Choose your Week Start Day.
(For example, Saturday is the Start Day for people in the UAE and other Middle East countries). |
| Day Start/End Time |
Choose the Start and End times to log your daily activity. |
| GMT Value |
If you know which time zone you live in,
simply key in your GMT-Local time difference.
Or click on 'Get GMT' and simply select the area you live in.
If your area is not listed there, choose an area closest to you. |
Click on the 'Save' button to save your calendar settings and log into your calendar.
Your Calendar
The calendar panel on the left hand side displays the current month.
To go to another day, simply click on that date and see all events or tasks scheduled
for that day. You can navigate to the previous and next months by clicking on the
little triangles on the left and right sides of the current month displayed in the
panel.
The right hand panel of the calendar displays the event- time grid.
To enter an event in the calendar, click on the time interval displayed in the grid
or click 'Add New Event' on the top right corner of that panel.
Add New Event
In the 'Add New Event' page, enter details of the event you want to schedule in
the Calendar.
| Title |
Give a name title for the event. This is useful when you're searching for events. |
| Start Date |
Specify the Start Date of the Event |
| Time |
Specify the time of the event. If it's an all day event, choose the 'All Day Event' option. |
| Duration |
If you know how long the event will last, you can specify the duration here. |
| End Date |
If the event lasts for more than one day, like Conferences, School and College Exams, Sporting Events, you can specify an event end date. |
| Category |
Choose the category which best fits your event. |
| Description |
Give a short description of the event. You might want to add notes or and contact numbers of people related to this event. |
| Repeating |
Certain events can repeat. For example, bill payments repeat every month. If the event does not repeat, then choose 'Do not repeat this Event'. If it does, then choose from Repeat every Day, Week, Month, Year and any day of the week (like every Sunday). A third option lets you choose any one of the weekdays in a month (Third Saturday, Fourth Monday and so on.) |
| Reminders |
If you need to be reminded of this event well in advance, choose 'Send me a reminder'. You can specify two different times for reminders. For example, you can set the first reminder 4 days before the event and the second one 30 minutes before the event. |
| Remind me using |
Check if you want a reminder to be sent through your email. |
- Click on 'Save' button to save and return to your calendar.
- Click on 'Save and Add Another' button to save this event and add another event.
- Click on 'Cancel' button to return to your calendar without saving the event.
Edit/Modify/Delete an Event
To edit or modify an event click on the event listing on your calendar and make changes.
Save changes to return to the calendar. To delete an event, click on the 'Delete'
icon against that event.
Search for Events
Enter a keyword and click on the Search button to search for events. Use advanced
search to search using specific dates and keywords.
Adding Tasks
The 'Tasks' panel on the left hand side displays all tasks that are yet to be executed.
To add a new task, click on 'Add' in the Task panel. In the Add Task page, specify
details of the task.
| Title |
Give a title for the task. |
| Due Date |
Specify the due date of the Task. |
| Description |
Give a short description of the task.
You might want to add notes or and contact numbers of people related to this task. |
| Reminders |
If you need to be reminded of this event well in advance, choose 'Send me a reminder'. You can specify two different times for reminders.
For example, you can set the first reminder 4 days before the event
and the second one 30 minutes before the event. |
| Remind me using |
Check if you want a reminder to be sent
through your email. |
- Click on 'Save' button to save and return to your calendar.
- Click on 'Save and Add Another' button to save this event and add another event.
- Click on 'Cancel' button to return to your calendar without saving the event.
All Tasks that are yet to be completed are listed in the Task panel with their due
dates. On execution of the task, you can check the status box against that task to
mark its completion. Notice that completed tasks are not displayed in the tasks list.
To see all tasks, click on the 'All Tasks' link.
Edit/Modify/Delete a Task
To edit or modify a task click on the task listing and make changes.
Save changes to return to the calendar. To delete a task, click on the 'Delete'
icon against that task.