Calendar:Creating a new event or a new task: Difference between revisions

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=== Events ===
=== Events ===
*Simply double-click the calendar (the entire bar on the right, after [[Calendar:Installing Lightning into Thunderbird|Installing Lightning]]), a window will appear, in it put the details of the event in the corresponding fields.
 
There are a number of ways you can create new events when you are in "Mail Mode":
- Using the menu item "File" -> "New" -> "Event"
- The short-cut CTRL-I
- The "New Event" button in the "Today Pane"
- By double-clicking on "Today", "Tomorrow" or "Soon" in the events overview in the "Today Pane"
[[Image:Calendar_Today_Pane_Events.jpg|Events in Today Pane with mini-day]]
 
In both "Calendar Mode" and "Event Mode" you can use the above methods but you can also use the dedicated "New Event" button in the "Calendar Toolbar".
[[Image:Calendar_Toolbar.jpg|Default Calendar Toolbar]]
 
 
After using one of the above methods a window will appear, in it put the details of the event in the corresponding fields.
[[Image:event_window.jpg]]
[[Image:event_window.jpg]]
*Title: The name of the event.  This is what you will see when you first glance at the calendar
*Title: The name of the event.  This is what you will see when you first glance at the calendar
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*Reminder: Will pop up with an ''alarm'' at a specified time before the event.
*Reminder: Will pop up with an ''alarm'' at a specified time before the event.
*Description: A brief summary/list of the event
*Description: A brief summary/list of the event
=== To Dos/Tasks ===
=== To Dos/Tasks ===
*Right-click the "ToDo" bar (By defalt the second one on the right, after [[Calendar:Installing Lightning into Thunderbird|Installing Lightning]])
*Right-click the "ToDo" bar (By defalt the second one on the right, after [[Calendar:Installing Lightning into Thunderbird|Installing Lightning]])
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