Viewing the Calendar

What is the calendar?

The calendar helps keep you organized by keeping track of all your meetings and other events. You can use the calendar to schedule meetings with other web office members, and also to post events of general interest, like a company meeting. Use the calendar to keep track of:

Accessing the calendar

There are two ways to gain access to your calendar from your site:

  1. Click Calendar in the Menu.

  2. From the web office home page, click View This Week or View This Month in the Calendar section.

    The calendar section in the Menu displays the current month:




    You can use this display to:

Tip: You can collapse and expand this section of the Menu by clicking on the plus or minus sign in the Calendar button on the Menu.

Switching calendar views

There are three ways to view your calendar:

  1. The Day view shows all your events for a single day. This view shows the most information about each event, including events that overlap.

  2. The Week view shows all your events for a week. This view shows less information than the Day view, but still allows you to easily see all of your events for the week.

  3. The Month view shows all your events for an entire month. This view lets you see a month's worth of events at a time. If you have many meetings, this view may become overly crowded.

No matter which view you are displaying, it's easy to change to one of the others. At the top-left of the view, there are three tabs labeled Day, Week, and Month. Switch to the view you want by clicking the tab with the same name.

Most people have a strong preference as to which view they like to use. People with many meetings tend to prefer the Day view, as this gives them plenty of room to see all their events. Others like the Week or Month views, so they can easily plan ahead. When you access the Calendar by clicking on the Calendar item in the Menu, your personal Default view is shown. You can change this default, or preference, to match your needs. Click here to learn how.

Day view

The Day view shows all of your events for the day. The events are displayed in the time slots when they occur. All-day events are in blue at the top of the view. Events that overlap other events are displayed next to each other. For each event, the Day view shows the title, the start and end times, and the location.

There are two ways to add an event from the Day view:

  1. In the Command Bar, click New. The date for the new event defaults to the day being displayed in the Day view; you can change the date if need be.

  2. Click any of the times along the left side of the Day view or in any empty time slot. The date and time for the new event defaults to the time you clicked, and to the day being displayed in the Day view; you can change the date and time if need be.

Learn more about adding events.

To access all the event details, just click on the event title. To return to the Day view, click Done at the top of the page or Back in your browser.

The Day view shows icons next to the event title to convey extra information. These icons mean:

This is an all-day event

 

This is a personal event

 

This is a recurring event

 

This event has a reminder

 

This event is a web meeting

 

This event is a teleconference

 

You have accepted an invitation to this meeting or you are the organizer of this meeting

 

You have tentatively accepted an invitation to this meeting

 

You have not responded to an invitation to this meeting

 

There are several ways to change the day you are viewing:

When first displayed, the Day view shows the hours between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM. If you have events that start before 8:00 AM or end after 6:00 PM, the view automatically expands to show them as well. To see all 24 hours in a day, click the Show more times icon in the upper-left of the view. To collapse the Day view back down again, click the icon again.

Week view

The Week view shows all of your events for a week.

The events are displayed on each day in the order in which they occur. All-day events are displayed in blue at the top of each day. For each event, you see the start and end times, the title, the location and a set of icons.

The Week view is split into two columns of days. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are in the left column. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are in the right column. If today's date is visible in the view, that day is highlighted.

If you have more than ten events on a day, you may not be able to see all of them in the Week view. You can easily see all the events for a day, while staying in the Week view, by clicking on the See more events icon in the day. This expands the day vertically so that all events are visible. Click the icon again to collapse the day.

Tip: To see all scheduled events displayed for your week, uncheck the Show: Compact View check box at the bottom-right of the screen. This will reveal all events for the week by giving them more room in which to display. The "Show All Events" option will go into effect for both week and month views, and will remain set until you re-check the Compact View check box.

To go to the Day view for any day, click the name or date of the day.

There are two ways to add an event from the Week view:

  1. Click New in the Command Bar at the top of the page.

  2. Click on the plus icon at the top of one of the days in the view. The date of the new event defaults to the day you clicked, but can also be changed.

Learn more about adding events,

To access all the event details, click on the event title. To return to the Week view, click Done in the Command Bar or Back in your browser.

There are several ways to change the week you are viewing:

Month view

The Month view displays all the events for a month.

The events are displayed on each day in the order in which they occur. All-day events are displayed at the top of each day. For each event, you see the start time, the event title and a set of icons.

The Month view always shows six weeks. Days that are not in the month being viewed appear in a differently shaded color. If today's date is visible in the view, that day is highlighted. Additionally, events you create may display colors if you have selected a highlight color for the event.

From the Month view, you can go to the Day view for any day by clicking on or next to the date. You can get to a Week view by clicking on Week located at the left-hand side of each week.

In the Month view, you can add an event by clicking on New in the Command Bar at the top of the page.

Tip: You can add an event at any time, from anywhere in the site, by doing the following:

Learn more about adding events.

To access all the event details, just click on the event title. To return to the Month view, click Done in the Command Bar or Back in your browser.

There are two ways to change the month you are viewing:

  1. Use the arrows at the top of the Month view. Click the left arrow to view the previous month, or the right arrow to view next.

  2. Use the drop-down lists at the top of the view. You can change the month or year. The view changes as you select the new month.

If you have more than a few events on a day, you may not be able to see all of them in the Month view. You can easily see all the events for a day, while staying in the Month view, by clicking on the See more events icon in the day. This expands the day vertically so that all of the events are visible. Click the icon again to collapse the day.

Tip: To see all scheduled events displayed for your month, uncheck the Show: Compact View check box at the bottom-right of the screen. This will reveal all events for the month by giving them more room in which to display. The "Show All Events" option will go into effect for both month and week views, and will remain set until you re-check the Compact View check box.

Calendar navigator

The Calendar navigator allows you to easily jump to the day or week you wish to view. It uses a familiar calendar style control, so you can easily see the day of the week, or jump to two weeks from today. The Calendar navigator is available only in the Day and Week views.

To view a day or week, just click on the date you wish to view in the navigator. If you are in the Day view, the view will show events for the day you clicked on. If you are in the Week view, the view will show the week that contains the date you clicked on.

The navigator shows two months at a time. To see the month prior to the two shown, click the left arrow on the first month. To see the month after the two shown, click the right arrow on the second month. At the bottom of the navigator, there is a Today's date is link. Click this link to go to the Day view for today. If the navigator is showing today's date, it is outlined in red. If the day or week in the view is visible in the navigator, it is shaded blue.

Tip: You can hide the Calendar navigator by unchecking the Show: Calendar navigator check box at the bottom-right of the view. You can unhide the navigator by checking this box again. The navigator will be hidden in both the Day and Week views. If you hide both the Calendar navigator and the Tasks section, the Day and Week views will have more horizontal room in which to display.

Tasks

The Tasks section displays up to eight of your tasks, directly in your calendar, without having to switch over to the Tasks application. Learn more about tasks.

The Tasks section only displays tasks that are:

Not Started

In Progress

Waiting

For each task, this section displays:

If you have more than eight tasks, there is a See more tasks link at the bottom of the Tasks section. Click this link to see all of your tasks. You can also click Tasks at the top of the section to see your full task list.

The Tasks section also allows you to:

Tip: You can hide the Tasks section by unchecking the Show: Tasks check box at the bottom-right of the view. You can unhide the Tasks section by checking this box again. You can also hide the Tasks section by clicking the X in the upper-right of the section. The section will be hidden in both the Day and Week views. If you hide both the Calendar navigator and the Tasks section, the Day and Week views will have more horizontal room in which to display.

Homepage Calendar Window

The Homepage Calendar Window appears if enabled for your homepage.

Events can be configured to appear for a set number of days in this window, and when clicked, you can directly access the event in your calendar and view its details.

If you have purchased conferencing for your site, you can join a meeting instantly by entering the meeting number in the box located at the bottom of your calendar window. You can also join a meeting in the same way via your login screen. Any web conferences that appear on your calendar are indicated by a icon.

If your meeting is an audio-only meeting, an icon will display.