The KOrganizer Handbook Carlos Leonhard Woelz, Milos Prudek, Paul E. Ahlquist, Jr., Jürgen Nagel, Michel Boyer de la Giroday, Reinhold Kainhofer, Cornelius Schumacher, Preston Brown, and Lauri Watts
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Introduction
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Entering Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Abstract KOrganizer is an easy to use personal information manager (PIM). You can write journal entries, schedule appointments, events, and to-dos. KOrganizer will remind you about pending tasks, and help you keep your schedule.
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Introduction KOrganizer is an intuitive and easy to use personal information manager (PIM). You can schedule appointments, events, create to-dos and write journal entries. KOrganizer will remind you about pending tasks, record your occurrences, experiences, and reflections and help you keep your schedule. But KOrganizer is not only about your personal calendar, it can help you to interact with your colleagues and friends too. With KOrganizer, you can publish a calendar as a web page, invite anyone with an email address to an event and process responses, share a calendar (using a groupware server or simply a file over the network), and share events (e.g. the schedule of a championship or a conference), using the get hot new stuff framework. KOrganizer is based on open standards, and works with many different group scheduling servers, giving you the control over your information and the freedom to choose the best solutions. KOrganizer is also the calendar, journal and to-do component of Kontact, offering you an integrated solution for your communication and information management needs: email, notes, contacts management, news reader, synchronization with portable devices, and news feeds reader. Even if you don’t use it inside Kontact, KOrganizer is integrated with the other KDE PIM applications. For instance, you can configure it to show birthdays from KAddressBook in your agenda, use KMail to send and receive invitations, etc. Main features of KOrganizer: • Create To-dos, schedule events, and write journal entries. • Organize your events and to-dos by grouping the related items in categories. • Highlight categories with colors. • Open multiple calendars, and seamless view and edit them. • Reschedule your events by drag-and-drop.
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• Generate recurring events easily. • Organize or attend events using the group scheduling features. • Choose among the multiple supported groupware servers. • vCalendar and iCalendar (open standards) native support. • Calendar merging and import. R devices. • Synchronize your data with Palm OS
• Drag-and-drop between open calendars. • Embedding collaboration with Konqueror. • Customizable icon sets. • Drag-and-drop tool panels. • Much more... Now take a Five-minute fly-over course of KOrganizer, or delve into the documentation!
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Five-minute Fly-over Course of KOrganizer Pressed for time? Let’s kick you started with a fast, hands-on overview of KOrganizer! If you ever worked with a personal information program before, you’ll be right at home with KOrganizer. You can enter new events, reschedule existing events, assign categories to your events, devise new categories, enter and modify lists of attendees and their roles, email event invitations automatically and exchange data with other KOrganizer calendars, create to-dos and write journal entries. This course assumes that you know how to work with the KDE, and that you prefer to explore on your own. Only the basic functions of KOrganizer are covered here.
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1. Click the Day View toolbar button or choose the View → Day menu item. This will bring up the Day View. 2. Click on the desired date in the Date Navigator. 3. Select the text area beside the desired hour in the main panel that reflects the time of the event. Double click this area, or just start typing the title of the event to open the New Event dialog. 4. Enter event details. Use tabs General, Recurrence, Attendees, Free/Busy and Attachments to move around the dialog and access all the event’s characteristics. 3
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5. Press OK to save the event.
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1. Select the Actions → New To-do... menu item to open the New To-do dialog. 2. Enter the to-do details. Use tabs General, Attendees, Recurrence and Attachments to move around the dialog. 3. Press OK to save the to-do.
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2. Click the Add Journal Entry link. 3. Enter journal entry title and text.
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Rescheduling events is a simple drag-and-drop operation: 1. Using the Date Navigator go to the date of the event that you want to reschedule. 2. You should choose an appropriate view before beginning this operation. Only the agenda view (day, work week and week views) shows individual hours and are suitable for rescheduling exactly-timed events (appointments), while the Month view only shows days. Therefore the Month view is most suitable for long-time events like holidays.
3. To display the week view, press the or choose the View → Week menu item.
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4. Drag and drop the event to the new date and time location. If you wish to reschedule more precisely, double-click the event and change the start and end time using the drop down menus that divide the day into quarter hours. If that is not precision enough, you can enter the desired time directly. 4
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Rescheduling or Editing To-dos
You should choose an appropriate view before beginning this operation. Only the list view, to-do list view and the to-do view sidebar component show todos which do not have a due date.
To display the to-do list view, press the To-do List View toolbar button, or choose the View → To-do List menu item. To reschedule a to-do, right click it. This will bring up a context menu. Choose the Copy to or Move to menu items and select the new date from the calendar now appearing. The to-do is now copied or moved to the selected date. Alternatively, if the main panel holds a To-do List View, just right click the column Due Date. A calender will appear instantly, allowing you to set the new due date. To edit a to-do, right click it and choose the Edit... menu item.
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Conclusion
This five-minute course covered only the basic operation of KOrganizer. Now you should go on and read the rest of this manual to unleash the full power of KOrganizer’s capabilities. But if you don’t feel like it, you should at least skip through the FAQ.
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Importing, Exporting, and Managing Calendars KOrganizer can store (and retrieve) events, journals entries and to-dos using various methods, and to different locations. Each of these locations is called a calendar resource. KOrganizer supports calendar files based on standards such as iCalendar and vCalendar natively (adding them as new resources), but you can import the data (merge) into an existing resource and open the file in a new window too. Importing files in the format used by the old ical application is also supported. You can export your data as a web page, as an iCalendar or vCalendar file. These files are supported by most scheduling applications. The web page can be used to publish your calendar and to-dos list in the web or in the local network. If you have a calendar containing events of public interest, such as a conference or championship schedule, you can upload it using the get hot new stuff framework. You can use the same framework to check if there are events worth downloading. In this chapter, we will explain how to manage your calendar, using the resources, import and export actions and the get hot new stuff scheme.
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KOrganizer uses a local file, usually $KDEHOME/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics, as its default resource. But this is not your only option: there are several other resources you can add: groupware servers, journal entries as blogs, network files, etc.. If you use more than one resource, KOrganizer can be configured to use the default resource or ask which resource to use when saving new
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events, to-dos or journal entries. KOrganizer will seamlessly merge the items from two or more resources in the views. The default resource is a good choice for many use cases, but you may want to use another resource, especially if you use a supported groupware server. Please ask the server administrator for the information required to configure the groupware resource, including free/busy information publishing and retrieving. Access to free/busy information allows an event organizer to take the attendee’s calendar in consideration when adding him to the the event’s attendee list.
N OTE Besides calendar storage, groupware servers typically offer contacts, mail and free/busy information storage. Therefore, some of the resources discussed here may be related to other resources from KMail and KAddressBook (the mail and contacts components of Kontact), or to the free/busy settings in the main configuration. Please note that KOrganizer group scheduling communication is based on a peer to peer email standard. This means that you do not need a groupware server to use it!
A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Resource View Sidebar 1. If the resource view is not available on KOrganizer’s sidebar, choose the Settings → Sidebar → Show Resource View menu item to display it. 2. If the resource buttons are not displayed on the resource viewer, choose the Settings → Sidebar → Show Resource Buttons menu item to display them. 3. Press the Add... button to add new resources to the list of available resources. 7
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4. Check or uncheck the resource box to enable or disable it. 5. Later, if you want to edit or delete a resource, select it on the list and press Delete to remove it or Edit... to modify it. Alternatively, you can configure the KOrganizer resources (plus all other KDE resources), in the KDE Control Center, using the KDE Resources configuration module. Among the existing resources, you can find: Birthdays from KAddressBook Add this resource to view birthdays from contacts in KAddressBook in your calendar. The birthday appears in your calendar as a read only event and without associated time. Journal Entries as Blogs on Server Add this resource to be able to read your blogs as journal entries, directly from blog servers, such as blogger and drupal. Bugzilla To-do List Add this resource to load bugzilla open bugs as to-dos. This resource is based on the kbugbuster application, and uses its bug cache information. Bugzilla is an open source bug tracking system. If you are a developer working on a project that uses bugzilla, you can use this resource to view as to-dos the open bugs of the applications or libraries you are interested in (they are called ‘products’ and / or ‘components’ in bugzilla). This resource is available as part of the KDE Software Development kit. XML Feature Plan Add this resource to load a XML Feature Plan as to-dos. The XML Feature Plan is a scheme designed to document the new features of future software releases. It was designed to fit the KDE release schedule needs, but can be helpful for any software project. The information from the XML file can be used to control feature freezes, to report the new features of new release or the status of the new features of a future release. Calendar in Local File Add this resource to be able to save (and load) your events, to-dos and journal entries to a local file. The file can be in the iCalendar or in the vCalendar standard format. KOrganizer uses this resource by default, storing your calendar information under $KDEHOME/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics. GroupDav Server (e.g. Open Groupware) If you have access to a server that supports the GroupDav protocol, add this resource in order to be able to to save (and load) events and to-dos to the server. To add the resource, you will need to know the server URL, your user name and your password. The GroupDav protocol supports the storage of contacts, so you may want to add and configure the KAddressBook resource too. As of June 2005, the groupware servers that implement this protocol are the OpenGroupware server and the Citadel server. An up to date list can be obtained at the GroupDav website.
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Novell Groupwise Server If you have access to a Novell GroupWise Server (version 6.5 or later), add this resource in order to be able to to save (and load) events, free/busy information and to-dos to the server. To add the resource, you will need to know the server URL, your user name and your password. There is support for storage of contacts, so you may want to configure KAddressBook resource. The most practical way to configure the access to a GroupWise server is to use the groupwisewizard wizard. You can start it from the command line prompt: $groupwisewizard
The wizard will configure not only KOrganizer to use the GroupWise resources, but KMail, KAddressBook too. Calendar on IMAP Server via KMail If you have access to a server that shares calendar data via IMAP, add this resource in order to be able to to save (and load) events, to-dos, free/busy information and journal entries to the IMAP server. To enable IMAP access, you will need to configure KMail first, then add the KOrganizer resource. Also, since you are using KMail to contact the server, KOrganizer will open KMail automatically, and use it to access your data. The ‘IMAP server via KMail’ schema supports the storage of contacts, so you may want to add the KAddressBook resource too. Most IMAP servers can be used to hold calendar and address book resources, allowing you to use access your data from just anywhere! If you are a user looking for a simple way to access and manage your groupware information, this is a simple and very efficient solution. To use this resource, it is necessary to configure KMail first. Choose the Settings → Configure KMail... menu item. Click the Accounts icon in the configure dialog sidebar and add the IMAP server as a disconnected IMAP incoming account. Now click the Misc icon in the sidebar and click the Groupware tab to enable and configure the IMAP resource folder options. Only then you can add the KOrganizer (and KAddressBook) resources. For more information on configuring KMail, consult the KMail handbook. A more complete implementation of this schema is the Kolab Server. This groupware implementation offers additional features for system adminR Outistrators, such as support of mixed client environments (Microsoft look(R), KDE PIM and web mail), a web administration interface, shared address book, email server, etc. As of June 2005, the groupware servers that implement the ‘Kolab 1’ and ‘Kolab 2’ protocols are the Kolab server, version 1 and 2, and the Citadel server (Kolab 1 only). An up to date list can be obtained at the Kolab website. The most practical way to configure the access to a Kolab server is to use the kolabwizard wizard application. You can start it from the command line prompt: $kolabwizard
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Calendar in Local Directory Add this resource to be able to save and load your events, to-dos and journal entries from a local folder. Each calendar item will be saved in a separate file, inside the folder. Since there is only one file per event, to-do, or journal entry, KOrganizer does not need to parse one big calendar file, sometimes with thousands of items when saving or loading, just one single calendar item. Also, in case of file corruption, you will lose only one calendar item, not the whole calendar. Calendar in Remote File Add this resource to be able to save and load your events, to-dos and journal entries from a remote file. There are two main advantages of keeping your calendar data in a remote server: you can access your data even if you are away from your computer, and you can let other people (for instance, a secretary) view it. KOrganizer keeps a cache of the data locally.
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A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Remote File Resource Configuration You can configure the resource to be read only, keeping the remote file untouched. In this case, you won’t need to supply a ‘Upload to’ location,
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just a ‘Download from’ location for the remote file. If you plan to use a writable remote resource, you will have to supply both locations. The reason to have separate locations, is that some servers may have an upload queue, a place where you need to put the upload file, different from where it will be. In most cases, if you have write access to the remote file, the Upload to and Download from file locations should be the same. It is important to understand that the remote file resource does not add or remove individual items from the remote file, it simply saves the remote file over local cache when downloading and save the local cache over the remote file when uploading. Therefore, if the resource is read only, it makes sense to set the Automatic Reload option to a Regular interval, but if not (if the resource is writable), it is recommended to reload the file only before starting to edit it, by setting the Automatic Reload option to On startup, and to save it before exiting, by setting the Automatic Save option at least to On exit, or better yet, if you have a fast and stable connection to the remote file, set it to On every change to avoid data loss.
WARNING If you add, change or remove events, journal entries or to-dos and reload the remote file, all your local changes will be lost, and the file will revert to its previous state. This can happen in different scenarios (for instance if the system crashes, KOrganizer will reload the remote file on the next start, if you set the Automatic Save to Never, or if you set the Automatic Reload to a regular interval). If you plan to use a calendar resource in writable mode, make sure that your connection is stable, configure the resource to save the file on each change (or at frequent intervals), and don’t reload the file at regular intervals. A related, but opposite problem, is that two users cannot safely edit the same remote file at the same time, because the remote file resource does not offer a conflict resolution mechanism. For instance, if someone else changes (and saves) the remote file, after you loaded it, and a some time later you save the file, his changes will be lost. R OpenExchange Server If you have access to a SUSE Linux OpenExSUSE Linux change Server, version 4.1, add this resource in order to be able to to save (and load) events, free/busy information and to-dos to the server. To add the resource, you will need to know the server URL, your user name and your password. There is support for storage of contacts, so you may want to configure KAddressBook resource. The most practical way to configure the access to a GroupWise server is to use the sloxwizard wizard. You can start it from the command line prompt:
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eGroupware Server (via XML-RPC) If you have access to a eGroupware Server, version 1.0, add this resource in order to be able to to save (and load) events, free/busy information and to-dos to the server. To add the resource, you will need to know the server URL, your user name and your password. There is support for storage of contacts, so you may want to configure KAddressBook resource. The most practical way to configure the access to a eGroupware server is to use the egroupwarewizard wizard. You can start it from the command line prompt: $egroupwarewizard
The wizard will configure not only KOrganizer to use the eGroupware resources, but KMail, KAddressBook too.
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Importing, Exporting and Maintaining Calendars
While local files are just one among many other resources that can be used by KOrganizer, they are the most convenient way to share calendars, save copies, or import items from your old calendar program.
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Importing Calendars
If you have a iCalendar or vCalendar file, and you would like to import it, choose the File → Import → Import Calendar.... KOrganizer will ask you if you want to Add as new calendar, which adds the calendar file as a new local file resource, Merge into existing calendar, which merges the calendar items into an existing resource or Open in separate window, which will allow you to view and edit the calendar, but will not add to its default view. A good time to do this would be if you received a vCalendar with a few entries via email, for instance, or if you are planning to import your calendar from another application. In the latter case, the first thing to do is to use that application to export the calendar data in one of the formats above, or use a tool to convert from the application’s native format. If you are migrating from R Outlook(R), please check chapter 12. Microsoft R you If you have used ical, a popular but older calendar program for UNIX , may wish to import your events, journal entries, and to-dos directly to KOrR Ical Tool. ganizer. To do so, choose the File → Import → Import From UNIX This action will read the .calendar file from your home folder and merge any entries it contains into your current calendar. If any errors or suspicious things occur during the process, you will be notified via a message box.
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Exporting Calendars
You can export your data as a web page, or as an iCalendar or vCalendar file, which are supported by most scheduling applications. The web page can be used to publish your calendar and to-dos list on the web or on the local network. Either way, KOrganizer will export all calendar items from the enabled (checked) resources which are not filtered out (let’s call these items ‘active’ items). In other words, if you cannot see a calendar item, it won’t be in the exported file. To filter out the undesired items before exporting them, you can create filters. Filters even are more effective if you classify your events and to-dos in categories. To enable and disable resources, check or uncheck the resource box in the Resource View sidebar. To export all your ‘active’ events, to-dos and journal entries (independent of to what resource they belong) as a new iCalendar file, choose the File → Export → iCalendar... menu item. To export the same data as a new vCalendar file choose the File → Export → vCalendar... menu item. The Save As dialog will pop up. Enter the file name and location for the new file to complete the export action. You can export your calendar or a part of it as a HTML file, suitable for publishing in the web. Anyone with access to this file, using a web browser, will be able to view it. This is an easy way to share calendar information with your colleagues and friends. 1. Disable all the resources you don’t want to export, and filter out the items you don’t want to export. 2. Choose the File → Export → Export Web Page... menu item. You will get a window with three tabs: General, Events, and To-dos. 3. General tab: (a) Specify the date range that you want published. Enter dates manually or use the Calendar Widget. (b) If you want to export to-dos, check the Export to-do list box. (c) If you want to export the items displayed in the month view, check the Export in month view box. (d) If you want to export events formatted as a list of events, check the Export events as list box. (e) Specify the web output file in the Output file field. If set another
location, press the
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4. Events tab: specify if you want to include categories and attendees in the exported web page. 5. To-dos tab: specify if you want to list Due Dates, Categories, and Attendees.
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Maintaining Your Calendars
Contemporary computers have ample storage space. However, if you synchronize your KOrganizer calendar with a limited-memory machine like the Palm device, you will find archiving useful. The performance of KOrganizer can also become worse when there are many events. To archive old items, follow the procedure below: 1. Choose the File → Archive Old Entries.... 2. Fill in the date in Archive now items older than field or use the Calendar Widget to choose the date. Alternatively, you can automatically archive all items older than a certain period of time. 3. If you have chosen archiving, you must also provide a filename for the archive in the Archive File field. If you want to re-use an older archive file, press the Browse button and find an existing archive. The entries will be added to the file, so any item already in the file will not be modified. Archiving will keep all old items in a file, including completed to-dos. But if you do not want to keep completed to-dos at all, choose the File → Purge Completed To-dos menu item to remove all the completed to-dos from your active resources. If you want to keep your completed to-dos, but do not wish to view in the to-do lists, consider filtering them out instead of purging them.
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If you have a calendar containing events of public interest, such as a conference or championship schedule, you can upload it (or check if there is something worth downloading) using the get hot new stuff framework. To open the Get Hot New Stuff dialog, which offers a list of calendars to download, choose the File → Import → Get Hot New Stuff... menu item. If you select one of the calendars, a dialog with the list of events from the calendars will appear. To merge the displayed events with your default resource, press Merge. To open the Upload Hot New Stuff dialog, which allow you to export calendars containing events which may be useful to other people, such as a conference program, a list of holidays, special events, etc., choose the File → Export → Upload Hot New Stuff.... Before uploading the events, make sure you have filtered out all unrelated data.
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Views and Filters While calendars (resources) can hold events, to-dos and / or journal entries, these items are very different in nature. To-dos may have no date associated with them, so a schedule view is not suitable to them. Journal entries are a collection your reflections, occurrences or experiences. They require their own view mode, as they are not related with the list upcoming events or the list of to-dos, etc. To solve the challenge of displaying your information in an useful and intuitive fashion, KOrganizer offers different views, filters and search capabilities. You can also assign related events and to-dos to categories, which will help you to view them later, using filters or colors.
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In this section, we describe the different view modes, and present an overview of how to browse your personal data using KOrganizer. The KOrganizer window can be divided in two main areas: the main window and the sidebar. The main window displays the main views and the sidebar displays the date navigator, the to-do view, the item viewer and the resource view. To show or hide the sidebar components, check or uncheck the menu items under the Settings → Sidebar submenu. The date navigator is provided to browse and select dates. Today’s date will be outlined with a small box, dates which have events scheduled on them will be bold (daily or weekly recurring events may not be marked as bold, depending on the view configuration), and holidays will be colored red. If you want to jump to a date, simply click on it. Hold down the mouse to select multiple contiguous dates at once. The What’s Next, List, Agenda and Journal views will only show events, to-dos or journals items from the dates selected in the date navigator. The Month view will show events or to-dos from the first month
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shown in the date navigator (the selected days in the month won’t change the month view, only month changes). The to-do view sidebar component lists your to-dos, just like the To-do view. It is useful if you want to see your to-dos while using the other views. The item viewer sidebar component shows details of the currently selected events, to-dos or journal entries. Finally, the resource viewer sidebar component allow you to enable or disable the resources on the list, by checking or unchecking the resource box, and to manage your resources. For more information, please check Section 3.1. You can also browse your calendar view choosing the Go → Go Backward
menu item (or pressing the toolbar button), which goes to the previous day, week, month or year, choosing the Go → Go Forward menu item
(or pressing the toolbar button), which goes to the next day, week, month or year (depending on the view), and choosing the Go → Go to Today
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What’s Next View
This view displays events and to-dos in a simple format you can quickly read. All open to-dos will be displayed, but only the events from the days selected in the Date Navigator sidebar will be shown. Events and to-dos are displayed one per line. Switch to the What’s Next view by choosing the View → What’s Next menu item or pressing the
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(a chasing-arrows icon means a repeating event), the start and end time information. Hovering the mouse over an item will bring up a tooltip with detailed information about the item. Switch the display to the list view by choosing the View → List menu item or
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Agenda View
The agenda view presents your events or due to-dos for one or more days, sorted chronologically. You can also see the length of each event in the day timetable. The Day, Work Week and Week views are variations of the agenda view. In fact, you can set the days shown in the agenda view at any time by selecting them in the date navigator. Time is indicated by a time bar on the left side of the view. A scrollbar on the right is provided when the whole day cannot be displayed on a single screen (which is the usual case). Each rectangle in the view represents an individual event or to-do due for that time, and displays the start and end time and summary. A bell icon is displayed if an alarm is set, and a chasing-arrows icon is displayed if it repeats multiple times. Hovering the mouse over an calendar item will bring up a tooltip with the item detailed information. To make KOrganizer show a red line marking the current-time on the current day (the Marcus Bains line), check the Show current-time (Marcus Bains Line) box in the KOrganizer view configuration. Any event can be re-sized with your mouse. Simply move the mouse pointer near the top or bottom edge of the event, and drag the edge up or down. This way you can visually modify the starting and ending time of your event. This also works in the Week and Work Week views. In other words, it is possible to change start and end times with the mouse by just moving the upper or lower border of the event to the new time. Any event can be rescheduled with your mouse. Move the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to a new time location. This also works in the Week and Work Week views. Events can be moved to other, presently non-visible dates. Move the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to the date navigator. Since the agenda view cannot contain the whole day on most screens, you will have to scroll up and down to see the whole day. There is a useful hint that tells you if there are any currently invisible events above or below your current view; it is a small down-pointing at the bottom of each day view or up-pointing arrow at the top.
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T IP There are a useful shortcut for adding events: • Double-click any open region of time, and KOrganizer will automatically create an event with default duration (which is customizable in the preferences dialog). You can immediately add the title. The events ‘snap’ to half-hour increments, rounding off to the closest half hour from where you clicked.
• Select any open region of time, and double click it or start writing the title of the event. KOrganizer will automatically set the duration and start time as defined by the selection area in the agenda view.
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Day View
This view presents the agenda view for a single day. Switch the display to the day view by choosing the View → Day menu item or
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Work Week View
This is the same as the week view, except that it shows only the working days of the week. Switch the display to the work week view by choosing the View → Work Week
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Month View
The month view shows all the events and due to-dos for the current month in a familiar month calendar layout. Each cell in the view represents a day, and each day contains all of the events that can fit in the area provided (maximizing the window will enable you to see more appointments). Information on repeating and alarm status is indicated through bell and chasing arrows icons, just like in other views. Navigate the month view using the date navigator arrows, or the items and toolbar buttons from the Go menu. Since the visible area of a day cell may not contain all events and to-dos, you can use the keyboard to browse the items, or, if you check the Enable scrollbars in month view cells box in the KOrganizer view configuration, you can use them to see all the events and to-dos from that day. Hover your mouse over any calendar item to display a tooltip with the item details. Double click an empty area to create an event, double click any calendar item to edit it. To help you organize your data, the color of the events may reflect their category, and its resource, depending on the KOrganizer view configuration. Therefore, if you assign categories to events and different colors to categories, you can identify the type of event (or resource) by its color. Switch the display to the month view by choosing the View → Month menu
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Timeline View
The timeline view shows all events for the selected timespan in a gantt view. Every calendar is displayed in a separate line. Hover your mouse over any calendar item to display a tooltip with the item details. Double click an empty area to create an event, double click any calendar item to edit it.
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To-do List
The to-do list provides a place for you to jot down quick (or long-term) notes about things that need to be done. The to-do view sidebar component appears right below the Date Navigator. You can also display it in the main panel if you
click the To-do List View toolbar button or if you choose the View → To-do List menu item. You can give your to-do a ‘date due’, in other words a date when the to-do should be finished. You can also assign priorities to to-dos, and they will appear sorted in order of priority. The lower the number, the higher the priority, except that zero (0) is defined as ‘no priority.’ To make a new to-do entry, right click the to-do view sidebar component, or the to-do list view, and choose the New To-do menu item. If you right click an already existing to-do, you will get more choices: you can Show the summary, Edit... the to-do details, Delete the to-do altogether, or you can create a New Sub-To-do... You could for example make a large to-do like building a house, and make sub-to-dos like choosing the right building site, hiring an architect, hiring workers and finally arranging a party for your friends. When you choose New To-do..., a dialog will pop up, allowing you to enter all necessary information. Click any to-do in the list to highlight it. If you click the thick-line box on the left of the to-do description, you will change the ‘completed’ status of the todo. If you double-click the to-do description, you will be able to edit all its details. You may also pick Purge Completed from the right mouse button menu to delete all to-do entries that you have marked completed. To-dos can also dragged around with the mouse to rearrange the hierarchy or to exchange to-dos with other calendar windows. You can also read an overview of all available drag-and-drop operations.
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Journal View
The journal view provides a place for you to record your reflections, occurrences or experiences. You can display the journal view in the main panel if
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Categories
To help you organize your entries in related groups, you can assign categories to events and to-dos. If you assign categories, you can use them later when searching, filtering, and displaying events and to-dos. To assign categories when editing or creating new events or to-dos, press the Select Categories... button in the General tab to open the Select Categories dialog. You can assign more than one category for each item. To create, delete and edit categories, choose the Settings → Manage Categories... menu item to open the Edit Categories dialog. If you assign different colors to categories, you will be able to quickly identify the type of event by its color, either in the agenda view or in the month view (depending on the KOrganizer view configuration).
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Filters
To help you view, find and export your data, you can create and use filters for your calendars. For instance, if you don’t want to view completed to-dos, you can filter them out, instead of purging them. If you assign categories, you can use them to create filters. To create, delete and edit filters, choose the Settings → Manage View Filters... menu item to open the Edit Calendar Filters dialog. Using this dialog, you can create, delete and edit filters that will affect which items will be displayed by KOrganizer. The View → Filter submenu and the filter toolbar drop down offer access to all available filters created using the Edit Filters dialog. To toggle the display of the filters toolbar on and off, choose the Settings → Toolbars → Filter toolbar. If you don’t want to use any filter, choose No filter. Filters are useful when exporting your calendar. If you use a filter, only the filtered (visible) items will be exported. Also, filters are more effective when the items are already classified and organized in categories, as you can easily create filters based on categories.
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Searching
Choose the Edit → Find menu item, press the Find button in the toolbar, or press the Ctrl+f shortcut to find items (events, to-dos or journal entries) according to title, description, and/or categories. The find action will only search the specified fields.
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T IP You can use wildcards if you do not remember the exact summary. If you don’t know single character of the summary, put ? instead of the missing character. If you don’t know more characters, use *. For instance if you know that the event or to-do has meeting in the beginning and product after, you would write meeting*product in the Find dialog. KOrganizer will locate entries like ‘To-do: arrange meeting about the new product’, ‘Meeting to discuss the old product line’ and similar. Letter case is ignored. The result of the Find operation is a list of events, journal entries and/or to-dos with the specified keyword. The search list characteristics are the same as the List View. This resulting list is active. You can double-click a line to display or edit the event or to-do details. Get more information about these details in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2.
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Entering Data 5.1
Events
Events are future or past appointments, like business meetings, personal anniversaries and cinema visits. An event can also take several days, like holidays. Entering a new event is very easy. Just choose the Actions → New Event... menu item. A window with General, Recurrence, Attendees, Free/Busy, and Attachments tabs will appear. If you wish you can use a different way to create a new event: 1. Use the Date Navigator to go to the event date. 2. Click the desired view’s icon on the View Toolbar or select the desired view from the View menu. Since your event starts at a particular time, you should choose a view that displays hours of the day. You may choose Day, Work Week view or Week view. The Month view is more suitable for to-dos, described below. 3. In the main panel, double click the time and date when your event starts. 4. A dialog with General, Recurrence, Attendees, Free/Busy, and Attachments tabs appears. Enter your data as described below.
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General Tab
This is a thorough description of the individual event window fields and widgets. Not all fields have to be filled in; some can be left empty. Read the Required fields section for detailed information. And if you prefer to learn by example, there’s one in the Entering event section.
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A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Edit Event dialog - General tab Title: Enter short description of the event into the Title field. This description is the text shown on the KOrganizer main panel. Location: Enter short description of the location where the event will take place. Date & Time The KOrganizer suggested Start and End dates of your event. Events are expected to start and end on the same date. Change these dates as desired. Enter the dates directly or use the Calendar Widget. Select the time from quarter hour intervals, or enter the desired time directly into the time fields. These fields are only available when the Time associated box is checked. Time associated Uncheck the Time associated box if your event is not scheduled on an exact time.
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Show Time As: The duration of the event may be shown as Busy or Free in your schedule. Choose it from the Show Time As menu. Details: Enter a long description of the event in the large, untitled rectangle. You can write as many details as you wish here. For example, If the event is, say, planned general repair of your car, you can list all items that need repairing. Later on you can print this list and hand it over to the serviceman. If the event is shopping, you should list the goods that you need to buy. Print the event and take it to the shop with you. Select Categories You can assign several categories to a calendar item. Click the Select Categories button to open the Select Categories dialog. Check the category boxes to assign suitable categories to the event. You can also add a new category, modify a category or delete a category by pressing the button Edit Category.
T IP Your language lesson at work may belong to both Business and Education categories, while the anniversary of your marriage belongs to either Personal or Special Occasion - it is your choice. Access: Choose Private or Confidential to keep the event private or confidential. Currently, this choice correctly sets the ‘CLASS’ attribute of the events to ‘PUBLIC’, ‘PRIVATE’ or ‘CONFIDENTIAL’. However, if these settings are really used to restrict the access of the information depends on the client and / or groupware server implementation.
WARNING Currently, KOrganizer will display items owned by other people and marked as confidential. Other clients may treat them differently, but be careful when publishing private or confidential events: vCalendar and iCalendar are text files, and can be read with any text editor (if someone has read access to them). So if you want to keep items really confidential, make sure you use a resource that only you can access. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel.
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Recurrence Tab
Some events take place regularly. You can specify their exact scheduling here.
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between these two possibilities. By default, KOrganizer assumes you want to repeat on the same calendar day of the month (for instance the 15th). You can also adjust the period, so you can repeat monthly, trimonthly and so on. Yearly This is similar to Monthly. You need to choose whether or not you are indicating a calendar day of the year (e.g., the 250th day of the year) - Recur on day # of the year, in in a specific week on a specific day of the week of a month (e.g., the 2nd Tuesday of March), or the day of the month in a particular month of the year - Recur on day # of the month. By default, KOrganizer assumes you mean the day of the month. You can adjust the period to reflect events that occur bi-annually, every four years, and so on. 5.1.2.3
Recurrence Range
By default, events which repeat will do so forever; there is no ‘end’ to the repetition. This may or may not be desirable, so you are provided with two ways of terminating the repetition: either by giving an ending date, or by specifying a total number of recurrences. In this area, you can choose the method that is suitable for this event. 5.1.2.4
Exceptions
You may have a very nice recurrence rule set up, but realize that there are a few exceptions. If you set up your college class schedule for instance, you may want to make exceptions for holidays and the like. In this area, you can add, change, and delete dates from the list of exceptions (i.e. times when even if the recurrence rule matches, the event will not be scheduled). Pick a date with the date selector, and press Add to include it. For removing dates, highlight them in the box on the right side, and then click Delete. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel.
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Attendees Tab
Chose in this tab the people you want to invite to your event.
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A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Edit Event dialog - Attendees tab Identity as organizer: Sets the identity corresponding to the organizer of this to-do or event. If KOrganizer is configured to send invitation mails, the identity selected on this combo box will be used when sending these mails. The default identity can be set in the Personal section of the KOrganizer configuration, other identities in the Security & Privacy->Password & User Account section of the KDE Control Center. In addition, identities are gathered from your KMail settings and from your address book. If you choose to set it globally for KDE in the KDE Control Center, be sure to check the Use email settings from Control Center’ box in the Personal section of the KOrganizer configuration. Attendee list The list in the center of the tab displays the attendees selected for this event, and lets you select attendees to edit or remove. Please note that you can change the order of attendees. Click any of the column headings (Name, Email, Role, Status, RSVP) to sort the list according to that column. The RSVP column indicates whether or not a response is requested from the attendee. Select Addressee If the attendee(s) are in your Address Book, you do not have to remember or type his email address to add it to the attendee list. Just click the Select Addressee... button and choose the attendee(s) from the list. Please note that this is the standard KDE address book, which is also used by KMail and can also be called as a separate application (KAddressBook). New Press the New button to add a new manually added attendee to the list. If you want to add contacts from your address book, press Select Addressee instead.
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Name field Fill in the Attendee Name and Email address fields, or select one of the attendees in the list above to edit it. Role Choose the role of the attendee (Participant, Optional participant, Observer, Chair) from the drop down menu. The role is a simple reminder of what part the attendee plays in this event. It can be used for sorting (see above). Status Choose the status of the attendee (Needs Action, Accepted, Declined, Tentative, Delegated, Completed, In progress). The status, which is displayed in the details list window gives you quick overview of what should be done to make the event successful. It can be used for sorting (see above). If you use groupware schedule and request responses from your attendees, as you receive the responses the status of the attendee will be updated. If you don’t request responses, you will have to update the status manually. Request Response Check the Request Response check box if this attendee should respond to your schedule plan. Consequently the attendee will be emailed with the event schedule information. A small envelope will appear in the details list to indicate this. This feature is specially useful when groupware scheduling is enabled, as the attendees status are updated automatically. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel.
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A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Edit Event dialog - Free/Busy tab This tab shows the free/busy schedule chart on the right, where each line represents one of the attendees, listed on the left. The marked areas on the chart represent the time already taken by other events, unmarked areas represent time free from other events. You can move the event to a different point in time by dragging it with the mouse, or resize it, by moving the edges of the highlighted area with the mouse. The free/busy information is only available if the attendee publishes his free/busy schedule, and if KOrganizer is correctly configured to retrieve it. For more information about configuring KOrganizer to publish and retrieve free/busy information, please check the chapter 7. Double-clicking on an attendee entry in the list will allow you to enter the location of their free/busy information. Scale Sets the zoom level on the schedule chart. Hour shows a range of several hours, Day shows a range of a few days, Week shows a range of a few months, and Month shows a range of a few years, while Automatic selects the range most appropriate for the current event or to-do. Center on Start Press this button to center the free/busy schedule chart on the start time and day of this event. Zoom to Fit Press this button to zoom the free/busy schedule chart so that you can see the entire duration of the event on it. Pick Date Press this button to automatically move the event to a date and time when all the attendees are free. Reload Press this button to reload Free/Busy data for all attendees from the corresponding servers. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel. 31
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A screenshot of KOrganizer’s Edit Event dialog - Attachments tab Events and to-dos can contain attachments. Attachments can either be stored as links or inline. The following actions are provided to work with attachments: Add URI... Adds a link attachment. Add File... Adds an inline attachment. Edit... Allows to change an existing attachment. Remove Deletes the selected attachment. Show Display the selected attachment. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel.
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The To-do List is a place for you to write down notes to yourself about things that you need to do. To-dos are tasks, that may or may not be scheduled. There are short-term and long-term to-dos. For instance you should go to a hairdresser within a week, and you should sell your old car within a year. You likely do not want an alarm go off at a particular time, you just want to have a list of things that you must do, and dates when they must be finished at the latest (date due). To enter a new to-do, choose Actions → New To-do.... A window with General, Recurrence, Attendees, and Attachments tabs appears.
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T IP The date and time are initially unchecked, because to-dos do not have the character of a fixed event. Some of them do not need a due date at all. Most of them certainly do not need the exact time of fulfillment. If your to-do requires exact time, maybe it actually belongs to events. Completed This is a percent completed pull down menu initially set at 0% complete. Later on, you can indicate your progress by adjusting the percent completed in steps of 10%. Priority Assign a priority to your to-do. This drop down menu offers priorities from one to five, one being the highest. Initially to-dos are set to priority five (medium). Reminder Check the Reminder box if KOrganizer should remind you about the to-do. Choose how many minutes, hours or days before the to-do you want to be reminded, or click the Advanced button to open the Edit Reminders dialog. Using this dialog, you can set repeating intervals for your reminders, and create special reminders that play sounds, run programs, or send emails. Details Enter a long description of the to-do in the large rectangle. For example, If the to-do is, say, planned general repair of your car, you can list all items that need repairing. Later on you can print this list and hand it over to the serviceman. If the to-do is shopping, you should list the goods that you need to buy. Print the to-do and take it to the shop with you. Select Categories You can assign several categories to a calendar item. Click the Select Categories button to open the Select Categories dialog. Check the category boxes to assign suitable categories to the to-do. You can also add a new category, modify a category or delete a category by pressing the button Edit Category.
T IP Your language lesson at work may belong to both Business and Education categories, while the anniversary of your marriage belongs to either Personal or Special Occasion - it is your choice.
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Access Choose Private or Confidential to keep the to-do private or confidential. Currently, this choice correctly sets the ‘CLASS’ attribute of the events or to-dos to ‘PUBLIC’, ‘PRIVATE’ or ‘CONFIDENTIAL’. However, if these settings are really used to restrict the access of the information depends on the client and / or groupware server implementation.
WARNING Currently, KOrganizer will display items owned by other people and marked as confidential. Other clients may treat them differently, but be careful when publishing private or confidential to-dos: vCalendar and iCalendar are text files, and can be read with any text editor (if someone has read access to them). So if you want to keep items really confidential, make sure you use a resource that only you can access. When you want to confirm, call off or revert the entered data, choose among the Action Buttons, OK, Apply and Cancel.
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Some to-dos take place regularly. You can specify exact scheduling here.
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Group Scheduling The group schedule functionality of KOrganizer allows you to organize appointments, meetings and shared to-do items, request responses from attendees and publish items. If you are being invited to an event or to-do, you can reply to it, stating if you will be able to attend, or send a counter proposal, with different arrangements, like a different time or location. You can also publish your free/busy schedule, to let people know when you are available, and request the same information from others. Currently, KOrganizer schedules events and to-dos using email to transport the data, in a standards based scheme, the IMIP-protocol for group scheduling. Being a standard, IMIP is a used by many other clients too. For example R Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and Novell Evolution. This means that you can share events with other users using one of these clients. KOrganizer is integrated with KMail for receiving, processing, and sending events, event responses, updates, cancellations, etc. For instance, when you get an invitation in KMail, and decide to accept it, by clicking the the accept link in the mail body, the event is added to your calendar, and a response to the event’s organizer is sent automatically. If you check the Use Groupware Communication box in the KOrganizer group scheduling configuration, KOrganizer will handle the group scheduling communication for you. In other words, you will seldom need to use the Schedule menu directly to perform the scheduling actions. For instance, if you create an event or to-do with attendees, KOrganizer will ask you if you want to send the invitations to the attendees, so you will not need to use the Schedule → Send Invitation to Attendees menu item later. Also, if you change your status as an attendee for an event you were invited to, it will ask you if you want to send your updated status to the event’s organizer, so you will not need to use the Schedule → Send Status Update menu item later.
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Publishing an Event, To-do or Journal Entry
If you simply want to send an event, to-do or journal entry, choose the Schedule → Publish Item Information... menu item, when the item is selected. Then a dialog appears, asking you the email addresses which will receive the event or to-do. The item will be sent by email, in the iCalendar format. Please note that you can use this action to email any item to anyone, not just to the item’s attendees. In fact, you can publish an item with no attendees at all, as publishing does not request an answer from the attendees. An example: you are playing in a band and, from time to time, you give live concerts. To notify your fans about the concerts, you maintain a mailing list. If you use KOrganizer to organize your concert dates, you can just choose the Schedule → Publish Item Information... menu item, put in the address of the mailing list and the event gets sent. Mailing list subscribers who use KOrganizer get the concert date automatically inserted in their calendar. Publishing an event as described above will only inform the receiver about the event, but not give her the option to ask for attendance. Use Schedule → Send as iCalendar... if you want to provide that option instead.
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When you create an event or a to-do, and add attendees to it, you are acting as the event organizer. To add attendees, use the attendee tab, in the Edit Event, or Edit To-do dialog. In the agenda view, a little icon event, if you are the organizer of a group scheduling event.
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Cancelling an Event or To-do
To cancel an event or to-do you have to be the organizer. If you checked the Use Groupware Communication box in the KOrganizer group scheduling configuration, just delete the item, and KOrganizer will ask you to send the cancellation. If not, simply select the item, and choose the Schedule → Send Cancellation to Attendees menu item. This action will send a cancel-message to all attendees, so they can remove the item from their calendars too.
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When you get an email with an invitation and accept it, the event or to-do is added to your calendar. If it is an event, a little icon event in the agenda view.
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If you have an invitation in your KMail inbox you can either press Reject to ignore the request, or press Accept or Accept Cond.. The last two actions will insert the item to your calendar. In any case, KMail will send your response to the organizer automatically. You can also Delegate or Forward the invitation. When delegating, you can suggest another person as your proxy. Using Forward you can forward the invitation to one or more people not yet invited. When the receiver of the delegation or forward accepts the invitation, the organizer will be asked to approve the new attendee. If for any reason you changed your mind, edit your status in the item’s attendee tab. If you checked the Use Groupware Communication box in the KOrganizer group scheduling configuration, KOrganizer will ask you to send an email updating your attendee status. If not, choose the Schedule → Send Status Update menu item to send your status update.
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Requesting the Latest Version of an Event or To-do
To request the latest version of an event or to-do, select the item, and choose the Schedule → Request Update menu item. The organizer should then send you back the latest version of the item.
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The free/busy information represents an availability schedule. By presenting the intervals when one already has previous commitments, others can avoid arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only the times are published, not the events, reasons or attendees. KOrganizer supports publishing and retrieving free/busy information, either manually or automatically. To email your free/busy information, choose the Schedule Mail Free Busy Information... menu item. Enter the email addresses you want to send the information to in the dialog and press OK. Groupware servers usually have a standard location for uploading your free busy information, so that other users can access your data, and you can access other user’s free busy schedule. You can configure KOrganizer to upload and download free busy information automatically, using the Free Busy preferences, in the KOrganizer Configure dialog. To upload your free/busy information to the server set in KOrganizer preferences, choose the Schedule → Upload Free Busy Information menu item.
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In this example, you’ll enter an event. You need to arrange a meeting on the next Monday regarding launch of your new Product. Your boss Joan Holden will be the event chairwoman owner, and you, Jack Smith, will be the event organizer. There will be two more attendees (participants): Peter Krzinski and Kirsten Friese. Joan gave you the program of the meeting. The appointment will start at 12 noon and end at 1 pm. The same appointment should be scheduled (recurred) each Monday. 1. Using the Date Navigator, go to the next Monday. 2. Choose the Actions → New Event..., or select the area between 12 noon and end at1 pm, and start typing the event title.
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3. Enter a suitable title. It’s important to choose the right brief description, because this is the only field that can be searched. We suggest that you enter Product launch event. 4. Enter the detailed event program into the largest rectangle area. For the sake of this simple example, enter Introduction, The Plan, Conclusion on three separate lines. 5. Check the Reminder check box. Set the reminder time to 15 minutes, just long enough to brew a cup of tea prior to the meeting start. 6. Click the Select Categories button. 7. Check Appointment in the Available Categories. Then click the OK button. 8. Click the Recurrence tab and check the Enable recurrence box.
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KOrganizer Configuration To change KOrganizer’s look and behavior, choose the Settings → Configure KOrganizer... menu item, or if you are running KOrganizer as the calendar component of Kontact, choose the Settings → Configure Calendar... menu item. You can get more information about all the configure options and possibilities in Section 7.1. To customize the set of tools available on the bar, choose the Settings → Configure Toolbars... menu item and read the configure toolbars detailed description. To move toolbars around the screen, point your mouse over the toolbar handle and drag the toolbar to a new position on your the KOrganizer window. Localization information like date and time formats can be configured from KDE Control Center within the Regional & Accessibility → Country/Region & Language module. This control module can be accessed from within KOrganizer: just choose the Settings → Configure Date & Time... menu item. KOrganizer has to be restarted for changes done in KDE Control Center to take effect. To configure where KOrganizer stores and retrieves calendar events, journal entries and to-dos, (in local files, groupware servers, journal entries as blogs, network files, etc.), please check Section 3.1.
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Use email settings from control center Check this box to use your name and email address as set in KDE Control Center (Security & Privacy → Password & User Account). Full name Full name is initially set to ‘Anonymous’ with an email address of ‘nobody@nowhere’. You can change your name by directly entering it here or you can use your Email Settings from KDE Control Center (see above). This name will be displayed by default as Organizer in to-dos and Events. Email address Email address will be used to identify the owner of the calendar. When another person opens your calendar or events, he/she will not be able to modify it because it will be read-only. Export to HTML with every save By checking this option, you can order KOrganizer to export your calendar and to-do list to an html file in your home folder every time you save your changes. Enable automatic saving of manually opened calendar files When this box is checked, manually opened calendar files are saved automatically when you exit KOrganizer, without asking. Furthermore, the calendar file is saved periodically as you work to prevent the loss of valuable data. You can also specify the save interval in minutes.
I MPORTANT This option does not affect your resource settings. To change the resource saving options, you have to configure each resource individually. For more information about resources, please check Section 3.1. Confirm deletes When you check Confirm deletes box, KOrganizer will ask you to confirm each deletion. If this is not checked, KOrganizer will not ask before deleting events. New Events, To-dos and Journal Entries Should This option lets you choose between adding new items to the standard resource or making KOrganizer ask you which resource should be used to save each new item. Kolab2 server specificity: It is recommended to choose Be asked which resource to use, if you intend to use the shared folder functionality of the Kolab server. This will allow you to keep control of which information is available only to you, and which information is published in the shared folders. Default email attachment method This option allows you to select the way an email is attached to an event. You can attach an email the complete email including attachments, the email excluding attachments or only a link to the email. Note that attaching an email without attachments might invalidate its signature.
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Time & Date
Timezone Select your location from the list on the drop down. If your city is not listed, select one that shares the same time zone. KOrganizer will automatically adjust for daylight savings. Use holiday region Select your country from the list on the drop down, or if it is not listed, select (None). If your country is selected, KOrganizer will recognize and display its important dates and holidays in the calendar view. Day begins at Select the time you start your day from the list on the drop down. It could be the time when you usually get up, or the time when you start working. This setting does not prevent you to set or view items before this time, it just sets the time that will be displayed by default on the top of the calendar view. Use the scrollbar to display earlier or later events in the agenda view. Default appointment time Select the default start time for events from the list on the drop down. When you choose New Event from the Action Menu, or create an event in some other manner such that KOrganizer cannot guess when you would like your event to start, KOrganizer will put this hour in the start time editor as the default value. Default duration of new appointment (HH:MM): Select the default duration for events using the spin box. When you choose New Event from the Action Menu, or create an event in some other manner such that KOrganizer cannot guess its duration, KOrganizer will use this as the default value. Default alarm time Select how long before the actual event’s scheduled time will the alarm activate. Working Hours The options Daily start hour and Daily ending hour let you specify when your working day starts and when it ends. KOrganizer set the working hours apart by marking them with a different color from the non working hours, holidays and non working days. Additionally, you have check boxes labeled after the days of the week. Check the week days that are working days for you, in order to mark the working hours in these days. Check Exclude holidays prevent KOrganizer from marking the working hours for the holiday region defined in the Use holiday region drop down above.
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Show to-dos in day, week and month views This check box toggles the display of to-dos in the day, week and month views in the agenda (day and week) and month views. If you have too many to-dos which have due date associated, you may want to turn them off to avoid clutter. Date Navigator options: Show events that recur daily in date navigator If the Show events that recur daily in date navigator box is checked, the days containing daily recurring events are shown in bold typeface in the date navigator. Show events that recur weekly in the date navigator If the Show events that recur weekly in date navigator box is checked, the days containing weekly recurring events are shown in bold typeface in the date navigator. Agenda view options: Hour size: By using this slider you can control the height of the rows in the agenda view. Next x days: This option allows you to change the amount of days of the Next x Days menu item in the Views menu. Show current-time (Marcus Bains) line This check box toggles a red line in the day or week view indicating the current time (Marcus Bains line) on and off. This line gives you an indication how much time is left e.g. until a meeting takes place. Show seconds on current-time line This check box toggles the seconds on the current-time line (Marcus Bains line) on and off. Time range selection in agenda view starts event editor Check this box to start the event editor automatically when you select a time range in the daily and weekly view. To select a time range, drag the mouse from the start time to the end time of the event you are about to plan. Agenda view uses resource colors With KOrganizer, you can assign a different color to each resource. This check box toggles the use the resource color when displaying the to-do or event in the agenda view on and off. Note that if you don’t assign different colors, there is little sense in using this feature, as KOrganizer default configuration is to use the same color for all resources. Agenda view calendar display Select if all calendars should be merged into one agenda view, each calendar should be displayed in its own aganda view or if both view should be available via tabs. Month view options: Enable scrollbars in month view cells This check box toggles the cell scrollbars in the month view on and off. Even if you check this box, the scrollbars will only appear when needed. 46
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Month view uses full window If you check this box, the month view will be displayed in the whole KOrganizer window instead of sharing the window with the sidebar (the date navigator, the to-dos and the calendar resources). Month view uses category colors With KOrganizer, you can assign a different color to each category. If you check this box, the event or to-do color in the month view will reflect the category color, instead of using no color, or only the resource color. Note that if you don’t assign different category colors, there is little sense in using this feature, as KOrganizer default configuration is to use the same color for all categories. Month view uses resource colors With KOrganizer, you can assign a different color to each resource. If you check this box, the event or to-do color in the month view will reflect the resource color, instead of using no color, or only the category color. Note that if you don’t assign different resource colors, there is little sense in using this feature, as KOrganizer default configuration is to use the same color for all resources. To-do view options: To-do list view uses full window If you enable this option, the to-do list view will be displayed in the whole KOrganizer window instead of sharing the window with the sidebar (the date navigator, the to-dos and the calendar resources). Record completed to-dos in journal entries If you check this box, KOrganizer will automatically add a journal entry for every completed to-dos.
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Time bar Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the time bar. Month view Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the month view. Agenda view Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the agenda view (day, week and work week views). Current-time line Press this button to pick the font, font style and size for the Marcus Bains line (a red line in the agenda view indicating the current time).
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Holiday color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the holiday color. The holiday color will be used for the holiday name in the month view and the holiday number in the date navigator. Highlight color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the highlight color. The highlight color will be used for marking the currently selected area in your agenda and in the date navigator.navigator. Default event color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the default event color. The default event color will be used for events categories in your agenda and (depending on the settings) in the month view. Note that you can specify a separate color for each event category below. Agenda view background color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the agenda view background color. Working hours color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the agenda view. To-do due today color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the to-do due today color. To-do overdue color This button opens the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the to-do overdue color. Categories This group allows you to assign a color to each category. Select a category in the drop down, and press the button to open the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the color for that category. Depending on the view preferences, this color will be used to mark events and to-dos which belong to this category in your agenda and in the month view. Resources This group allows you to assign a color to each resource. Select a resource in the drop down, and press the button to open the Select Color dialog, allowing you to select the color for that resource. Depending on the view preferences, this color will be used to mark events and to-dos which are stored using this resource in your agenda and in the month view.
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Use Groupware Communication Check this box to automatically send mails when creating, updating or deleting events or to-dos which involve others. This mail can be an invitation to attendees of an event you created, a cancellation of an event you created, an answer or an update on your invitation status, an event change request, etc. Check this option if you you want to use the groupware functionality (e.g Configuring Kontact as a KDE Kolab client).
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Send copy to owner when mailing events When you check the Send copy to owner when mailing events box, you will get a copy of all email messages that KOrganizer sends at your request to the event attendees. Mail Client Here you can choose which type of mail transport you would like R command (which to use. You can either use KMail or the sendmail must be installed on your system in order to work). Additional email addresses This tells KOrganizer what further email addresses you have. You can add, edit or remove additional emails addresses. These email addresses are the ones you have in addition to the one set in personal preferences. If you get an invitation to an event, but use another email address there, you need to list this address here so KOrganizer can recognize it as yours, and add the item to your calendar.
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The free/busy information represents an availability schedule. By presenting the intervals when one already has previous commitments, others can avoid arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only the times are published, not the events, reasons or attendees. KOrganizer supports publishing and retrieving free/busy information, either manually or automatically. Publish Tab: by publishing your free/busy information, you allow others to take your busy time schedule into account when inviting you to an event. Publish free/busy information Enable this option if you wish your Free/Busy information to be uploaded automatically. Note that you may skip this option and choose to mail or upload your Free/Busy information via the Schedule menu of KOrganizer. If your application is setup to work as a KDE Kolab client, this is not required. The Kolab2 server can take care of publishing your Free/Busy information and manage the access to it from other users. Minimum time between uploads in minutes In case you choose to publish your information automatically, you may configure the interval of time in minutes between each upload. Publish (default 60) days of free/busy Configure the number of calendar days you wish to be published and available to others Server URL Enter the URL for the server on which your Free/Busy information shall be published. Ask the server administrator for this information. Kolab2 server example: webdavs://kolab2.com/freebusy/
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WARNING It is not recommended to store your password in the configuration file for security reasons. Retrieve Tab: by retrieving other peoples’ free/busy information, you can take their busy time schedule into account when inviting them to an event. Retrieve other peoples’ free/busy information automatically Automate the process for retrieving other users free/busy time. Fill in the server information section below to enable this option. Use full email address for retrieval This setting lets you change the name of the file which will be fetched from the server. If you check this option, it will download a free/busy file called
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KOrganizer has three toolbars: a Main toolbar (with New Event, New To-do, Print, Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, Go Backward, Go Forward and Goto Today buttons), a Views toolbar (for selecting between Whats Next view, List view, Day view, Work Week view, Week view, Next X Day view, Month view, To-do List view and Journal view buttons), a Schedule toolbar (with Publish Item Information, Send Invitations to Attendees, Send Status Update and Open Address Book buttons) and a Filters toolbar, which allows you to choose a filter for the KOrganizer views. You can customize these toolbars in various ways: you can add new icons, change the icon size, change toolbar position and add text description to the icons. There are two ways to change the position of the toolbars: • You can right click the toolbar to bring up the Toolbar Menu. The icon size and text position can also be adjusted from this menu. • You can simply drag the toolbar by the handle on the left border of each toolbar, and drop it whenever you wish. Also look at other easy drag-anddrop operations. The toolbars are configured in two places: • The tool set is configured in the Settings → Configure Toolbars.... menu item. • The graphic style (icon size, text position, etc.) is adjusted through the Toolbar Context Menu. Right click the toolbar to access this menu.
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Initially, icons do not have any text assigned. You may prefer having text under each icon, or text alongside each icon. You can also have plain texts without any icons. 7.2.2.2
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When KOrganizer starts, the main KOrganizer window appears. The window has several components: a menubar, a toolbar, a month calendar, a main panel with the current ‘view’ of events, and a to-do list. The menus provide access to all the common operations that can be performed with the calendar, including saving, loading, adding and deleting events, todos and journal entries, printing and more. Please note that when using KOrganizer as the calendar component of Kontact, the menus differ from the stand alone application.
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File → New (Ctrl+N) Opens another main window. This window initially contains unnamed calendar. You can use the new window to: • open the same calendar twice (select the File → Open menu item and choose the same calendar as in the original window) • have two different calendars open at the same time (select the File → Open menu item and choose a different calendar). • create a new calendar (select the File → Save menu item to give your new calendar a filename and to save it). For more information about this acton, please refer to Section 3.2.
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File → Open Recent Open Recent provides a list of recently opened calendar files for quick access, allowing you to bypass the file dialog entirely. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.
File → Save (Ctrl+S) When you choose Save or click the Save icon, KOrganizer saves the calendar to disk, and makes sure all changes that you made will be remembered. If the calendar has no name, Save will behave like Save As. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.
File → Save As... Save As displays a file dialog in which you may choose a different name for your calendar than the one currently assigned to it. This is useful if you have made changes to a calendar that you want to save, but also want to keep separate from your ‘regular’ calendar. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.
File → Revert When you choose Revert, KOrganizer loads the last saved version of the calendar, discarding all the changes made after the last save.. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.
File → Print (Ctrl+P) Choose Print or click the Print icon to print the current calendar. You can specify the range of dates to be printed (either manually or with Calendar Widget) and the Print Style (Day, Week, Month or To-dos and Journal). File → Import → Import Calendar If you have a different iCalendar or vCalendar file somewhere, and you would like to merge its contents into your own calendar, add as a new resource or open it as a new window, choose
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File → Import → Get Hot New Stuff... This action will open the Get Hot New Stuff dialog, which offers a list of calendars to download. These events can be added to your calendar. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.3. File → Export → Export Web Page... You can export your calendar or a part of it as a HTML file, suitable for publishing on the World Wide Web. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.2. File → Export → iCalendar This action will export all your active events, todos and journal entries (independent of to what resource they belong) as a new iCalendar file. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.2. File → Export → vCalendar This action will export all your active events, todos and journal entries (independent of to what resource they belong) as a new vCalendar file. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.2. File → Export → Upload Hot New Stuff... This action will open the Upload Hot New Stuff dialog, which allow you to export calendars containing events which may be useful to other people, such as a conference program, a list of holidays, special events, etc. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.3. File → Archive Old Entries... From time to time you should delete your old events. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.3. File → Purge Completed To-dos This action will remove all the completed todos from your active calendar. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 3.2.3.
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With the Edit menu you can edit and search events and to-dos. Cut, Copy, and Paste menu items behave in the same fashion as in other KDE applications. With the Find menu item you can find event and to-dos across the current calendar.
Edit → Undo (Ctrl+Z) Undo the latest action, or in other words, return the calendar to the state it was immediately before the latest action.
Edit → Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z) Redo the latest action, or in other words, return the calendar to the state it was immediately before the latest undo.
Edit → Cut (Ctrl+X) Cuts the currently selected event(s) to the clipboard, removing them from your calendar.
Edit → Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies the currently selected item(s) to the clipboard, but leaving them untouched.
Edit → Paste (Ctrl+V) Paste inserts the contents of the clipboard into your calendar. The clipboard must contain a valid vCalendar or iCalendar, provided either by a previous Cut/Copy operation or from a selection made outside of KOrganizer. You will be warned if the contents of the clipboard cannot be understood.
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There are several different ‘views’ available for displaying your events, to-dos and journal entries. KOrganizer is smart enough to remember in between sessions what the last active view was, and the next time it is started, it will display that view. In general, each view will provide a way of displaying your journal entries, todos and and events, constrained to a particular time period or style of display. Click any item to select it for further action. Right click an item to bring up a menu with options such as edit, delete, and so on. You can also use the Action menu to perform similar operations.
View → What’s Next Switch the display to the what’s next view. This view displays your next events and to-dos. Events and to-dos are displayed one per line. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.1.
View → Day Switch the display to the day view. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.3.
View → Next x Days Switch the display to the next x day view, where x is defined in KOrganizer main configurations. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.3.
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View → Month Switch the display to the Month view. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.3.
View → List Switch the display to the list view. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.2.
View → To-do List Switch the display to the to-do list view. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.6.
View → Journal Switch the display to the journal view. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 4.1.7. View → Refresh Updates or refreshes the currently displayed view. View → Zoom Use this submenu to adjust the current view to show more or less data. In the agenda view (day(s) or week view), you can use the zoom actions to show more or less days (Zoom In Horizontally and Zoom Out Horizontally), or more or less hours in the day (Zoom In Vertically and Zoom Out Vertically). View → Filter This submenu offers access to the filters already created using the Edit Filters dialog. Select on this submenu the filter that will be used in KOrganizer view.. If you don’t want to use a filter, choose No filter.
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Actions → New Event... Choose New Event... to create a new event. You can get a detailed description of the event window in the Entering Events section. Actions → New To-do... Choose New To-do... to create a new to-do. Initially the to-do has no due date, but you can specify one. You can get a detailed description of the to-do window in the Entering To-dos section. Actions → New Sub-to-do... Choose New Sub-to-do... to start writing a new sub-to-do. The currently selected to-do will be the the sub-to-do parent.. Initially the to-do has no due date, but you can specify one. You can get a detailed description of the to-do window in Entering Todos section. Actions → New Journal... Choose New Journal... to start writing a new journal entry.. Actions → Show Choose Show to open a dialog showing the details of the currently selected journal entry, event or to-do. Actions → Edit... Choose Edit... to edit the currently selected journal entry, event or to-do. Actions → Delete Choose Delete to remove the currently selected journal entry, event or to-do. Actions → Make Sub-to-do Independent Choose Make Sub-to-do Independent to detach the currently selected sub-to-do item from its parent and make it an independent to-do item.
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Schedule
Schedule → Publish Item Information... Email the selected event, to-do or journal entry in the iCalendar format. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.1. Schedule → Send Invitation to Attendees Send the selected to-do or event to the attendees, and, if necessary, request a response from them. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.2.1. Schedule → Send Status Update If you changed your status as an attendee, choose this menu item to send your updated status (accepted, tentative, etc.) to the item’s organizer. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.3.1. Schedule → Send Cancellation to Attendees If you plan to cancel an event or to-do, select it, and choose this menu item to notify the attendees about the cancellation. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.2.2. Schedule → Request Update Request the latest version of the selected event or to-do from the organizer. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.3.3. Schedule → Request Change Send an alternative proposal to the organizer of the selected event or to-do. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.3.2. Schedule → Mail Free Busy Information... Email your Free Busy information to one or more email addresses. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.4. Schedule → Upload Free Busy Information Upload your Free Busy information to the groupware server. Other users will then be able to retrieve the information. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 6.4.
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Settings → Toolbars Click the menu items of this submenu to show or hide KOrganizer toolbars. Settings → Show Status bar or Settings → Hide Status bar Choose this menu item to toggle the display of the status bar on and off. Settings → Sidebar Click the menu items of this submenu to show or hide KOrganizer sidebar components. Note that the sidebar is visible only when the current view does not use the full window. 61
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Settings → Configure Shortcuts... Choose this menu item to open the Configure Shortcuts dialog. This dialog allows you to assign shortcuts to KOrganizer actions, and configure the shortcuts already assigned.
Settings → Configure Toolbars... Choose this menu item to open the Configure Toolbars dialog. This dialog allows you to add, remove and change the order of the actions in KOrganizer toolbars.
Settings → Configure KOrganizer... Choose the Settings → Configure KOrganizer... menu item to display KOrganizer Configure dialog. For more information about this action, please refer to Section 7.1.
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This is a reference to all hotkeys and their corresponding description in the handbook.
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Many windows contain buttons Default, Delete, OK, Apply, and Cancel. With these buttons you will decide whether the data that you entered into the window will be saved or forgotten. Default If you click the Default button, changes you have made will be forgotten, and all choices will be returned to their default values. Delete Click Delete to completely remove the event or event that you are editing from the calendar. OK When you click the OK button, your changes will be remembered and KOrganizer will close the window. Apply When you click the Apply button, your changes will be remembered, and the window will remain on screen for further editing. Cancel If you click the Cancel button, your editing will be forgotten, and KOrganizer will close the window.
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Other Features In this chapter, you’ll learn other useful features of KOrganizer: what tricks you can do with a click of your mouse and what interaction between KOrganizer and Konqueror is possible. You’ll also learn about synchronizing with your PalmPilotTM or compatible handheld computer.
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A nice program to access a KDE calendar from the command line is konsolekalendar, which is included in the kdepim package together with KOrganizer.
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KOrganizer can be easily controlled with your mouse. The supported dragand-drop operations are detailed below. • Any event can be re-sized with your mouse. Simply move the mouse pointer near the top or bottom edge of the event, and drag the edge up or down. This way you can visually modify the starting and ending time of your appointment. This works in the Day, Week and Work Week views. • Any event can be rescheduled with your mouse. Move the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to a new time location. This works in the Day, Week and Work Week views. • Events can be copied to other, presently non-visible dates. Move the mouse pointer over the event, and drag it to the Date Navigator on the left side of the current calendar, or to the Date Navigator of a different calendar. 65
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Konqueror recognizes the vCalendar format used by KOrganizer. If you use Konqueror to navigate to your calendar, it will be displayed inside Konqueror as a live object. You will be able to perform most operations with your calendar inside Konqueror; you will not need to start KOrganizer. In technical jargon, this is described as ‘embedding vCalendar as KPart inside Konqueror’.
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Palm Synchronization can be done via KPilot. Choose Settings → Configure KPilot and check the Calendar (KOrganizer) and To-do’s (KOrganizer) boxes. After synchronization the Calendar and To-do’s should be visible in KOrganizer. See the FAQ for one of the most common PalmPilotTM syncing problems.
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Questions and Answers 1. Can I import my old Ical data? Sure! Follow the instructions in Import From UNIX Ical section. R Outlook? 2. Can I import data from Microsoft Yes you can, but you must first tell Outlook to export its data to vCalendar format. Then you must copy this data to your home folder, click File → Open, navigate to the file and double-click it. For more information on R Outlook, please check chapter 12. importing data from Microsoft
3. I’m trying to sync KOrganizer with my PalmPilotTM , but nothing happens. What else do I need to do? • Make sure no form of KOrganizer is running: neither KOrganizer itself nor the alarm daemon in the system tray. • Make sure the versions of the KPilot datebook conduit and KOrganizer are compatible. 4. Can I use freebusy-time with KOrganizer? yes, follow the instructions in Free/Busy.
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R Outlook(R) to using KDE’s KOrganizer to When moving from Microsoft manage schedules and appointments, you will probably wish to export your R scheduling data from Outlook(R) and import it into KOrganizer. Microsoft ’s Outlook(R) program does provide an export option that can save an appointment to the industry standard vCalendar format.
Unfortunately, Outlook(R) will only export the appointment you have selected, one at a time. This is fine if you only wish to transfer a few appointments, but transferring the 200-300 appointments you may have in your Outlook(R) folder would not be much fun. Therefore, Randy Pearson created a small application named Outlook2VCal that can scan and export all the appointments to a vCalendar file at one time.
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The Outlook2VCal 2.0 program is delivered as a compress ZIP file, which contains a SETUP.EXE application. Merely extract the files using your favorite utility, such as WinZip and run the SETUP.EXE program to install the program on your Windows computer. This should be the same computer where you R Outlook 97(R), 2000(R) or 2002(R). normally run Microsoft Depending on how up to date your system is, you may or may not be prompted to reboot during the installation.
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After the program is installed, you can run it by accessing Start → Programs → Outlook2vCal → Outlook2vCal. You should see this screen appear:
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Now that you have exported Outlook’s(R) appointments, the final step is to load the appointments into KOrganizer. Transfer the file over to the computer running KOrganizer (via network, floppy disk, whatever). Now, run KOrganizer. If desired, you can create a new calendar, or open an existing one.
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R Windows 2000 The first version of this program (1.0) was tested on Microsoft R Outlook 2000(R). When atServer(R) and Professional(R) running Microsoft R Outlook 97(R), the program failed miserably. tempting to use Microsoft R OutThe second (2.0) version, is reported to work (at least) with Microsoft look 97(R), 2000(R), and 2002(R). If anyone has a work around for this problem, feel free to send a note to Randy Pearson (
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Contributors: Original author Randy Pearson
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Credits and License KOrganizer Program copyright 2000-2004, The KDE Developers KOrganizer homepage is at http://korganizer.kde.org If you discover bugs or see room for improvement in KOrganizer please visit http://korganizer.kde.org/contact/bugswishes.html. Contributors: • Reinhold Kainhofer
[email protected] • Cornelius Schumacher
[email protected] • Preston Brown
[email protected] Documentation copyright 2000 Milos Prudek Documentation copyright 2001 Paul E. Ahlquist, Jr
[email protected] Documentation copyright 2004 Jürgen Nagel
[email protected] Documentation copyright 2005 Carlos Leonhard Woelz
[email protected] This documentation is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. This program is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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Appendix A
Installation A.1
How to Obtain KOrganizer
KOrganizer is part of the KDE project http://www.kde.org/ . KOrganizer can be found in the kdepim package on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/ , the main FTP site of the KDE project. Click the Applications menu of the main menu to see if KOrganizer is already installed on your system. If KOrganizer is not there, either it is not installed, or perhaps the administrator of your system has moved it to some other place. KOrganizer homepage is at http://korganizer.kde.org
A.2
Requirements
KOrganizer requires KDE 3.4. It requires roughly 2MB of space in your KDE system folder. Your calendars will require additional space in your home folder. Very large calendars slow down KOrganizer operation, therefore periodic cleanup is advisable. KOrganizer needs about 5 Megabytes of memory to run, but this may vary depending on your platform and the size of your calendar(s). All required libraries are part of standard KDE libraries (kdelibs). KDE base package (kdebase) must also be installed to change localization preferences like date and time formats. KOrganizer itself is in the kdepim package. All packages can be found on KDE home page.. The KOrganizer homepage is at http://korganizer.kde.org
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Appendix B
Glossary Calendar Widget A tool for choosing the date inside certain entry windows, like event editing window. It is displayed as a small button to the right of the date field. When you click the button, you will see a month calendar. Use the arrows to go to a desired date, or click the month name or year number to go directly to the desired month or year. Date Navigator The calendar that is in the upper-left corner of the KOrganizer window. It is the main way provided to navigate among dates, and to select from them. The single-arrow icons move forwards and backwards in time by increments of a month, while the double-arrows allow moving by years at a time. Today’s date will be outlined with a small box. Dates which have events scheduled on them will be bold. If you want to select a date, simply click it. Hold down the Control key and click the dates if you wish to select multiple neighbor dates at once. The dates will be displayed in the main panel. Recurring events are not always displayed. You can forbid the display of recurring appointments in the Date Navigator. Get more information in the Views chapter. Due Date A due date is simply the date when your to-do must be finished. For instance, if your to-do is that you must return your books to the library by 16th November, that date is called ‘the to-do due date’ Main panel Normally the largest part of the screen, to the right of the Date Navigator. It displays the View of the day, workdays, week or month, the List View or the to-do list view. The right mouse button can be used in the List view and to-do list view only. It displays a local menu. The left mouse button can be used in any view. Free/busy The free/busy information is a set of busy time intervals. By presenting the intervals when one already has previous commitments, others can avoid arranging appointments for these periods. Note that only 10
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the times are published, not the event titles, descriptions or attendees. In other words, the free/busy information is the availability schedule. When adding attendees to your event, you need to know if they are busy or free in that particular time before sending the invitations. If the attendees make their free/busy information available, KOrganizer can retrieve this information and display it in the Free/Busy tab of the Edit Event dialog.
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Index K kdepim, 1 KOrganizer, 1 KOrganizer workshop, 1 O Outlook, 1 Outlook2VCal, 1 V vCalendar, 1
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