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How to use Oracle Calendar: Daily Notes & Day Events -- Entering General Information

 

Follow the same procedures to create both daily notes and day events

 
  1. Click on the Create a Day Event button (or the Create a Daily Note button), located in the toolbar.
 
  1. This will open a New Day Event window.
 
  1. Give your event a title.

 

  1. Select the Date that your event will take place.

 

  1. If you want this event to show up in other people's calendars, you must add these people as attendees. In the box beside Add, type a person's full name, then press the Enter key.

    Note: If don't know a person's full name (or how to spell it), or you can't find the person in the directory, or two (or more) people share the same full name, see Looking People Up in the Directory.

 
 
  1. If you want to add resources or group members as attendees, see Adding Resources or Group Members as Participants.
 
  • If you want to change the importance or access levels, or add a brief description, click on the Details tab.
  • If you want to set reminders for your meeting, click on the Reminders tab.
  • If you want to create a repeating event, click on the Repeating button.
  • See the appropriate instructions for help with these functions.
 
  1. If you don't want to do any of these things, click on the Create button at the bottom of the window to create your event
 
  1. You will be asked if you want to send an e-mail to your attendees.
 
  1. If you click on the Yes button, the Mail Message window will come up.
 
  1. Make sure that all the people you want to send your message to appear in the Distribution list. (By default, all attendees will appear in the list).

Note: Your distribution list can include people who aren't GUCalendar users. This is a useful way of letting them know about your event. Just type a person's full e-mail address in the box beside Other, then press the Enter key.

People who are GUCalendar users will appear in the distribution list with an icon by their names. People who are not GUCalendar users will have an icon by their names.

  1. Make any changes you like to the text, then click on the Send button.

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