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How to use Oracle Calendar: Creating Meetings -- Entering the General Information

 
  1. To create a meeting, click on the New Meeting button (it's located on the toolbar).
 
  1. This will bring up the New Meeting window. 
 

 
  1. Give your meeting a title. Then type in a location so people will know where to show up.
 
  1. If you want to make this a tentative meeting, click on the box beside Tentative (a checkmark will appear in the box.
 
  1. Select the Date that your meeting will take place. Then select the Start and End times for your meeting.

Note: If you prefer, you can enter a time under Duration instead.

Note: Also under Duration, you can opt to make the meeting last for up to 999 days. This is not the same as a repeating meeting.

 
  1. Add any people you want to invite to your meeting (currently, you are the only participant). 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 participants, see Adding Resources or Group Members as Meeting Participants.

 
  1. If you want to change the importance or access levels, or add a brief description, click on the Details tab. If you want set a reminder for this meeting, click on the Reminders tab. (See the appropriate instructions for help filling in these tabs.)

 
  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 meeting. 

 
  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 meeting. 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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