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New Features for Calendar Express 5.1.1
Calendar Express 5.1.1 includes the following new features to help you to be more productive when you are using your calendar.
Changes to the Login Page and Calendar Views
New Login Page and Welcome Banner Week and Month Views Without Saturdays or Sundays Quick Delete for Events and Tasks Delete Check Box in Invitations List Invite and Availability Without Read Access Empty Date Fields for Jump To Mini Calendar Quick Jump New Color Palette
Changes to the Edit Event Compose Tab Window
Revised Compose Tab on Edit Event Window Simplified Selection of Calendars Quick Invite for Calendar Users and Calendar Groups User Search Changes Time of Reminder Message for All-Day Event Recurrence Window Repeat Patterns Show Availability Optional Inform List
Changes for Calendar Groups
The Calendar Express 5.1.1 online Help has been revised to explain all of these new features.
Changes to the Login Page and Calendar Views
New Login Page and Welcome Banner
Calendar Express 5.1.1 has a new login page, with new colors, graphics, and a link to the http://www.sun.com/software/ web site. (To login, however, you still use your existing LDAP user name and password.)
After you login, Calendar Express displays a new banner that includes a welcome message and links to home, online help, and logout. The home link always goes to the your default calendar with the current date.
Week and Month Views Without Saturdays or Sundays
On calendar week and month views, you can have Calendar Express exclude Saturdays and Sundays. You set this option in the Options > Settings window.
Quick Delete for Events and Tasks
On the overview, day, week, and month views, you can quickly delete an event or task by clicking the adjacent quick delete icon (shown below). Calendar Express then displays a confirmation window, and you click OK to delete the event.
Delete Check Box in Invitations List
The Invitations List under Action Items includes a Delete check box for each individual event and a Delete All check box to delete all events.
Invite and Availability Without Read Access
If a user has set Invite and Availability permissions but not Read permission for a calendar, Calendar Express displays an error message for all views except the comparison view when other users access the calendar.
Empty Date Fields for Jump To
If you click the Jump To icon, the initial fields for the date boxes are empty (rather than displaying the current date).
Mini Calendar Quick Jump
Below the mini calendar, you can enter a date in the boxes and then click the quick jump icon (shown below) to display the current calendar view for the date.
New Color Palette
On the Options > Appearance window, you can select color schemes from a new color palette for your calendar views.
Changes to the Edit Event Compose Tab Window
Revised Compose Tab on Edit Event Window
The Compose tab includes these changes:
The Calendars and Details tabs and subsequent windows have been removed. The Calendar pull-down menu on the Compose tab allows you to select another calendar. See Simplified Selection of Calendars. The Location and Description fields are now available on the Compose tab. The Location and Description fields are moved from the Details window, and the Details window has been removed. The Event Title field does not display Untitled Event; however, if you do not provide a title, Calendar Express use Untitled Event as the name. The Inform About Event is now optional. See Optional Inform List.
Simplified Selection of Calendars
On the Compose tab, you can easily select another calendar from the Calendar pull-down menu. This pull-down menu includes:
Your own calendar Calendars for which you have been designated as an additional owner Calendars for which you have been granted modify/delete privileges Thus, you can quickly change calendars when you are creating an event or task or easily move events or tasks from one calendar to another.
Quick Invite for Calendar Users and Calendar Groups
On the Compose tab when you are creating or editing an event, you can use the Quick Invite feature to invite both calendar users and calendar groups. Click ---Quick Invite--- and then select a user or calendar group from the pull-down menu. This list shows your own calendars and groups and your subscribed calendars for which you have Invite permission.
For each user you add, Calendar Express adds the user's calendar ID to the list of invitees. If you add a calendar group, Calendar Express adds either each group member's calendar ID or email address if you don't have Invite permission to the calendar.
User Search Changes
On the Compose tab, the search icon (magnifying glass) has been replaced with a Search button to activate the User Search window.
On the User Search window, the search function is now cumulative. You can select calendar users or resources and then continue to search for additional names. After a search, check one or more names in the Search Results list, and then click either the Apply or Search button to add the names to your list of selected users. You can then continue to search for additional names, or click OK if you are finished.
The User Search also returns the user's email address, if it is available.
Time of Reminder Message for All-Day Event
If you choose to receive a reminder email message for an all-day event, Calendar Express 5.1.1 displays an option to set the default time of the message as the time you have set as the start of your day under Options > Settings. For example, if you start your day at 9:00 a.m., Calendar Express uses 9:00 a.m. as the default time to send you a reminder message.
Recurrence Window Repeat Patterns
On the Recurrence window for an event or task, the Recurrence function is now on one window, and the Repeat Pattern selections have been redesigned. Calendar Express displays different repeat patterns for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly events or tasks.
For the end date for an event, "Forever" has been replaced by "No end date". The default number of events is 5, and the maximum is 60 (although this value can be set to other values by your Calendar Server administrator).
Show Availability
On the Availability window, the Update text box has been replaced with a Show Availability text box to recalculate the availability if you have selected a new date.
Optional Inform List
By default, Calendar Express 5.1.1 does not display the "Inform About Event" option when you create or edit an event. For compatibility with earlier releases, however, your Calendar Server administrator can specify this option for your site by setting a server configuration parameter.
Changes for Calendar Groups
Quick Add for Creating Calendar Groups
When you are creating a new Calendar Group, you can use the ---Quick Add--- feature to add a user's calendar to a group without having to first subscribe to the calendar. On the Calendar Group window, click ---Quick Add--- and then select a user or another calendar group from the pull-down menu.
Calendar Search for Calendar Group
When you are creating a new Calendar Group, you can search for calendar users on the Calendars Search window. You can search by name or ID, name, primary owner, or ID, and you can specify either "contains" or "begins with" for the search criteria.
On the Calendars Search window, the search function is now cumulative. After a search, you can select one or more calendar users and then continue to search for additional users. You check one or more users in the Search Results list, and then click either the Apply or Search button to add the users to your list of selected users. You can then continue to search for additional users, or click OK if you are finished. You can also add a user's calendar to a group without having to first subscribe to the calendar.
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Last Updated August 23, 2002