Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Changing the Display Settings

You can customize many parts of the Calendar display:

To Set the Initial Calendar Displayed

You can set Calendar to display a calendar other than your own when you first start it.

  1. Choose Options from the File menu

    The Calendar Options dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose Display Settings from the Category menu.

  3. Double-click in the Initial Calendar View field and type calendar-name@hostname for the calendar you want to view each time you start Calendar.

  4. Click Apply.

  5. Click Cancel to close the Options dialog box.

To Set the Time Boundaries on Day and Week Views

Time boundaries are the earliest and latest hours you want displayed in your calendar.

  1. Choose Options from the File menu.

  2. Choose Display Settings from the Category menu.

  3. Move the Begin and End sliders to adjust the earliest and latest hours you want displayed on your calendar.

  4. Select 12 Hour or 24 Hour time display.

  5. Click Apply.

  6. Click Cancel to close the Options dialog box.

To Set the Default Calendar View

Calendar displays the default Calendar view each time you start it. The initial default view is by month. You may want to set the default to the view you use most often, such as Week view.

  1. Choose Options from the File menu.

  2. Choose Display Settings from the Category menu.

  3. Select Day, Week, Month, or Year from the Default View options.

  4. Click Apply.

  5. Click Cancel to close the Options dialog box.