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Title: Calendar Programs


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Calendar Programs
  • Aug 20, 2007
  • Peter Hirsch
  • pmhirsch_at_earthlink.net

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Why use calendars?
  • Plan schedule for the day/week/month/year
  • Coordinate schedules
  • Allow other to update or add to your schedule
  • Reminder of events, trips, birthdates, holidays,
    anniversaries
  • Alarm some minutes before an event

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Calendars
  • Computer
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • BigDates
  • Google Calendar
  • Yahoo Calendar
  • Paper
  • Paper calendar (hung on wall or on desks)
  • Day-timer information pages
  • Cell phones
  • Others

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Microsoft Outlook Calendar
  • Part of Microsoft Office
  • Desktop calendar
  • Can be shared
  • Within a company, department or office
  • Interfaces to other hand held devices
  • Audible Alarms/reminders
  • Integrated with Outlook (e-mail)
  • Always open, if you use Outlook for e-mail?
  • Daily/weekly/Monthly calendars

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BigDates Calendar
  • http//www.bigdates.com/
  • Desktop wallpaper calendar
  • Always in front of you
  • Enter birthdates, anniversaries on their web site
  • Can be used on multiple computers
  • Can see all 12 months
  • Reminders
  • Can interfere with overlapping icons
  • Need to show the desktop to access overlaid icons

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BigDates Calendar Wall Paper
  • Wallpaper reminders
  • E-mail reminders
  • Phone reminders
  • No audible alarms
  • Cards
  • E-greetings
  • Gifts
  • Monthly view only

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BigDates CalendarCost
  • First 6 months of BigDates membership is free
  • No credit card required to join
  • After 6 months 5.95 a year
  • About 50 cents a month

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Google Calendar
  • Web based calendar
  • http//calendar.google.com
  • View month/day/week/next 4 days
  • Merge and share calendars over the web
  • Accessible to update and view on more than one
    computer
  • Can put calendar on your computer as a Google
    widget
  • Alarms, but you must have the calendar open for
    pop ups.
  • E-mail or Cell phone text message
  • No audible alarms
  • Free to Google members

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Yahoo Calendar
  • Http//Calendar.yahoo.com
  • Day/Week/Month/Year
  • Web based
  • Synch with other calendars/devices?
  • Sharing of calendars over the web
  • Accessible from multiple computers
  • Reminders (to cell phones, e-mail, Yahoo
    messenger)
  • Free to Yahoo members

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Other calendar programs
  • Discussion

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Take your pick of these excellentCalendars
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • BigDates
  • Google Calendar
  • Yahoo Calendar
  • Paper
  • Wall Calendars
  • Day-timer
  • Others

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