Tips and Tricks in Sundial

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Tips and Tricks in Sundial

• ?http//calendar.stanford.edu
• http//sundial.stanford.edu
• May 2005

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Overview of the Sundial Website

• Quick Start Guidehttp//calendar.stanford.edu/su
  ndial-quickstart.html
• Frequently Asked Questions http//calendar.stanf
  ord.edu/sundial-faq.html
• Troubleshootinghttp//calendar.stanford.edu/sund
  ial-troubleshooting.html
• Tips and Techniqueshttp//calendar.stanford.edu/
  sundial-tips.html
• Palm Synchinghttp//calendar.stanford.edu/1st-pa
  lm-sync.html
• Requesting Groups and Resources
  http//calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-naming-conv
  .html
• Sundial vs. Meeting Maker http//calendar.stanfo
  rd.edu/sundial-vs-meetingmaker.html
• This handout accompanies classroom instruction
  provided by the ITSS Technology Training
  Services group at Stanford University.While it
  is not intended as a stand-alone tutorial, it may
  be helpful for review of materials taught in the
  course.

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Quick Start Guidehttp//calendar.stanford.edu/su
ndial-quickstart.html

• Signing In
• Setting Access Rights
• Scheduling (allowing others to invite you to
  meetings)
• Viewing (allowing others to view your entries)
• Designate (allowing others to act on your behalf)
• Creating and Responding to Meetings
• For yourself or as a designate
• Inviting other users
• Inviting Resources (conference rooms, projectors,
  etc.)
• Creating Repeating Meetings
• Using the Suggest Date/Time function
• Groups
• Creating a group
• Creating a group meeting
• Printing
• Other Sundial features
• Daily Notes
• Day Events
• Tasks

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Frequently Asked Questionshttp//calendar.stanfo
rd.edu/sundial-faq.html

• Access Rights
• How do I set viewing rights for someone?
• How do I set a designate?
• Why can't people invite me to meetings?
• Using Sundial
• How do I get a Sundial account?
• The Off-Line Agenda
• How do I work as a designate?
• How do I act as a designate for someone else?
• Why don't my searches show everyone?
• How can I let other users access my address book?
  
• How do I manage Resources?
• Can I hide information for just one meeting?
• Can I make the details of a meeting available to
  just one person?
• How do I reset my Off-Line password?
• Why can't I find someone in Sundial?
• Why does Sundial keep asking for my (Off-Line)
  password?
• Why can't I import vCalendar/iCalendar data
  files?
• How can I schedule a repeating meeting with no
  end date?

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Frequently Asked Questions (cont.)http//calenda
r.stanford.edu/sundial-faq.html

• Connecting to and Accessing Sundial
• How do I access my Sundial agenda from the Web?
• What's the difference between the desktop and web
  clients?
• Why can't I access Sundial off-campus via the
  desktop client?
• Why do I keep losing my connection to Sundial
  server?
• What do I do if I can't connect to Sundial when I
  have VPN running?
• Options and Preferences
• How do I get "refused" (Red) meetings off of my
  calendar?
• Why doesn't Sundial remember my window layouts?
• How do I disable the In-Tray window?
• Why don't I receive meeting notifications via
  email?
• Sundial on the Web
• Why can't I access the file attached to my
  meeting?
• Synching and Palm Questions
• How is the "Date Range" used in Oracle sync date
  book conduit?
• Why can't I synch my palm to Palm Desktop or
  Meeting Maker any more?
• Why doesn't my Sundial address book synch to palm
  on Mac?
• How do I synch my palm to Sundial?
• Why can't I choose which conduits get installed?

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Troubleshootinghttp//calendar.stanford.edu/sund
ial-troubleshooting.html

• Error message "ModuleltSignInController.cppgt,
  Label 1300, Service error0x1a602".
• Error message "The server could not be reached,
  make sure you have entered the name properly".
• Error message "The connection to your host has
  been lost. This session will be terminated.
• Cannot log on to Sundial. The desk top
  application keeps asking for a password and there
  is no place to enter it.
• When I try to open another agenda even if I have
  access rights to it, the agenda screen is blank.
• When looking up someone elses calendar in
  Sundial, it shows that he is available but when I
  talk to his admin, her calendar shows he is
  booked. They don't match and we did refresh our
  screens.
• After installing Sundial, error message says that
  there is no connection to the server.
• When you sync Sundial with a PDA, your meetings
  on your PDA come through as and -. This means
  the meeting is confirmed or partially confirmed.
  Is there any way to turn that off so it does not
  show up on the PDA?
• I must enter my password to retrieve Sundial on
  my desktop.
• Error message "You do not have the right to
  invite the following people and/or resource".
• Error message"The currently off-line agenda
  belongs to someone else. Please select another
  location for your off-line agenda."
• Mac OS X with Safari Can login to Sundial, but
  cannot create meetings or other events.
• Error message "Incorrect password".

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Tips and Techniqueshttp//calendar.stanford.edu/
sundial-tips.html

• Searching for Group Schedule Calendars
• Using Group Schedule Calendars
• Searching for Resource Calendars
• Using Resource Calendars
• Additional tips
• Refreshing the calendar CtrlR (CommandR)
• Enabling Automatic Sign-inToolsgtManage
  ConnectionsgtEnable Automatic Sign-in

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Palm Synchinghttp//calendar.stanford.edu/1st-pa
lm-sync.html

• Windows Palm users http//calendar.stanford.edu/
  sundial-palm-windows-instructions.html
• Windows Pocket PC users http//calendar.stanford
  .edu/sundial-pocketpc-instructions.html
• Macintosh Palm users http//calendar.stanford.ed
  u/sundial-palm-macosx-instructions.html
• Palm Sync Matrix (troubleshooting Palm issues)

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Requesting Groups and Resourceshttp//calendar.s
tanford.edu/sundial-naming-conv.html

• Tips for using Group and Resource calendars
• How should people use group calendars?
• How should people reserve resources?
• Naming Conventions for Resource calendars
• Naming Conventions for Group Calendars

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Sundial vs. Meeting Makerhttp//calendar.stanfor
d.edu/sundial-vs-meetingmaker.html

• Meeting Maker
• Calendar
• Messages
• Proxy
• Activity
• Banner
• To-do
• Preference
• Private
• Flexible
• Publishable
• User defined contact list
• User defined groups
• Address Book

• Sundial
• Agenda
• In-tray
• Designate
• Meeting
• Daily Note
• Task
• Option
• Personal
• (No Sundial equivalent)
• Public
• Address Book
• Private Group
• Private Group