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Calendar Programs

Aug 20, 2007

Peter Hirsch

pmhirsch@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

1. Computer1. Microsoft Outlook2. BigDates3. Google Calendar4. Yahoo Calendar

2. Paper1. Paper calendar (hung on

wall or on desks)2. Day-timer information pages

3. 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

1. Microsoft Outlook

2. BigDates

3. Google Calendar

4. Yahoo Calendar

5. Paper1. Wall Calendars

2. Day-timer Others

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