The Event Information dialog is used to enter a new event or modify an existing event. New birthday, anniversary, scheduled, or holiday event entries can be added or edited using this dialog. The following fields are available:
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Name |
Description of the event. Examples for a birthday, anniversary, and scheduled event would be: John Smith, Our Wedding, and Mortgage Payment. |
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Frequency... |
Select this button to specify how often to repeat the occurrence of a scheduled event or holiday. Choices for scheduled events are One Time, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly. Holiday events repeat yearly. |
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Type |
Birthday, Anniversary, Scheduled, or Holiday |
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Date |
Birth Date for a birthday. Anniversary date for an anniversary. Start Date for a scheduled event. Next Date for a holiday event. |
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End Date |
The ending date of a scheduled event. For no ending date, remove the check from this date. This field is only available for scheduled events and when you have selected a repeat Frequency other than One Time. |
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Start/End Time |
To make an event timed, put a check mark in the "Start Time" field. This is the time of the event, and is displayed on the calendar. (Note: This can be different than the "alarm time"). When displaying events on a calendar, Remind-Me lists un-timed events first (alphabetically), and then lists events in the order of their start time. |
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Comment |
A note to associate with this event |
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Categories... |
Type in the desired categories this event should belong in. Separate multiple categories with a comma. You can either type in the categories, or press the "Categories..." button to select them and/or modify the list of defined categories. [more info] |
Choose the Options button to display or hide the additional details available for this event. Four categories of additional details are available, Alarm, E-Mail, Task, and Display.
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Alarm options: |
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Notify At Startup |
Display alarm for this event when Remind-Me starts |
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Notify At |
Display alarm for this event at the specified time of day |
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Start Notifying |
The number of days before the event date to start displaying alarms |
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Play Sound |
When displaying an alarm, play the specified sound file. Use the "Browse..." button to go find the sound file, and use the "Test" button to play the sound file. |
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E-Mail options: |
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Send E-Mail To |
Check to enable sending e-mail. When checked, you can enter the e-mail address as well as how many days in advance of the event to send the e-mail. To specify multiple recipients, separate the email addresses by a comma. When sending an e-mail in advance of the event, one e-mail will be sent each day until the event is acknowledged. |
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Include File |
Check to include specified file in the body of the e-mail message. Mail merge is performed on this file, so you can insert fields from this event into the message of your email. [read more] |
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Attach File |
Check to attach specified file to the e-mail message |
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Prompt Before Sending |
Check to customize the e-mail prior to sending. Remove this check to have the e-mail sent automatically. |
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Configure... |
Select to specify your email account settings, and to assign a subject to use for e-mails. [read more] |
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Test |
Select to send a test e-mail with the currently specified settings |
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Task options: |
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Run |
When displaying an alarm, run the specified program. [more info] |
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Test |
Select to run the specified program now |
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Display options: |
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Hide |
Check to make this a hidden event. Hidden events do not get shown in the main window's list box or calendars unless the menu command "Include/Hidden Events" is turned on. However, enabled alarms for hidden events will still be activated. |
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Draw Border |
Displays a border around the event on the month and year calendars |
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Colors |
Select the foreground and background colors to be used when displaying on the month/year calendars. Choose "Default" to use the default colors. |