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About calendars
Unlike your personal diary, you can permit other people to view and update your FirstClass calendar. This allows everyone to schedule meetings at mutually convenient times.
FirstClass calendars work much like conferences; your administrator may create public calendars and give you access to them, or you can create your own calendars and give others access to them.
Types of calendars
FirstClass supports the following types of calendars:
• personal calendar
This is your own calendar. You can limit others' access to your personal calendar by updating your calendar permissions, just as you would update the permissions of a calendar that you created.
• group calendar
A public calendar that lets a specific group of people coordinate their time and tasks.
• resource calendar
A public calendar that represents a specific resource, such as a projector. A resource calendar is updated when users book the resource as part of creating a calendar event.
• location calendar
A public calendar that represents a specific resource, such as a meeting room. Location calendars are updated just like resource calendars.
Opening calendars
To open your personal calendar, choose File > Open > Calendar.
To open another user's calendar, open the shortcut menu from the user in the Directory, Who's Online list, message envelopes, or chat windows, then choose Open User Calendar.
Calendar views
You can look at a calendar using the same views as you use for conferences. While in these views, you can do the same things you do with messages. For example, in List view you can sort calendar events.
In addition, there are the following specialized calendar views:
• month (shows the least detail) - choose View > View by Month
The current day is highlighted.
• week - choose View > View by Week.
The current day is highlighted.
• day (shows the most detail) - choose View > View by Day
• Today list - choose View > View Today List.
Shows events that take place today and tasks that start today or are still ongoing.
You can select the view you want for each pane of the calendar.
Calendar navigation
The navigation buttons in the special calendar views let you scroll backward and forward through calendar pages. You can also return to the current month, week, or day, or go to the page containing a specific date.
To go to the page containing a specific date, click this button to open a popup calendar:
 In the popup calendar, click the double arrow buttons to scroll years, or the single arrow buttons to scroll months. To select a date, click it, then click OK. To select today, click Today.
To open the first unread item, choose Collaborate > Navigation > Next Unread.
Customizing calendar views
You can customize your calendar views in the following ways:
• display week numbers (month and week views)
• change the day on which the week starts (month view).
To customize your calendar views, make the changes you want in your calendaring preferences.
Printing calendars
To print a calendar immediately, using your print layout defaults, click the Print toolbar button. The active pane is printed in the current view.
If you choose File > Print, the Print Layout form opens, allowing you to specify the dates and view you want to print.
Note
Any changes that you make on the Print Layout form are not saved as defaults when you open this form using File > Print.
Calendar reminders
When you create a calendar event or task, you can tell FirstClass to generate a reminder at the time you specify. The reminder appears as a dialog box if you are logged into a server. This dialog box contains a Details button that opens the event or task details when clicked.
If you are not logged into a server, the reminder is sent to your Mailbox as a message.
Forwarding calendar reminders to pagers
FirstClass can notify you of calendar reminders through your pager, if you have an email-enabled paging system.
To forward calendar reminders to your pager, update your paging preferences. Choose Yes or Urgent Only at "Calendar items".
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