Calendar and Task List Settings

The calendar configuration tool has two tabs General and Display, and is illustrated in Figure 2.

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Figure 2. Calendar Preferences Dialog



The General tab lets you set the following:

Time zone

The city you're located in, to judge your time zone.

Time format

You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the appropriate radio button.

Work Week

When does your work day start, and when does it end? In the day and week views, Evolution displays all the hours in the range you select here, even if there are no appointments for those times. Of course, you can still schedule an appointment outside of these hours, and if you do, the display will be extended to show it.

Week Starts

You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.

Day Begins

Set the beginning of a normal workday. If you work odd hours, or want to make sure that your early-morning appointments are displayed, you may find this option useful.

Day Ends

Set the end of a normal workday. If you work odd hours, or want to make sure that your evening appointments are displayed, you may find this option useful.

Alerts

If you'd like to be warned before you delete any appointment, or to have a reminder automatically appear for each event, select the check boxes here.



The Display section lets you choose how your appointments and tasks will appear in your calendar.

The display properties you can set are:

Time divisions

Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the calendar. You can set this to be anywhere from five minutes to an hour, in five minute increments.

Show appointment end times in week and month views

If there is space, Evolution will show the end times in the week and month views for each appointment.

Compress weekends in month view

If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box, instead of one for each day in the month view.

Show week numbers in date navigator

This will show the week numbers next to the respective weeks in the calendar.

Tasks due today

Configures what color to set your tasks that are due today to.

Overdue tasks

Choose the color for overdue tasks.