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# Calendar and Task List Settings

The calendar configuration tool has two tabs General and Display, and is illustrated in Figure 10-2.

Figure 10-2. 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.

First day of the week

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

Start of day

  Says what time of the day your weekday starts. This will show all times till the end of the day, regardless of there is an appointment during the time period.

End of day

  Sets the time the day ends at.

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.

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