Google Tips: Getting Started with Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a powerful, free service you can use to organize your schedule and coordinate events with others. It has many useful features, including the ... GoogleTips:GettingStartedwithGoogleCalendar 560d88eb369ca18833b60c1b 560be4f6557fa909dc9cf5a1 Lesson5:GettingStartedwithGoogleCalendar /en/google-tips/google-yourself/content/ GettingstartedwithGoogleCalendar GoogleCalendarisapowerful,freeserviceyoucanusetoorganizeyourscheduleandcoordinateeventswithothers.Ithasmanyusefulfeatures,includingtheabilitytosharecalendarswithothersandeasilyswitchwhatiscurrentlybeingdisplayed.YoucanaccessyourcalendarfromanycomputerormobiledeviceaslongasyouaresignedintoyourGoogleaccount. HowtogettoGoogleCalendar You'llneedtobesignedintoyourGoogleaccounttoaccessGoogleCalendar.Ifyoudon'talreadyhaveone,youcanreadmoreaboutcreatingaGoogleaccounthere. YoucangettoGoogleCalendarbyvisitingcalendar.google.com.Ifyou'realreadyonanotherGooglepage,clickthemenubuttonatthetop-right,thenclicktheCalendaricon. There'salsoaGoogleCalendarappavailableformostmobiledevices.TheGoogleCalendarappisinstalledbydefaultonmostAndroiddevices,andyoucandownloaditfromthePlayStore.There'salsoaniOSversionintheAppStore. NavigatingGoogleCalendar GoogleCalendaroffersalotofviewingflexibility.Thebuttonatthetop-rightwillchangethescopeofthecurrentview,showingasingledayorweek,anentiremonth,andotherviewmodes. Atthetop-leftofthewindow,thearrowbuttonswillchangetheviewtodifferentdatesinthepastorfuture.Youcanalsoclicktheminicalendartotheleftofthemaincalendartoviewaspecificdate.TheTodaybuttonwillreturnthecalendarviewtothecurrentday. Events Eachitemonthecalendarisanevent.Tocreateanevent,clickablankspaceonthecalendar.Asmallboxwillappearforyoutoenterbasicinformationontheevent.ClicktheSavebuttontofinish,orclicktheMoreOptionsbuttontoentermoredetails.Theonlyinformationyouneedtoenteristhetitleoftheeventandthetime,butmoreinformationcanbeusefulforanyonelookingattheevent. Intheeventform,youcanaddnotificationstoremindyouoftheeventbeforeitstarts.Thesereminderscanbenotificationsinyourbrowser,ortheycanbeautomatedemails.Thiscanhelpyoustayonscheduleorgiveyoutimetoplantravel. Youcanmodifyexistingeventsorviewtheirdetailsbyclickingtheeventonthecalendar. Creatingnewcalendars Youcancreateseparatecalendarstohelpyouorganizeeventsorsharewithspecificpeople.ClicktheplussignnexttoOthercalendars,thenclickCreatenewcalendar.Thiswillopenaformthat'ssimilartotheformforcreatingnewevents,withitsownpermissionandsharingsettings.Aftercreatinganewcalendar,neweventscanbeassignedtoit,andoldeventscanbemovedtoit. Sharingandcustomizingcalendars OneofthemostpowerfulfeaturesofGoogleCalendaristheabilitytocustomizeandsharethem.Moveyourmouseoveracalendarnameontheleft,thenclickthethreedotsiconbesideittoopenamenuforthiscalendar.Youcanchangethecolorofeventsinthiscalendarinyourview,oryoucanhideitfromthecurrentview. YoucansharetheentirecalendarwithothersbyclickingSettingsandsharing.Thiswillgiveyouoptionssimilartoinvitationsforevents,butitaffectstheentirecalendaryouaresharing.Sharedcalendarscanbeusefulforcoordinatingmanyrelatedeventswithagroupofpeople. Continue Previous:GoogleYourself! Next:HowtoSearchbyImagewithGoogle /en/google-tips/how-to-search-by-image-with-google/content/