Calendar+Features+and+Labs

 A few reasons to use Google calendar:


 * share your schedule
 * get your calendar on the go
 * never forget another event again
 * send invitations
 * work offline

You can create new calendars. For example you can create a calendar for your Timetable. Click on Create a new calendar in the My calendars section of the sidebar and create your new calendar.
 * Create a Calendar **

You can share your Calendar with a colleague or a family member 
 * Share your Calendar **

When you share your calendar with somebody you may give them permissions  You may change your calendar settings to fit your needs
 * Customize your calendar **

You can add events to your calendar by clicking on a time block and recording your event.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Add an Event to your Calendar **

If you would like to add more details to the event, click on Edit event details and add a name for your event, change the times, date, decide whether or not the event will repeat, add a location, a description and even attach a file. You can also drag events around on the calender to relocate them to a different day and time.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Edit an Event in your Calendar **

You may invite others to your events
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Invite others **




 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Add Public Calendars **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">You can add public calendars to your calendar, by copying the URL into your calendar or by searching through Google Calendar's lists.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To add a new calendar click on Add in the Other Calendar section of the left sidebar. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Select Browse Interesting Calendars Or Select Add by URL Find the Calendar you want to add and copy and paste the url into the box. To add these two school calendars, just right click and copy the link. Then paste it into the box. The ABC Whole School Calendar The <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="background-color: #ffffff;">ABC Secondary School Calendar

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Find a time feature helps you schedule events easily. If you’re able to view your guests’ calendars you’ll be able to compare schedules and pick a time that works for everyone.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Find a Time **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The appointment slots feature lets you set one period of time on your calendar, divided into available time slots for people to reserve. For instance, teachers can have their students reserve time during office hours each week:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Appointment Slots **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">To let people start booking appointments, simply direct them to the appointment page. You can find the URL for it at the top of the appointment slot details page. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Visitors to this page will see a calendar showing the available appointments. They’ll also see their own calendar overlaid on the appointment page, making it easy to see what times work for them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">To book an appointment, visitors simply **click one of the available appointment buttons** and click **Save**.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Appointments that have been booked **won’t be visible to future visitors** to the appointment page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Attendees can **cancel their appointment by deleting or declining the event** on their own calendar, which will appear as a decline on your calendar. The appointment then becomes bookable for future visitors to the appointment page.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Labs
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">There a few calendar labs that can help you manage your calendar. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">You may see the Labs list by selecting the gear icon and then clicking on the Labs tab. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Check out the listing below for some great labs and features that will help you become more productive:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> -Hide morning and night <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Automatically declining events <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Event Attachments <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Event flair <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Smart rescheduler <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Year View <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Free or Busy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Jump to Date-Next Meeting

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> -The more labs you have running, and certain labs alone will cause a delay in the page loading. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> -Labs are experimental which means that they may or may not be fully supported by Google and they may disappear without notice. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> -If you are having trouble with a lab, disable and re-enable to get it started again
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Note: **


 * Helpful videos**


 * **Calendar Labs**

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