The Calendar dialog box enables you to insert a calendar or modify the existing one.
The dialog box contains seven Control Tabs for changing properties of the calendar, and a Preview Window to preview the calendar before inserting it. The control tabs are as follows:
The program supports six types of calendars:
You can choose an appropriate radio button in this Tab. Depending on the selected Type, some of the tabs may be unavailable.
You can assign different font styles and sizes to different parts of the calendar. The Font tab provides you with options to set different fonts for days, months, and years of the calendar (variety of items based on a selected Type of calendar). You can also apply the Underline effect here. You can either set a different font option for each calendar item, or apply one setting to all of them. In the Apply Font To pull down menu, select the item, then select Font and Font Style, and check the Effects check box if needed. Repeat this for each item. The Sample window shows a sample of a selected font with effects applied. You can set font settings for all items by selecting All of them from the Apply Font To menu. Note that once you have selected a specific item in this menu and changed its font type and style, the settings set for the rest of items will no longer be applicable to this specific item.
In this tab, you can set the calendar frame colors using Fill, Border, and Shadow options, and calendar text colors using Days, Labels and Highlights options.
To change color of the item, click the colored rectangle nearby. It will activate the Choose Color window where you can choose a color from available libraries. Click the More button to create your own color from the color palette. See the Color Library Edit section to learn how to do this.
There are two more check boxes that you may determine:
Your calendar does not have to start from Monday or Sunday. You can set it to start from any day you choose. You can also set the calendar orientation (vertical or horizontal). You can set these options only for yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly calendars.
This tab is to specify a period of time you want the calendar to covers. Different periods are available depending on the selected Type of calendar. You can choose:
In all cases, you can click the Current button to set the current date and time.
In this tab you can set your calendar highlighted days to differ in color.
You can use this tab for all calendar types except the daily calendars. The following highlighting options are:
In this tab you can set your calendar highlighted days using either the built-in sets of highlighted days (USA and Canada) or creating such a set by your own.
To add a day to the List of Highlighted Days, select a month and a day,
define it as fixed or
floating, and then click Add to List.
To delete a day from the list, select it in the List of Highlighted Days, and click
Delete.
To delete all the days from the List of Highlighted Days, click Empty the List.
You can create different lists of highlighted days, name them and add them to the sets
of highlighted days. For example, in the first list ("Friends") you can keep
your friends' birthdays (use "fixed" days highlight). In the second
("Games"), you can keep the dates of the games of your favorite team (use
"floating" days highlight if, for example, they play on Wednesdays). Later you
can create a calendar with these highlighted days by simply choosing "Friends"
or "Games" from the Sets of Highlighted Days.
To add selected set from Sets of Highlighted Days to the list,
click Add Set to List.
To create a new set, add all the days you want to the List of Highlighted Days, and
click Add Set. Enter a name for the new set in the displayed dialog box.
To delete selected set, click Delete Set.
To view days in sets, click View Sets. The View Sets dialog box displays
all the sets. When a set is selected, it is displayed at once. You may select any set
from the combo box, and view the days in it.
You can change the color of highlighting in the Colors tab.
In this tab you can choose horizontal, vertical, and other monthly arrangements. You can also set the order of the months to be either horizontal or vertical:
For the last three types, you can select the Subtype of the calendar - the number of
blocks in line. For the Rectangular type, you can change the orientation from horizontal to
vertical by checking the Vertically Ordered check box.
Referring to the Subtype of calendar, there is the Best Layout
button that sets
the best fit for the page.