Using Google Apps
Click on the Date
❱ Open the Google Calendar screen and scroll to the date and
time where you want to mark an event. If you need to look far
ahead, click on the month view button at the top of the screen.
You can then scroll through whole months by clicking the forward
and back arrows, also at the top. If in Week view, you can click and
drag on the event location if you want it to spread over more than
a single hour. If in Month view, you only have the option to click,
although you can change the length of the event afterwards. Type
the title and event time for your new event in the box. Finally, click
Create event to publish the event to your calendar immediately or
click Edit event details to add additional information.
Using Quick Add
❱ To use Quick Add simply type “Q” while you’re in Calendar. Quick
Add can almost read your mind. If you type in something like
“Lunch with Dad at The Ivy 1pm Friday”, Quick Add can figure out
what you mean and pop the new event right onto your calendar.
Just remember that for Quick Add to work at its best, you need to
include: what, event title, e.g. lunch; when, time and date or day;
who, if there is anyone else to include in the event; and where,
location of the event.Creating Events
There are three ways to create a new event on the desktop version
of Google Calendar. Which method you use depends entirely on
which you find easiest or most convenient.
Improving the
Google Calendar
Google’s free online calendar app is perfect for keeping track of all the
important events in your life. And if you use other Google products such
as Android or Gmail, you can set things up so that everything integrates
and syncs perfectly and with barely any effort.