Samsung 8.9 - Manual (Page 103)

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Creating a Calendar Event
To create a calendar event:
1. From the main Home screen, touch Calendar.
2. Touch and hold the date for which you want to enter an
event.
– or –
Touch the date for which you want to enter an event, then
touch .
3. Enter the event information in the Calendar event screen,
then touch Done.
Managing Calendar Events
You can view and add events in Google Calendar on your mobile
device, but, to delete existing events, you must access Google
Calendar on a computer.
To delete a non-Google event:
1. From the main Home screen, touch Calendar.
2. Touch an event. A pop-up displays event information.
3. Touch to display the following options:
• Touch Delete and then touch OK to delete the event.
• Touch Share and then touch Bluetooth, Email, or Wi-Fi
Direct to share the event.
• Touch Edit to update the event details.
Customizing the Calendar
To add additional accounts and set up Calendar preferences:
1. From the main Home screen, touch Calendar.
2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings.
3. Touch Add account to display the Add account option. Touch
an account type and enter your account information.
4. Touch the following for additional settings:
• Calendar view settings:
– Calendars: Enable calendars for your various accounts.
– Synchronise calendars: Displays the General sync settings. For more
information, refer to “General Sync Settings” on page 134.
– First day of week: Choose a day to begin each week.
– Font size: Choose a font size for viewing event details.
– Hide declined events: Enable or disable display of events.
– Hide contacts anniversary events: Enable or disable display of
contact anniversary events.
– Show week number: Show the week number to the left of each week
in the Month view and the inset calendar in the Day view.
– Lock time zone: Allows you to lock event times and dates based on
your selected time zone, which is defined by the following field.