Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 - Manual (Page 87)

Subscribing to calendars
You can subscribe to calendars that use the iCalendar (.ics) format. Many calendar-based services
support calendar subscriptions, including iCloud, Yahoo!, Google, and the iCal application in OS X.
Subscribed calendars are read-only. You can read events from subscribed calendars on iPhone, but
you can’t edit events or create new ones.
Subscribe to a calendar: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap Add Account. Tap
Other, then tap Add Subscribed Calendar.
You can also subscribe to an iCal (or other .ics) calendar published on the web, by tapping a link
to the calendar.
Importing calendar events from Mail
You can add events to a calendar by importing a calendar file from an email message. You can
import any standard .ics calendar file.
Import events from a calendar file: In Mail, open the message and tap the calendar file.
Calendar accounts and settings
There are several settings in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars that affect Calendar and your
calendar accounts.
Calendar accounts are also used to sync to-do items for Reminders.
Add a CalDAV account: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap Add an Account, then tap
Other. Under Calendars, tap Add CalDAV Account.
These options apply to all of your calendars:
Set the calendar alert tones Go to Settings > Sounds > Calendar Alerts.
Sync past events Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Sync, then choose time period.
Future events are always synced.
Set alerts to sound when you
receive a meeting invitation Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and turn on New Invitation Alerts.
Turn on Calendar time zone
support Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Time Zone Support.
Set a default calendar Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Default Calendar.
Use iCloud to keep Calendar
up-to-date on your iOS devices
and computers Go to Settings > iCloud, then turn on Calendar. See “iCloud” on page 16.
Important: When Time Zone Support is on, Calendar displays event dates and times in the time
zone of the city you selected. When Time Zone Support is off, Calendar displays events in the time
zone of your current location as determined by the network time. Some carriers don’t support
network time in all areas. When you travel, iPhone may not display events or sound alerts at the
correct local time. To manually set the correct time, see “Date & Time” on page 167.
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