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    <desc>Setting up reminder notifications for appointments.</desc>
    
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      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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   <name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/config-prefs-cal.html.en#CACHCGCI -->
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<title>Reminders for appointments</title>

<section id="general-settings">
<title>General Settings</title>

<p>Under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Calendar and Tasks</gui><gui>Reminders</gui></guiseq> you can select those calendars for which you want to receive reminder notifications. If you do not select a calendar, you will not receive reminders for any events in this calendar. You can also define whether to show a reminder for every appointment and for every birthday and anniversary.</p>

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<section id="manual-reminders">
<title>Manual Reminders</title>

<p>Apart from the general settings you can also set up reminders in the appointment editor for certain appointments only:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>Options</gui><gui>Reminders</gui></guiseq> or press the Reminder button in the toolbar.</p></item>
<item><p>From the dropdown menu, choose either one of the available default options when to show a notification reminder, or choose <gui>Customize</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>In case of <gui>Customize</gui>, the reminder can be a popup, a sound played, or a program ran. You can also define whether the reminder should be repeated.</p></item>
</steps>

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