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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/if/"
type="topic" id="calendar-alarms-and-reminders">
<info>
<desc>Setting up reminder notifications for appointments.</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="index#calendar" />
<revision pkgversion="3.1.5" version="0.4" date="2011-08-02" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/config-prefs-cal.html.en#CACHCGCI -->
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<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>
<if:choose>
<if:when test="platform:gnome-shell">
<p>For general information on displaying reminders, please see <link href="help:gnome-help/shell-notifications">the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p>
</if:when>
</if:choose>
</section>
<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>
<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>
</section>
</page>
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