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Using StarSchedule

In this hour you'll learn how to use the StarSchedule features of StarOffice. StarSchedule is new to StarOffice 5. It enables you to track to-do lists and calendar events, and integrate those events and tasks with others on your network to schedule meetings, share ideas, and so forth.

To make full use of the features of StarSchedule, you need to have other users using StarOffice on your network. If you're a single user on StarOffice, however, you can still use the task lists and calendar to track your own time.

In the sections that follow, you'll learn how StarSchedule tools are organized, and how to work with the task list, events calendar, and address book.

How StarSchedule is Organized

To use StarSchedule, you'll work within two different screens of information: the Events screen and the Tasks screen. You can view either of these screens by either double-clicking on the Events or Tasks icon on the StarOffice Desktop, or selecting Events or Tasks within the StarSchedule folder of the Explorer.

As with many of the Internet features in StarOffice, you must use the icons in the Explorer to set some options for Events and Tasks. For that reason, the Explorer is used for the examples. Using the Desktop icon and leaving the Explorer closed leaves you more space for the events or tasks, of course.

StarSchedule also works with servers and users on your network. You can select other computers on the network and view the calendar schedule for users on that computer. You must have permission, and you can only view public events, however.

All the StarSchedule components are shown in Figure 24.1 as they appear in the Explorer. You can right-click on any of these components to set various options, as the sections that follow describe. In particular, the Properties item on the pop-up menus open a dialog box where you can review how that component is set up.

Figure 24.1
StarSchedule components are best accessed from the Explorer, where you can right-click on an item to see a pop-up menu of options.

Tip - If you right-click on the Events or Tasks icon on the StarOffice desktop, the pop-up menu you see refers to the link to Events or Tasks, and not to the actual component of StarSchedule. That's why the Explorer is being used for the examples.


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