How to Use The iPhone Calendar Application

The iPhone comes with a Calendar software application that helps you organize your busy schedule at the palm of your hands. Here’s how to perform basic calendar functions.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• iPhone

1. According to the Apple website, iPhone Calendar can extract calendar events from Calendar programs on your computer. Calendar works with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, iCal, MobileMe, and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for Enterprise. This article will only focus on using iPhone Calendar by itself. Synchronizing this calendar with other calendars will lead to more steps.

2. 
   Calendar icon

   On the iPhone home screen, click on the Calendar icon, which shows the current day of the week and month. The Calendar screen will show up.

3. 
   Calendar screen

   In this example, the whole month of September is shown. The current day will also be highlighted in blue. Note that the dots on 7th, 11th, 15th, and 25th have dots. The dots denote events scheduled for that day. Note that the first event called “Test” is scheduled at 7:50 PM is listed at the bottom.

4. 
   Add event screen

   Tap on the blue button with the plus sign on the upper right. This will take you to the Add Event screen. Tap on the Title and Location area and you get the keyboard to type in the name of the occasion you want to schedule. Type in the location if needed. Click on the Done button on the upper right when finished.

5. 
   Start and end time

   Click on the Starts and Ends field. You will see the Starts and End screen. Use your fingers to dial a time. The default length of the event is an hour but you can click on Ends to dial another end time. If you tap “On” at the All-day area, the time goes away. This is used to note a general event like birthdays and holidays. Click Done when finished.

6. 
   Repeat event

   Select Repeat with your finger. You will get to the Repeat Event window. You have only 5 options as shown in the screen. It is None in this example and means the event will occur for the current day only. Click on Done.

7. 
   Alert event

   Tap on the Alert box. You will see options to remind you before an event occurs. An audible beep will sound only once. It is a very weak sound, even with the volume on the highest level. If you want to remind yourself of any event, use the iPhone Clock Alarm. The sound is much louder. In this example the alert is defaulted to None.

8. Select the Notes area and you will see a keyboard. You can enter any information here and it doesn’t have to be related to the event. In fact you can turn the calendar into a journal. Click Done to go back to the month screen.

9. 
   Two events

   The event will show up on the bottom of the month calendar. There are two events in this example. If there are many more, you can use your fingers to scroll up and down the list of events.

10. 
    Day calendar

    Click on the Day button on the bottom of the screen. Shown is an hourly list of events for the current day. In this example there is only one event “Wake up” at 7AM.

11. 
    Overlapping events

    You can add overlapping events. In this example, a 7:10 AM “Snooze” event was added. Note the "Wake up" event that was overlapped is still visible.

12. 
    List of monthly events

    Tap on the List button. It will take you to a list of every event for the month.

13. Use these steps to schedule any event in the present and in the future. You can even put information in the past. Tap on the left or right triangles next to the month and year and you can go to any month and year, past or future.

[romian1]

on 10/29/2009 wtom,
The work around is to use google calendar and add an event. Double click on that event and you can edit how it gets repeated. Make it repeat monthly and select what day of the week to repeat. Then sync the google calendar with iPhone calender.

[wtom]

on 10/28/2009 My complaint with the iphone calendar is that it will not let you schedule something for every third Wednesday or every second Monday of a month. This was easy with the old Palm Pilot. It is very frustrating.

[mvalora]

on 9/21/2009 Good instructions. Thanks!