Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-06 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, In defence of Jenny, let me say this, in many, not all but many cases at least on the IPhone, there simply is no built in help or documentation for the program one is working with, at least that's my experience. I have seen a lot of cases, though i can't think of any at the moment where

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, No doubt your post has much good advice. But I think you should read the thread from the beginning before choosing sides in who was rude and why. Its hard enough to judge intent with just the written word without cheating yourself of reading the entire thread to get the context. etc.

Moderator note -was- Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-06 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi all, first off, this is not targeted toward anyone of you. Please let's close this thread now. If people would like to offer real assistance without social disagreement on manners and such, then please do feel free to start a new topic and keep it informational. Remember, this list is not

Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Jenny Keller
I need to know what those lists like friends and family, and stuff are for. I don't understand all that stuff, though I did learn how to delete a reminder. I have a list of reminders and all of them are coming up though I thought I had other reminders. I don't see any old ones though.

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Scott Howell
Have you tried reading the help files? THey contain a lot of information and there is also Google. You really expect someone to produce a step-by-step tutorial on iCal just for you? No offense, but it seems to me that you have not researched the questions very thoroughly on your own and just

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Jenny Keller
If I knew where to look for that information I wouldn't inconvenience anyone with my question. As far as wanting to be spoon fed, I can't help if I've tried to learn things by pod casts and it completely overwhelms me and I end up more frustrated and confused than I started out. If that's the

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Scott Howell
FIrst let me tell you lady I am anything but lazy and I think a lot of people have made a considerable amount of effort to help you on this list. You know Jenny with that damned attitude you cannot possibly expect help. FOr the love of God can't you at least indicate that you tried to find the

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I do believe that this is getting a little bit out of hand here. Jenny, My best advice to you is this. The best way to learn to use any app is to just jump in and make use of it and be willing to make a mistake a time or two. How else you gonna learn anything about it? My best advice for

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You know, Scot, I agree with most all your points; but, I really do believe we could do without the emotional aspect of this. It ain't helpin' anybody. I guess maybe she'll either catch on or not. Some do, some don't. As for me, I ain't never goin' back to windows ever. Sincerely, The

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Jenny Keller
thank you, I don't need, or want your attitude, or help at all. I think the moderator should see this and I intend to nake sure he does. Jenny On May 5, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Scott Howell wrote: FIrst let me tell you lady I am anything but lazy and I think a lot of people have made a

RE: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Daniel Miller
someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast? thank you, I don't need, or want your attitude, or help at all. I think the moderator should see this and I intend to nake sure he does. Jenny On May 5, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Scott Howell wrote: FIrst let me tell you lady I am

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
I have worked in the Assistive Training field, and there is evidence that people have different ways of learning. I had some clients who needed their fingers placed on the keys in order to get the hang of a concept, and others who just asked me to leave them alone for half an hour while they

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Jenny Keller
Fine, since everyone else can ask questions and not be abused and berated on this list. I'll be happy to unsubscribe. As far as using some kind of help and trying the aps out, that's what I've tried to do and that's when I get stuck. If I knew of any help thing to look up things on I would.

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
Hi all, I'm not seeing the family and friends stuff that she's seeing. I wonder if this is a new feature in Lion. I do have delegates on the left hand side, as well as work or home calendars. I don't have any family or friend options. I'm guessing this is a new feature of iCal in 10.7. I'm

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
there are new components in iCal for OS X lion and some of which are a little on the unnecessary. I'm investigating this issue at present and will have some useful answers to all concerned in 24 hours. lew On 5 May 2012, at 22:04, Louie P. (Pete) Nalda wrote: Hi all, I'm not seeing the

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Scott Howell
Ray, you are correct. My anger is the fact that I'm being called lazy and I can't bother to lower myself to answer the question. So, could I have handled that better perhaps so; however, I do not regret what I said. So, I have nothing further to say on the issue. On May 5, 2012, at 4:29 PM,

Re: Ical question

2012-05-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
I mostly use the home calendar, since I'm at home most of the time. There are other items in the calendar list, such as Facebook, ICloud, Gmail, and Meetup. I think these were added when I added activities from these categories to ICal. I'm using Lion, and I still haven't come across Friends

Re: Ical question

2012-02-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Marc, To create a new event in iCal, press Cmd-n then type something like: Dental appointment on Friday March 2nd at 3:30 pm, then press Return. iCal will format the event for you and you can add bits or change things by navigating right to the scroll area, where you interact. Here

Re: Ical question

2012-02-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Set your calendar to view by day, that way you can see your events. I believe there is a table to the left of the calendar that has a list events. On Feb 26, 2012, at 10:10 PM, Marc Sutton wrote: Hi Kawal, No problem. I suspected you might be referring to the addressbook. It seems like

Re: Ical question

2012-02-27 Thread Marc Sutton
Thanks for this tip. I notice that working pretty well except that as i command-right-arrow through dates, if there is an event on a particular date, voiceover doesn't tell me that fact unless i move back to the events list. It would be nice if there were some indication. I wonder if there is

Re: Ical question

2012-02-27 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Anne, Thanks for your ical tips. Do you know of a quick way to get to the grid of dates? Once in add event mode things get a little unpredictable. Thanks. Marc On Feb 27, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Marc, To create a new event in iCal, press Cmd-n then type something

Re: Ical question

2012-02-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Marc, You can get to the first day in the grid by pressing VO-Cmd-x (go to next list). Cheers, Anne On 27 Feb 2012, at 20:33, Marc Sutton wrote: Hi Anne, Thanks for your ical tips. Do you know of a quick way to get to the grid of dates? Once in add event mode things get a little

Re: Ical question

2012-02-26 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Kawal, I don't find any tables in ical. I am just wondering what you mean vy contacts. Do you mean events? I am using ical under lion and there are dates listed but not in any table view. Thanks. Marc On Feb 25, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: I found that choice by accident when

Re: Ical question

2012-02-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Oh Mark, I just realise that I have been talking about the address book. Please forgive me for that as I must have been very tired when I wrote that first message and I had been in my address book yesterday and thought it was the calendar for no good reason. But yes, interact with the

Re: Ical question

2012-02-26 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Kawal, No problem. I suspected you might be referring to the addressbook. It seems like there is a lot of interacting necessary in order to browse a calendar. I will see if the iphone app is more efficient. On Feb 26, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Oh Mark, I just realise that

Re: Ical question

2012-02-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello Mark. I suggest if you are using the Ical on your mac, make sure your contacts are in table view then when you get to what entry you want to hear, stop interacting with that entry, go to the scroll area and interact twice and vo right arrow through that entry. That is how I do it. You

Re: Ical question

2012-02-25 Thread Marc Sutton
Hi Kiwal, I am wondering how you choose the table view in ical. There is no menu choice for this under view. Thanks. Marc On Feb 25, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Mark. I suggest if you are using the Ical on your mac, make sure your contacts are in table view then when

Re: Ical question

2012-02-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I found that choice by accident when doing VO right arrow once I got past the contacts table (not in the view menu) either. There is a list view or a table group, it's radio buttons. Just choose the table group. I had formatted my Mac prior to this so I don't know if that was the default.

Creating Calendars in iCal Question

2011-10-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: When I attempt to create a new Calendar, It just says untitled. I cannot create a title for my calendar. I cannot even edit it, just delete. I tried creating on my Mac, and under iCloud with no luck. Any thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Creating Calendars in iCal Question

2011-10-21 Thread Scott Howell
Sarai, I do not have any problems with creating and changing the names of calendars. Follow these steps: 1. Go to the menu/File/New Calendar (a submenu). 2. Choose where you want the calendar. 3. The popover appears and you need to interact with the calendar table. 4. Navigate to Column two and

Re: ICal question

2011-03-24 Thread Jes Smith
I figured it out. Turns out I had the show all day events box checked. Thanks for the help though. Jes On Mar 23, 2011, at 7:37 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Try command-1 for day view and perhaps this will help or command-2 for week view. hth Scott On Mar 23, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Jes Smith

Re: ICal question

2011-03-23 Thread Scott Howell
Try command-1 for day view and perhaps this will help or command-2 for week view. hth Scott On Mar 23, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Jes Smith wrote: Hi all, Something really strange is happening with ICal. Whenever I create an event and then scroll to the particular date on which that event falls, I

Re: ical question/problem

2011-02-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. Are you sure that the timezone is set for your location? 2. You could change the time in advance that you want to be notified. 3. You could (though I don't particularily recommend it) set up a notification that calls an APpleScript. That Apple Script could minumize all windows or use the say

Re: ical question

2010-12-30 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi there. I am not fully adept at customizing iCal myself at this point, but can work it well enough to make good use of it anyway. To create an event, just press command-n, and then press command-E to edit the new event. There, you can give it a title, location, date/time, set alarms, etc.

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-28 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi. In my office, I am the only Mac user. Everyone else uses Outlook running Windows to keep track of their appointments. Furthermore, they send out appointment notifications via e-mail that all of us are supposed to put into our work calendars. Is there an easy way for me to send them my

An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, When I create a new event in iCal, I cannot seem to locate the fields that determines how long the event will last. All I can see in the inspector is the date fields. What am I doing wrong? Thank you. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread Scott Howell
Mark, the only fields I am aware of is the start and end times for an event. Are you saying there should be a field that specifically states the event will be one hour or are you saying there is a field where you can indicate length of time versus a specific end time in hours/minutes? On Aug

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread Sarah Alawami
What happens when you interact with the date and time field and use vo and and down? Take care. On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:15 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Mark, the only fields I am aware of is the start and end times for an event. Are you saying there should be a field that specifically states the

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread Scott Howell
Sara I do not understand your question. If he is interacting with the date/time field, the values in the field change and VO will verbalize the information. If I understand Mark correctly, he wants to see some field/information that indicates the length of an event. If that is so, there is no

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hi, What I am saying is that I cannot find the Start and End time fields. Yes, I know this is hard to believe but, I swear, I cannot locate these fields. All I can find is the Start and Ending date fields. The steps I am taking to create a new event are: 1. From within iCal, while focused

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Scott, Thank you so much. Following your excellent instructions, I realize that I did not uncheck the All Day Checkbox. All is working perfectly, now. Thank you ever so much. Mark On Aug 19, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Mark, Follow these steps, I think it will help

Re: An iCal Question

2010-08-19 Thread Scott Howell
No problem Mark and I am not an iCal expert, but it does work incredibly well. I know some have seen old data hanging around and all of this can be configured via the preferences (command-comma). There may be a good book, but most of what I have learned came as a result of my desire to switch

Re: iCal question

2010-06-11 Thread Brett Campbell
You can VO left arrow one time from the canvas area, there you will hear calendar list. Interact with the list and you can check and uncheck the calendars you wish to view. Brett C. On Jun 11, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys: I've figured out how to create calendars,

Re: iCal question

2010-06-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
that check box didn't have a help tag.Thanks! On Jun 11, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Brett Campbell wrote: You can VO left arrow one time from the canvas area, there you will hear calendar list. Interact with the list and you can check and uncheck the calendars you wish to view. Brett C.