here are some tips and tricks to use in
google calendar
use the clickable sections below to skip
through different parts of this tutorial
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if you set up an event that you can no
longer go to you may want to change the
ownership of it to someone else
click on the event in your calendar and
then select the three dots icon
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from the drop down menu click on change
owner
type in the name or email of the person
you want to own it
and then click change owner to confirm
add-ons are great for using google
calendar to its full potential
click on the plus sign on the right-hand
side of your calendar
a window will appear listing popular
add-ons
click on the app you want to add
once it's installed you can click done
to complete
when creating a new calendar event we
can now click on the zoom app on the
right
hand side and incorporate zoom meetings
into our calendar invites
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first under my calendars on the left
hand side
make sure there's a check mark next to
your birthday's calendar
now go to contacts.google.com and select
contacts from the left hand side click
create a contact and then create a
contact again from the drop-down
a pop-up window will appear type the
name of the person whose birthday it is
and other details if you wish click show
more
and scroll down to find birthday
add their date of birth and then click
save
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back in google calendar refresh your web
page
and you'll see the birthday appear in
your calendar
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first make sure you're on the month or
week in your calendar that you want to
print
click on the settings icon and select
print from the drop down
a print preview window will appear
you can amend the date range you want to
print here
to change your font size click on the
drop down here
to change your printout from landscape
to portrait click on orientation
click the check box by show events you
have declined
to include events you are not attending
in your printout
to keep your printout to only black and
white use the check mark here
click print to complete
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you can use the built-in tasks app for
google calendar
to add a to-do list on the right-hand
side
select the blue circle icon a google
tasks window will appear
to add a to-do click add a task
type the description and then click the
pencil icon to add more details
you can allocate your tasks to a certain
day or add subtasks here
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click back and your task will have been
saved already
once you've completed a task you can
check mark it in the window
to view your to-do lists in your
calendar make sure your tasks calendar
is selected
under my calendars remember you can only
use this function on your desktop
when using google calendar on a mobile
device you won't be able to see your
to-do lists
as you'll need to use the separate
google tasks app
add time zones to your google calendar
to help manage the scheduling of your
events
in different places around the world
click on the settings icon and select
settings from the drop down
scroll down to find time zone and click
to add a check mark
next to display secondary time zone
from the second drop down scroll through
to find the time zone you want to add
give it a label to help identify where
the time zone is for
go back to your calendar and you'll see
the time zone you added on the left hand
side
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you don't have to always scroll
endlessly to find a specific date in
google calendar
to go straight to a specific day in your
calendar
type g on your keyboard and a pop-up
will appear
type in the date and then click go
you'll be taken straight to that day
to go back to the current date press g
again
and it'll automatically have today's
date on the pop-up menu
click go and you'll be back to your
current date
create a public calendar so that anyone
can view it or add it to their own
calendars
go to the settings icon and then
settings from the drop down
on the left hand side select add
calendar
and then create new calendar below
give the calendar a name and description
and click
create calendar to complete you'll now
see your calendar appear on the left
hand side
under my calendars hover your cursor
over the calendar name
and then select the three dots icon next
to it
click on settings and sharing
scroll down to find access permissions
and click to add a check mark next to
make available to public
click ok to confirm and your calendar
will now be available to the public
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