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How to Organize an
Event Using Google
Calendar
Sid Macatol

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Why Google
Calendar?

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Because there are

more people with email
addresses than those
who are in Facebook

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Don’t get me wrong.

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I suggest you organize

an event in Facebook
AND
in Google Calendar

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Go to your Gmail Account

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Click Calendar

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These are your view options

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Default is Week View

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This is the Day View

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This is the Month View

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This is the 4 Days View

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This is the Agenda View

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Click Settings

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Click Calendar settings

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time zone right

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Click ‘Back to calendar’

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Let’s organize a
Barbecue at your home
on Dec 26, 2010 at 3pm

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Go to Month View

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Click on December 26

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Type the details

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Then, click ‘Create Event’

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There’s Your Event

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Click on It

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Click ‘Edit event details’

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Refine the time

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Add some description

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friends here

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in the list here

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delete an address

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 Indicate permissions for your 31

guests here

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see the guest list only

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Click “Save”

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 Click “Send” to inform your 34

guests

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This is the email that your
guests receive

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They can click ‘Yes’ or
‘Maybe’ or ‘No’

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when he clicks “Yes”

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 This is what you’ll see in your 38

Event details

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You can use it to invite

anyone with an email
address

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Cool scheduler, isn’t it?

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It’s yours for FREE

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Sid Macatol

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