How do iCal banners work?

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How do iCal banners work?

I use my monthly calendar almost exclusively. I prefer my events have a colored banner, but iCal doesn't always provide that. I have some entries that are bannered, but too many have simply a colored dot in front of them. I can't recall how I got some to be bannered while others did not. Sometimes I go to the weekly calendar and enter events there to get a more accurate time slot. That way, events show up in the order I want on the monthly. I don't know if doing so results in a bannered entry in the monthly.

What I'm asking is how to get all events in the monthly, bannered. And, is that even possible?

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 8:39 AM

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Answer 1

Ferd II

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Apr 16, 2012 10:15 AM in response to David Werner1

David,

A bannered event is an all day event:

While a non-bannered event is timed:

If you want to display the time in Month view make sure to click on "Show event times" in iCal>Preferences...>General.

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Answer 2

Apr 16, 2012 10:31 AM in response to Ferd II

Thanks, Ferd, for that. I got your answer, which I don't like, but as Johnny Cash sang, "I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way." : ) Tip re: showing times is good. I imagine most people go w/ the daily or weekly calendars, while I, retired, have a much less crowded schedule. I know you can't answer this, but I don't understand the necessity to divide all-day events from time events. At any rate, thanks.

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Answer 3

Apr 16, 2012 8:43 AM in response to David Werner1

I'm not asking so much as to how to ensure a bannered entry when I create it. I'm asking more on how to make an unbannered entry in the monthly, bannered.

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