Events Spanning Multiple Days

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Events Spanning Multiple Days

I'm converting to iCal from another application I've used for years. Does iCal support any way to insert and display a line, banner, bar, etc. accross multiple days in the Month View so that I can display the fact that I'm on the road or on vacation, etc. for the days covered by the line, banner, bar, etc?

I would be happy to provide a picture of what the application I've been using does to support this need.

PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) iCal v2.0.4 (1055)

Posted on Jan 2, 2007 8:37 AM

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Answer 1

Ferd II

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Jan 2, 2007 8:06 PM in response to Regal909

Regal909,

Make sure that you have the "all-day" check mark activated in the "Info" Window of the multiple day event.

This is what my iCal shows for Little Rock when I use the procedure which I posted earlier.

;~)

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Ferd II

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Jan 2, 2007 8:59 PM in response to Regal909

Regal909,

You are welcome.

You can accomplish this task in the Month view, but the drag/expand function is not activated. Just make sure that you open the "Info" Window, check the "all-day" selection, and then fill in the appropriate start/end dates in the from/to fields.

I uploaded a " Grab" shot of the iCal selection to Photobucket, copied the link address provided by Photobucket and placed it inside this HTML tag: {img src="xxx"}. You will need to replace { } with and replace the xxx inside the quotes with a file name provided by Photobucket.

Good Luck.

;~)

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Answer 3

Ferd II

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Jan 2, 2007 11:48 AM in response to Regal909

Regal909,

Is this what you are looking for? Creating an all-day or multi-day event:

You can create an event that lasts one or more complete days (for example, for a vacation), or an event that spans multiple days with different start and end times.

To create an all-day event, make sure you're in Day or Week view, then double-click in the white area at the top of the iCal window (just below the date). If you want your all-day event to last multiple days, drag a corner of the event across the days in the main calendar view (or type the end date in the Info drawer).

To create a multi-day event, make sure you're in Day or Week view, then drag from the start time to the end time of the event (you can drag across multiple days). You can also type the start and end dates and times in the event's Info drawer.

All-day events are shown across the top of the day in the main calendar view.   

Tip: You can also make any event an all-day event by selecting the "all-day event" checkbox in the event's Info drawer.

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Regal909 Author

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Jan 2, 2007 7:14 PM in response to Ferd II

Ferd II, thanks for the pointer. Doesn't quite do what I'm looking for.

I tend to view my calendar in month view the vast majority of the time. I went into week view and dragged a multi-day event across two days. When I switched back into month view, the event only showed up in the first day of the multi-day event. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong?

Ideally, I would like to be able to insert (draw) a banner or ribbon of some type that appears at the bottom of the boxes that represent each day (in month view) of the multi-day commitment and have some text appear in the banner/ribbon that describes the commitment.

Example: I'm going on a business trip to Little Rock Sunday evening, returning on Tuesday late afternoon. I would like to see a banner/ribbon starting in Sunday and ending in Tuesday that says "Little Rock" inside it. I wish I could post a picture/image here to show exactly what I'm looking for.

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Regal909 Author

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Jan 2, 2007 8:30 PM in response to Ferd II

Ferd II...
Bingo, you're the best. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
Is there any way to get this done without leaving month view?

Oh, and how did you succeed in pasting the picture into the discussion text?

Thanks....

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