Create a new event

When multiple calendars are available, follow these steps:

1.Click the  button located to the right of the calendar name in the upper line of the event creation window, the list of available calendars will open.

2.In the list that opens, select the calendar in which you want to create a new event:

Creating an event on behalf of another person

If you have access to other users' calendars with calendar editing permissions, you can create an event on behalf of another person.

To do this, proceed as follows:

1.Click the button located to the right of the calendar name in the top line of the event creation window.

2.From the drop-down list, select the user's calendar in which the event will be created.

Notifications to email addresses of attendees will be sent on behalf of the event organizer. The user who created the event on behalf of the calendar owner will be given the option to confirm or decline their participation.

Enter the name of the event in the appropriate field, briefly describe the event and specify the location where the event will take place.

When you open the event creation window, it displays the automatically assigned start and end date and time of the event (in the line below the title). The event end date is the same as the event start date by default. If necessary, you can modify this data.

To edit the date or time, left-click the value and select a different value in the drop-down window. If the event will take up the entire workday, you can check the All Day box.

Recurring event

To create a recurring event, do the following:

1.When editing the date and time of an event, check the Recurring box. A line with the event recurrence settings will open.

2.Specify the desired values of the event recurrence parameters.

3.If the repetition rate field is set to Other, a window for selecting additional parameters will open. It is necessary to specify the required parameter values and click the OK button. The window will close. The event recurrence parameters will be set.

The following points should be kept in mind when you are working with the dates of an event:

1.If the event is created for one day (the start date is the same as the event end date), the All day box is checked and the end date has not been changed, then when you change the event start date, the end date will automatically change and become the same is the start date.

For example, an event was created with a start date and an end date of July 24, the All day box was checked. The start date is changed to July 25: the end date will automatically change to July 25. The start date is changed to July 23: the end date automatically changes to July 23.

2.If an event is will last for several days, that is, the end date of the event was changed at least once, the All day box is unchecked, then when you change the start date of the event, the set duration of the event will remain, the end date will automatically change. Changing the end date of the event will not affect the start date, but will change the duration of the event.

For example, an event was created with a start date and an end date of July 24 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The end date is changed to July 26 (the duration of the event is now 2 days and 1 hour). The start date is changed to July 27. Then the end date will automatically change to July 29, the duration of the event will remain the same. The end date is changed to July 28. Then the start date has not changed (July 27), the duration of the event has decreased.

3.If an event is created for several days, that is, the end date of the event is changed at least once, and the All Day box is checked, then when the end date of the event is changed, the set duration of the event is saved and if the start date is changed, the end date of the event is automatically changed. Changing the end date of an event will not affect the start date, but the duration of the event will change.

For example, an event was created with a start date and an end date of July 24, the All day box was checked. The end date has been changed to July 26 (the event duration is now 3 days). The start date changed to July 26: the end date will automatically change to July 28, duration of the event will remain the same. The end date has been changed to July 27, the start date has not changed (July 26), the duration of the event has decreased.

You can specify event attendees on the Details and Schedule tabs.

There are two types of event attendees:

•Attendee: An attendee whose presence at the event is required.

•Optional attendee: An attendee whose presence at the event is optional.

To specify required/optional attendees of the event, on the Details tab in the Attendees/Optional attendees fields, enter the email addresses of the attendees (either manually or by selecting from the drop-down list that appears when you enter the first characters in the field). In the drop-down list, the participants already added to the fields are displayed in pale font, with no option to reselect them.

You can also paste a list of addresses that you copied to the clipboard when viewing an email, another event, or a group of contacts.

If a group (mailing groups) is/are selected as an attendee/optional attendee, there is a button  Expand group in the name bar of this attendee:

When you click this button, the list of members of this group is displayed. If necessary, you can delete some of the addresses from the event attendees. To collapse a group, click  Collapse group.

To view the availability of invited attendees click the Schedule tab. This tab displays information about the attendees availability by hours for the selected date and provides an opportunity to change the event time taking into account the attendees availability.

To change the attendee type (required/optional), drag the attendee with the mouse from one line to another. You can also change the attendee type on the Schedule tab.

Attendees with external mailbox email addresses may be invited to the event. After entering the external email address, press Enter or Space on the keyboard.

To remove an attendee from the list of the invited, click the button in the line of his/her name.

You can select event resources (meeting rooms, Zoom conferences) from the Details and Schedule tabs.

You can use the following methods to select resources on the Details tab:

1.Selection of the Resources field from the drop-down list.

2.Automatic search for resources available at the designated time of the event (Find resources button).

To select resources from the Resources field list, proceed as follows:

1.Left-click the Resources field, a drop-down list of resources will open. Resources available at the scheduled time of the event are marked in the list with a green dot, those not available are marked with a red dot. If the availability of a resource could not be determined for any reason, it is marked with a gray dot.

2.Select the desired resource in the list by left-clicking. To simplify the selection, you can enter several consecutive characters from the name or address of the resource into the field. The list will change to include only those resources whose name or address contains the character sequence entered in the field. Once selected, the list will close and the selected resource will be added to the field.

3.If you need to add more than one resource, repeat the selection procedure.

Enter data in the Description field on the Details tab, summarizing the details of the event.

If necessary, you can add a link to a web page, invitees will see a hyperlink to the specified URL in the description.

If a Zoom conference is selected as the resource for the event, when you save the event, a link to connect to that conference will automatically be added to the description.

To attach a file, click Attach file. Select the location from which you want to upload the file (From computer, From cloud, Upload to cloud and attach) in the drop-down menu.

All further actions are described in detail in the section describing how to add an attachment to an email. The total size of attachments should not exceed 10 MB. Files attached to the event or a link to a file in the Cloud will be displayed in the Details tab:

If the attachment was added as a link, event attendees who use the email client's desktop application will receive a link to the file's Cloud storage as an attachment in the email.

The attachment can be deleted by clicking the  button.

For all created events, an event reminder is automatically set 5 minutes before the start of the event.

To change the reminder time, left-click the field with the reminder time and select another time from the list that opens.

To set additional notifications, do the following:

1.In the window of event creation, on the Details tab, click Set Reminder. The reminder settings bar will appear.

2.Left-click the field with the reminder type and select the required value from the drop-down list.

3.Left-click the field with the reminder time and select the required time from the drop-down list.

To delete a reminder, click the button located to the right of the reminder bar.

The event organizer automatically receives meeting confirmation/rejection notifications from event attendees. To disable notifications, go to the More options tab and check the Turn off the email response notifications box.

If necessary, you can specify the parameters of your availability (busy or free) on the More options tab.

To close the event creation window (at any stage of event creation), you can perform any of the actions:

•In the event creation window, click  Close.

•Left-click anywhere outside the new event creation window.

A warning about unsaved changes will open, where you must select one of the actions:

•Do not save: The event creation window will be closed automatically, the changes will not be saved.

•Save: The event parameters will be saved, the window will be closed, the event will appear in the workspace of the calendar in the cell with the corresponding date. To continue editing the event, click on it in the calendar grid with the left mouse button.

•Cancel: Return to the window of event creation or editing.

When you finish entering the data, click Create and select the necessary variant of notification of invited attendees:

•Send: Event attendees are automatically notified when a new event is created.

•Do not send: Disable sending notifications about the event to attendees email addresses.

•Cancel: Return to the event creation form.

The event time and language in the invitation email to participants from the Colleagues address book (users with internal email addresses) are specified according to the recipients settings.

The created event will be displayed in the calendar, in the cell with the corresponding date, with the organizer's sign , and will be highlighted in the color of the calendar in which the event was created. Before saving an event, make sure it is being created in the right calendar. A recurring event will be marked in the calendar with the icon.

Sometimes after clicking Create, the following message may appear:

This means that by the time you click Create, some of the resources selected for the event have been booked for other events. Click one of the following buttons:

•Find other resources: Return to the event creation window and select other resources.

•Continue: Finish creating the event despite the resource being busy. The event will be created and the organizer will receive a resource occupancy notification in an automatically generated booking results email.