Hello Margaret, I am running the latest version of Mac OS 10.7 (Lion). I have set iCal up to only have a single calendar and have checked the box saying "show event times" in calendar preferences. I use the view by month. I can use the Tab key to move forwards through calendar entries in chronological order and Shift+Tab to move backwards in chronological order (that only works correctly if you only have a single calendar). I avoid all day events as these are shown out of sequence using the tab key. Instead I show the all day event as starting at 07:00 and ending at 23:00. I also avoid having a separate birthdays calendar for the same reason. At the end of the month I press command+right_arrow to got to the next month.
The easiest way to add an iCal event is to press command+n to create a new event and then type something like.... Dinner with Ken 23 February 19:30 to 23:30 and then press Enter. This will bring up a short dialogue with one line titled "event details" and a line "delete" and a line "done". If its just a simple one off event just move the Vo cursor to the "done" button and press that button. If its complicated like a repeating event interact with "event details" and enter the repeat pattern. then stop interacting with "event details" and press the "done" button as above. iCal works very nicely for me this way and is very easy to use. I have several complicated repeating events like one which alternates between the second tuesday of one month and the second Wednesday of the next month. I can tell you how to do this if it is not obvious. I use iCloud to replicate with the calendar on my iPhone. On my iPhone I use the list view which then shows the events in chronological order. Hope this helps. Please get back to me if you need more. Best wishes.... Paul Hopewell <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
