I'm afraid it's a case of keep playing to get familiar. I've done a search 
in vain before too!

Top tip is that it relies on US English I think, so I seem to get better 
results when I say Meet Jed for coffee on March 22nd as opposed to 22 March.

It's limited, and I can't get it to update location, or reminders, or 
repeats. It's really just a quick add for a simple thing.

I suggest downloading Quick Cal (App Store) which really makes for a 
natural experience and are both brilliant. A hot key calls up a window and 
you can enter things REALLY naturally and it updates your preferred iCal 
calendar eg meet Jed for a coffee 10am next Friday at Starbucks.... voila! 
You can even enter Reminders from it too!

Good luck 

On Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:01:58 PM UTC, Jason Davies wrote:
>
> I've got Lion with iCal and Quickcal. I've just wasted half an hour 
> discovering that 'natural' entry is anything but if it's not 'movie at 
> 7pm tonight'
>
> Does anyone have a crib sheet for ideal syntax? What I keep finding is 
> that when an event is more than one word (eg the name of an academic 
> paper, which is *never* one word, barely one sentence usually) and the 
> location is complex (eg 'room G22/26 senate house', it doesn't stand a 
> chance. googling just gets me lots of 'wow this does natural diary 
> entry' without any specifics and FAQs just send me round in a circle or 
> inform me that if I register at yet another forum...
>
> cribsheet anyone? template for adding these things?
>
>
>

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