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Tips and Tricks in Sundial

Tips and Tricks in Sundial.  http://calendar.stanford.edu http://sundial.stanford.edu May 2005. Overview of the Sundial Website. Quick Start Guide: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-quickstart.html Frequently Asked Questions: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-faq.html

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Tips and Tricks in Sundial

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  1. Tips and Tricks in Sundial http://calendar.stanford.edu http://sundial.stanford.edu May 2005

  2. Overview of the Sundial Website • Quick Start Guide:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-quickstart.html • Frequently Asked Questions: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-faq.html • Troubleshooting:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-troubleshooting.html • Tips and Techniques:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-tips.html • Palm Synching:http://calendar.stanford.edu/1st-palm-sync.html • Requesting Groups and Resources :http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-naming-conv.html • Sundial vs. Meeting Maker: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-vs-meetingmaker.html This handout accompanies classroom instruction provided by the ITSS Technology Training Services group at Stanford University.While it is not intended as a stand-alone tutorial, it may be helpful for review of materials taught in the course.

  3. Quick Start Guide:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-quickstart.html • Signing In • Setting Access Rights • Scheduling (allowing others to invite you to meetings) • Viewing (allowing others to view your entries) • Designate (allowing others to act on your behalf) • Creating and Responding to Meetings • For yourself or as a designate • Inviting other users • Inviting Resources (conference rooms, projectors, etc.) • Creating Repeating Meetings • Using the Suggest Date/Time function • Groups • Creating a group • Creating a group meeting • Printing • Other Sundial features • Daily Notes • Day Events • Tasks • Searching in Sundial • Accessing Sundial on the web: http://sundial.stanford.edu

  4. Frequently Asked Questions:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-faq.html • Access Rights • How do I set viewing rights for someone? • How do I set a designate? • Why can't people invite me to meetings? • Using Sundial • How do I get a Sundial account? • The Off-Line Agenda • How do I work as a designate? • How do I act as a designate for someone else? • Why don't my searches show everyone? • How can I let other users access my address book? • How do I manage Resources? • Can I hide information for just one meeting? • Can I make the details of a meeting available to just one person? • How do I reset my Off-Line password? • Why can't I find someone in Sundial? • Why does Sundial keep asking for my (Off-Line) password? • Why can't I import vCalendar/iCalendar data files? • How can I schedule a repeating meeting with no end date?

  5. Frequently Asked Questions (cont.):http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-faq.html • Connecting to and Accessing Sundial • How do I access my Sundial agenda from the Web? • What's the difference between the desktop and web clients? • Why can't I access Sundial off-campus via the desktop client? • Why do I keep losing my connection to Sundial server? • What do I do if I can't connect to Sundial when I have VPN running? • Options and Preferences • How do I get "refused" (Red) meetings off of my calendar? • Why doesn't Sundial remember my window layouts? • How do I disable the In-Tray window? • Why don't I receive meeting notifications via email? • Sundial on the Web • Why can't I access the file attached to my meeting? • Synching and Palm Questions • How is the "Date Range" used in Oracle sync date book conduit? • Why can't I synch my palm to Palm Desktop or Meeting Maker any more? • Why doesn't my Sundial address book synch to palm on Mac? • How do I synch my palm to Sundial? • Why can't I choose which conduits get installed? • Other Questions • I recently upgraded my Mac to Panther, why doesn't Sundial work any more?

  6. Troubleshooting:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-troubleshooting.htmlTroubleshooting:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-troubleshooting.html • Error message: "Module:<SignInController.cpp>, Label: 1300, Service error:#0x1a602". • Error message: "The server could not be reached, make sure you have entered the name properly". • Error message: "The connection to your host has been lost. This session will be terminated. • Cannot log on to Sundial. The desk top application keeps asking for a password and there is no place to enter it. • When I try to open another agenda even if I have access rights to it, the agenda screen is blank. • When looking up someone elses calendar in Sundial, it shows that he is available but when I talk to his admin, her calendar shows he is booked. They don't match and we did refresh our screens. • After installing Sundial, error message says that there is no connection to the server. • When you sync Sundial with a PDA, your meetings on your PDA come through as + and + -. This means the meeting is confirmed or partially confirmed. Is there any way to turn that off so it does not show up on the PDA? • I must enter my password to retrieve Sundial on my desktop. • Error message: "You do not have the right to invite the following people and/or resource". • Error message:"The currently off-line agenda belongs to someone else. Please select another location for your off-line agenda." • Mac OS X with Safari: Can login to Sundial, but cannot create meetings or other events. • Error message: "Incorrect password".

  7. Tips and Techniques:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-tips.html • Searching for Group Schedule Calendars • Using Group Schedule Calendars • Searching for Resource Calendars • Using Resource Calendars • Additional tips: • Refreshing the calendar: Ctrl+R (Command+R) • Enabling Automatic Sign-in:Tools>Manage Connections>Enable Automatic Sign-in

  8. Palm Synching:http://calendar.stanford.edu/1st-palm-sync.html • Windows Palm users: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-palm-windows-instructions.html • Windows Pocket PC users: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-pocketpc-instructions.html • Macintosh Palm users: http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-palm-macosx-instructions.html • Palm Sync Matrix (troubleshooting Palm issues)

  9. Requesting Groups and Resources:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-naming-conv.html • Tips for using Group and Resource calendars • How should people use group calendars? • How should people reserve resources? • Naming Conventions for Resource calendars • Naming Conventions for Group Calendars

  10. Meeting Maker Calendar Messages Proxy Activity Banner To-do Preference Private Flexible Publishable User defined contact list User defined groups Address Book Sundial Agenda In-tray Designate Meeting Daily Note Task Option Personal (No Sundial equivalent) Public Address Book Private Group Private Group Sundial vs. Meeting Maker:http://calendar.stanford.edu/sundial-vs-meetingmaker.html

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