<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" xmlns:if="http://projectmallard.org/if/1.0/" type="topic" id="calendar-alarms-and-reminders" xml:lang="en-GB"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#calendar"/> <revision pkgversion="3.28.2" version="0.5" date="2018-07-10" status="draft"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/config-prefs-cal.html.en#CACHCGCI --> </credit> <include xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> <desc>Setting up reminder notifications for appointments.</desc> </info> <title>Reminders for appointments</title> <section id="general-settings"> <title>General Settings</title> <p>Under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui> <gui>Calendar and Tasks</gui><gui>Reminders</gui></guiseq> you can select those calendars for which you want to receive reminder notifications. If you do not select a calendar, you will not receive reminders for any events in this calendar. You can also define whether to show a reminder for every appointment and for every birthday and anniversary.</p> <if:choose> <if:when test="platform:gnome-shell"> <p>For general information on displaying reminders, please see <link xref="help:gnome-help/shell-notifications" href="https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-notifications"> the GNOME Desktop Help</link>.</p> </if:when> </if:choose> </section> <section id="manual-reminders"> <title>Manual Reminders</title> <p>Apart from the general settings you can also set up reminders in the appointment editor for certain appointments only:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Click <guiseq><gui>Options</gui><gui>Reminders</gui></guiseq> or press the Reminder button in the toolbar.</p> </item> <item> <p>From the dropdown menu, choose either one of the available default options when to show a notification reminder, or choose <gui>Custom</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>In case of <gui>Custom</gui>, the reminder can be a popup, a sound played, a program ran, or an email sent. You can also define whether the reminder should be repeated.</p> </item> </steps> <note style="info"> <!-- bug 794085 --> <p>The <gui>Send an Email</gui> option is only available if the calendar backend supports such functionality.</p> </note> </section> </page>