Working with calendar settings

You can view the calendar per day, work week, week or month. You can also view multiple calendars and update other calendar settings.

Changing your calendar view

You can customize the calendar layout and view appointments by day, work week, week or month.

To change the calendar view

1. On the Amazon WorkMail Web App toolbar, click the calendar icon.
2. In the navigation panel, click Day, Workweek, Week or Month.

Change calendar settings

Change the default settings for the calendar.

1. Click Settings (the gear icon) in the menu bar.
2. In the navigation panel, click Calendar.
3. In the content area, update the settings as needed.

Viewing multiple calendars

You can open multiple calendars in a single overview. Open the calendars side by side or overlapping to display the calendars transparently on top of each other. By default, the calendars are opened side by side.

To work with multiple calendars

1. On the Amazon WorkMail Web App toolbar, click the calendar icon.
2. Click Open other calendars at the bottom of the navigation pane.
3. In the Open other folders dialog box, click Name.
4. In the Address Book, select the owner of the calendar you want to open and click OK.
5. For Folder Type, select Calendar.
6. To view the subfolders of the shared calendar, click Show subfolders.
7. Click OK.
8. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for all the calendars you want to open.
9. Use the arrow buttons above the calendars to view the calendars overlapping.

Sharing calendars
You can share your calendar with other users and view calendars that have been shared with you.

Note
When you share a calendar with a user, you can read all the information contained in the calendar, including the marked items Private.



Sharing calendars with other users

To share your calendar and give another user permission to view your calendar.

1. Log in to the Amazon WorkMail web application.
2. Click the calendar icon in the navigation pane.
3. Under My calendars, open the context menu (right-click) for a calendar.
4. Select Properties.
5. Select Permissions.
6. In People with permissions, select Add.
7. Find and select the users you want to share your calendar with.
8. Select OK, then select OK again.

 

Open shared calendars

You can set permissions on your calendar and share them with other users. To open it.

1. On the Amazon WorkMail Web App toolbar, click the calendar icon.
2. Click Open other calendars at the bottom of the navigation pane.
3. In the Open other folders dialog box, click Name.
4. In the Address Book, select the owner of the calendar you want to open and click OK.
5. For Folder Type, select Calendar.
6. To view the subfolders of the shared calendar, click Show subfolders.
7. Click OK.

The shared calendar is now displayed in the navigation pane of the folder.


Note
Your open folders are stored in your Amazon WorkMail web application profile. The next time you log in to the Amazon WorkMail web application, the open folders will be displayed again.

If you receive the message "You have insufficient privileges to open this folder", contact the owner of the folder and ask them to grant you access.

To change the folder permissions, open the context menu (right mouse button) for the folder in the navigation pane and click Properties and then Permissions.