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Figure 2.3
In Figure 2.3, I have created an appointment from 9:00 AM on January 1 for one hour. I
have created another appointment at 9:30 AM on January 2 for an hour as well. The
displayed text may be edited by clicking the appointment. It will become editable after a
small delay. You may type directly into the appointment when it is editable. It you wish
to edit more properties of an appointment, you may double-click on it and the default
properties window will be displayed. Again, this is configurable and may be toggled off if
desired.
Moving Appointments
Now that we have two appointments on the schedule we may need to move them. The
whole purpose behind an electronic schedule is that maintenance should be easy. On
paper you would need to erase the old appointment, then pencil it back in at a new date
and time. The process is far easier now. Grab the appointment by clicking it with the left
mouse button. While the button is pressed drag the appointment to another position. As
it is being dragged, an outline will be drawn to show you exactly where the appointment
will be dropped. It you move the mouse close to any margin, the schedule will scroll in
that direction. This ensures that if you want to move an appointment to a position that is
not currently on the screen, you can still get there by scrolling. When the appointment is
dropped, you will be prompted to confirm the move. This functionality may also be
overridden if desired.
Now that you know how to move an appointment, it is a good time to describe another
very similar action: copy. Moving is a common occurrence for any schedule; however
there are times you may want to copy an appointment as well. If you hold the <CTRL>
key while moving the mouse, the icon will have a small plus sign next to it. This
indicates that you are coping not moving an appointment. When the appointment is
dropped, the original appointment does not change. There will be one more
appointment on the schedule than before the drag. This feature might be used to add a
follow-up for the same person, with all of the same information. For example if John Doe
came in for an exam this week and he needed to come back for another exam next
week, you could copy his appointment to next week. Now all of the information is the
same and you do not need to retype any of it.
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