Exporting Calendar Events

>> To copy or send a copy of the calendar image

•Choose Copy/Send Image from the Export menu of the Calendar dialog

This invokes the Copy Image To dialog that allows you to select whether to send the currently displayed image to the clipboard, to a file, or to an email attachment, with various selectable options. See Copying, Publishing and Sending Graphics.

>> To send calendar events to MS Outlook

•Choose Send Calendar Events / To MS Outlook from the Export menu of the Calendar dialog.

This will display the MS Outlook Export Options dialog, giving you the ability to add or remove calendar entries in MS Outlook.

This feature allows you to label all Solar Fire's generated entries so that you can then easily remove them all later, without interfering with any other existing Outlook calendar entries. It is recommended that you use "Solar Fire" as the whole label name, or at least as the start of a longer label name, to reduce the risk of accidentally deleting entries which were not generated by Solar Fire.

Note: You can, if you wish, export more than one person's calendar events to Outlook. In that case, it is recommended that you append the chart name to the label before exporting, so that you can tell the entries apart in MS Outlook e.g. "Solar Fire - Sarah" and "Solar Fire - John". Doing this also allows you to remove just one person's entries (by using ""Solar Fire - John" in the delete dialog), or all entries at once (by using "Solar Fire" in the delete dialog.)

>> To delete existing calendar events from MS Outlook

1.Optionally edit the category label in the Existing Outlook Calendar Entries frame.

2.Click on the Remove button.

You will get a notification message telling you how many entries were deleted.

Note: This removes all entries that start with the given text, so entering "Solar Fire" will delete all entries for "Solar Fire - John" and "Solar Fire - Susan", for example.

>> To add the existing calendar events to MS Outlook

1.Optionally edit the category label above the Export button.

2.Click on the Export button.

Note: If you wish interpretation text to be included with each event, make sure you have switched on the Include Interpretations options in the Calendar Preferences dialog.

>> To export calendar events to another calendaring application

Either choose...

•From the Export menu of the "Calendar" dialog select Send Calendar Events, To iCalendar file.

or...

•From the Export menu of the "Calendar" dialog select Send Calendar Events, To vCalendar file.

You will be prompted to enter a filename and location to save the file to.

Once you have exported the data, you will need to import it into whatever application you wish to use it with, instructions for which you must obviously obtain from that application's own documentation.

iCalendar and vCalendar Formats

iCalendar is a standard for calendar data exchange, sometimes also referred to as "iCal". vCalendar was the precursor of the iCalendar exchange format. It is implemented and supported by many different calendaring applications, including Apple's iCal application, Facebook, Google Calendar, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Exchange, Mozilla Calendar, Windows Calendar, Microsoft Works Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and many others.