Creating events
It's very easy to create a new Google Calendar event. Just click this button:
Then you'll see this screen:
If you want to create a repeating event, check the "Repeat..." box and you'll get a pop-up with these options:
For example, I could create a test event and set it to recur every weekday:
My calendar would then look like this:
Click here to get help with creating and deleting events from Google's help center.
Creating calendars
If you want to create separate calendars for various aspects of your heavily-scheduled life, click the arrow to the right of "My calendars" and then click "Create new calendar."
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Managing events
To edit an event, you can either double-click on it or click it once and click "Edit event »".
For example, if I wanted to move this event to my second calendar, I would edit the event and find the "Calendar" field.
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Click here to get help with editing events from Google's help center.
Managing calendars
Each calendar can have its own color so that events in different calendars are visually distinct on your screen. To change a calendar's color or its other settings, hover over the name of the calendar under "My calendars" and click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the calendar name.
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