# CalEventer Help

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## Preferences

CalEventer Preferences has three tabs: General, Fonts, and Output. Click on any of those from this list to jump to that section:

- General Tab
- Fonts Tab
- Output Tab

### General Tab

The top item allows you to set the default interval between the Begin and End dates (located on the Date(s) Tab). The value indicates number of months, calculated from the Begin Date. You can only use whole numbers at this time, and a maximum interval of 48 months. (Four years [48 months] is the maximum Calendar search range determined by Apple, not by me.)

The second item is a checkbox that instructs CalEventer to always reset the checkboxes on the Weekdays Tab when the application terminates. If the box is unchecked, then any weekdays unchecked when you quit will remain unchecked upon your next launch.

The third portion allows you to select the format of the Date for your Output by displaying the Date Styles that are in your System Preferences. If you are unsure how to modify those, simply launch your System Preferences App, and select Language and Region:

From there, you select Advanced, and then click on the Dates tab to get this view:

You can now format your Dates any way you choose.

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### Fonts Tab

The Fonts window is devoted to designating how you would like your Event Data to appear in the Event Preview Window (In the Event Preview Window, each Date has one or more Events listed underneath, and you can select a different font, font size, and font color for both your Date and your Event Information.).

This Preferences section relies heavily upon your own Font Book, and how your fonts are organized therein. (See especially the section entitled: Organize fonts as collections in the Font Book link.)

In the Available Fonts box, you use the top popup menu to select a particular collection of fonts from your Font Book:

Once you have chosen a collection, you use the second popup menu to pick a particular font from that collection:

Whenever you choose a font, the sample text window shows what the font looks like. You can also change the font size and see that change reflected in the sample window:

When you have a font and size you like, click either of the Update Date Font or Update Details Font buttons, and you can then select the color for each by clicking on their individual color wells:

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### Output Tab

The third tab gives you the options to define the Event listing data for each Event for a particular date. The default format is to list the Event Title, the time (or All Day status) of the Event, and the Event Location, all on one line. You can adjust the information to suit your needs by clicking the buttons for Default, Ignore All Day (or No Location), or even to ignore all information for time, location, or both. Any changes you make are updated to the Event Preview Window immediately.

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