Working with Calendar

In this topic, learn how to use your voice to:

Create and delete events
Change your view
Search your calendars
Back up your calendars

These commands are available when using Apple Calendar. Use menu walking commands to access other Calendar features. For example, say Click View menu, then Click Make Text Bigger.

To create a new event

Say Create new event.

To delete an event

Select the event you want to delete.
Say Delete selection.

To search Calendar

Say Put focus in Find field to search your events.
Say Scroll up / down to move between search results.

To refresh your calendars

Say Refresh all calendars.

To back up the selected calendar

Say Access back up window.

Adjusting your calendar view

To change the time period shown

Say Switch to <period> view.

You can view the calendar by:

Day
Week
Month

To move to a different date

Say Go to next / previous <period>.

You can navigate to a new:

Day
Week
Month
Year

Say Go to today.
Say Go to date to open a pop-up menu where you can select a specific date to view.

To show or hide all-day events on your calendar

Say Show / Hide all-day events.

To show or hide events on a specific calendar

Select the calendar in the Calendar List.
Say Show events on this Calendar.

Showing and hiding windows

Say Show calendar to show the main Calendar window.
Say Bring all windows to front to bring all open Calendar windows to the front.

To show or hide Calendar panels

Say Show / Hide Notifications.
Say Show / Hide Address Panel.

To toggle Zoom view for the current window

Say Zoom this window.