生活可能很忙碌。当您个人的工作、娱乐和家庭(play and family)世界融合在一起时，您可能会遇到重叠的约会、聚会和活动的混乱时间表，如果没有帮助，这些时间表可能无法跟踪。Windows 8 通过名为Calendar(Calendar)的捆绑应用程序为您提供所需的帮助。这个新应用程序使您能够跟踪所有各种参与，甚至会为您提供警报和电子邮件，以提醒您即将发生的事情。花一些时间来熟悉这个应用程序，你会发现它非常值得你花时间。
如何启动Windows 8的日历应用程序(Calendar App)
要启动Calendar，您需要进入“开始(Start)”屏幕。有多种方法可以做到这一点，本文概述了所有这些方法：访问开始屏幕的(Start Screen)七种(Seven)方法。
处理完这些后，请寻找上面显示的亮紫色瓷砖(purple tile)。单击或点击此图块将启动日历(Calendar)。
如何使用日历的动态磁贴
当您第一次开始使用Windows 8时，您的日历(Calendar)磁贴将是静态且无聊的，只显示应用程序的名称和图标(name and icon)。要解决此问题，请右键单击或长按磁贴，然后单击(tile and click)或点击“打开实时磁贴”。("Tun live tile on.")
这启用了显示日期以及您需要记住的任何即将发生的事件的动态磁贴。
要了解有关在Windows 8中使用磁贴的更多信息，请阅读本教程：Windows 8简介：磁(Tiles)贴是什么？
如何导航Windows 8 日历应用程序(Calendar App)
启动日历后，您会发现它与您期望的一样。默认视图(default view)显示当前月份并突出显示当前日期。
要浏览日历(Calendar)，您有几个选项。您可以滚动鼠标滚轮(mouse wheel)、在屏幕上滑动手指或单击/点击屏幕左上角和右上角显示的箭头。
当您在未来或过去(future or past)导航时，您总是希望回到现在。无需缓慢地向后滚动时间，只需右键单击或从屏幕底部向上滑动即可打开菜单，然后单击(menu and click)或点击今天。(Today.)
如果您对日历应用程序的(Calendar)默认月份视图(default month view)不满意，您可以按照上一步中的说明打开菜单，然后从窗口的左下角选择一个备用视图。
周(Week)视图为一周中的每一天显示一列，为一天中的每个小时显示单独的行。
日(Day)视图显示标记为今天、明天等的列，其中包含一天中每个小时的行。这些列比周视图(week view)中的更宽，因为一次只显示三个。
如何在日历应用程序中配置事件(Calendar App)
现在您可以进入日历(Calendar) 应用程序并四处导航(app and navigate)，您需要开始安排约会。毕竟，这就是这个应用程序的全部意义所在。要创建事件，请导航到相关日期，然后单击(question and click)或点击日历上的方块。您也可以右键单击或从屏幕底部向上滑动，然后单击(screen and click)或点击“新建”("New")按钮。
新的活动窗口(event window)提供了输入有关活动的所有重要信息的字段。输入日期、时间、持续时间和地点。接下来，通过单击或点击“添加标题”为您的活动添加标题。("Add a title.")这将是主日历(Calendar)窗口中显示的内容。选择“添加消息”("Add a message")以输入任何附加信息。如果活动是定期约会，或者您想安排提醒，请单击或点击(click or tap) “显示更多”。("Show more.")
您现在可以使用提供的下拉菜单来配置重复事件的发生频率、何时向自己发送提醒、在日历(Calendar)上显示什么状态，您甚至可以向事件中的其他参与者发送邀请。您可以在提供的空间中输入他们的电子邮件地址，或者单击或点击"+"以打开“人(People)脉”应用并从中选择联系人。
配置事件后，您可以单击或点击窗口右上角的“保存”按钮。("Save")它上面有一个软盘图标(disk icon)，百合对年轻一代来说意义不大。如果您想放弃您的活动而不将其发布到您的日历中，您可以单击或点击“X”以取消。
如果您创建了一个活动并且它被取消或推迟，您可以导航到它并单击或点击其标题。更改所需信息并单击(information and click)或点击“保存”("Save")或单击或点击“垃圾箱(Trash)”按钮以删除事件。
如何将Windows 8(Sync Windows 8)的日历应用程序(Calendar App)与其他帐户同步
启动一个新的日历(Calendar)应用程序可能有点烦人。如果您已经在另一个帐户（例如Google、Outlook 或 Hotmail(Outlook or Hotmail) ）中安排了您的生日、假期和紧迫的约会，您只需与该其他帐户同步并将该信息自动填充到Windows 8 日历(Calendar)中。
为此，请打开Charms，单击或点击(click or tap) “设置”("Settings")，然后点击“帐户”。("Accounts.")您会发现帐户列表中已经填充了您与Mail应用程序、People应用程序或Messaging应用程序同步的所有帐户。要了解同步邮件(Mail)帐户，请查看这篇文章：Windows 8 简介：如何(How)使用邮件应用程序(Mail App)的完整指南(Complete Guide)
要同步未列出的帐户，请从列表底部选择“添加帐户” 。("Add an account")
从提供的列表中为您的帐户选择提供商。
输入您的帐户信息，然后单击(account information and click)或点击“连接”。日历("Connect." Calendar)将配置帐户，并在几秒钟后同步您的条目。
如何自定义您的日历
现在您可能有多个日历(Calendar)事件来源，您可以选择对它们进行颜色编码，如下所示。
您可以为每个附加帐户选择一种颜色，甚至可以为某些类型的事件选择颜色。为此，请打开Charms并单击或点击“设置”。("Settings.")从那里，选择“选项”。("Options.")
选项菜单显示您在(Options)日历(Calendar)应用程序中连接的每个帐户。如果您不想查看任何帐户的事件，您可以将其滑块拉到左侧以隐藏其条目。您还可以单击或点按每个帐户或事件类型(account or event type)下的下拉列表，然后选择要显示的颜色。完成后单击(Click)或点击返回(Back)箭头以返回日历(Calendar)视图。
如何自定义日历通知(Calendar Notifications)
到目前为止，您已经知道如何使用日历(Calendar)来安排活动，但您需要确保配置通知，以便知道它们何时出现。日历(Calendar)能够在屏幕的右上角发送通知。以及在锁定屏幕上(lock screen)。
要了解如何验证这些通知的设置，请查看这篇文章：Windows 8 简介：如何配置应用程序通知(Configure App Notifications)。
结论
现在您已经熟悉了日历(Calendar)的使用，您可以使用此应用程序来帮助您控制繁忙的日程安排。它将在您的所有 Windows 8 设备上同步您的帐户和约会，确保无论您是在家还是在旅途中，您都知道自己必须做什么以及何时做。阅读本教程后，您应该熟悉此应用程序的功能。
有关其他Windows 8应用程序的更多有趣指南，请查看下面推荐的教程。
Introducing Windows 8: The Complete Guide to the Calendar App
Life can be hectic. As your individual worlds of work, plaу and family comе together you can be left with a jumbled schedule of overlapping appointments, parties and events that can be impossіble to keep track of without hеlp. Windows 8 offerѕ you the help you'll need with the bundled app named Calendar. This new app gives you the ability to keep track of all of your various engagements and will even provide you with alerts and emails to remind you of what's to come. Take a few moments to acquaint yourself with this app, you'll find it's well worth your time.
How to Launch Windows 8's Calendar App
To launch Calendar, you'll need to get to the Start screen. There are a number of ways to do this, all of which are outlined in this article: Seven Ways to Access the Start Screen.
Once you've got that taken care of, look for the bright purple tile shown above. Clicking or tapping this tile will launch Calendar.
How to Use the Calendar's Live Tile
When you first begin using Windows 8, your Calendar tile will be static and boring, displaying nothing but the app's name and icon. To fix this, right-click or long-touch the tile and click or tap "Tun live tile on."
This enables a dynamic tile that displays the date as well as any upcoming events you need to remember.
To learn more about working with tiles in Windows 8, read this tutorial: Introducing Windows 8: What are the Tiles?
How to Navigate the Windows 8 Calendar App
Once you've launched the calendar you'll find it to be about what you'd expect. The default view shows the current month with the current day highlighted.
To navigate through the Calendar you have a few options. You can scroll the mouse wheel, slide your finger across the screen or click/tap the arrows displayed at the top left and right corners of the screen.
As you navigate around the future or past, you'll invariably wish to return to the present day. Rather than slowly scrolling back through time, simply right-click or swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open a menu and click or tap Today.
If you aren't pleased with the default month view of the Calendar app, you can open the menu as described in the previous step and select an alternate view from the bottom-left corner of the window.
The Week view displays a column for each day of the week and individual rows for each hour of the day.
The Day view displays columns marked today, tomorrow and so on with rows for each hour in the day. The columns are wider than in the week view as only three are displayed at a time.
How to Configure Events in the Calendar App
Now that you can get into the Calendar app and navigate around, you'll need to start scheduling appointments. That is, after all, the whole point of this application. To create an event, navigate to the day in question and click or tap on its square on the calendar. You can also right-click or swipe up from the bottom of the screen and click or tap the "New" button.
The new event window provides fields to input all of the important information about your event. Enter a date, a time, a duration and a location. Next, add a title for your event by clicking or tapping "Add a title." This will be what is displayed in the main Calendar window. Select "Add a message" to enter any additional information. If the event is a recurring appointment or if you want to schedule reminders, click or tap "Show more."
You can now use the drop-down menus provided to configure how often a recurring event will take place, when to send yourself a reminder, what status to display on your Calendar and you can even send invitations to other participants in the event. You can enter their email addresses in the space provided or click or tap the "+" to open the People app and select contacts from there.
Once your event is configured, you can click or tap the "Save" button on the top-right corner of the window. It has a floppy disk icon on it, which lily means little to the younger generation. If you wish to discard your event without posting it to your calendar you can click or tap the "X" to cancel.
If you've created an event and it's cancelled or postponed, you can navigate to it and click or tap its title. Either change the required information and click or tap "Save" or click or tap the Trash button to delete the event.
How to Sync Windows 8's Calendar App with Other Accounts
Starting up with a new Calendar application can be a bit of an annoyance. If you've already got your birthdays, holidays and pressing engagements scheduled in another account, such as Google, Outlook or Hotmail, you can just sync with that other account and automatically populate that information into Windows 8 Calendar.
To do this, open the Charms, click or tap "Settings" and then "Accounts." You'll find that the accounts list is already populated with any accounts you've synced with the Mail app, the People app or the Messaging app. To learn about syncing Mail accounts, check out this article: Introducing Windows 8: The Complete Guide on How to Use the Mail App
To sync an account not listed, select "Add an account" from the bottom of the list.
Select the provider for your account from the list provided.
Enter your account information and click or tap "Connect." Calendar will configure the account and, after a few seconds, will sync your entries.
How to Customize your Calendar
Now that you potentially have multiple sources for your Calendar events, you can choose to color code them as you see below.
You can select a color for each attached account and can even choose colors for certain types of events. To do this, open the Charms and click or tap "Settings." From there, select "Options."
The Options menu displays each account you have connected in the Calendar app. If there are any accounts you don't wish to view events for, you can pull their sliders to the left to hide their entries. You can also click or tap the drop-down lists under each account or event type and select a color to display for them. Click or tap the Back arrow when you're finished to return to the Calendar view.
How to Customize Calendar Notifications
By now you know how to use Calendar to schedule events, but you'll need to be sure to configure notifications so that you know when they're coming up. Calendar is capable of throwing notifications on the top-right corner of your screen. As well as on the lock screen.
To learn how to verify your settings for these notifications, please take a look at this article: Introducing Windows 8: How to Configure App Notifications.
Conclusion
Now that you're knowledgeable in the use of Calendar, you can use this app to help maintain control of your busy schedule. It will sync your accounts and appointments across all of your Windows 8 devices ensuring that whether you're at home, or out on the go, you'll know what you have to do and when. After reading this tutorial you should be comfortable with the functions of this app.
For more interesting guides on other Windows 8 apps, check the tutorials recommended below.
