Kplan [Calendar-planner-organizer]

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Replying to my own post: it's okay, but missing some key features, the
biggest one, in my view, the inability to set recurring appointments. I
can't use it.
 
I don't like the fact that the "Help" isn't in English....there is an English version
but I can't get it to
work from within the program. It's in French!

But here is a site with some calendar programs (calendar creator NOW free... maybe a
limited time)
perhaps one of these will suit your needs....

http://www.dirfile.com/freeware/calendar.htm

Helen

I'm downloading it right now.
 
When I found that you needed a certain screen resolution in order to have it
work correctly, I actually stopped the dowload, no sense in trying it. I
use the lowest resolution possible since my vision is so bad.
 
Helen said:
But here is a site with some calendar programs (calendar creator NOW
free... maybe a limited time)
perhaps one of these will suit your needs....

http://www.dirfile.com/freeware/calendar.htm
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I use the UK calendar
http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/

I use it in english but set to german holidays, because in Sweden we
have most holidays in common with the german calendar.

There are problems with almanacs in an international environment.
The religious holiday are different in different countries, and what is
more important, the working days may not follow the religious holidays.

What I really need in an almanac is to know if tomorrow is a working
day or not.
Can I sleep late tomorrow or do I have to go to work or school?

In my country as well as many others the working days for each year is
decided in a negotiation between the workers unions and the employer
association, and the government.

The first day of May is the workers day in many countries and a
workfree day, but it doesn't show up among the religious holidays.

In my country we recently decided to make june 6 to our national
holiday, and a workfree day. But to compensate we made a religious
holiday day into a working day.

So a calendar program must show which days are working days and which
are free days. It might show religious events, moon phases and other
stuff too, but the working days is the most important.

The week number is also used a lot, so the calendar must have that too.

The standard features, writing memo's or diary entries on days and
times, with or without alarm, and a task list, are also useful, of
course.
 
Roger Johansson said:
I use the UK calendar
http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/

I use it in english but set to german holidays, because in Sweden we
have most holidays in common with the german calendar.

There are problems with almanacs in an international environment.
The religious holiday are different in different countries, and what is
more important, the working days may not follow the religious holidays.

What I really need in an almanac is to know if tomorrow is a working
day or not.
Can I sleep late tomorrow or do I have to go to work or school?

In my country as well as many others the working days for each year is
decided in a negotiation between the workers unions and the employer
association, and the government.

The first day of May is the workers day in many countries and a
workfree day, but it doesn't show up among the religious holidays.

In my country we recently decided to make june 6 to our national
holiday, and a workfree day. But to compensate we made a religious
holiday day into a working day.

So a calendar program must show which days are working days and which
are free days. It might show religious events, moon phases and other
stuff too, but the working days is the most important.

The week number is also used a lot, so the calendar must have that too.

The standard features, writing memo's or diary entries on days and
times, with or without alarm, and a task list, are also useful, of
course.
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Thanks Roger. I'll check it out, but the one above I mentioned (the free version) is
VERY simple and plain. Just right click for a small drop down box, select Edit and
type in whatever you want tofor that date. I think it integrates with Office..for
the
fancier things...example: one can color the entire desktop a color of choice with
the month written in huge letters....I ran through them...and didn't like them...I
selected
the smaller white blocks for days, plain calendar with black type (again the color can
be different)... They have a BUY IT version...which of course has more options....BUT
the only thing I don't like about the FREE one is that the blocks for each day are so
small.....but it's easy to use and does the job. If you don't want the calendar in
the
lower right corner (default location), unclick Auto...choose Manual and then you can
move it wherever you want it on the desktop.

I'll try the one you mentioned. I would like just a simple monthly calendar for the
desktop with HUGE (or larger daily blocks) than the one above allows. I'm off to
go check out the one you mentioned.

Thanks.

Helen
 
I use it in english but set to german holidays, because in Sweden we
have most holidays in common with the german calendar.

There are problems with almanacs in an international environment.
The religious holiday are different in different countries, and what is
more important, the working days may not follow the religious holidays.
Click to expand...

I use Calendar Magic

Features of Calendar Magic include:

* Full year and individual month Gregorian, Afghan, Armenian, Baha'i,
Bangla, Chinese, Coptic, Egyptian, Ethiopic, French Revolutionary, Hebrew,
Hindu Lunisolar (3 variants), Hindu Solar, Indian National, Islamic Civil,
Julian, Revised Julian, Parsi Fasli, Parsi Kadmi, Parsi Shenshai, Persian
(2 variants), Sikh Nanakshahi and Vietnamese calendars. A user option is
provided to choose between displaying/printing calendars showing each week
starting on a Monday (in line with the ISO 8601 international standard), on
a Sunday for North American users, or on a Saturday for Middle East users.

* Alternative Gregorian "planning calendars".

* A month-by-month, side-by-side comparison of any two of the 23
calendar systems listed above. The display remains synchronised as you
change day, month and year values in either calendar system being viewed.
Again, users may choose between displaying each month with weeks starting
on a Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

* Date conversions among the 23 calendar systems listed above, plus
conversions to Balinese Pawukon, Thai solar, old Hindu Solar, old Hindu
Lunisolar and Mayan date formats. Julian day value, day of week and day of
year information is also displayed. For Gregorian dates, many other facts
are displayed, such as modified Julian day value, Lilian day value and Rata
Die day value, and year related information including Roman numeral form,
Dominical Letter(s), Dionysian Period, Julian Period, Golden Number, Solar
Number, Roman Indiction and Epact. Various special days are also recognised
(e.g. Halloween), as are modern Olympic years, Commonwealth Games years,
European Athletics Championship years, and World Athletic Championship
years.

* Lists of Western Christian festivals, Eastern Orthodox festivals,
Hebrew festivals and Islamic festivals for any (Gregorian) year. In
addition, Hindu festivals may be listed for any year in the range 2000 to
2043, Baha'i festivals from 1845 onwards, Buddhist and Chinese festivals
from 1645 to 3000, and Sikh Nanakshahi festivals from 1999 onwards.

* "Observed Days" for any year from 1990 for over 230 countries and
dependencies worldwide.

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm

--
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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I use Calendar Magic
Features of Calendar Magic include:
* Full year and individual month Gregorian, Afghan, Armenian,
Baha'i, Bangla, Chinese, Coptic, Egyptian, Ethiopic, French
http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
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But not a word about working days. How do you know when a day is a
working day or a free day?

Calendar Magic will not help you with that.
It is a program for religious people who are interested in the
religious holidays.
 
But not a word about working days. How do you know when a day is a
working day or a free day?

Calendar Magic will not help you with that.
It is a program for religious people who are interested in the
religious holidays.
Click to expand...

You could always drop the author a line and explain your needs. He
seems very willing to add features.
 
But not a word about working days. How do you know when a day is a
working day or a free day?
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In the US, by checking the list of _observed days_. Which won't give
complete information -- but no calendar for the US would do that. There is
no general agreement between _all_ employers and _all_ employees.

At least, I interpret what you say as meaning that in Sweden and Germany
all employees of the national government, local governments, private
companies, cooperatives, and nonprofit organizations get exactly the same
days off. If that's not what you meant, please clarify.

Calendar Magic will not help you with that.
It is a program for religious people who are interested in the
religious holidays.
Click to expand...

Then please explain why I -- not a member of any religion, not a believer
in any religion -- find it useful.


--
Dan Goodman
Journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood/
Clutterers Anonymous unofficial community
http://www.livejournal.com/community/clutterers_anon/
Decluttering http://decluttering.blogspot.com
Predictions and Politics http://dsgood.blogspot.com
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
 
Dan Goodman wrote:

(talking about Calendar Magic and calendars and PIM's in general)
At least, I interpret what you say as meaning that in Sweden and
Germany all employees of the national government, local governments,
private companies, cooperatives, and nonprofit organizations get
exactly the same days off. If that's not what you meant, please
clarify.
Click to expand...

Yes, the working days are determined in negotiations between the
workers unions, the employers, the government, (and the church are also
interested in defending their old holidays).

This negotiation creates a calendar which is correct for 90% of all
workers. (Some branches and special groups have their own schedules.)
The regular shops are open during these regular working days.
Schools use the regular calendar as a starting point, and add special
holidays for schools.

The supermarkets where you buy food and toilet paper, etc.. are open
practically every day of the year in my country.

If I want to buy something which is not available at the supermarket I
need a calendar which tells me when the regular shops are open, and
which days they are closed.

Every country needs an official calendar, which shows when to go to
work, when to open the shop, when to go to school, etc.. Most countries
have a system for this. In some countries the government decides, in
other countries it is left to the majority religion to set the
holidays, in modern industrialized countries there is a negotiation.

(and other curiousity facts, like "how many days have I lived?")

It is a curiousity program, not a practical calendar for regular use.
Then please explain why I -- not a member of any religion, not a
believer in any religion -- find it useful.
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If you explain what purpose you find it useful for I can explain why
you find it useful. :-)

I think the calculator is usable, but there are better calculators
around, and as a calendar it is useless for me.

The idea of a PIM is good, but can often be realized better with a few
special programs instead of only one program.

The calendar is the biggest problem because every country needs its own
calendar. And the religious calendar is not enough, we need the
negotiated calendar which shows when to work, when to open the shops,
when authorities and offices are supposed to be open, which days are
regular working days and which are free.
 
Dan Goodman wrote:

(talking about Calendar Magic and calendars and PIM's in general)



Yes, the working days are determined in negotiations between the
workers unions, the employers, the government, (and the church are also
interested in defending their old holidays).

This negotiation creates a calendar which is correct for 90% of all
workers. (Some branches and special groups have their own schedules.)
The regular shops are open during these regular working days.
Schools use the regular calendar as a starting point, and add special
holidays for schools.

The supermarkets where you buy food and toilet paper, etc.. are open
practically every day of the year in my country.

If I want to buy something which is not available at the supermarket I
need a calendar which tells me when the regular shops are open, and
which days they are closed.

Every country needs an official calendar, which shows when to go to
work, when to open the shop, when to go to school, etc..
Click to expand...

The US gets along quite nicely without one. There are Federal holidays,
which the Federal government and most other employers observe. There are
state holidays, which that state's government and most other employers
observe. Christmas and Easter are usually observed by almost all
employers.

But otherwise, businesses set their own days and times if the laws allow.
If the laws require them to be closed on certain days and at certain times,
they can still close at other times -- and they may figure out ways to get
around the laws.

This is one area in which lack of central control doesn't seem to do any
harm.
Most countries have a system for this. In some countries the government
decides, in other countries it is left to the majority religion to set
the holidays, in modern industrialized countries there is a negotiation.

(and other curiousity facts, like "how many days have I lived?")

It is a curiousity program, not a practical calendar for regular use.


If you explain what purpose you find it useful for I can explain why
you find it useful. :-)
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To begin with, I find it quite useful as a practical calendar for everyday
use.

I also find it useful for writing stories set in the future.
The calendar is the biggest problem because every country needs its own
calendar. And the religious calendar is not enough, we need the
negotiated calendar which shows when to work, when to open the shops,
when authorities and offices are supposed to be open, which days are
regular working days and which are free.
Click to expand...

And that's something which doesn't work for the US. It could be marginally
useful if it contained such information for the area controlled by each and
every local government.

--
Dan Goodman
Journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood/
Clutterers Anonymous unofficial community
http://www.livejournal.com/community/clutterers_anon/
Decluttering http://decluttering.blogspot.com
Predictions and Politics http://dsgood.blogspot.com
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
 
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