![]() Your tasks from SkedPal will be scheduled in this calendar. Once you connect your Google calendar to SkedPal, you’ll see a new calendar named ‘SkedPal’ on the list of calendars in Google. Remember, that you can’t have the same activity as both a fixed time block on your Google calendar and a task in SkedPal. However, if your activity does not occur at a fixed time, you’re better off removing your time block from Google calendar and adding this task to SkedPal for more flexible scheduling. For example, if you’re going to a weekly community activity every Saturday from 10 AM to 12 PM, keep this as a recurring weekly time block on your Google calendar. You won’t need to add these as tasks to SkedPal. If the activity for which you’re blocking time is at fixed times, then keep them as time blocks in Google calendar. Time Blocks – You need to think about using time blocks on your Google calendar when starting to use SkedPal.You will be able to select which Time Maps will be affected by holidays. You can use this calendar to avoid scheduling tasks on holidays. Holidays – Google offers standard holiday calendars such as United States Holidays.Subscribed or Imported Calendars – Currently these calendars are not supposed in SkedPal integration.So, during the Google Calendar connection process, make sure you select the right calendars. If you do decide to connect shared calendars, their busy times will also be your busy times, and SkedPal will avoid scheduling tasks over those busy times. Shared Calendars – If others in your work or family/friends are sharing their calendars with you, you’ll see the option to select those calendars for syncing with SkedPal.A pop-up will open, and you will see the switch. To turn off the “Sidelined” switch, simply click on the all-day event on the SkedPal calendar. ![]() However, since many people are not aware of this FREE/BUSY status of all-day events, SkedPal always syncs all-day events as “Sidelined.” Therefore, if a synced all-day event is an actual event such as a holiday, you must manually turn off the “Sidelined” switch to indicate that it is a full-day busy event. ![]() In most cases, actual events are marked as “Busy” and reminders are marked as “Free” in the calendar. Actual events are events that take up the entire day, such as a day off from work or a holiday. Reminders are events that are meant to notify you of something, such as a birthday or a trip. All-day events – All-day events can be either reminders or actual events.Fixed Appointments – If you’re using your Google calendar to book meetings with others, SkedPal will read your busy times to avoid scheduling tasks over them.But, before connecting your Google calendar to SkedPal, let’s review what you have on your Google calendar: SkedPal needs to be aware of your busy times according to your Google calendar so it won’t schedule tasks when you’re in a meeting. ![]()
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