[Twayne[_2_]]

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the great scott the great typed:
I want a calendar that shows : today's date, day of week and
appointments. I want to use it as my homepage, so I see it first
thing in the morning and don't forget what I need to do. Since
retirement My days get mixed up.

I think the suggestion to go to Google for that is a good one. Yahoo also
has a similar thing you can use. They're free so all you have to do is sign
up for them. Then of course, you can make them public to let other people
see them if you wish. Or not.

There are a number of 3rd party programs that will also do what you want.
You could try a google search on PIM or personal informaiton
manager and see what comes up. Beware sites you've never heard of;
stay with mainstream names if you can, or even ask here for suggestions
about what other people use.

If what you want is something more private and it doesn't have to be onthe
internet, then Outlook, which is part of Microsoft Office, has all you want
and more. Assuming you have Outlook installed, that is. I like it because
it'll notify you of things x days or hours in advance of an appt, in
addition to the actual appt. The Journal is quite handy too.

In my case I use Outlook's (not Outlook Express; different) calendar,
journal and notes system along with the various calendar displays as my
boot-page.

If you'd like something fast and less obtrusive, there is a program called
Kana Reminder that I use to keep track of meetings and medication schedules,
doctor appts, client appts, etc. etc. etc.. It's most useful and requires
the least work with recurring appts but it works fine for future dates or
even setting something for x hours from "now". I even replaced the standard
alert notifications with voice messages stating precise details that go
along with the date/time programmed.
Kana Reminder can be downloaded from:
http://www.kanasolution.com/index.php?fid=11&pid=2
It's free, fast, very small memory use, and lots of other functions.
IT'll even run programs at startup and shut down for you. You can pop it up
when windows starts or any time you want. It is NOT a calendar display
though; if you need that, one of the other solutions would be better. Mine
loads when windows starts, but I don't see anything of it until something
comes due.

HTH,

Twayne



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