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One of the truly great timesavers in Calendar is the Repeat feature. It enables you to set up a single event and then get Calendar to automatically repeat it at a regular interval. For example, if your team dance party occurs every Friday at 5:00, you can set up that event for the next Friday and then tell Calendar to automatically repeat it every Friday at the same time. You can continue repeating events indefinitely or end them on a specific date. Repeat after me: The repeat feature is both handy and dandy!

Here are the steps to follow to set up a repeating event:

1 Navigate to the date on which the event occurs.

2 Switch to either Day view or Week view.

3 Select the time you want to set aside for the event:If the event is an hour long: Use the Events area to click the time when the event begins.For all other event durations: Use the Events area to move the mouse pointer to the start time of the event, and then click-and-drag the mouse pointer down until you reach the end time for the event.

4 Use the Add Title text box to type a title that describes your event.

5 If the event's start or end date or time is incorrect, click the info you want to change and then click the correct date or time.

6 Use the Location text box to specify the location for the event.

7 Use the Add Description text box at the bottom of the dialog box to enter a summary of the event.

8 Click More Options — the button to the left of the Save button.Calendar displays all the event details.

9 Click the Doesn't Repeat value to open the list of repeat intervals.The items in the list you see vary, depending on the date of your event. Figure 3-8 shows an example.FIGURE 3-8: Calendar offers several default repeat intervals.

10 Click the item that corresponds to the repeat interval you want to use.If none of the default intervals is quite right, or if you want to specify when the recurrence ends, click Custom to open the Custom Recurrence dialog box, shown in Figure 3-9. Begin by specifying the Repeat Every X Units options, where X is how often you want the event to repeat and Units is one of the following:X Days: The number of days between each occurrence of the event.X Weeks: The number of weeks between each occurrence of the event. Use the Repeat On control to click the day of the week on which you want the event to recur.X Months: The number of months between each occurrence of the event. Use the Monthly On Day list (which appears only after you select Months in the list) to select the day of the month on which you want the event to recur.X Years: The number of years between each occurrence of the event.Use the controls in the Ends section to specify when you want the repeating to stop. Select the Never radio button to keep repeating the event until the end of time; select the On radio button to specify the last date of the recurrence; or select the After radio button to specify the total number of repeats you want. Click Done when you're, you know, done.

11 Click Save.Calendar adds the event and all its repeats to the Events area.

FIGURE 3-9: Use the Custom Recurrence dialog box to set up a repeat interval that works for you.