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Setting Alarm Reminders for Events

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Last Updated: February 19, 2009 9:08 AM

You can set an alarm to remind yourself of scheduled Calendar events. Reminders display in a popup window when you are logged on to Calendar, and reminders can be sent as an email message or text message to your phone.

To Set an Alarm Reminder for an Event

  1. Log in to your Calendar account.
  2. From the Go to list, select the calendar that contains the event you want to add an alarm to.
  3. Click the name of the event.
  4. Click the Reminders tab.
  5. In the Event Reminders box, specify how many minutes, hours, days, or weeks before the event that you want to send a reminder. For example, if you want to send a reminder an hour before the event, type 1, and then select Hour from the list.
  6. In the before event to field, enter the email address you want to send the reminder to.
  7. Click Add.
  8. To specify which format you want to use to send the reminder, from the Format list, select the format.
  9. Continue completing the fields as you want. For more information about scheduling events, see Scheduling Events Using All Fields and Lists.
  10. Click OK.