2 Time Saving Tips in Google Calendar

We all spend a lot of time using Google Calendar. I was surprised to learn a few new tricks that I didn't know existed!

Go to Date:

It is common to receive a list of meeting dates we need to attend for the school year or semester. It can be tedious to navigate to each date to enter the meeting on your calendar. Did you know you can type a 'g' (short for Go to Date), and a box will appear? Type in the date of the next event, click Go, and you are automatically taken to that date!

Search:

One of the things Google does best is search, so it shouldn't surprise me that you can search for events in Google Calendar. But, I didn't know that you could! Click the '/', and a search box appears at the top of your calendar. Enter search terms, and Google will show you all the events that meet your search criteria!

Enable Keyboard Shortcuts:

For these shortcuts to work, you need to enable Keyboard Shortcuts in your Google Calendar preferences. Click the Cog>Settings, scroll down and ensure you have enabled keyboard shortcuts.

Once enabled, if you click the '?' in Google Calendar, a list of available shortcut keys appears!

That's my tech tip for today!

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