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  2. BlackBerry Work 3.17
  3. BlackBerry Work for Android User Guide
  4. Managing your calendar
  5. Add an event

Add an event

  1. To add an event, do one of the following:
    • From the home screen, long press the Work app. Tap
      New Meeting
      .
    • In the Calendar, tap The Add icon at the top of the screen.
    • In Day, Week, or Month view, tap the hour that you want an event to begin. Tap
      New event
      .
    • Use the Quick Create Tool in the
      BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher
      . For more information, see Use the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher.
  2. Tap the
    Event event name
     field and enter a name.
  3. Under
    Participants and resources
    , tap
    Required guests
     and begin typing the name of the first person that you want to invite from your contacts. Select one of the matches that are listed. To invite a person who is not a contact or from an external organization, type their email address.
  4. Tap
    Optional guests
     to add participants that are not required to attend.
  5. Tap
    Resources
     to enter telephone numbers, web conference URLs, and anything else necessary to support the event.
  6. Tap
    Starts
     and
    Ends
     to set or change the start and end dates.
  7. Tap the times that are displayed to set or change the start and end times.
  8. Tap
    View Schedules
     to drag the event to different times in the
    BlackBerry Work
     calendar and find the best time for added participants. The availability of participants is indicated by changes to the color of their avatar. Time zone information for the invitees also displays.
    Note
    : If a user makes an update to their time zone information in Microsoft Outlook for Mac, BlackBerry Work does not detect the change and the incorrect time zone might display for that user in calendar events.
  9. In the
    Suggested Time
     area, you can tap a time for your meeting.
  10. Turn on
    All day
     to schedule the event for the full day.
  11. Tap below
    Repetition
     to set or change the frequency of the event.
  12. Tap the
    Location
     field and enter a location.
  13. Tap the time zone to change it. Enter the host country and choose a time zone option.
  14. Turn on
    Add conference details
     to quickly add details to the meeting invitation. For information about setting up the conference details, see Change BlackBerry Work for Android settings.
  15. Turn on
    Create Teams meeting
     to host the event on
    Microsoft Teams
    .
    The Add conference details and Create Teams meeting options cannot be enabled at the same time. When one is turned on, the other will be turned off.
  16. Tap
    Reminders
     to set your personal alert interval.
  17. Tap
    Show me as
     and select from
    Busy
    ,
    Available
    , or
    Tentative
    .
  18. Tap
    Privacy
     and select
    Default
    ,
    Private
    , or
    Public
    . Default is the default setting for your work email account, either Private or Public. The setting you choose in
    BlackBerry Work
     overrides the default setting. Private means that only your contacts can see your presence information. Public means that everyone in your organization can see it.
  19. Turn on
    Allow New Time Proposal
     to allow meeting invitees to propose a new time for the meeting. Note that your administrator must enable this feature before you can use it.
  20. Tap
    Add attachments
     to add an attachment. You can take a picture, or add an existing file from the photo library or from Docs.
  21. Tap
    Classifications
     to add classifications, such as Internal or Confidential, to the event.
  22. Tap
    Caveats
     to add a caveat, such as Do not forward or Do not reply, to the event.
  23. Tap the
    Notes
     field to provide additional information or to add inline attachments.
  24. When you are done, tap
    Save
    .
The new event is added to your Calendar and invitations are sent to your invitees.