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What Are Calendar Layers?

Calendar layers provide a way to organize your events into meaningful and manageable groups. Think of layers as something similar to a file system except that you can see your events all at once, a few at a time, or one at a time.

Let’s say that the following is a typical month for you. Wow! Seriously, how do you manage?

A crowded, overwhelming calendar

These events cover personal interests, work, your child’s events, family, and celebration dates. Look what happens when you group these events into their own calendar layers.

A busy calendar made manageable with layers.

Easier on the eye? Yes. But more importantly, you can hide and show layers so that you easily see what’s important at the moment. Want to see Sam’s events only? No problem, just show the Sam calendar layer.

One layer shown of several.

 

What’s Next: Ready to start using layers?

This tutorial shows you how to:

To add events to a layer, take a look at Adding Events to Other Calendars.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Event: an upcoming activity that you enter in your Yahoo! Calendar, such as a birthday or doctor’s appointment.