Cozi Family Calendar gadget for Windows Sidebar

What is the Cozi Family Calendar gadget for Windows Sidebar?
Signing in and signing out
Viewing appointments
Adding appointments
Accessing other Cozi features
Using the gadget with other versions of Windows

What is the Cozi Family Calendar gadget for Windows Sidebar?

The Cozi Family Calendar gadget is a handy addition to your Windows Sidebar on Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7. It lets you view upcoming family appointments and quickly add new ones right from your desktop.

You can sign in to your Cozi account by clicking Sign In in the lower-right corner of the gadget. You can sign out by clicking Go to, then clicking Sign out on the menu that appears.

Viewing appointments

When the Cozi Family Calendar gadget is attached to the Sidebar, you will see your appointments over the next few days. To see more of your calendar, you can drag the gadget out of the Sidebar to make it bigger, or you can scroll down to see more appointments. To see the details of a particular appointment, just click it.

The gadget receives appointments from Cozi every few minutes, so if you recently made changes to your calendar, it may take a few minutes for them to appear in your gadget.

Adding appointments

To add an appointment from your Cozi Family Calendar gadget, click Add appt. at the bottom of your gadget. This will open your full Cozi calendar, where you can add a new appointment.

Accessing other Cozi features

In addition to your family calendar, the Cozi Family Calendar gadget gives you quick access to the rest of your Cozi information as well. Just click Go to, and then click Shopping List, Family Journal, or Settings on the menu that appears.

Using the gadget with other versions of Windows

The Cozi Family Calendar gadget for Windows Sidebar works with Windows Vista and Windows 7 only.

The Cozi Family Calendar gadget for Windows Sidebar is not supported on the pre-release versions of Windows 7.

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