Setting display options
Select a secondary calendar to display and change the date and display formats. You can also set text size, language, and direction; customize column size; and display alternate names.
Before you begin
To show alternate names, your administrator must enable them and must assign you two names, a primary name and an alternate name. You can have only one alternate name.
About this task
If a four-digit year format is not available in the International Date Settings section, the administrator disabled the format to enforce a two-digit year format.
Procedure
Task | Description | Steps |
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Display a secondary calendar | If your administrator makes the feature available, you can display a secondary, non-Gregorian calendar alongside your primary calendar. The secondary calendar is displayed next to the day in the date header of each supported calendar view in full mode. | Click Secondary calendar option. | and select a
Change the date and time display formats | You can change the format of the short and long date styles and change the date separator. You can also change how time is shown on your calendar. | Click International Date Settings and International Time Settings sections. | and make your selections in the
Change text size display | Use the page view options of your browser to make text smaller or larger. | If you use Microsoft™ Internet
Explorer, you can click Note: If you use Internet Explorer
and decrease text size while in a list view, the rows shrink and a gap shows under the list view. To
repair the gap and fill it with more documents from the view, refresh the view. |
and then click a different size. If you use Mozilla Firefox, press Ctrl++ (plus) to
make text larger and press Ctrl+- (minus) to make text smaller.
Change text language and direction | You can set your default language and, if the language is bidirectional, you can display text in it from right to left. |
Note: Ultra-light mode supports right-to-left languages based on the device or browser language
setting, but does not support the Support right to left languages
preference.
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Customize column display | In list views, you can sort the information by changing the sort order of a column. |
You can sort columns that change color when you move your cursor over them. You can drag the column margin to adjust the width. To restore the columns to their original widths, right-click and select Restore Widths. |
Display alternate names | If you work in an environment where you use more than one language, you can display your name in multiple character sets. A primary name is internationally recognizable; an alternate name is recognizable in your own native language. Use an alternate name to use your native language and character set for name display and lookup purposes for tasks like sending mail. |
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