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1. The two calendars that are on the left side in the navigation pane are a way to navigate and select the days you want to view in the main Calendar window. You can use the arrows to navigate to other months, and when you change the month of the calendar, the other bottom calendar will change as well. You can also click on a date in these calendars to navigate to that date in your main Calendar window or even select two or more dates (hold down the Ctrl key) to compare them side by side. This is a very useful tool that many users do not use because they don’t know of its power.
2. Click the File | Options | Calendar | Calendar Options section and uncheck the Default reminders box, or you can change the reminder time here as well.
3. Yes. Click View | To-Do Bar | Check To-Do. This will add the calendar to the To-Do Bar that will appear on the right side of the calendar.
4. Yes. Select the email that you want to convert to a meeting request, then click Home | Reply...