Appointments, meetings, and events
When it comes to working on your calendar, the most important topic is creating appointments, meetings, and events. The difference between Appointment and Meeting is that an appointment only involves you, not others, and a meeting involves other people as well. All-day events will show up at the top of the day with a bar indicating that the event takes all day.
For appointments, I would recommend you mark yourself as busy if you are sharing your calendar with others. Appointments are straightforward to set up. Click on the day in the Calendar that you want to place the appointment on and either double-click on the day or click on Home | New Appointment. If you want an all-day event, this can be done in the exact same way but then check the All day box for the event.
When viewing your calendar, you have a small monthly calendar that appears in the navigation pane on the left. In this calendar, you can select days that you want to view. Click...