Introduction

iCal is an open standard for exchanging calendar data on the internet. It is designed to facilitate the sharing of calendar data among different systems -- web sites, desktop calendar applications, PDAs, etc.

This document is divided into the following sections:

• Introduction
• Finding iCal Files
• Downloading and Importing iCal Files
• Subscribing to Calendars
• Receiving iCal Files in Email

Finding iCal Files

On the "events" section of the website, look for the right menu, then locate "Outlook CSV..." for the year you would like to import.

Figure 1: "iCal" download link

Downloading and Importing iCal Files

After clicking on a calendar's Download link, your browser will prompt you to download the iCal file.

Figure 2: Download dialog box

Once you have downloaded the iCal file, you'll need to import it into your calendar application. This is useful in case your calendar application does not support subscriptions.

Importing .ics files into Microsoft Outlook

Figure 3: Importing a iCal file in Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Step 1

Figure 4: Importing a iCal file in Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Step 2

Figure 5: Importing a iCal file in Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Step 3

After downloading the iCal file and importing it into your desktop calendar application, your desktop calendar now contains events from the Penn-Del District events calendar. Microsoft Outlook 2003 is shown in Figure 7.

Figure 6: Outlook calendar view