you can customize the agenda view appearance using the display options dialog box. to set the start and stop times for the calendar screens, see “option menu/ preferences” later in this chapter.

    default view choose from the pick list the view that displays when you open calendar.

    show due tasks displays tasks that are due today and tasks that are past due.

    show messages shows the number of read and unread e-mail messages.

    background image displays a background image in agenda view.