Box Calendar Views

General Goods

Week starts on Specifies the day of the week on which you want the scheduling week to begin. Only week start days of Sunday and Monday are visible in the Calendar view, the Change Working Time dialog box, and the timescale, although Project performs internal calculations based on the day selected. Drop-down calendars on the Task Information dialog box, the Project Information dialog box, and the Assignment Information dialog box do reflect alternative week start days. The default setting varies depending on your Windows Regional Options when you installed Project.

Use starting year for FY numbering Labels the fiscal year using the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. Clear the check box to label the fiscal year using the calendar year in which the fiscal year ends. For example, if you selected the check box and set July as the beginning of your fiscal year, Project displays the year 2003 in the timescale for the date March 2, 2004. This check box is unavailable if the fiscal year begins in January. By default, this check box is cleared.

As I listened to Dr. Van Dijk's presentation and watched the accompanying videos I noted the frequent use of calendar boxes by his students who are deaf-blind. Listening to chitchat during the breaks, I heard many participants in the conference express interest in the use of calendar boxes as a communication tool. Calendar boxes help a person who is deaf-blind anticipate what activity is going to happen next by sequentially organizing object cues that represent the day's activities. Calendar boxes can be used at home and school by families and teachers. Communicating with a child who is deaf-blind may seem highly technical and complex. The purpose of this article is to show you how easily you can get started.

When a child is using more than one object cue calendar boxes will help to organize and sequence the day's activities. Even just two different objects can be organized to help the child to know what is going to happen next. Dr. Van Dijk's students had wooden boxes with many compartments mounted to the wall. This style of box may work for some students but is not practical for all situations.