david wrote:

I do use work week a lot (and, yes, I have the Sat & Sun not checked)
but there are enough times that I need to use monthly and weekly
views that it is really annoying I cannot exclude Sat & Sundays.

You cannot eliminate the weekends from the Week or Month views, but you can
compress the weekends to two half-size entries. RIght-click on an empty
area of the Calendar, choose Other Settings, and check the box marked
"Compress weekend days".
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Brian Tillman