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Creating an event from your account
After adding online accounts that you would like to sync with Calendar, you may now use your 
ASUS Phone to create notifications for those online accounts by following these steps:
1. Tap   ASUS > Calendar.
2. Tap  New Event to start creating a new event.
3.  In the New event screen, tap My Calendar to view all the accounts currently synced with the 
Calendar.
4.  Tap the account where you would like to create a new event. 
5.  In the New event screen, input all the necessary details of your event.
NOTE:  Your online account must already be added to Calendar before you can pro\
ceed with the 
following steps. For more details, see Adding accounts to Calendar. 
Enabling alert reminders for events
Turn on the alert function from the Calendar app to get alert reminders and notifications for special 
events such as birthdays, anniversaries, meetings, and other important events that matter you.
1. Tap  ASUS > Calendar.
2.  Tap  
  > Accounts.
3.  Tap the accounts from which you want to receive alert reminders from.
NOTES: 
•	 For	details	on	setting	up	event	alerts	about	your	VIPs,	see	Adding an event to a VIP contact.
•	 Get	alerts	or	reminders	as	your	What's Next.
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What’s Next
Do not miss out on important events,  having fun out in the sun, or getting messages/emails/calls 
from your VIP contacts.  Set up your calendar of events, VIP groups, or weather update settings to 
get alerts and reminders of What’s Next. View your What’s Next alerts from the Lock screen, System 
notifications panel, and What’s Next widget or app.
Getting event reminders
To get your What’s Next event reminders and notifications, ensure the following: 
• Set up your VIPs’ events info such as birthdays or anniversaries on the Contacts app. For 
details, see Adding an event to a VIP contact.
 
• You can email invites to an event and set the reminder time in the Email app. For details, 
see Emailing invites to events.
 
• You can set up an event and set the reminder time in the Calendar app. For details, see 
Creating events.
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Accepting or declining invites to events
Set up your email account in the Email app to send or receive emails such as invites to events. 
When you accept email invites, the events will be synced with the Calendar app.
NOTE: For more details, see Email and Calendar.
IMPORTANT! Your ASUS Phone must be connected to a Wi-Fi or mobile network to get e\
mailed invites 
or event-related alerts. For more details, see Staying connected.
To accept or decline an invite:
1.  Tap your email invite to open it.
2. Tap  Ye s to accept or No to decline the invite. Your reply will be emailed to the event organizer or 
host.
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Getting event-related alerts
When you accept an invitation to an event, you’ll get reminders of any changes to the event such 
as postponement, cancellation, change in event location, or shift in event schedule. These event-
related alerts will be posted on the Lock screen, System notifications panel, and What’s Next widget 
or app.
Start event alert
A few minutes before the event, you’ll get a reminder that the event is about to start. You can call to 
give the organizer or host a heads up if you’re running late.
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Cancelled event alert
You’ll get a cancellation alert when the organizer or host cancels the event.
Rescheduled event alert
You’ll get an alert if the event has been postponed, rescheduled, or moved to another location.
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Getting the weather updates
Get real-time AccuWeather® updates, every hour or up to 12 hours, for your current location or 
for other parts of the world.  You can make plans for up to seven (7) days with the 7-day weather 
forecast or dress appropriately based on AccuWeather RealFeel® temperature.  You can also get 
the real-time UV index or air pollution index, letting you take the necessary protective measures 
against harmful ultra-violet rays or air pollutants.
1. Before getting the weather updates, ensure the following:
 
• Wi-Fi or mobile network is turned on.
 
• Turn on the location access from   
  > Settings > Location access.
2.  Launch the Weather app in any of these two ways:
 
• Tap  
  > Weather.
 
• From your ASUS Phone’s home screen, tap the weather icon.
3.  Tap  
  > Edit then tap  .
4.  In the search box, enter the city or area whose weather updates you want search for.
5.  Wait for a while your ASUS Phone gets the weather information.  The city or area’s weather data 
will be added to your location list. Tap the city’s or area’s weather data that you want to display 
on the What’s Next widget on the Home screen.
Tap to launch the Weather app
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Do It Later
Get hold of even the most trivial things in your busy life. Even when you’re too busy,  reply to 
your emails, SMS messages, calls, read news online,  or add other important to-do tasks  at your 
convenience.
Mark your unread messages or emails, interesting web pages, and missed calls as Reply Later, 
Read Later, or Call Later items. These marked items will be added to your Do It Later tasks, and 
you can act on these tasks at a convenient time.
NOTES: •	 Popular	third-party	apps	that	support	Do	It	Later  include Google Maps, Google Chrome, Google  Play, YouTube, and iMDb.
•	 Not	all	apps	can	share	and	add	tasks	to	Do	It	Later.
Adding to-do tasks
Create important to-do tasks to organize your work or social activities in your professional or social 
life.
1.  From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Tap  
  then  fill in the necessary information.
3.  If you want to set the importance level, select High in the Importance field.
4.  When you’re done, tap OK. 
Prioritizing to-do tasks
Set the importance level of your to-do tasks so you can prioritize and act on them accordingly. 
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Tap the task that you want to set as a top priority.
3.  Under the Importance field in the task screen, select High.
4.  When you’re done, tap OK.
NOTE:  High-priority to-do tasks are marked as    on your Do It Later list.  This allows you to quickly 
determine which to-do tasks need immediate actions.
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Calling back now
When you’ve previously set an important call as a call later task, you can retrieve it and call back 
when you’ve got the time to do so from the Do It Later app.
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Select the call that you want to call back, then tap Call now.
3.  When you’re done, tap  
  to mark the task as completed.
NOTE:  For details on setting calls as call later tasks, see:
 •  Setting callbacks for incoming calls
•  Setting callbacks for missed calls
Emailing now
You can mark an email as a reply later task and reply to it at a later time from the Do It Later app.
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Select the email that you want to reply now, then tap Reply now.
3.  When you’re done, tap  
  to mark the task as completed.
NOTE:  For details on setting your emails as reply later tasks, see Emailing later.
Catching up on my online reading now
You can retrieve pages that you’ve previously marked as read later tasks and catch up on your 
online reading at your convenience from the Do It Later app.
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Select the page or pages that you want to read now, then tap Read now.
3.  When you’re done, tap  
  to mark the task as completed.
NOTE:  For details on setting pages as read later tasks, see Reading the pages later.
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Replying now
When you’ve previously set an SMS message as a reply later task, you can retrieve it and reply to the 
message when it’s convenient from the Do It Later app.
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Select the SMS message that you want to send a reply to, then tap Reply now.
3.  When you’re done, tap  
  to mark the task as completed.
NOTE:  For details on setting pages as reply later tasks, see Messaging later.
Deleting to-do tasks
You can delete any completed, overdue, or unnecessary to-do tasks from the Do It Later app.
1. From the Home screen, tap ASUS > Do It Later.
2.  Tap the  task you want to remove from the list, then tap Delete.
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SuperNote
Turn note-taking into a fun and creative activity that syncs with your mobile data using Supernote. 
This intuitive app allows you to create notes organized per notebook by directly writing or drawing 
on the touchscreen. While creating notes, you can also add multimedia files from other apps and 
share them via social networks or your Cloud storage account. 
Understanding icons
Depending on your selected input mode, these icons appear as you take down your notes on 
SuperNote.
Select this type mode when you want to use the onscreen keyboard to enter your notes.
Select this write mode when you want to scribble or write your notes.
Select this draw mode when you want to create drawings or doodles.
When in write or type mode, tap this icon to select text weight and color.
When in draw mode, tap this icon to select the drawing tool to use, and the stroke color 
or size.
When in draw mode, tap this icon to erase some contents in your notes.
Tap this icon to take a photo or video, record audio, add timestamp and more to your 
notes.
Tap this icon to add a new page to your notebook.
Tap to select the input mode
Tap to configure the settings for the notebook
Tap to redo the change made
Tap to undo the change made
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