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4. Tap the Skin down arrow to select the backgrounds and icons 
to use for the To d a y screen.
5. Tap OK.
Use the Calendar
You can use the Calendar to schedule appointments and set 
reminders. You can view your calendar by

Agenda

Day

We e k

Month

Ye a r
You should keep the amount of information in your appointments 
small in order to conserve memory.
Hint: Press the Calendar application button on the To d a y screen 
to navigate quickly to Calendar.
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Look at the calendar
By default, the Calendar first appears in the Agenda view. The 
Agenda view provides the most detail about your appointments.
From the Start menu, tap Calendar to view your appointments.
Change the calendar view
By default, the Calendar first appears in the Agenda view, which 
provides the most detail about your appointment. You can also 
view your calendar by:

Day

We e k

Month

Ye a r
1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar.
2. Tap the Agenda, Day,...

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Customize the calendar appearance
You can change the appearance of your calendar by setting the 1st 
day of the week, deciding how many days in a week you want to 
view, showing the number of weeks and the half-hour time slots, 
deciding to use a large font, and deciding to set reminders for new 
items. You can also display several icons that give visual 
information about your appointments, including:

Reminder

Recurs

Note

Location

Attendees

Private
You can determine...

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Schedule appointments
You should keep the amount of information in your appointments 
small to conserve memory.
Hint: You can schedule an appointment and set a reminder from 
the To d a y screen.
1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar.
2. Tap New to schedule an appointment.
3. Enter a subject or select from the Subject drop-down list.
4. Tap any item to enter additional information.
5. Tap OK to schedule the appointment.
Create reminders
You can create a reminder when you are...

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3. Tap Edit.
4. Tap the second Reminder field to select the time interval 
between reminders.The default is 15 minutes.
Delete appointments
1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar.
2. Tap an appointment.
3. Tap Tools.
4. Tap Delete Appointment.
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Categorize appointments
You can use categories to filter the appointments in your calendar.
1. From the Start menu, tap Calendar.
2. Tap an appointment.
3. Tap Edit.
4. Tap the Categories field to see a list of available categories.
5. Tap Add/Delete to create a category.
6. Enter the name of the new category.
7. Tap Add.
8. Tap OK to place your appointment in the category.
9. Tap the Categories field to place your appointment in more 
categories.
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10. Tap additional category names to select them.
11. Tap OK to list the categories you selected in the Categories 
field.
12. Tap OK to save the category information and return to the 
Calendar screen.
Request meetings
You can schedule a meeting and send a meeting request through 
ActiveSync 3.5 or an e-mail service.
✎You must enter contacts with e-mail addresses in the Contacts
application and set up the Inbox application to send and receive
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7. Enter the information.
8. Tap the Attendees field.
9. Tap the contacts you want to invite to the meeting.
10. Tap OK to add the attendees.
11. Tap OK to schedule the meeting.
12. Tap Ye s to inform attendees about the meeting.
Use Tasks
You use Tasks to:

Create new tasks

Set a reminder for a task

Delete a task

Sort your task list by category, status, priority, subject, start 
date, and due date
Create a task
You can create a task from the To d a y screen.
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3. Enter a subject or select from the Subject drop-down list.
4. Tap any item to enter additional information.
5. Tap Due to add a due date for the task.
6. Tap Reminder, then select “Remind me.”
7. Tap the date to select when you want to be reminded.
8. Tap OK to set the reminder and create the task.
Create a task quickly
You can create a task quickly by customizing Tasks, so you see an 
Entry Bar at the top of the Ta s k s screen. 
1. From the Start menu, tap Tasks....

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2. Tap Tools.
3. Tap Entry Bar.
4. Enter the subject.
5. Set a priority:
a. For high priority, tap the exclamation point.
b. For low priority tap the down arrow icon.
c. For normal priority, do not tap an icon.
6. Tap outside the Entry Bar to add the task to your task list.
Delete a task
1. From the Start menu, tap Tasks.
2. Tap the task you want to delete.
3. Tap Tools.
4. Tap Delete Task.
5. Tap Ye s to permanently delete the task.
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