Handspring Treo 180 Communicator User Guide

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Spotting event conflicts
With the ability to define specific start and end times for any event, it’s possible to schedule events 
that overlap (an event that starts before a previous event finishes).
An event conflict (time overlap) appears in the Week View as overlapping bars. The Day View 
displays overlapping brackets to the left of the conflicting times.
 
Working with floating events
Date Book Plus can include events that are a combination of a To Do item and a Date Book event....

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nAvoid scheduling a floating event that repeats daily. These events can accumulate quickly 
unless you complete them each day.
nWhen viewing a floating event in a desktop application, the Note field will contain a series of 
characters: ##f@@@@@@ for an incomplete event and ##c@@@@@@ for a complete 
event. D
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Using templates
You can use templates to create a list of standard events. You can then select an event from this 
list and add it to your calendar. Since Date Book Plus saves all the event attributes, including 
alarms and notes, templates can really save you time when entering reminder notices or events 
that recur on different days and times. 
To create a template:
1. Select the event you want to save as a template.
2. Press Menu .
3. Under Record, select tap Create Template (/V).
4....

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Date Book Plus menus
Date Book Plus menus are shown here for your reference, and Date Book Plus features that are 
not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See page 31 for information about choosing menu commands.
Record menu
 
 
Options menu 
New To Do 
Creates a new To Do item and adds it to your Date Book Plus and To Do 
List database.
Duplicate Item
Creates a copy of the selected event and opens the Details dialog box for 
the new event.
List View...

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Preferences
(Day View)
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// /E
EE En
nn nd 
d d  d T
TT Ti
ii im
mm me
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. .  . Defines the start and end times for Date Book Plus 
screens. If the time slots you select do not fit on one screen, you can 
tap the scroll arrows   to scroll up and down.
nE
EE Ev
vv ven
enen ent 
t t  t D
DD Du
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tt ti
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. .  . Defines the default duration for new events. 
nW
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k k  k S
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Display Options
nS
SS Sh
hh ho
oo ow 
w w  w T
TT Ti
ii im
mm me 
e e  e B
BB Ba
aa ar
rr rs
ss s. 
. .  . Activates the time bars that appear in the Day View. 
The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrate event 
conflicts
nC
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mm mp
pp pr
rr re
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ss ss  ss D
DD Da
aa ay 
y y  y V
VV Vi
ii ie
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ww w.
.. . Controls how times appear in the Day View. When 
Compress Day View is off, all time slots display. When it is on, start and 
end...

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Alarm 
Preferences
nA
AA Al
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aa ar
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m m  m S
SS So
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.. . Sets the tone of the alarm.
n S
SS Sn
nn noo
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zz ze 
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SS So
oo ou
uu un
nn nd
dd d.
.. . Sets the tone of the snooze alarm. 
n R
RR Re
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mm mi
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nn nd 
d d  d S
SS So
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.. . Sets the tone of the reminder alarm. The reminder 
alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is not acknowledged. 
nP
PP Pl
ll la
aa ay 
y y  y S
SS So
oo ou
uu un
nn nd
dd d.
.. . Defines...

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To Do 
Preferences
n S
SS Sh
hh ho
oo ow 
w w  w C
CC Ca
aa at
tt te
ee eg
gg go
oo or
rr ri
ii ie
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ss s.
.. . Displays the To Do items in the categories you 
select.
n P
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tt ti
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s s  s D
DD Di
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ss sp
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aa ay
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eded ed.
.. . Displays To Do items with the selected priority 
level. The choices are 1 only, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 1-5.
nS
SS Sh
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w w  w P
PP Pr
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Week 
Preferences
nT
TT Ti
ii im
mm me 
e e  e F
FF Fo
oo or
rr rm
mm ma
aa at
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. .  . Defines the format of the time display. The choices are 
No Time, 11p, 11:30p, 23, 23:30.
nD
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ii is
ss sp
pp pl
ll la
aa ay 
y y  y T
TT To 
o o  o D
DD Do
oo o. 
. .  . Defines where To Do items will appear on the Date 
Book Plus screen. The choices are Top, Bottom, and Hide.
nW
WW We
ee ee
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k k  k S
SS St
tt ta
aa ar
rr rt
tt t. 
. .  . Defines the first day of the week for Week...

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Year 
Preferences
nH
HH Hi
ii id
dd de 
e e  e F
FF Fl
ll lo
oo oa
aa at
tt ti
ii in
nn ng 
g g  g a
aa and 
nd nd  nd D
DD Don
onon one 
e e  e I
II It
tt te
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mm ms
ss s. 
. .  . Removes floating events and completed 
To Do items from the Year View display.
nH
HH Hi
ii id
dd de 
e e  e U
UU Un
nn nt
tt ti
ii im
mm me
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d d  d E
EE Ev
vv ve
ee en
nn nt
tt ts
ss s. 
. .  . Removes untimed events from the Year View 
display. 
nH
HH Hi
ii id
dd de 
e e  e Z
ZZ...