Handspring Treo 270 User Guide

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PhoneBook menus
PhoneBook menus are shown here for your reference, and PhoneBook features that are not 
explained elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See page 33 for information about choosing menu commands.
The Record and Options menus differ depending on which view is active.
Record menus
   
Options menus
 
 
Phone 
PreferencesOpens a dialog where you can lock your SIM card to prevent unauthorized 
use of your communicator’s wireless mode features. 
Contacts list view...

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Preferences 
nRemember last category. Determines how the Contacts list appears 
when you return to it from another application. If you select this check 
box, the Contacts list shows the last category you selected. If you clear 
it, the Contacts list displays the All category.
nList By. Determines how the Contact entries are sorted in the 
Contacts view, and also controls the PhoneBook Instant Lookup 
feature and SMS address lookup options. 
Call Preferences
 
nBlock...

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nDefault country. Determines if North American hyphenation 
conventions are automatically applied to phone numbers, and whether 
the following two options are available:
nWhen dialing, add this area code to 7 digit numbers. Inserts the area 
code you specify in front of 7-digit numbers before dialing.
nAlways dial 1 in front of the area code. Inserts a 1 in front of 10-digit 
numbers before dialing.
If you select a country other than United States or Canada, numbers 
are formatted...

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Phone Info 
nNumber: Displays your SIM card’s phone number.
Note: Not all wireless service providers include the phone number on 
the SIM. If the phone number is not on the SIM, this field 
displays “No number on SIM” instead of the number. 
nIMEI: Displays your communicator’s equipment ID number which 
uniquely identifies your communicator to your mobile service provider’s 
network.
nFirmware Rev: Displays the version number for the mobile 
communication software on...

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Date Book Plus
When you open Date Book Plus, the screen shows the current date and a list of times for a normal 
business day. 
Working in Day View
Day View shows an hourly calendar for a particular date. If there are events scheduled on that 
date, they appear in the appropriate time slot.
To view or select a date, do one of the following: 
nUse the scroll buttons or roll the rocker switch to move forward or backward one day at a 
time.
Note: If you plan to do a lot of scrolling in...

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You can also schedule events that occur on a particular date but have no specific start or end 
times, such as birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. These are referred to as “untimed events.” 
Untimed events appear at the top of the list of times, marked with a diamond. You can have more 
than one untimed event on a particular date.
You can also schedule a repeating event, such as a weekly meeting, and continuous events, such 
as a three-day conference or a...

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4. Hold Option   and press Return   so that no start or end times are defined for the new 
event.
Tip: You can also create a new untimed event by making sure no event is selected and 
then entering a description.
5. Enter a description of the event.
6. Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event.
Note: If you create an event and decide later that there is no particular start or end time, you 
can easily change it to an untimed event. Tap the time of the event in the...

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Setting an alarm for an event
The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in Date Book Plus. You can set 
an alarm to sound minutes, hours, or days before an event. The default Alarm setting is 5 minutes 
before the time of the event, but you can change this to any number of minutes, hours, or days.
When you set an alarm, this icon   appears to the far right of the event with the alarm. When 
the alarm tone sounds, a reminder message also appears...

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Scheduling repeating or continuous events
The Repeat function lets you schedule events that recur at regular intervals or extend over a 
period of consecutive days. A birthday is a good example of an event that repeats annually. 
Another example is a weekly guitar lesson that falls on the same day of the week and the same 
time of day. 
Typically, a continuous event is an untimed event such as a business trip or a vacation that 
continues for several days but doesn’t occur at a...

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Changing and deleting repeating or continuous events
If you change or delete a repeating or continuous event you can apply the action to only the 
current event, to all instances of the event, or to the current event and instances that follow. 
To change or delete repeating events:
1. Select the record you want to change or delete.
2. Tap Details.
3. Enter the change.
4.  Hold Option   and press Return   to accept the change, or tap Delete.
5. Tap one of the...