Handspring Treo 270 User Guide

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SIM Book
SIM Book enables you to view and manage the phone list on your SIM card.
In SIM Book, you can do the following:
nCopy entries from your speed dial list to your SIM card so you can access your phone 
numbers if you move your SIM card to another phone.
nCopy entries from your SIM card to your speed dial list.
nDelete entries from your SIM card.
nDial entries on your SIM card.
To open SIM Book:
1. Press Option  . 
2. Press Menu  . 
3. Tap the SIM Book icon  .
  

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SIM Services
SIM Services enables you to access applications on your SIM card that are provided 
by your wireless service provider.
Note: Some wireless service providers do not put applications on the SIM card.
In SIM Services, you can do the following:
nAccess applications from your wireless service provider on your SIM card.
To open SIM Services
1. Press Option  . 
2. Press Menu  . 
3. Tap the SIM Srvcs icon  .
  

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Chapter 5
Common Tasks
In addition to the wireless communication applications, your Treo™ 270 communicator also 
includes a full suite of personal information manager (PIM) applications: Date Book Plus, the 
Contacts view in PhoneBook, To Do List, Memo Pad, and Expense. This chapter provides 
instructions on how to do tasks that are common to several applications. It’s easy to transfer what 
you learn in one application to the other applications because the structure and behavior of all...

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Editing records
After you create a record, you can change, delete, or enter new text at any time. Two screen 
features tell you when your communicator is in editing mode:
nA blinking cursor 
nOne or more edit lines
 
Entering text
For information on how to enter text using the keyboard on your communicator, the onscreen 
keyboard, or the keyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 2.
Edit menu
The Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text. In general,...

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Deleting records
To delete a record in any of the PIM applications:
1. Select the record you want to delete.
2. Press Menu  .
3. Under Record, select the Delete command (/D):
Date Book Plus: Delete Item
Contacts view in PhoneBook: Delete Contact
To Do List: Delete Item
Memo Pad: Delete Memo
Expense: Delete Item
A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted item to an archive 
file in Palm Desktop software, be sure that the check box is checked. If you don’t...

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Other ways to delete records
You can also delete records in the following ways:
nIn the Details dialog box of the application, tap Delete, and then hold Option   and press 
Return   to finish.
nDelete the text of the record.
Note: In Date Book Plus, if you delete the text of a repeating event, you delete all instances 
of that event. 
Purging records
Over time, as you use Date Book Plus, To Do List, and Expense, you’ll accumulate records in these 
applications that have outlived...

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Categorizing records
Categorize records in the Contacts view in PhoneBook, To Do List, Memo Pad, and Expense 
applications so that they are grouped logically and are easy to review. (You can also categorize 
applications. See page 39 for details.)
When you create a record, your communicator automatically places it in the category that is 
currently displayed. If the category is All, your communicator assigns it to the Unfiled category. 
You can leave an entry as Unfiled or assign it to a...

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To display a category of records:
1. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
 
2. Select the category you want to view.
The list screen now displays only the records assigned to that category.
To define a new category:
1. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
 
2. Tap Edit Categories. 
3. Tap New.
4. Enter the name of the new category. 
Category pick list
Category pick list 

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5. Hold Option   and press Return   twice to finish.
You can assign any of your records to the new category.
To rename a category:
1. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Edit Categories. 
3. Select the category that you want to rename, and then tap Rename.
4. Enter the new name for the category.
 
5. Hold Option   and press Return   twice to finish.
Tip: You can group the records in two or more categories into one category by giving the 
categories...

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nPhoneBook: The Instant Lookup feature lets you scroll immediately to a Contacts record in 
PhoneBook by entering the first few letters of a first or last name, or the first name initial and 
the first few letters of a last name. 
nExpense: The Lookup feature displays the Contacts in PhoneBook that have data in the 
Company field. You can add these names to a list of attendees associated with an Expense 
record.
Looking up Contacts records in PhoneBook
When working with the Contacts...