Handspring Treo 600 User Manual

CityTime::   91
CityTime 
The CityTime world clock displays the day and time in your home city and in
four other cities around the globe. Whether you’re travelling or at home, it’s
easy to keep track of the best time to reach your business associates,
friends, and family in far away places.
Setting your Home City
The Home City serves as a point of reference for your other city selections.
The Home City time reflects the current system time (unless you have
changed locations, see page 92). The information...

Selecting remote cities
In addition to your Home City, you can display the day and time for four
other cities anywhere around the globe. These other cities are called
remote cities.
1. Use the stylus to tap a pick list in the lower part of the CityTime screen,
then select the city closest to the city you want to display.
2. Choose the remaining pick lists, then select the other three cities you
want to display.
Adding cities
If the city you want to display is not in the predefined list, you can add it.
1....

Calculator::   93
Calculator 
Calculator includes a basic calculator, plus an advanced calculator with
scientific, financial and conversion functions. 
Switching between Basic and Advanced Calculator modes
1. Press Menu . 
2. From the Options menu, choose Toggle Mode (/M).
Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator mode
1. Switch to Advanced Calculator mode (see above).
2.  Choose the pick list near the upper-left part of the screen, then select
the Advanced Calculator function you would like to use:...

•Statistics:Statistical functions such as sum, factorial and random
number generator.
•Weight/Temp:Weight and temperature conversions for metric and
English values.
•Length:Length conversions for metric and English values.
•Area:Area conversions for metric, traditional and English values.
•Volume:Volume conversions for metric and English values.
3. Choose the pick list near the upper-middle of the screen, then select
how to display decimal values:
•Float (Floating point):Position of decimal point varies...

Looking up contacts and other information::   95
Looking up contacts and other
information
With the built-in search features on your Treo, you can find information quickly:
•Name Lookup:Enables you to dial your Contacts by name. It locates
people’s phone numbers when you’re in the Contacts list.
•Find:Searches through the text in all the applications on your Treo,
always starting with the current application.
Name Lookup
You can access Name Lookup directly from the Contacts list. This feature
helps you...

For example, entering SM displays Smilla Anderson, John Smith, and
Sally Martin as shown above. Entering JSM finds only John Smith.
4. Do one of the following:
•Highlight the contact name, then press Center to view the contents
of the record.
•Highlight any phone number, then press Center to dial.
Using Find
The Find feature locates any text in the built-in applications and databases,
and in some third-party applications. The Find feature performs an exact
search on a character string, including...

Beaming information::   97
Beaming information
Your Treo is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that lets you beam information
to another Palm Powered device with an IR port. The IR port is located on the
top of your Treo, between the Wireless Mode button and the ringer switch,
behind the small dark shield. 
Beaming a record
1. Choose the record or category you want to beam.
2. Press Menu .
3. From the Record menu, choose one of the following:
•Beam (B): Sends an individual record. 
•Beam Category (/Y):...

Beaming an application
Not all applications can be beamed. A lock icon  appears on the Beam
screen next to applications that cannot be beamed.
1. Press Applications Launcher .
2. Press Menu .
3. From the App menu, choose Beam (/B).
4. Choose the Beam From pick list, then select whether the application you
want to beam is located on your Treo or an expansion card.
5. Choose the application you want to transfer.
6. Choose Beam.
7.When the Beam Status dialog appears, point the IR port on your Treo
directly...

first month: managing applications::   99
first month:
managing
applications  

Installing applications
Your Treo comes with several applications built-in and ready to use. You can
also install third-party Palm OS applications, such as business software,
games, and more. To learn more, go to www.handspring.com/software.
When you download an application to your computer, it is probably in a
compressed format such as a .zip or .sit file. If the file is compressed, you
need to use a decompression utility on your computer, before you install
applications on your Treo. 
These instructions...