Handspring Treo 600 User Manual

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first two weeks: 
using
organizer
features 
						

							Calendar  
Displaying your calendar
•Press Calendar repeatedly to cycle through the various active views.
•Use the 5-way navigation control to move to another day, week, or month
(depending on the current view).
•Choose Go or press Menu . From the Options menu, choose Go to
Day (/O), then choose a date from the calendar.
Creating an event
1. Press Calendar until you are in Day view.
2. Press Left  and Right  to select the desired day.
3. Using the keyboard, type a starting time for the event. For example, type 53
for 5:30 (Remember to press Option before typing numbers).
4. Press Down  and type the ending time for the event.
5. Choose OK. 
6. Type a description for the event.
A. Selected date
B. Starting and ending times
C. Selected day
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If you have several
appointments to enter, it’s
more efficient to use the
Palm Desktop software or
Microsoft Outlook on your
computer and then
synchronize data between
the Treo and your computer.
For more information, see
page 30.
To enter a birthday or
anniversary, create an
untimed event. Then, from
the Details screen, choose
Year as the repeat interval. 
						

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Adding an alarm reminder to an event
1. In Calendar, highlight the event.
2. Choose Details.
3. Check the Alarm box and choose the number of minutes, hours, or days
before the event you would like to receive the alarm.
4. Choose OK.
A. Type of time units
B. Number of time units
C. A diamond indicates an untimed event.
Creating an untimed event
An untimed event, such as a birthday or anniversary, does not occur at a
particular time.
1. Press Calendar until you are in Day view. 
2. Press Left  and Right  to go to the date of the event.
3. Make sure nothing is highlighted.
4. Type a description for the event.
Editing or deleting an event
1. Highlight the event you want to reschedule.
2. Choose Details.
3. Change the date and time as needed, or choose Delete.
4. Choose OK.
The silent alarm for untimed
events is defined by
minutes, days, or hours
before midnight of the date
of the event.
When an alert occurs, the
Reminder screen displays
all your Treo’s pending
alerts. Tap an item’s
description to jump to that
item, or check the box to
clear that item. 
						

							Scheduling a repeating event
1. Create an event, then highlight it.
2. Choose Details.
3. Choose the Repeat box, then choose a repeat interval. 
4. For weekly events, choose the day(s) the event repeats; for monthly
events, choose Day or Date to indicate the repeating method.
5. If the event has an ending date, choose the End on pick list, then select
Choose Date, and select the ending date.
6. Choose OK.
A. This icon
indicates a
repeating
event.
Customizing general preferences for your calendar
1. Press Menu . 
2. From the Options menu, choose Preferences (/R).
3. Set any of the following preferences:
•Start Time and End Time:The beginning and end of the day shown
on Calendar screens.
•Event Duration:The default duration of a new event.
•Week Start:The day on which the calendar week starts.
•Initial View:The view that appears when you launch Calendar.
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•Button Views:The views that appear when you press Calendar 
repeatedly. By default, you see Day and Month Views, but you can also
see other views.
•Display Options:Your choices for different Calendar view options:
•Show Time Bars:shows the duration of an event and illustrates
conflicts.
•Compress Day View:When off, all time slots display. When on,
start and end times display for each event, but blank time slots
disappear to minimize scrolling. 
•Show PM Label:Displays a 
pafter PM times.
•Show End Times:Displays all time bars and time slots for end
times of an event.
•Auto-scroll Time:Displays events based on the time of day when
there is more than one screen of information. The arrows at the
bottom-right corner indicate more information.
•Float Advance at Midnight:Advances floating events to the next
day at midnight of the current day.
•Show Completed Floating Events:Displays completed floating
events.
4. Choose OK to close the Display options dialog.
5. Choose OK. 
						

							Customizing To Do List preferences for your calendar
You can display To Do List items in your calendar to keep on top of your tasks.
1. Press Calendar until you are in Day view.
2. Press Menu .
3. From the Options menu, choose To Do Preferences.
4. Set any of the following preferences:
•Show Categories:Determines which To Do List categories display.
•Priorities Displayed:Limits the To Do List display to certain priorities.
•Show Priority:Displays the priority assigned to an item.
•Show Completed Items:Displays checked off items.
•Show Undated Items:Displays items that do not have a Due Date
assigned.
•Show Dated Items:Displays To Do List items that have a Due Date
assigned. 
5. Choose OK.
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To Do List 
You can use To Do List as a reminder of tasks you need to complete and to
keep a record of complete tasks. 
Adding a To Do item
1. Press Applications Launcher .
2. Choose the pick list in the upper-right corner, then select All.
3. Choose the To Do List icon. 
4. Choose New to create a new To Do item
5. Type the text of the To Do item. The text can be longer than one line.
6. Press Down  to deselect the To Do item.
Setting item priority, due date, and other details
The Details dialog enables you to assign a priority level, due date, category,
privacy flag, and note to each item. 
1. Highlight the item to which you want to assign details.
2. Choose Details.
To  s ave memory, you can
purge all completed To Do
List items. From the Record
menu, choose Purge.
Choose OK to finish.
You can set To Do List to
record the date that you
completed the To Do item,
and you can choose to show
or hide completed items.
Completed items remain in
the memory of your phone
until you purge them.
You can display To Do List
items in your calendar. See
page 86 for information on
customizing To Do List
preferences for your
calendar. 
						

							3. Set any of the following: 
•Priority: Choose the Priority number for this item (1 is most
important). Later you can arrange your To Do List based on the
importance of each item.
•Category: Assign the item to a specific category.
•Due Date:Choose the Due Date pick list, then select a due date
for the item.
•Private: Check this box to mark this item private.
•Note:Enter additional text you want to associate with the item.
4. Choose OK.
Checking off a To Do item
1. Choose the item you want to check off.
2. Hold Option and press Return .
Deleting a To Do item
1. Highlight the item you want to delete.
2. Press Menu .
3. From the Record menu, choose Delete Item (/D).
4. Choose OK.
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To uncheck the selected
item, hold Option and
press Return. 
						

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Customizing To Do List
The To Do Preferences screen enables you to control the appearance of the
To Do list screen.
1. In the To Do list screen, choose Show.
2. Set any of the following preferences:
•Sort by:Indicates the order in which your To Do items appear in the list.
•Show Completed Items:Displays items you’ve checked off.
•Show Only Due Items:Hides items that are not yet due.
•Record Complete Date:Replaces due date with the completion date
when you complete (check) the item.
•Show Due Dates:Displays item due dates, and inserts an
exclamation mark next to overdue items.
•Show Priorities:Displays the priority setting for each item.
•Show Categories:Displays the category for each item.
3. Choose OK.
Press Menu to access other
features such as importing
phone numbers into the To
Do list.
If you turn on the Show
Due Dates option in the To
Do Preferences screen, you
can tap directly on the due
date in the To Do List to
choose a new date. 
						

							Memo Pad 
Memos are a great way to store notes on your Treo.  
Creating a memo
1. Press Applications Launcher .
2. Choose the pick list in the upper-right corner, then select All.
3. Choose the Memo Pad icon.
4. Enter the text you want to appear in the memo. 
5. Choose Done.
Deleting a memo
1. Choose the memo you want to delete.
2. Press Menu .
3. From the Record menu, choose Delete Item (/D).
4. Choose OK.
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Each Memo Pad item can
include 4,096 characters of
text.
You can assign categories
to Memo Pad items. Open
the item you want to
change, choose the pick list
in the upper-right corner,
then select a category.