Handspring Treo 90 Handheld User Guide

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Working in Month View
The Month View screen shows which days have events scheduled. Dots and lines in the Month 
View indicate events, repeating events, and untimed events.
 
You can control the dots and lines that appear in the Month View. See page 96 for details.
Tips for using Month View
Keep the following points in mind:
nTap a day in the Month View to display that day in the Day View.
nPress the scroll buttons to move between months. You can also tap the scroll arrows in the...

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Tips for using Year View
Keep the following points in mind:
nTap a day to display the date and events for that day in the title bar. A minus sign indicates 
only one event is scheduled on that day. A plus sign indicates multiple events are scheduled 
on that day.
nPress the scroll buttons to move between days. You can also tap the scroll arrows in the 
lower-right corner to move forward or backward a day. 
nTap the scroll arrows in the upper-right corner to move forward...

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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. Do not remove or edit these characters. 
Working with To Do items
Date Book Plus can create and display To Do items. To Do items appear in priority order at the 
top...

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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 33 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.
Send ItemEnables you to send the selected event to someone else via an SMS 
message. When you select this command,...

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Preferences
(Day View)
nStart/End Time. 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.
nEvent Duration. Defines the default duration for new events. 
nWeek Start. Defines the first day of the week. This setting overrides the 
System Preferences setting for all Date Book Plus views.
nInitial View. Defines the view that appears when you start Date Book 
Plus....

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Display Options
nShow Time Bars. Activates the time bars that appear in the Day View. 
The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrate event 
conflicts
nCompress Day View. 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 times display for each event, but blank time slots toward the 
bottom of the screen disappear to minimize scrolling. 
nShow PM Label. Displays a “p” after PM...

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Alarm 
Preferences
nAlarm Sound. Sets the tone of the alarm.
n  Snooze Sound. Sets the tone of the snooze alarm. 
n  Remind Sound. Sets the tone of the reminder alarm. The reminder 
alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is not acknowledged. 
nPlay Sound. Defines how many tones the alarm emits before it stops. 
The choices are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, and 10 Times.
nRepeat Alarm. Defines how many times the alarm repeats when it is not 
acknowledged. The choices are Once, Twice, 3...

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To Do 
Preferences
n  Show Categories. Displays the To Do items in the categories you 
select.
n  Priorities Displayed. Displays To Do items with the selected priority 
level. The choices are 1 only, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 1-5.
nShow Priority. Displays the priority level for To Do items.
nShow Completed Items. Displays completed To Do items.
nShow Undated Items. Shows all To Do items that have not been 
assigned a due date.
nShow Dated Items. Shows all To Do items that...