Handspring Treo 90 Handheld User Guide

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Week 
Preferences
nTime Format. Defines the format of the time display. The choices are 
No Time, 11p, 11:30p, 23, 23:30.
nDisplay To Do. Defines where To Do items will appear on the Date 
Book Plus screen. The choices are Top, Bottom, and Hide.
nWeek Start. Defines the first day of the week for Week View with Text.
nWordwrap Single Entry. Wraps text in cells that contain a single event 
to display as much text as will fit in the cell.
nHide Untimed Floating Events. Removes untimed...

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Year 
Preferences
nHide Floating and Done Items. Removes floating events and completed 
To Do items from the Year View display.
nHide Untimed Events. Removes untimed events from the Year View 
display. 
nHide Zero Duration Events. Removes events without a duration from 
the Year View display.
nHide Events 

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Contacts
Contacts is the application where you store name and address information about people or 
businesses and more. 
Creating a Contacts entry
You can create Contacts entries on your handheld, or you can use your desktop software to 
create entries on your computer and then download the entries to your handheld with your next 
HotSync operation.
Many desktop software applications also have data import capabilities that enable you to load 
database files into your Contacts list on...

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Tip: To create an entry that always appears at the top of the Contacts list, begin the Last name 
or Company field with a symbol, as in *If Found Call*. This entry can contain contact 
information in case you lose your handheld.
Duplicating a Contacts entry
You can duplicate existing entries, which can be helpful when you want to enter multiple people 
from a single organization. When you duplicate an entry, the word 
Copy appears next to the name 
in the First Name...

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Changing Contact entry details
The Contact Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options that you can associate with an 
entry. 
To open the Contact Entry Details dialog box:
1. Select the name for the entry whose details you want to change.
2. Press Space   to open the entry.
3. Press Menu  .
4. Under Record, select Edit Contact (/E).
5. Press Menu  .
6. Under Record, select Details (/E).
 
7. Select any of the following settings:
8. Hold Option   and press Return   to...

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4. Prepare your handheld and mobile phone for data communications. See page 194 for details.
5. Tap Dial.
Tip: If you select the Enable Tap-Dialing check box in the Contacts Preference dialog box, 
you can simply tap the number you want to dial without using the Dial menu command.
Contacts menus
Contacts menus are shown here for your reference, and Contacts features that are not explained 
elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See page 29 for information...

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Options menus
 
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 and also 
controls the Instant Lookup feature and SMS address lookup options. 
nEnable Tap-Dialing. Toggles the tap-dialing feature on and...

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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...

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To Do List
To Do reminds you of tasks you have to complete. A record in To Do List is called an “item.”
To create a To Do item:
1. Press To Do List  .
2. Enter the text of the To Do item. The text can be longer than one line.
3. Press a scroll button to deselect the To Do item.
Setting priority
The priority setting for items lets you arrange your To Do items according to their importance or 
urgency. The default setting is to arrange To Do items by priority and due date, with priority 1...

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To set a due date for a To Do item:
1. Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change.
2. Tap Details.
3. Tap the Due Date pick list.
4. Tap the date that you want to assign the item:
5. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Tip: If you turn on the Show Due Dates option in the To Do Show options dialog, you can tap 
directly on the due date in the To Do list to open the pick list shown in step 4. 
Assigning a category
You can associate any To Do item...