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 floating events from 
the Week View with Text display.
nShow Journal. Displays a Daily Journal entry.
nInclude Week Numbers in Title. Displays the selected week number in 
the title bar.
Month 
Preferences
nShow Timed Events. Displays events that you assigned to a specific 
time.
nShow Untimed Events. Displays events that you assigned to a date, but 
did not assign to a specific time.
nShow Daily Repeating Events. Displays events that repeat each day.
nInclude Week Numbers in Title. Displays week numbers in the title bar 
for the first and last weeks in the month.
nShow Zero Duration Events. Displays events that have no duration in 
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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.
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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 your handheld. See the section that begins on page 34 
and the online Help for your desktop software for more information.
To create a new Contacts entry:
1. Press Contacts  . 
2. Press Menu  .
3. Under Record, select New Contact (/N).
4. Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your Contacts list. 
5. Press the bottom scroll button to move to the First Name field and then enter the persons 
first name.
6. Press the bottom scroll button to move to other fields and then enter the other information 
that you want to include in this entry.
Tip: Hold Shift 
 and use the scroll buttons to move between pages in this entry.
7. After you finish entering information, hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Cursor at 
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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 field. 
To duplicate an entry:
1. From the Contacts list, select the name you want to duplicate.
2. Press Menu  .
3. Under Record, select Duplicate Contact (/T). 
4. Edit the entry as necessary. 
5. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Selecting types of phone numbers
You can select the types of phone numbers or e-mail addresses that you associate with a 
Contacts entry. Any changes you make apply only to the current entry. 
To select other types of phone numbers in an entry:
1. Select the contact name for the entry that you want to change. 
2. Press Space   to open the entry.
3. Press Menu  .
4. Under Record, select Edit Contact (/E).
5. Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change. 
 
6. Select a new label.
7. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
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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 finish.
Dialing a number in your Contacts list
You can dial any number that you’ve entered in your Contacts list.
Note: To use the Dial command you must first install the Palm SMS application and the 
appropriate phone driver from the Handspring CD-ROM.
To dial a number in your Contacts list:
1. From the Contacts list, use the Instant Lookup feature to select the number you want to call. 
See the section that begins on page 68 for details.
2. Press Menu  .
3. Under Record, select Dial. CategoryAssign the entry to a category. 
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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 about choosing menu commands.
The Record and Options menus differ depending on which screen is displayed.
Record menus
   
Send ContactEnables you to send the selected record to someone else via an SMS 
message. When you select this command, the Send dialog box opens 
where you can select or enter the recipient’s mobile phone number. See 
page 208 for more information.
Note: This command appears only if you installed the Palm SMS 
application and a phone driver from the Handspring CD-ROM.
Tap a number 
to select it
Tap Dial to call 
the number Tap to select a 
different category
Contacts list view 
Contacts edit view
Contacts record view 
						

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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 off. When 
enabled, you can dial a phone number from the Contacts list simply by 
tapping it. You do not need to select the Dial command from the menu. 
Dial Preferences
nDial, Email, SMS. Provides third-party applications access to the 
Contacts application’s dialing functions. In most cases you do not need 
to change these settings.
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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 
are formatted exactly as they appear in the Contact record.
Rename Custom 
Fields
These custom fields appear at the end of the Contact Edit screen. Rename 
them to identify the kind of information you enter in them. The names you 
give the custom fields appear in all Contacts records. 
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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 
items at the top. If you have a number of items in your list, changing an item’s priority setting may 
move its position in the list. 
Note: When you create a new To Do item, its priority is automatically set to level 1, the highest 
(most important) level. If you select another item first, however, the item you create 
appears beneath the selected item and is given the same priority as the selected item. 
To set the priority of a To Do item:
1. Tap the Priority number on the left side of the To Do item.
2. Tap the Priority number that you want to set (1 is most important). 
Setting a due date
You can associate a due date with any To Do item. You can also sort the items that appear in the 
list based on their due date.
New To 
Do item
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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 with a category. You can also sort the items that appear in the 
list based on their category.
To assign a category for a To Do item:
1. Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change.
2. Tap Details.
3. Tap the category pick list.TodayAssigns the current date.
TomorrowAssigns tomorrow’s date.
One week laterAssigns the date exactly one week from the current date.
No DateRemoves the due date from the item.
Choose dateOpens the date selector, where you can choose any date that you 
want for the item.
Tap here
Tap here