Handspring Visor Handheld Platinum User Guide

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Chapter 6
Application Specific Tasks
This chapter is organized by application and gives instructions on 
how to do tasks that are specific to each of the following applications:
nDate Book
nDate Book Plus
nAddress
nTo Do List
nMemo Pad
nCalculator
nCityTime
nExpense 

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Date Book
When you open Date Book, the screen shows the current date and a 
list of times for a normal business day. 
Scheduling an event
A record in Date Book is called an “event.” An event can be any kind 
of activity that you associate with a day. You can enter a new event on 
any of the available time lines. 
When you schedule an event, its description appears on the time line, 
and its duration is automatically set to one hour. You can easily 
change the start...

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3. If the event is one hour long, skip to step 7. If the event is longer or 
shorter than an hour, tap the time of the event to open the Set Time 
dialog box. 
Tip:You can also open the Set Time dialog (to select a start 
time) by making sure no event is selected, and then 
writing a number on the number side of the Graffiti 
writing area.
4. Tap the time columns on the right side of the Set Time dialog to set 
the Start Time.
5. Tap the End Time box, and then tap the time columns to...

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To schedule an event for another day:
1. Select the date you want for the event by doing one of the 
following: 
nTap the day of the week that you want in the date bar at the top of 
the screen. If necessary, tap the Previous week or Next week scroll 
arrows to move to another week.
Tip:You can also use the scroll buttons on the front panel of 
your handheld to move forward or backward one day at 
a time.
nTap Go To at the bottom of the screen to open the Go to Date...

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To schedule an untimed event: 
1. Select the date that you want for the event as described in “To 
schedule an event for another day.”
2. Tap New.
3. Tap OK, so that no start or end times are defined for the new event.
Tip:You can also create a new untimed event by making sure 
no event is selected and then writing letters in the Graffiti 
writing area.
4. Enter a description of the event.
5. Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event.
Note:If you create an event and...

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Rescheduling an event
You can easily make changes to your schedule with your handheld. 
To reschedule an event:
1. Tap the event you want to reschedule.
2. Tap Details.
3. To change the time, tap the Time box and select a new time.
4. To change the date, tap the Date box and select a new date.
5. Tap OK.
Setting an alarm for an event
The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in 
your Date Book. You can set an alarm to sound minutes, hours, or...

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Alarm for untimed events: You can set a silent alarm for an untimed event. 
In this case, the alarm triggers at the specified period of minutes, 
hours, or days before midnight (beginning) of the day of the untimed 
event. No audible alarm sounds for an untimed event; instead, the 
reminder message appears onscreen.
For example, you set an alarm for an untimed event that occurs on 
February 4th. If the alarm is set for 5 minutes, the reminder message 
appears at 11:55 PM on the night of...

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3. Tap the Repeat box to open the Change Repeat dialog box.
4. Tap Day, Week, Month, or Year to set how often event repeats.
For a continuous event, tap Day.
5. Enter a number that corresponds to how often you want the event 
to repeat on the Every line. 
For example, if you select Month and enter the number 2, the 
event repeats every other month.
6. To specify an end date for the repeating or continuous event, tap 
the End on pick list and tap Choose Date. Use the...

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Current. Changes or deletes only the current instance of the re-
peating event.
Future. Changes or deletes the current event and all future oc-
currences of this event.
All. Changes or deletes all past, current, and future occurrences 
of this event.
Considerations for repeating or continuous events
Keep the following points in mind:
nIf you change the start date of a repeating event, your handheld 
calculates the number of days you moved the event. Your 
handheld then automatically...

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Changing the Date Book view
In addition to displaying the calendar for a specific day, you can also 
display a whole week or month, as well as the current time. 
Note:The Date Book Plus application includes additional calendar 
views and extended features. You can select Date Book Plus as 
your default Date Book application. See “Selecting the default 
Date Book” later in this chapter for details.
To cycle through Day, Week, and Month views:
nPress the Date Book...