Handspring Visor Handheld Platinum User Guide

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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 of the Day View screen.
To create To Do items in Date Book Plus:
1. Tap the Day View button.
2. Tap New and select To Do from the list.
3. Enter a description of the To Do item.
4. Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the item.
To mark a To Do item complete:
nTap the check box next to the item.
Tips for using To Do items:
nWhen you create a To Do item in...

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Using the Daily Journal
You can use the Daily Journal feature to record events as they occur. 
Events are recorded with automatic time-stamping as Date Book Plus 
Notes so they do not clutter your schedule. The Daily Journal is 
especially useful for tracking activities such as sales calls, start and 
end times for consulting or other work, or keeping a record of how 
you spend your time at the office.
To create a Daily Journal entry:
1. Tap the Day View button.
2....

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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. Tap the Menu icon  .
3. Tap Record, and then tap Create...

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Using snooze alarms
When you set alarms in Date Book Plus, the Reminder & Snooze 
dialog box appears in place of the standard reminder message. You 
can use this dialog box to reset the alarm to sound in a specified period 
of time.
Selecting the default Date Book
The default Date Book is the application that appears when you press 
the Date Book button on the front of your handheld. By default, this is 
the Date Book Plus application. If you prefer, you can select...

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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.
Duplicate Item
Creates a copy of the selected event and opens the 
Details dialog box for the new event.
UnDelete from 
ArchiveRestores the last event you deleted from Date 
Book Plus (provided it was stored in the Archive 
file). You can select this command repeatedly to 
restore additional events. 
Week ViewWeek View with TextMonth View
Year View List ViewDay View 

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Preferences
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...

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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 
times.
n Hide...

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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, 10 Times, and 100 
Times.
nRepeat Alarm. Defines how many times the 
alarm repeats when it is not acknowledged. 
The...

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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 
have been assigned...

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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...