Handspring Visor Handheld User Guide

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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 List items 
in the categories you select.
n Priorities Displayed. Displays To Do List 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 List items.
nShow Completed Items. Displays completed To 
Do List items.
nShow Undated Items. Shows all To Do List items 
that have not been assigned a due date.
nShow Dated Items. Shows all To Do List...

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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 List 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...

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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 the Month View display. 

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Year 
Preferences
nHide Floating and Done Items. Removes floating 
events and completed To Do List 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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List View 
Preferences
nDate Book. Determines which type of events 
appear in the List View display. The choices 
are: Appt, Float, Done, Alarms Only, and 
Repeat events only appear once.
nTo Do. Determines which type of To Do List 
items appear in the List View display. The 
choices are All, Not Complete, Complete, and 
None. If you choose either Not Complete or 
Complete, you also have the following choices: 
Dated & Undated, Dated only, and Undated 
only.
nFilter by Text. Displays...

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Address Book
Address Book is the application in which you store name and address 
information about people or businesses.
Creating an Address Book entry
A record in Address Book is called an “entry.” You can create entries 
on your handheld, or you can use Palm Desktop software to create 
entries on your computer and then download the entries to your 
handheld with your next HotSync operation.
Palm Desktop software also has data import capabilities that enable 
you to...

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4. Use the Next Field Graffiti stroke to move to the First Name field.
Tip:You can also move to any field by tapping it directly.
5. Enter the persons first name in the First Name field.
6. Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry.
7. Tap the scroll arrows   to move to the next page of information.
8. After you finish entering information, tap Done.
Tip:To create an entry that always appears at the top of the 
Address List, begin the Last name or Company field...

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3. Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change. 
4. Select a new label.
Changing Address Entry details
The Address Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options 
that you can associate with an entry. 
To open the Address Entry Details dialog box:
1. Tap the entry whose details you want to change.
2. Tap Edit.
3. Tap Details.
4. Select any of the following settings:
Show in List
Select which type of phone or other information 
appears in the Address...