Handspring Visor Pro Handheld User Guide

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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 Plus.
nButton Views. Defines which views display 
when you press the Date Book button 
repeatedly. By default, all views appear.
nDisplay Options. Opens the Display Options 
dialog box where you can define the following 
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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 Show End Times. Displays all time bars and 
time slots for end times of an event.
n Scroll Before Day Move. Determines whether 
the front panel scroll buttons will scroll up 
and down within the current day before 
scrolling to the previous or next day.
n Auto-scroll Time. Displays events based on 
the time of day when the Day View 
contains more than one screen of 
information. 
n Float Advance at Midnight. Advances floating 
events to the next day at midnight of the 
current day.
nShow Completed Floating Events. Displays 
completed floating events. 
						

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Alarm 
Preferences
n Silent/Sound. Sets whether an alarm tone 
sounds. The Silent option blinks the LED on 
the power button when an alarm would 
normally sound. 
nBlink for.  Sets how many minutes the LED 
blinks for Silent alarms. The choices are 1 
minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 
15 minutes.
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, and 10 Times.
nRepeat Alarm. Defines how many times the 
alarm repeats when it is not acknowledged. 
The choices are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, 
10 Times, and 100 Times.
nEvery. Defines how often the alarm sound 
repeats. The choices are Minute, 5 minutes, 10 
minutes, and 30 minutes.
n Alarm Preset. Automatically sets an alarm for 
each new event. The silent alarm for untimed 
events is defined by minutes, days, or hours 
before midnight of the date of the event.  
						

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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 a due date.
nDays before Due Date. Defines the number of days 
before the due date that an item will appear in 
Day View as a To Do item.
nCreate Options. Opens the Create Options dialog 
box where you can select the default priority 
and category for To Do Items you create in 
Date Book Plus.
Go to Week
Enables you to jump to a specific week by tapping 
the week number in the current year. 
						

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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. 
						

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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.
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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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 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 events that contain the 
text you enter in this field and hides events that 
do not contain this text.
nShow. Determines the type of information that 
will appear for each event. The choices are Day 
Name and Time.
About Date 
Book+Shows version information for Date Book Plus. 
						

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Address
Address is the application in which you store name and address 
information about people or businesses.
Creating an Address entry
A record in Address 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 load database files into Address on your handheld. 
See “Importing data” in Chapter 2 and Palm Desktop online Help for 
more information.
To create a new Address entry:
1. Press the Address application button   on the front of your 
handheld to display the Address list.
2. Tap New.
3. Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your 
Address list. 
Note:
The handheld automatically capitalizes the first letter of 
each field (except numeric and e-mail fields). You do not 
have to use the Graffiti capital stroke to capitalize the first 
letter of the name. 
Tap New
Cursor 
at Last 
name 
						

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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 with a 
symbol, as in *If Found Call*. This entry can contain contact 
information in case you lose your handheld.
Duplicating an 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 Address list, tap a name you want to duplicate.
1. Tap the Menu icon  .
2. Tap Record, and then tap Duplicate Record. 
3. Edit the entry as necessary. Next Field
    
Tap Done