HP Jornada 680/680e Series Handheld PC Users Guide
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Chapter 3 | Connecting to your desktop PC | 55 PIM data translation You can translate only one file at a time. To translate multiple PIM data files, you need to repeat the Translation operation for each file separately. To translate appointment data 1. Double-click the HP PIM Translation Utility icon to start the program. 2. In the Welcome screen, click Appointments. 3. Specify the appointment data file to translate in the Open File dialog box that appears, and then click OK. If the file you specify is not a PIM database file of the appropriate type, you will get an error mes- sage. 4. In the Appointment Book Translation Note screen, click OK. The Data Translation Progress screen appears, showing the progress of current translation activity. 5. When the translation is complete, a message ap- pears. Click OK to return to the Welcome screen. Limitation on appointment translation Although the Appointment Book applications on the HP 100LX/200LX palmtop PCs and HP OmniGo 100/120 organizers and the Calendar application on the HP Palmtop PC support daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly repeated events, the Schedule+ application supports only daily and yearly repeated events. Because all translation goes through Schedule+, there is no direct mapping from earlier HP Palmtop products to Schedule+ for repeating weekly and monthly events. As long as you do not edit imported repeat- ing weekly or monthly events in Schedule+ before you synchronize them with the HP Palmtop PC, they will translate correctly into repeating events on the palmtop PC. If, however, you edit them in Schedule+, they lose their weekly/monthly attribute and are treated as single events.
56 | HP Jornada 680/680e User’s Guide To translate a Phone Book data file 1. Double-click the HP PIM Translation Utility icon to start the program. 2. In the Welcome screen, click Phone Book. 3. In the Open File dialog box, specify the Phone Book data file to translate, and then click OK. 4. In the Phone Book Translation Field Map window, select mapping options. For more information, see the following sections. 5. When translation is complete, a message appears. Click OK to return to the Welcome screen. Phone Book field mapping The HP PIM Translation Utility attempts to map the fields in your Phone Book data file to standard fields in a Sched- ule+ record. As long as your Phone Book fields have standard names (that is, you have not modified the Phone Book database field structure), the translation is straightforward. The suggested mapping appears in a table in the Phone Book Translation Field Map screen: •The left column shows the names of fields extracted from the Phone Book data file. (Only the fields that have data are included.) •The right column shows the names of Schedule+ fields. •An arrow in the center column indicates that the data in a Phone Book field in the left column will be copied to the corresponding Schedule+ field in the right column. Note that multiple Phone Book fields (for example, Address1 and Address2) can be mapped to the same Schedule+ field (for example, Business address). No arrow in the center column indicates that there is no mapping and, therefore, the data will not be copied. You can add or modify the suggested mappings before translating the data. For example, if you have customized the name of a Phone
Chapter 3 | Connecting to your desktop PC | 57 Book field so that the HP PIM Translation Utility does not know how to map it, you can define a mapping for it yourself. Name mapping The Name field in the Phone Book data file can be mapped in three ways in Schedule+: •If the name in the Phone Book data file is entered as Name1, Name2 [Name3] (that is, with a comma after the first word), it is always mapped to the two name fields in Schedule+ with Name1 = Last Name and Name2 [Name3] = First Name. •If the name in the Phone Book data file does not have a comma after the first word, you can choose one of two options for its mapping: •Last name/First name— (default) Name1 [Name3] Name2 maps to Name1 = Last Name and [Name3] Name2 = First Name. •First name/Last name—Name1 [Name3] Name2 maps to Name1 [Name3] = First Name and Name2 = Last Name. In all cases, Last name is mapped to a single word, with any additional words such as [Name3] becoming part of First name.) Mapping additions If a field appears in the left column with no mapping (that is, no arrow in the center column) select a field name from the drop-down list of the Schedule+ field immediately to the right of the field whose mapping you want to define. The field name appears in the appropriate cell in the right column and a mapping arrow appears in the center column.
58 | HP Jornada 680/680e User’s Guide Mapping changes If a field in the left column is mapped to the wrong field in the right column, change the mapping by selecting a differ- ent Schedule+ field name from the drop-down list for the corresponding cell in the right column. Mapping removal If a field in the left column should not be mapped to any- thing, click None from the drop-down list for the corre- sponding cell in the right column. The None option is not available for the Name field. Translation status review After each translation is finished, whether it completed successfully or was interrupted, the results are written onto the Status screen. Click the Status button on the Welcome screen to see the history of any translations begun during the current execution of the HP PIM Translation Utility.
| 59 Staying organized | 4 Your Hewlett-Packard Jornada 680 or 680e Handheld PC comes with a variety of programs designed to help you stay organized. Use Microsoft Pocket Outlook and HP Jornada viewer to manage your contacts, tasks, and calendar while you are away from your office. When you return, you can synchronize your HP Jornada with your desktop or notebook PC to ensure that the Pocket Outlook databases on your HP Jornada are always up to date with the Microsoft Outlook or Schedule+ data on your desktop. Pocket Outlook also lets you set alarms and reminders so that you never forget an appointment or meeting. And, if you want a personal reminder, you can record voice memos to yourself with Microsoft Voice Recorder. In this chapter you will find information about and basic procedures for: •Pocket Outlook •HP viewer •HP quick pad •Voice Recorder For more information on these and other programs that come with your HP Jornada, see online Help.
60 | HP Jornada 680/680e User’s Guide Using Microsoft Pocket Outlook Your HP Jornada comes with Microsoft Pocket Outlook, which includes Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Inbox. Using Microsoft Windows CE Services, you can synchronize information on your HP Jornada with information in Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Schedule+, or Microsoft Exchange on your desktop computer. Each time you syn- chronize, Windows CE Services compares the changes you made to data on your device and desktop PC and updates both computers. With Inbox, you can send and receive e-mail messages, either by synchronizing with the mail program on your desktop PC (either Outlook or Exchange) or by connecting directly to your mail server through an Internet or network account. To start Pocket Outlook 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Pocket Outlook, and tap either Calendar, Con- tacts, Inbox, or Tasks. –or– Tap one of the Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, or Tasks hot keys. To switch quickly from one Pocket Outlook applications to another, tap the Go menu on the toolbar of the current Pocket Outlook application. Keeping appointments with Calendar Use Calendar to schedule appointments, meetings, and other events. Quickly check your appointments in one of several views (Day, Week, Month, Year, and Agenda). To create a new appointment 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Pocket Outlook, and tap Calendar. –or– Tap the Calendar hot key.
Chapter 4 | Staying organized | 61 2. On the File menu, tap New Appointment. 3. Type a description and the location of your appoint- ment. 4. Select the time and date of your appointment. 5. To add notes, tap the Notes button, and then tap once in the notes area. Type your notes. 6. To assign the appointment to a category, tap the Categories button, and then select a category from the list. 7. Select other desired options, and when you are finished tap OK. If you need to schedule a meeting with people who use Outlook, Pocket Outlook, or Schedule+, you can use Calen- dar to schedule the meeting. When attendees receive a meeting request, they can choose to accept or decline the meeting. If they accept, the meeting is automatically placed in their schedule. In addition, their response is automati- cally sent back to you, and your calendar is updated. Before you can send a meeting request, you must enter e-mail addresses in Contacts and set up Inbox to send and receive messages (see the Using Inbox section in chapter 6). To create a meeting request 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Pocket Outlook, and then tap Calendar. –or– Tap the Calendar hot key. 2. On the Tools menu, tap Options, and then choose a mail transport: • If you send and receive messages using synchroni- zation, select ActiveSync. • If you connect to an ISP or network, select the service you set up in Inbox or the HP Jornada dialup application. 3. Tap OK.
62 | HP Jornada 680/680e User’s Guide 4. On the File menu, tap Make Meeting. 5. Enter the meeting information. 6. Select the contacts you want to invite. 7. Select other desired options, and then tap OK. Inbox automatically creates a meeting request and sends it to the attendees the next time you connect to your mail server or synchronize with your desktop PC. Your HP Jornada will remind you about your appointments and meetings by playing a sound, flashing the notification light, and/or displaying a message on the screen. To choose the way you prefer to be notified, tap Options on the Tools menu. Tap Alarm, and then tap Reminder Options. You can silence an alarm without even opening your HP Jornada by pressing the blinking alarm-notification LED on the cover. Managing names and addresses with Contacts The Contacts program maintains a list of your friends and colleagues so that you can easily find the information you are looking for, whether you are at home or on the road. Using the infrared port, you can also quickly share Contacts information with other Windows CE–based mobile device users. To create a new contact 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Pocket Outlook, and tap Contacts. –or– Tap the Contacts hot key. 2. On the File menu, tap New Contact. 3. Type a name. 4. Tap Business or Personal and type information in the appropriate fields. Supply an e-mail address to send meeting requests and e-mail messages to this contact.
Chapter 4 | Staying organized | 63 5. To add a note or assign the contact to a category, tap Notes/Categories. Then, select the notes area and enter your notes, or select a category from the list. 6. When you are finished, tap OK. You can send up to 25 contact cards at a time to another Windows CE–based device. To do this, line up the infrared ports on the two devices so that they are within 1 meter (3 feet) of one another. On the Contacts list, select the item(s) you want to send, and then on the File menu, tap Send. If you are receiving items, tap Receive. Category information and notes are not transmitted with the contact. Keeping track of your workload with Tasks The Tasks program helps you keep track of what you need to do. Enter the details for a task on the task card, and then assign a category. You can even associate a date with the task and then set a reminder for yourself. You can sort the list on any column by tapping the column heading (the column used for sorting the list displays a triangle in the heading). If you sort by status, active tasks are listed before completed tasks. Or, you can filter your list to show only a specific status of a task or tasks belonging to a specific category. When your list is filtered, the filter button is selected. Overdue tasks are displayed in red, bold text. To create a new task 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Pocket Outlook, and tap Tasks. –or– Tap the Tasks hot key. 2. On the File menu, tap New Task. 3. Type a description of the task.
64 | HP Jornada 680/680e User’s Guide 4. Select the start date, due date, and other information. 5. To add a note to a task, tap the Notes button, and then tap once in the note-taking area. Type your note, and then tap OK. 6. When you are finished, tap OK. Managing your e-mail with Inbox Use Inbox to send and receive e-mail messages. You can access your e-mail by synchronizing with your desktop PC or by connecting to a mail server through an Internet or network account. (For more information, see the Using Inbox section in chapter 6 and the Synchronizing e-mail messages section in chapter 3.) Using HP viewer HP viewer gives you a quick and versatile way to view the information in your Pocket Outlook Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks databases. HP viewer displays the information you choose in as much detail as you want, including detailed contact information, tasks and notes on a single screen, or all the appointments and tasks scheduled for a single day, a week, or up to 6 months at a time. HP viewer also enables you to view a single field for any record or to switch in- stantly to Pocket Outlook for editing. By default, the HP viewer icon is displayed on the Windows CE desktop. To start HP viewer 1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to HP Applications, and then tap HP viewer. –or– Press the HP viewer hot key.