Palm M130 Handheld Instructions Manual

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– Tap Go To at the bottom of the screen to open the Go to Date dialog box. 
Select a date by tapping a year, month, and day in the calendar.
TIPIn the Go to Date dialog box, you can also use the scroll button on the front 
panel of the handheld to move forward or backward one month at a time.
2.After you locate the date, follow the steps for scheduling an event for the 
current day.
To schedule an untimed event: 
1.Select the date that you want for the event as described in...

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4.Enter a description of the event.
5.Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event.
NOTEIf you create an event and decide later that there is no particular start or end 
time, you can easily change it to an untimed event. Tap the time of the event in the 
Date Book screen, tap No Time, and then tap OK.
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...

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5.Select the 5 and enter any number from 0 to 99 (inclusive) as the number of time 
units.
6.Ta p  O K .
7.When the reminder message appears on screen, do one of the following:
Tap OK to permanently dismiss the reminder and return to the current screen.
Tap Snooze to dismiss the reminder and return to the current screen. The 
reminder message appears again five minutes after you tap Snooze, and an 
attention indicator blinks in the upper-left corner of the screen to remind...

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A birthday is a good example of an event that repeats annually. Another example 
is a weekly guitar lesson that falls on the same day of the week and the same time 
of day. 
A business trip or a vacation is an example of a continuous event.
To schedule a repeating or continuous event:
1.Tap the event.
2.Tap Details.
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,...

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4.Do one of the following:
Tap Current to delete only the current event item.
Tap Future to delete the current and all future event items and reset the end date 
of the repeating event to the last shown date.
Tap All to delete all occurrences of the repeating event.
5.Ta p  O K .
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 
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To display the current time:
1.Tap and hold the stylus on the date bar to display the current time.
2.Drag the stylus below the title area and then lift it to redisplay the date. 
NOTEYou can also tap the Clock icon   in the upper left corner of the Graffiti writing 
area to display the time for a few seconds.
Working in Week View
Week View shows the calendar of your events for an entire week. This view lets 
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3.Tap an event to show a description of the event.
Tips for using Week View: Keep the following points in mind.
nTo reschedule an event, tap and drag the event to a different time or day.
nTap a blank time on any day to move to that day and have the time selected for 
a new event. 
nTap any day or date that appears at the top of the Week View to move directly 
to that day without selecting an event.
nThe Week View shows the time span defined by the Start Time
 and End Time...

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Working in Month View
The Month View screen shows which days have events scheduled. Dots and lines 
in the Month View indicate events, repeating events, and untimed events.
You can control the dots and lines that appear in the Month View. See “Options 
menu” later in this chapter.
Tips for using Month View: Keep the following points in mind.
nTap a day in the Month View to display that day in the Day View.
nTap the scroll arrows in the upper-right corner to...

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To display the Agenda View:
1.Tap the Agenda View button.
2.Tap the navigation controls to move forward or backward a day at a time, or to 
display more events and To Do items. 
NOTEYou can also change the category of To Do items shown. Click on the pick list 
to choose another category.
See “To Do List”for more information on working with To Do items.
Date Book menus, preferences, and display options
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Display OptionsAllows you to change Date Book’s appearance and which events 
display.
nShow Time Bar s. 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...