Palm M130 Handheld Instructions Manual

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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 load...

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6.Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry.
NOTEAs you enter letters in the Title, Company, City, and State fields, text 
appears for the first logical match that exists in your Address Book. As you 
enter more letters, a closer match appears. For example, you may already have 
Sacramento and San Francisco in your Address Book. As you enter “S” 
Sacramento appears, and as you continue entering “a” and “n” San Francisco 
replaces...

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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:
Address Book menus
Address Book menus are shown here for your reference, and Address Book...

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The Record and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re displaying the 
Address list screen or the Address view screen.
Record menus
Options menus
Duplicate 
AddressMakes a copy of the current record and displays the copy in 
Address Edit so you can make changes to the copied record. The 
copy has the same category and attached notes as the original 
record.
Preferences
nRemember last category. Determines how Address Book 
appears when you return to it...

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To  D o  L i s t
A To Do List item is a reminder of some task that you have to complete. A record 
in To Do List is called an “item.”
To create a To Do List item:
1.Press the To Do List application button   on the front of your handheld to 
display the To Do List.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.Enter the text of the To Do List item. The text can be longer than one line.
4.Tap anywhere onscreen to deselect the To Do List item.
TIPIf no To Do List item is currently selected, writing in...

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have a number of items in your list, changing an item’s priority setting may move 
its position in the list. 
NOTEWhen you create a new To Do List item, its priority is automatically set to 
level 1, the highest (most important) level. If you select another item first, however, 
the item you create appears beneath the selected item and is given the same priority 
as the selected item. 
To set the priority of a To Do List item:
1.Tap the Priority number on the...

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Changing To Do List item details
The To Do Item Details dialog box enables you to change settings for individual 
items. 
To display the To Do Item Details dialog box:
1.Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change.
2.Tap Details.
Setting a due date
You can associate a due date with any To Do List item. You can also sort the items 
that appear in the list based on their due date.
To set a due date for a To Do List item:
1.In the Details dialog box, tap “No...

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To Do Show Options
The Show Options dialog box enables you to control the appearance of To Do List 
and To Do items in Date Book Agenda view.
To change the Show Options settings:
1.In To Do List, tap Show.
2.Select any of the following settings:
3.Ta p  O K .
To Do List menus
To Do List menus are shown here for your reference, and To Do List features that 
are not explained elsewhere in this book are described here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for...

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Record menu
Options menu
Note Pad
A record in Note Pad is called a “note.” You can assign each note a title and store 
as many notes as permitted by the memory available on your handheld. You can 
also choose the pen and paper color for your notes.
To create a new note:
1.Press the Note Pad application button   on the front panel of your handheld 
to open a new note.
NOTEIf Note Pad is already running, tap New. 
2.Write the information directly on the handheld screen....

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Setting pen and paper color
You can choose the pen and paper color for your notes. 
To set the pen and paper color:
1.Tap the Menu icon  . 
2.Tap Options, and then tap Preferences.
3.Ta p  C o l o r.
4.Tap Pen, and then tap a color for the pen.
5.Tap Paper, and then tap a color for the paper. 
6.Ta p  O K .
Reviewing notes
The note title and the date you created the note appear in the Note Pad list. If you 
did not assign a title to your note, the time you...