Palm Zire 71 Handheld Instructions Manual

Managing expansion cards
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Managing expansion cards
nWhen writing data to an expansion card, wait for your handheld to complete 
the operation before removing the card from the slot. This prevents data 
corruption or accidental damage to the expansion card.
nYou can install applications to an expansion card after performing an initial 
HotSync
® operation. See“Installing files and add-on applications” in Chapter 4 
for information. For optimal performance, we recommend that you do not 
install more than...

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CHAPTER 8
Using Date Book
Date Book enables you to quickly and easily schedule appointments or any 
kind of activity associated with a time and date. Use Date Book to do the 
following:
nEnter a description of your appointment, and assign it to a specific time and 
date.
nDisplay a chart of your appointments for an entire week. The Week View makes 
it easy to spot available times and potential scheduling overlaps or conflicts.
nDisplay a monthly calendar to quickly spot days where you have morning,...

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Scheduling an event
A record in Date Book is called an event. An event can be any kind of activity that 
you associate with a day. You can enter a new event on any of the available time 
lines. 
When you schedule an event, its description appears on the time line, and its 
duration is automatically set to one hour. You can easily change the start time and 
duration for any event.
It’s possible to schedule events that overlap, but Date Book makes it easy to find 
such...

Scheduling an event
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3.If the event is one hour long, skip to step 5. If the event is longer or shorter than 
an hour, tap the time of the event to open the Set Time dialog box. 
TIPYou can also use the Graffiti® 2 writing area to open the Set Time dialog 
box. Make sure that no event is selected, and then on the number side of the 
Graffiti 2 writing area, write a number for the start time of the event.
4.Do one of the following:
– Tap the time columns on the right side of the Set Time dialog box to...

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To schedule an event for another day:
1.Select the date you want for the event by doing one of the following: 
– Tap the day of the week that you want in the date bar at the top of the screen. 
If necessary, tap the Previous week or Next week scroll arrows to move to 
another week.
– Press Right or Left on the 5-way navigator to scroll to the next or previous 
day.
– Press Up or Down on the navigator to scroll within the current day.
– Tap Go To at the bottom of the screen to...

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3.Tap No Time, so that no start or end times are defined for the new event.
TIPYou can also create a new untimed event by making sure no event is 
selected and then writing letters in the Graffiti 2 writing area.
4.Enter a description of the event.
5.Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event.
If 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...

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Rescheduling an event
You can easily make changes to your schedule with your handheld. 
To reschedule an event:
1.Select the event you want to reschedule.
2.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
3.To change the time, tap the Time box and tap a new time.
4.To change the date, tap the Date box and tap a new date.
5.Ta p  O K .
Setting an alarm for an event
The Alarm setting enables you to set an alarm for events in your Date Book. You 
can set an alarm to notify you minutes, hours, or days...

Scheduling repeating or continuous events
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7.When the reminder message appears onscreen, 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. An 
attention indicator blinks in the upper-left corner of the screen to remind you 
of the pending alarm, and the reminder message appears again five minutes 
later.
– Tap Go To to open Date Book. Date Book will open and display the event...

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3.Tap the Repeat box to open the Change Repeat dialog box.
4.Tap Day, Week, Month, or Year to set how often the event repeats.
For a continuous event, tap Day.
5.On the Every line, enter a number that corresponds to how often you want the 
event to repeat.
For example, if you select Month and enter the number 2, the event repeats 
every other month.
6.To specify an end date for the repeating or continuous event, tap the End on 
pick list and tap Choose Date. Use the date...