Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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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 writing area.
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...

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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 before an event. The default 
Alarm setting is 5 minutes before the time of the event, but you can change this to 
any number of minutes, hours, or days.
When you set an alarm, the alarm icon   appears to the far right of the event with 
the alarm. When the alarm occurs, a reminder message also appears onscreen....

Scheduling repeating or continuous events
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Setting an alarm for an untimed event
You can set a silent alarm for an untimed event. In this case, the alarm triggers at 
the specified period of minutes, hours, or days before midnight (beginning) of the 
day of the untimed event. When the alarm triggers, the reminder list displays the 
alarm message until you clear it.
For example, you set an alarm for an untimed event that occurs on February 4th. If 
the alarm is set for 5 minutes, the reminder message...

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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 picker to select an end date.
7.Ta p  O K .
After you schedule a repeating or continuous event, this icon   appears to the far 
right of the event.
Changing repeating or continuous events
When you make changes to a repeating or continuous event, such as deleting or 
adding notes, or changing the time of an event, you can decide which of the events 
you...

Changing the Date Book view
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nIf you change the date of an occurrence of a repeating event (e.g., from January 
14th to January 15th) and apply the change to all occurrences, the new date 
becomes the start date of the repeating event. Your handheld adjusts the end 
date to maintain the duration of the event. If you apply the change to current 
and future occurrences, past occurrences are not changed.
nIf you change other repeat settings (e.g., time, alarm, private) of a repeating 
event and apply the...

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To display the Week View:
1.Tap the Week View button.
2.Tap the navigation controls to move forward or backward a week at a time, or 
tap on a column to display details of an event. 
NOTEThe Week View also shows untimed events and events that are before 
and after the range of times shown.
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....

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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 
in the Date Book Preferences settings. If you have an event before or after this 
time span, a bar appears at the top or bottom of that day’s column. Use the 
onscreen scroll arrows   to scroll to the event.
Working in Month View
The Month View screen shows which days have events...

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Working in Agenda View
The Agenda view shows you your untimed events, appointments, and To Do 
items in one screen. When you tap an untimed event or appointment in the 
Agenda view, the Day view appears so you can see more detailed information 
about the event. You can tap the check box next to a To Do item to mark it as 
completed. When you tap a To Do item, your To Do list appears. 
NOTEThe To Do items that appear and how you can change them depends on the 
settings in your...

Date Book menus, preferences, and display options
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Spotting event conflicts
With the ability to define specific start and end times for any event, it’s possible to 
schedule events that overlap (an event that starts before a previous event finishes).
An event conflict (time overlap) appears in the Week View as overlapping bars. 
The Day View displays overlapping brackets to the left of the conflicting times.
Date Book menus, preferences, and display options
Date Book menus are shown here for your...

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Display OptionsAllows you to change Date Book’s appearance and which events 
display.
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...