Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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Calculator menu
Calculator menus are shown here for your reference, and Calculator features that 
are not explained elsewhere in this book are described here.
See“Using menus” in Chapter 4 for information about choosing menu commands.
Options menus
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CHAPTER 7
Using Clock
Clock enables you to view the current time and date and to set an alarm. Use 
Clock to do the following:
nView the current time and date.
nOpen a preferences screen where you can set the time and date for all the 
applications on your handheld.
nSet an alarm.
To open Clock:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Clock icon  .
Clock makes it easy for you to check the time and date, and provides a convenient 
travel alarm feature. See“Date and Time preferences” in Chapter 15 for details on 
setting the current date and time for all the applications on your handheld.
In addition to setting the date and time, you can set an alarm to sound during the 
next 24-hour period.
Viewing the time
To view the time, do one of the following:
nWhen your handheld is on, tap the Clock icon   in the upper-left corner of the 
Graffiti writing area, or tap the Home icon  , and then tap the Clock icon  .
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Setting an alarm
You can set an alarm to alert you at a particular time.
To set an alarm:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Clock icon  .
3.Tap the Alarm box to open the Set Alarm dialog box.
4.Tap the time columns to set the hour and minute.
5.When the alarm reminder message appears, 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 in five minutes, and an attention indicator 
blinks in the upper-left corner of the screen to remind you of the pending 
alarm. When the reminder message reappears, the current time displays in 
the Reminder bar and the alarm time displays on the screen. 
6.Tap Go To to open Clock. 
						

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Clock menus
Clock menus are shown here for your reference, and Clock features that are not 
explained elsewhere in this book are described here.
See“Using menus” in Chapter 4 for information about choosing menu commands.
Options menu
Display OptionsAllows you to choose which information appears on the Clock 
screen.
nDay. Activates the day of the week display. When it is on, the 
day appears above the time.
nDate. Activates the date display. When it is on, the date 
appears below the time.
Alarm PreferencesnSound. Sets the sound of the alarm. The choices are Alarm, 
Bumble Bee, Reveille, Sonata, Wake Up, and Warbler.
nVolume. Defines how loud the alarm sounds. The choices 
are Low, Medium, and High.
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CHAPTER 8
Using Date Book
Date Book lets you 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 any potential scheduling overlaps or 
conflicts.
nDisplay a monthly calendar to quickly spot days where you have morning, 
lunch, or afternoon appointments.
nDisplay an agenda showing appointments, untimed events, and your To Do 
items for the day.
nSet an alarm to notify you of the scheduled activity. 
nCreate reminders for events that are based on a particular date, rather than time 
of day. Birthdays and anniversaries are easy to track with your handheld.
nAttach notes to individual events for a description or clarification of the entry 
in your Date Book.
To open Date Book:
nPress the Date Book application button on the front panel of your handheld. 
Date Book opens to today’s schedule.
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NOTEPress the Date Book application button repeatedly to cycle through the Day, 
Week, Month, and Agenda views.
When you open Date Book, the screen shows the current date and a list of times for 
a normal business day. 
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.
NOTEIt’s possible to schedule events that overlap, but Date Book makes it easy to 
find such conflicts. See “Spotting event conflicts” later in this chapter.
You can also schedule events in your Date Book that occur on a particular date but 
have no specific start or end times, such as birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. 
These are referred to as “untimed events.” Untimed events appear at the top of the 
list of times, marked with a diamond. You can have more than one untimed event 
on a particular date.
You can also schedule a repeating event, such as a weekly meeting, and continuous 
events, such as a three-day conference or a vacation.
To schedule an event for the current day:
1.Tap the time line that corresponds to the beginning of the event.
2.Enter a description of the event. You can enter up to 255 characters.
Tap a time 
line
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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 open the Set Time dialog box (to select a start time) by 
making sure no event is selected, and then writing a number on the number 
side of the Graffiti
® writing area.
4.Do one of the following:
– Tap the time columns on the right side of the Set Time dialog box to set the 
Start Time, then tap the End Time box and tap the time columns to set the 
End Time.
– Tap All Day to automatically insert the start and end time of the event as 
defined in your Date Book preferences.
5.Ta p  O K .
6.Tap a blank area of the screen to deselect the event. A vertical line appears next 
to the time, indicating the duration of the event.
NOTEIf an event has the same start and end time, the time is only displayed 
once.
Ta p  t h e  
time of an 
event
Start Time 
highlightedTap to scroll to 
earlier hours
Tap to scroll to 
later hours
Tap to change 
hours
Tap to change 
minutesTap to automatically 
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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.
TIPYou can also use the scroll button on the front panel of your handheld 
to move forward or backward one day at a time.
– 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 the procedure for 
rescheduling an event earlier in this chapter.
2.Ta p  N e w.
Previous 
weekNext 
week
Tap to select a day of 
the current week
Previous year Next year
Tap to select 
current date Tap to select a 
month
Tap to select a 
day