Palmone III Personal Handheld Organizer Handbook
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Chapter 4 Page 73 To schedule an event for another day: 1. Select the date you want for the event by doing one of the following: nTap 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. Tip:You can also use the scroll button on the front panel of your organizer to move forward or backward one day at a time. nTap Go To at the bottom of the screen to open the Go to Date dialog box. Select...
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Page 74 Using Your Basic Applications To schedule an untimed event: 1. Select the date that you want for the event as described in “To schedule an event for another day.” 2. Tap New. 3. Tap OK, so that no start or end times are defined for the new event. Tip:You 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. Note:If you...
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Chapter 4 Page 75 Rescheduling an event You can easily make changes to your schedule with your organizer. To reschedule an event: 1. Tap the event you want to reschedule. 2. Tap Details. 3. To change the time, tap the Time box and select a new time. 4. To change the date, tap the Date box and select a new date. 5. Tap OK. Setting an alarm for an event The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in your Date Book. You can set an alarm to sound minutes, hours, or days before an...
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Page 76 Using Your Basic Applications Alarm for untimed events: 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. No audible alarm sounds for an untimed event; instead, the reminder message appears onscreen. 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 appears at...
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Chapter 4 Page 77 5. Enter a number that corresponds to how often you want the event to repeat on the Every line. 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 picker to select an end date. 7. Tap OK. After you schedule a repeating or continuous event, this icon appears to the far right of the event. Considerations for...
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Page 78 Using Your Basic Applications To display the current time: nTap the date in the date bar to display the current time. After a few seconds, the date reappears. Working in Week View: Week View shows the calendar of your events for an entire week. This view lets you quickly review your appointments and available time slots. In addition, the graphical display helps you spot overlaps and conflicts in your schedule. To display the Week View: 1. Tap the Week View button. 2. Tap the navigation...
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Chapter 4 Page 79 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 in the Date...
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Page 80 Using Your Basic Applications 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 move...
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Chapter 4 Page 81 Date Book menus, preferences, and display options Date Book menus are shown here for your reference, and Date Book features that are not explained elsewhere in this book are described here. See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu commands. Record menu Options menu
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Page 82 Using Your Basic Applications Display Options Allows 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...