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CHAPTER 5
Using Calendar
Calendar enables you to quickly and easily schedule appointments or any 
kind of activity associated with a time and date. You can attach notes to 
Calendar events and set alarms to remind you when they happen. 
NOTECertain tasks are common among several handheld applications. For more 
information, see Chapter 4, “Working with Applications.”
To open Calendar:
nPress the Calendar application button on the front panel of your handheld. 
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Working in Agenda View
The Agenda View shows you your daily appointments and events, Task items in 
one screen. you can also choose to show messages from your e-mail program.
To display the Agenda View:
nTap the Agenda View button.
Setting Agenda View display options
You can customize the Agenda View appearance using the Display Options dialog 
box. To set the start and stop times for the calendar screens, see “Option menu/
Preferences” later in this chapter.
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Working in Day View
Day View shows the calendar of your events for an entire day. Day View is the 
working area of Calendar, where you schedule and remove events, and set alarms.
To display the Day View:
nTap the Day View button.
Setting Day View display options
You can customize the Day View appearance using the Display Options dialog 
box. To set the start and stop times for the calendar screens, see “Option menu/
Preferences” later in this chapter.
Day View buttonTap to view...

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Scheduling an event
When you schedule an event, its description appears on the time line, and its 
duration is automatically set to one hour. 
To schedule an event for the current day:
1.Tap the time line that corresponds to the beginning of the event or tap New.
2.Enter a description of the event. You can enter up to 255 characters.
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...

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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, and 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 Calendar 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.
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– Press Right or Left on the 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 open the Go to Date dialog box. 
Select a date by tapping a year, month, and day in the calendar.
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.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.Tap...

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Scheduling repeating or continuous events
The Repeat function enables you to schedule events that recur at regular intervals 
or that extend over a period of consecutive days. 
To schedule a repeating or continuous event:
1.Select the event.
2.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
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.
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To set an alarm for an event:
1.Select the event to which you want to assign an alarm.
2.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
3.Tap the Alarm check box to select it.
The default setting, 5 Minutes, appears.
4.Tap the pick list to select Minutes, Hours, or Days.
5.Select the 5 and enter any number from 0 to 99 (inclusive) as the number of time 
units.
6.Ta p  O K .
7.When the reminder message appears onscreen, do one of the following:
– Tap OK to permanently dismiss the reminder and return to...

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Setting an event location
Events can have a location that appears in the Day view and in the Details view.
To add an event location:
1.Select an event.
2.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
3.Tap Location and enter a location.
4.Ta p  O K .
In Day view, the location appears in parenthesis after the event description.
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.
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4.Perform one of the following:
– To edit a category, select a category and tap Edit.
– To create a new category, tap New.
The Edit Category dialog box opens.
5.Enter a new name and select a color.
6.Ta p  O K .
Working in Week View
Week View shows the calendar of your events for an entire week. 
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....