Palmone VII Wireless Handheld Instructions Manual

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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.
Note:If an event has the same start and end time, the time only 
appears once.
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...

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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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Rescheduling an event
You can easily make changes to your schedule with your handheld. 
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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7. When the reminder message appears on screen, 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 five minutes after 
you tap Snooze.
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...

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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. 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...

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Tap Current to delete only the current event item.
Tap Future to delete the current and all future event items and 
reset the end date of the repeating event to the last shown date.
Tap All to delete all occurrences of the repeating event.
5. Tap OK.
Considerations for repeating or continuous events: Keep the following points 
in mind.
nIf you change the start date of a repeating event, your handheld 
calculates the number of days you moved the event. Your 
handheld...

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Changing the Date Book view
In addition to displaying the time list for a specific day, you can also 
display a whole week, a month, or an agenda. You can also display the 
current time. 
To cycle through Day, Week, and Month views:
nPress the Date Book application button repeatedly to display the 
next view.
nTap the appropriate view icon in the lower-left corner of Date 
Book.
To display the current time:
1. Tap and hold the stylus on the date bar to display the current time.
2.  Drag...

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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...

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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.
Working in Month View
The Month View screen shows which days have events scheduled. 
Dots and lines in the Month View indicate...

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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 forward or 
backward a month. 
nTap Go to in order to open the date selector and select a different 
month.
nUse the scroll button on the front panel of your handheld to move 
between months. Press the upper half of the button to display the 
previous month, the lower half to display...