Palmone VII Wireless Handheld Instructions Manual

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Note:You can also change the category of To Do List items 
shown. Tap the pick list to choose another category. See 
“To Do List” later in this chapter for more information on 
working with To Do List items.
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...

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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 minimize scrolling. 
nMonth View settings: These check boxes apply to 
the Month View of the Date Book. You can 
activate any or all of these settings to show that 
you have Timed, Untimed, or Daily Repeating 
events in...

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Address Book
Address Book is the application in which you store name and address 
information about people or businesses.
Creating an Address Book entry
A record in Address Book is called an “entry.” You can create entries 
on your handheld, or you can use Palm Desktop software to create 
entries on your computer and then download the entries to your 
handheld with your next HotSync operation.
Palm Desktop software also has data import capabilities that enable 
you to load database...

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4. Use the Next Field Graffiti stroke to move to the First Name field.
Tip:You can also move to any field by tapping it directly.
5. Enter the persons first name in the First Name field.
6. Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry.
Note: As you enter letters in the Title, Company, City, and State 
fields, text appears for the first logical match that exists in 
your Address Book. As you enter more letters, a closer 
match appears. For...

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Selecting types of phone numbers
You can select the types of phone numbers or e-mail addresses that 
you associate with an Address Book entry. Any changes you make 
apply only to the current entry. 
To select other types of phone numbers in an entry:
1. Tap the entry that you want to change. 
2. Tap Edit.
3. Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change. 
4. Select a new label.
Changing Address Entry details
The Address Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options...

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Address Book menus
Address Book menus are shown here for your reference, and Address 
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.
The Record and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re 
displaying the Address list screen or the Address View screen.
Record menus
Show in List
Select which type of phone or other information 
appears in the Address...

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Options menus
Preferences
nRemember last category: Determines how 
Address Book appears when you return to it 
from another application. If you select this 
check box, Address Book shows the last 
category you selected. If you clear it, Address 
Book displays the All category.
Rename Custom 
FieldsThese custom fields appear at the end of the 
Address Edit screen. Rename them to identify the 
kind of information you enter in them. The names 
you give the custom fields appear in all...

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To Do List
A To Do List item is a reminder of some task that you have to 
complete. A record in To Do List is called an “item.”
To create a To Do List item:
1. Press the To Do List application button   on the front of your 
handheld to display the To Do list screen.
2. Tap New.
3. Enter the text of the To Do List item. The text can be longer than 
one line.
4. Tap anywhere onscreen to deselect the To Do List item.
Tip:If no To Do List item is currently selected,...

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To set the priority of a To Do List item:
1. Tap the Priority number on the left side of the To Do List item.
2. Tap the Priority number that you want to set (1 is most important). 
Checking off a To Do List item
You can check off a To Do List item to indicate that you’ve completed 
it. You can set the To Do List to record the date that you complete the 
To Do List item, and you can choose to show or hide completed items. 
See “To Do Show Options” later in this chapter.
To check off a...

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To display the To Do Item Details dialog box:
1. Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change.
2. Tap Details.
Setting a due date
You can associate a due date with any To Do List item. You can also 
sort the items that appear in the list based on their due date.
To set a due date for a To Do List item:
1. In the Details dialog box, tap “No Date” to open the Due Date pick 
list.
2. Tap the date that you want to assign the item:
Today: Assigns the...