Palmone VII Wireless Handheld Instructions Manual
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Chapter 4 Page 93 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 Options menu Display OptionsAllows 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.
Page 94 Using Your Basic Applications 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 the Month View only. Preferences nStart/End Time: Defines the start and end times for Date Book screens. If the time slots you select do not fit on one screen, you can tap the scroll arrows to scroll up and down. nAlarm Preset: Automatically sets an alarm for each new event. The silent alarm for untimed events is defined by minutes, days, or hours before midnight of the date of the event. nAlarm Sound: Sets the tone of the alarm. nRemind Me: Defines how many times the alarm sounds. The choices are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, and 10 Times. nPlay Every: Defines how often the alarm sounds. The choices are Minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 30 minutes. About Date BookShows version information for Date Book.
Chapter 4 Page 95 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 files into Address Book on your handheld. See “Importing data” in Chapter 2 and Palm Desktop online Help for more information. To create a new Address Book entry: 1. Press the Address Book application button on the front of your handheld to display the Address list. 2. Tap New. 3. Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your Address Book. Note:Your handheld automatically capitalizes the first letter of each field (except numeric and e-mail fields). You do not have to use the Graffiti capital stroke to capitalize the first letter of the name. Tap New Cursor at Last name
Page 96 Using Your Basic Applications 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 example, you may already have Sacramento and San Francisco in your Address Book. As you enter “S” Sacramento appears, and as you continue entering “a” and “n” San Francisco replaces Sacramento. As soon as the word you want appears, tap in the next field to accept the word. 7. Tap the scroll arrows to move to the next page of information. 8. After you finish entering information, tap Done. Tip:To create an entry that always appears at the top of the Address list, begin the Last name or Company field with a symbol, as in *If Found Call*. This entry can contain contact information in case you lose your handheld.Next Field Tap Done
Chapter 4 Page 97 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 that you can associate with an entry. To open the Address Entry Details dialog box: 1. Tap the entry whose details you want to change. 2. Tap Edit. 3. Tap Details. 4. Select any of the following settings: Tap triangle
Page 98 Using Your Basic Applications 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 list screen. Your options are Work, Home, Fax, Other, E-mail, Main, Pager, and Mobile. The identifying letters W, H, F, O, E, M, or P appear next to the record in the Address list, depending on which information is displayed. If the E-mail or Other fields end in a letter, the identifying letters are not displayed. Category Assign the entry to a category. Private Hide this entry when Security is turned on. Duplicate AddressMakes a copy of the current record and displays the copy in Address Edit so you can make changes to the copied record. The copy has the same category and attached notes as the original record. Address list Address View
Chapter 4 Page 99 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 entries. About Address BookShows version information for Address Book. Address list Address View
Page 100 Using Your Basic Applications 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, writing in the Graffiti writing area automatically creates a new item. Setting priority The priority setting for items lets you arrange the tasks in your To Do List according to their importance or urgency. The default setting for the To Do List is to arrange items by priority and due date, with priority 1 items at the top. If you have a number of items in your list, changing an item’s priority setting may move its position in the list. Note:When you create a new To Do List item, its priority is automatically set to level 1, the highest (most important) level. If you select another item first, however, the item you create appears beneath the selected item and is given the same priority as the selected item. Tap New New To Do List item
Chapter 4 Page 101 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 To Do List item: nTap the check box on the left side of the item. Changing To Do List item details The To Do Item Details dialog box enables you to change settings for individual items. Tap to select priority Tap here Completed To Do List item
Page 102 Using Your Basic Applications 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 current date. Tomorrow: Assigns tomorrow’s date. One week later: Assigns the date exactly one week from the cur- rent date. No Date: Removes the due date from the item. Choose Date: Opens the date selector, where you can choose any date that you want for the item. 3. Tap OK. Tip:If you turn on the Show Due Dates option in the To Do Show options dialog, you can tap directly on the due date in the To Do List to open the pick list shown in step 2. Tap here