Pcs Phone Handspring Treo 300 User Guide

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Date Book Plus
When you open Date Book Plus, the screen shows the current date and a 
list of times for a normal business day. 
Working in Day View
Day View shows an hourly calendar for a particular date. If there are 
events scheduled on that date, they appear in the appropriate time slot.
To view or select a date, do one of the following: 
nUse the scroll buttons or roll the rocker switch to move forward or 
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Scheduling an event
A record in Date Book Plus is called an “event.” An event can be any kind 
of activity that you associate with a day. You can enter a new event on any 
of the available time lines. When you schedule an event, its description 
appears on the time line, and its duration is automatically set to one 
hour. You can easily change the start time and duration for any event.
Note: It’s possible to schedule events that overlap, but Date Book Plus makes...

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3.If the event is longer than an hour, press the bottom scroll button 
and type the end time.
4.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
5.Enter a description of the event. You can enter up to 255 characters.
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.
To schedule an untimed event: 
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Select the date on which you want to schedule the event. See...

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Tip : You can also create a new untimed event by making sure no event is selected and then entering a description.
5.Enter a description of the event.
6.Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event.
Note: If you create an event and decide later that there is no particular start 
or end time, you can easily change it to an untimed event. Tap the time of the 
event in the Date Book Plus screen, tap 
No Time, and then hold Option   and press Return...

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Setting an alarm for an event
The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in Date Book 
Plus. You can set an alarm to sound minutes, hours, or days before an event. 
The default Alarm setting is 5 minutes before the time of the event, but you 
can change this to any number of minutes, hours, or days.
When you set an alarm, this icon   appears to the far right of the event with 
the alarm. When the alarm tone sounds, a...

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turn on your phone and hold Option   and press Return   to dismiss 
it.
To dismiss the alarm reminder, do one of the following:
©Tap 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, or Other to reset the alarm to notify you 
in a specified period of time.
©Press the top scroll button.
Scheduling repeating or continuous events
The Repeat function lets you schedule events that recur at regular 
intervals or extend over a period of consecutive days. A birthday is a good 
example of an event...

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4.Tap Day, Week, Month, or Ye a r to set how often 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 select 
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Current. Changes or deletes only the current instance of the 
repeating event.
All. Changes or deletes all past, current, and future occurrences of 
this event.
Following. Changes or deletes the current event and all future 
occurrences of this event.
Considerations for repeating or continuous events
Keep the following points in mind:
©If you change the start date of a repeating event, your phone 
calculates the number of days you moved the event. Your phone...

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©If you apply a change to a single occurrence of a repeating event 
(e.g., time), that occurrence no longer shows the Repeat icon  .
Changing the Date Book Plus view
In addition to displaying the calendar for a specific day, you can also 
display a whole week in graph or text format, a month, a year, or a list of 
your appointments, as well as the current time. 
To cycle through Day, Week, Week with Text, Month, Year, and 
List views:...

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To display the current time:
1.
Tap and hold the stylus on the date in the date bar to display the 
current time.
2.Drag the stylus below the date bar and then lift it.
Note: If you lift the stylus while it is still on the date bar, the menu bar appears.
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...