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 
backward one day at a time.
Note: By default, Date Book Plus scrolls through all the events in the 
selected day before moving to the next day. You can change this option in 
the Day Options dialog box. See page 133 for details.
nPress Shift   and then a scroll button to scroll by weeks.
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 another week.
nPress Menu   and under Options select Go to Day (/O). To scroll 
by days, press a scroll button. To scroll by months, hold Shift   
and press a scroll button. To scroll by years hold Option   and press 
a scroll button. After you scroll to the date, press Space   to 
select it. You can also type the number of the day or tap the screen to 
select a date from the calendar.
Previous week Next week
Tap to select a 
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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 it easy to find such conflicts. See page 126 for details.
You can also schedule events that occur on a particular date but have no 
specific start or end times, such as birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. 
These are referred to as “untimed events.” Untimed events appear at the 
top of the list of times, marked with a diamond. You can have more than 
one untimed event on a particular date.
You can also schedule a repeating event, such as a weekly meeting, and 
continuous events, such as a three-day conference or a vacation.
To schedule an event:
1.
Select the date on which you want to schedule the event as described 
in the previous section.
2.Type the time the event begins to open the Set Time dialog box. For 
example, type 4 for 4:00.
Previous year
Next year
Tap to select 
current date Tap to select a month
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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: 
1.
Select the date on which you want to schedule the event. See page 
113 for details.
2.Press Menu  .
3.Under Record, select New Appointment (/N).
4.Hold Option   and press Return   so that no start or end times 
are defined for the new event.
Start Time Tap to scroll to earlier hours
Tap to scroll to later hours
Tap to change hours
Tap to change minutes
Event description
Time ba r s ho ws 
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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   to finish.
Rescheduling an event
You can easily make changes to your schedule with your phone. 
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.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
No time 
selectedNew 
untimed 
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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 reminder message also appears 
onscreen.
Note: Make sure the ringer is on. Silencing the ringer turns off all system 
sounds, including alarms. When you silence the ringer, Date Book Plus alarms 
vibrate.
To set an alarm for an event:
1.
Tap the event to which you want to assign an alarm.
2.Tap Details.
3.Tap the Alarm check box to select it.
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.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
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 (beginning) of the day of the untimed event. No audible 
alarm sounds for an untimed event; instead, the reminder message appears 
onscreen.
For example, you set an alarm for an untimed event that occurs on February 
4th. If the alarm is set for 5 minutes, the reminder message appears at 11:55 
PM on the night of February 3rd. The reminder remains onscreen until you 
Tap here to 
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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 that repeats annually. Another example is a weekly 
guitar lesson that falls on the same day of the week and the same time of 
day. 
Typically, a continuous event is an untimed event such as a business trip 
or a vacation that continues for several days but doesn’t occur at a 
particular time of day.
To schedule a repeating or continuous event:
1.
Tap the event.
2.Tap Details.
3.Tap the Repeat box to open the Change Repeat dialog box. 
						

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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 
an end date.
7.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
After you schedule a repeating or continuous event, this icon   appears 
to the far right of the event.
Changing and deleting repeating or continuous events
If you change or delete a repeating or continuous event you can apply 
the action to only the current event, to all instances of the event, or to the 
current event and instances that follow. 
To change or delete repeating events:
1.
Select the record you want to change or delete.
2.Tap Details.
3.Enter the change.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to accept the change, or tap 
Delete.
5.Tap one of the following:
Repeat 
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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 then 
automatically changes the end date to maintain the duration of the 
repeating event.
©If you change the repeat interval (e.g., daily to weekly) of a repeating 
event, past occurrences (prior to the day on which you change the 
setting) are not changed, and your phone creates a new repeating 
event.
©If you change the date of an occurrence of a repeating event (e.g., 
from January 14th to January 15th) and apply the change to All 
occurrences, the new date becomes the start date of the repeating 
event. Your phone adjusts the end date to maintain the duration of 
the event. If you apply the change to Current or Future occurrences, 
past occurrences (prior to the day on which you change the setting) 
are not changed. 
©If you change other repeat settings (e.g., time, alarm, private) of a 
repeating event and apply the change to Future occurrences, your 
phone creates a new event. The start date of this new event is the day 
on which the setting is changed. Past occurrences (prior to the day of 
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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 spot overlaps and conflicts in 
your schedule.
Tap and hold the date Current time displays
Event details
Tap to show 
event details
Week View 
icon
Previous week
Next week
Bar indicates 
earlier event 
Bar indicates 
later event 
Tap for that day
Dot indicates 
untimed event