Psion Revo Palmtop Computer Instructions Manual

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Sorting entries
You can change the order in which entries are
displayed on screen, and arrange the order they are
located in the phonebook.
To sort entries in Contacts or a phonebook:
·Tap on the column title to rearrange them, e.g.
tap on Name or Contact to sort entries
alphabetically by their name. Tap on a the
column title again to switch from ascending to
descending order.
·Select Sort from the View menu, then select the
column title to sort by. Select Ascending to
change between ascending...

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Adding names & numbers
You can add names and numbers to a phonebook by:
·Creating a new entry and typing them in.
·Copying them from Contacts (or another
phonebook) and pasting them into the
phonebook.
·Retrieving a phonebook from your phone and
‘merging’ its entries with a phonebook.Note: To add numbers from your phone to a
phonebook, connect to the phone and ‘merge’ the
retrieved numbers into the phonebook. For details,
see ‘Copying numbers from your phone’ earlier.Note: The maximum number of...

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Formatting entry names
As the screen size on mobile phones is limited, Phone
automatically shortens contact names you copy and
paste into your phonebook. You can specify how
Phone shortens names, e.g. to change ‘John Scallan’ to
‘Scallan J’, and the suffix used to indicate the number
type, e.g. ‘(M)’ for mobile.
To change these settings, select Preferences from the
Tools menu, move to the Entry options page, then:
·To change the way Phone shortens contact
names, specify the setting to use on...

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Adding new entries
To add a new entry to a phonebook:
1.Select the phonebook to add the entry to from
the Phonebooks list.
2.Select New from the Entry menu.
3.Enter the name and number of the contact.
4.To specify the position in the phonebook where
the entry is stored, enter a number on the Store
in location line. Otherwise, the entry will be
placed in the lowest free location.5.If you want to add the entry to Contacts, or link
it to an existing contact, select Edit contact.
Phone checks for...

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Note: To add a phonebook entry to contacts,
highlight the phonebook entry and select Copy from
the Edit menu. Tap on Contacts in the Phonebook
list to display your contacts list, then select Paste from
the Edit menu. When you copy a phonebook entry
into Contacts, the phone number is placed in the
contact’s Mobile label on the Personal page.
Editing & deleting entriesChanging entries
To change an entry’s details:
1.Select the entry you want to edit; then tap on it,
or press Enter; or select Edit...

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Updating your phone
After creating or editing a phonebook, copy it to your
phone to update its numbers.
To connect to your phone and update its
phonebook:
1.Ensure that your mobile phone is ready to
communicate to your Revo using its Infrared (or
‘IR’) port (your phone’s manual will tell you how
to do this). Align the Infrared windows on your
Revo and phone, making sure that they are no
more than 1 metre (3ft) apart.2.Tap the Update phone button on the Toolbar,
or select Update phone from the...

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4.Select the memory in your phone to store the
phonebook. For details about the different
memory types in your phone, see ‘Phone
memory & SIM cards’ earlier.
5.Phone copies the phonebook to the selected
memory in the phone.
To disconnect from your phone, select Disconnect
from phone on the Tools menu.Note: If Phone fails to update your phonebook and
displays the message “Error writing entry x”, it may be
because some entry names exceed the maximum
length allowed by the phone. To fix this...

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Dialling numbers
To dial a number displayed in a phonebook, or
Contacts entry, on your mobile phone:
1.Ensure that your mobile phone is ready to
communicate to your Revo using its Infrared (or
‘IR’) port (your phone’s manual will tell you how
to do this). Align the Infrared windows on your
Revo and phone, making sure that they are no
more than 1 metre (3ft) apart.
2.Select the entry containing the number you want
to dial.
3.Select Dial from the Entry menu. Your Revo will
communicate with your...

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When you travel abroad, add the international prefix
to all the numbers for your home country. To do this:
1.Highlight all the entries in your phonebook using
Select all on the Edit menu, or just highlight
individual number(s) if there are some numbers
you don’t want to change.
2.Select Add international prefix on the Entry
menu to add your country’s dialling prefix to the
‘home’ numbers (i.e. those without international
dialling prefixes).When you return to your home country, remove the...

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Managing phone files
Phone files can contain a number of phonebooks. Use
phone files to share phonebooks with other people,
manage different sets of international numbers, copy
entries between phonebooks, and keep private
numbers secure.Note: Individual preferences, e.g. the Default country
or Short name type, are saved with each file. New
files you create will have the same preferences set as
the open Phone file.
·To create a new Phone file: Select Create new
file on the File menu. Enter a...