Sony Clie Peg N710c Handheld User Manual

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Changing Date and Time view
Tap and hold the date in the title bar of Date Book.
The current time appears.
                                                     
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When you release the stylus, the menu bar appears. If you want to avoid
displaying the menu when releasing the stylus, drag the stylus away from
the date indication after the current time appears.
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Editing Date Book events
Changing a date or time for an event
1On the Date Book screen, tap the event you want to edit.
2Tap Details.
The Event Details dialog box appears.
3•To change the time, tap the Time box and select a new
time.
The Set Time dialog box appears. Tap the Set Time and the End Time.
•To change the date, tap the Date box and select a new
date.
The Set Date dialog box appears. Specify the year, month, and day in
the calendar.
4Tap OK.
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Changing a timed event to an untimed event
1On the Date Book screen, tap the event you want to edit.
2Tap Details.
3Tap the Time box.
The Set Time screen appears.
4Tap No Time and then tap OK.
The Event Details screen appears.
5Tap OK.
The untimed event is displayed in the first line with the untimed  mark.
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Setting an alarm for an event
The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in your
Date Book. 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, an alarm 
 icon appears to the far right of the event
with the alarm.
1On the Date Book screen, tap the event to which you want to...

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Setting an alarm for an untimed event
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. The reminder message appears onscreen instead.
Example:  When you set an alarm for an untimed event that occurs on
February 4 and if the alarm is set for 5 minutes, the reminder message
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Deleting events
You can delete existing events in Date Book.
Note
If you delete the contents of a repeating event, all the related events will be deleted.
When deleting an event in Delete Event dialog box, you can delete a single event as an
exception or all the related events.
1On the Date Book screen, tap the event you want to delete.
2Tap Details.
3Tap Delete.
The Delete Event dialog box appears.
4Tap OK to delete the event.
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Using the Date Book menus
This section explains the menu commands specific to Date Book. For the Edit
menu, see “Using the Edit menu” on page 110.
Record menus
New EventCreates a new event. The Set Time dialog box for selecting the start
and end times is displayed.
Delete EventDeletes the currently selected event. The Delete Event dialog box
appears.
Attach NoteAttaches notes to the current event. This menu opens up a dialog box
for entering comments.
Delete NoteDeletes...

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 Options menus
FontYou can select a desired font in the Select Font dialog box.
Preferences•Start/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.
•Alarm 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.
•Alarm Sound: Sets the...

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Managing addresses and phone numbers
(Address Book)
Address Book lets you keep names, addresses, telephone numbers, and
other information about your personal or business contacts.
An item in Address Book is called an “entry.”
Note
If the HOLD switch is in the protect position, you cannot operate your CLIE
handheld.
Creating a new Address Book entry
1Press the Address Book  button on the front panel.
The Address screen is displayed.
Note
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5Enter the first name in the First name field.
6Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the other items of information
that you want to include.
You can tap the scroll arrow V next to each item to display the list of
choices and then tap the desired item in the list.
7To move to the next page of information, tap the scroll arrow
V on the bottom-right corner of the screen.
8After you finish entering all the necessary information, tap
Done.
The Address screen is displayed again....