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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
    assign an alarm.
    2Tap Details.
    The Event Details dialog box appears.
    3Tap the Alarm check box to select it.
    The alarm is set.
    4Tap the arrow V to select the time unit from among Minutes,
    Hours, or Days.
    5Tap the “5” next to the Alarm check box and enter any
    number from 0 to 99 as the number of time units.
    6Tap OK.
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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
    appears at 11:55 PM on the night of February 3. The reminder remains
    onscreen until you turn on your handheld and tap OK to erase it.
    Making an event private
    You can hide records that you mark as private. If you define a password for
    your CLIE handheld, you must enter it to display private records.
    1On the Date Book screen, tap the event you want to mark as
    private.
    2Tap Details.
    The Event Details dialog box appears.
    3Tap the Private check box.
    4Tap OK.
    The event is marked as private. For hiding or masking private events, see
    “Protecting your data (Security)” on page 102.
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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.
    The selected event is deleted. To cancel deletion, tap Cancel.
    Tip
    If you select the “Save archive copy on PC” check box, the deleted date will be
    saved onto the Palm™ Desktop for CLIE software on your computer during the
    next HotSync
    ® operation.
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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 notes from the current event. The Delete Note dialog box is
    displayed.
    PurgeYou can specify a certain period based on the current date and discard
    any events that were formed before the specified date. Use this
    function to save memory space.
    Notes
    • A repeating event will not be deleted.
    • By default, the events that you purge are restored and saved in the
    Palm Desktop for CLIE software on your computer at the next
    HotSync operation. To delete the events completely, deselect the
    check box (
    ) for “Save archive copy on PC” in the Purge dialog
    box .
    Beam EventSends the current event to another CLIE handheld via the infrared
    communications port.
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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 tone of the alarm.
    •Remind Me: Defines how many times the alarm sounds. The choices
    are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, and 10 Times.
    •Play Every: Defines how often the alarm sounds. The choices are
    Minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 30 minutes.
    Display OptionsChanges the Date Book’s appearance and which events display.
    •Show Time Bars: Activates the time bars that appear in the Day
    view. The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrates
    event conflicts.
    •Compress Day View: Controls how times appear in the Day view.
    When Compress Day view is off, all time slots are displayed. 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.
    •Month View settings: These check boxes apply to the Month view
    of 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.
    Phone LookupThe Phone Number Lookup screen appears. If there is an Address
    Book entry, you can look up the phone number of the selected item.
    SecurityHides the current item unless the password is entered. You can select
    the view option among Show Records, Mask Records, or Hide
    Records.
    About Date BookShows version information for Date Book.
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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
    Press the Address Book button repeatedly to cycle through the categories in
    which you have entries.
    2Tap New.
    The Address Edit screen appears.
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    3Enter the last name of the person you want to add to Address
    Book.
    The first letter of each field (except numeric and e-mail fields) is
    automatically capitalized.
    4Tap First name.
    The cursor shifts to the first name field.
    You can also use the Graffiti software to move the cursor to the next field
    by entering 
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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.
    Tip
    You can also use the Palm™ Desktop software to create entries on your computer and
    then download them to your CLIE handheld with your next HotSync
    ® operation. See
    “Performing a local HotSync® operation with the cradle” on page 114 for details.
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