Sony Clie Peg Sj30 Color Handheld Instructions Manual

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Entering data into your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard any time you need to enter text or
numbers into your CLIÉ handheld. Note that you cannot enter Graffiti
characters while using the onscreen keyboard.
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1Open any application (such as Memo Pad).
2Tap any record, or tap New.
3Tap “a” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “1” to open
the numeric keyboard.
The selected...

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Entering data into your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
4Select the desired keyboard and tap the characters to enter
text and numbers.
You can use the onscreen keyboard in the same way as in the keyboard of
your computer. To enter capital letter, tap cap and then tap the character
button. To delete a character, tap B.
5After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard
and place the text in the record.
Tab
Caps shift Caps lockBackspace
Tap here to display...

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Entering data into your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
Using your computer keyboard
If you have a lot of data to enter, or prefer to use the computer keyboard,
you can use the Palm
™ Desktop for CLIÉ software or any other supported
personal information manager (PIM), such as Microsoft Outlook
®, to enter
information. You can then perform a HotSync
® operation to synchronize the
information on your computer with the information on your CLIÉ handheld.
All the main...

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Adjusting the screen
You can turn the backlight on or off, and adjust the contrast (PEG-SL10/
PEG-SJ20) or brightness (PEG-SJ30) according to the lighting conditions or
temperature of the environment where you use your CLIÉ handheld.
Turning the backlight off and on
Press and hold down the POWER button for more than two seconds to turn
the backlight off or on.
Adjusting the contrast or brightness
Using the onscreen contrast (PEG-SL10/PEG-SJ20) or...

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Resetting your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
Under normal circumstances, you do not have to reset your CLIÉ handheld.
On rare occasions, however, your CLIÉ handheld may no longer respond to
buttons or the screen due to insufficient memory or other reasons. In this
case, you need to perform a reset to get your CLIÉ handheld running again.
Performing a soft reset
A soft reset tells your CLIÉ handheld to stop what it’s doing and start over
again. All records and...

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Resetting your Sony CLIÉ Handheld
Performing a hard reset
If the soft reset does not solve the problem, you need to perform a hard reset
to restart your CLIÉ handheld.
Note
With a hard reset, all records and entries stored in your CLIÉ handheld are
erased. Perform a hard reset only if a soft reset does not solve your problem.
You can restore your CLIÉ handheld data if you save a back-up on your
computer or Memory Stick media. For details on how to...

Chapter 2
Using basic applications
This chapter describes how to perform tasks that are specific to the basic applications
of your CLIÉ handheld: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, and
Calculator.
Contents
 Managing schedules and events (Date Book) ..................... 28
Scheduling an event ............................................................ 28
Checking schedules ............................................................. 35
Editing Date Book events...

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 Managing schedules and events (Date Book)
Date Book lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any activity
associated with a date, or a date and time. A record in Date Book is called an
“event.”
Scheduling an event
Scheduling an event for the current date
1Press the Date Book  button on the front panel.
Date Book starts up. Today’s schedule is displayed with a list of times for
a standard business day.
Tip
Press the Date Book button repeatedly to cycle...

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 Managing schedules and events (Date Book)
3Enter a description of the event.
You can enter a description or a note of up to 255 characters in length.
4If the event is one hour long, skip to step 7. If the event is
longer or shorter than one hour, tap the time of the event to
open the Set Time dialog box.
5Perform one of the following to set the duration of the
event:
•Tap the time columns on the right side of the Set Time dialog box to
set the Start Time, and tap the...

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 Managing schedules and events (Date Book)
Tip
You can open the Set Time dialog box (to select a start time) by writing a number on the
number side of the Graffiti writing area and making sure no event is selected.
To schedule an untimed event
In step 5, tap No Time. A new untimed event is displayed in the first line in
Date Book with a ♦ mark.
Scheduling a timed event for another date
1Press the Date Book  button on the front panel.
Date Book starts up.
2Do one of the...