3Com Palmone V Organiser Instructions Manual

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Working in Month View
The Month View screen shows which days have events scheduled. 
Dots and lines in the Month View indicate events, repeating events, 
and untimed events.
You can control the dots and lines that appear in the Month View. See 
“Options menu” later in this chapter.
Tips for using Month View: Keep the following points in mind.
nTap a day in the Month View to display that day in the Day View.
nTap the scroll arrows in the upper-right corner to move forward or 
backward a...

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Date Book menus, preferences, and display options
Date Book menus are shown here for your reference, and Date Book 
features that are not explained elsewhere in this book are described 
here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
Record menu
Options menu 

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Display Options
Allows you to change Date Book’s appearance 
and which events display.
nShow Time Bars. Activates the time bars that 
appear in the Day View. The time bars show 
the duration of an event and illustrate event 
conflicts.
nCompress Day View. Controls how times 
appear in the Day View. When Compress 
Day View is off, all time slots display. When 
it is on, start and end times display for each 
event, but blank time slots toward the bottom 
of the screen disappear to...

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Preferences
nStart/End Time. Define 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.
nAlarm 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. 
nAlarm Sound. Sets the tone of the alarm.
nRemind Me. Defines how many times the 
alarm...

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Address Book
Address Book is the application in which you store name and address 
information about people or businesses.
Creating an Address Book entry
A record in Address Book is called an “entry.” You can create entries 
on your organizer, or you can use Palm Desktop software to create 
entries on your computer and then download the entries to your 
organizer with your next HotSync operation.
Palm Desktop software also has data import capabilities that enable 
you to load database...

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4. Use the Next Field Graffiti stroke to move to the First Name field.
Tip:You can also move to any field by tapping it directly.
5. Enter the persons first name in the First Name field.
6. Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry.
7. Tap the scroll arrows   to move to the next page of information.
8. After you finish entering information, tap Done.
Tip:To create an entry that always appears at the top of the 
Address List, begin the Last...

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3. Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change. 
4. Select a new label.
Changing Address Entry details
The Address Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options 
that you can associate with an entry. 
To open the Address Entry Details dialog box:
1. Tap the entry whose details you want to change.
2. Tap Edit.
3. Tap Details.
4. Select any of the following settings:
Address Book menus
Address Book menus are shown here for your reference, and Address 
Book features...

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See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
The Record and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re 
displaying the Address List screen or the Address View screen.
Record menus
Options menus
Preferences
nRemember last category. Determines how 
Address Book appears when you return to it 
from another application. If you select this 
check box, Address Book shows the last 
category you selected. If you clear it, Address 
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Rename Custom 
FieldsThese custom fields appear at the end of the 
Address Edit screen. Rename them to identify the 
kind of information you enter in them. The names 
you give the custom fields appear in all entries. 
About Address 
BookShows version information for Address Book. 

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To Do List
A To Do List item is a reminder of some task that you have to 
complete. A record in To Do List is called an “item.”
To create a To Do List item:
1. Press the To Do List application button   on the front of your 
organizer to display the To Do List.
2. Tap New.
3. Enter the text of the To Do List item. The text can be longer than 
one line.
4. Tap anywhere onscreen to deselect the To Do List item.
Tip:If no To Do List item is currently selected, writing in...