Handspring Treo 270 User Guide

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Alarm 
Preferences
nAlarm Sound. Sets the tone of the alarm.
n  Snooze Sound. Sets the tone of the snooze alarm. 
n  Remind Sound. Sets the tone of the reminder alarm. The reminder 
alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is not acknowledged. 
nPlay Sound. Defines how many tones the alarm emits before it stops. 
The choices are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, and 10 Times.
nRepeat Alarm. Defines how many times the alarm repeats when it is not 
acknowledged. The choices are Once, Twice, 3 Times, 5 Times, 10 
Times, and 100 Times.
nEvery. Defines how often the alarm sound repeats. The choices are 
Minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 30 minutes.
n  Alarm Preset. Automatically sets an alarm for each new event. The 
silent alarm for untimed events is defined by minutes, days, or hours 
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To Do 
Preferences
n  Show Categories. Displays the To Do items in the categories you 
select.
n  Priorities Displayed. Displays To Do items with the selected priority 
level. The choices are 1 only, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 1-5.
nShow Priority. Displays the priority level for To Do items.
nShow Completed Items. Displays completed To Do items.
nShow Undated Items. Shows all To Do items that have not been 
assigned a due date.
nShow Dated Items. Shows all To Do items that have been assigned a 
due date.
nDays before Due Date. Defines the number of days before the due date 
that an item will appear in Day View as a To Do item.
nCreate Options. Opens the Create Options dialog box where you can 
select the default priority and category for To Do Items you create in 
Date Book Plus.
UnDelete from 
ArchiveRestores the last event you deleted from Date Book Plus (provided it was 
stored in the Archive file). You can select this command repeatedly to 
restore additional events. 
Go to WeekEnables you to jump to a specific week by tapping the week number in the 
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Week 
Preferences
nTime Format. Defines the format of the time display. The choices are 
No Time, 11p, 11:30p, 23, 23:30.
nDisplay To Do. Defines where To Do items will appear on the Date 
Book Plus screen. The choices are Top, Bottom, and Hide.
nWeek Start. Defines the first day of the week for Week View with Text.
nWordwrap Single Entry. Wraps text in cells that contain a single event 
to display as much text as will fit in the cell.
nHide Untimed Floating Events. Removes untimed floating events from 
the Week View with Text display.
nShow Journal. Displays a Daily Journal entry.
nInclude Week Numbers in Title. Displays the selected week number in 
the title bar.
Month 
Preferences
nShow Timed Events. Displays events that you assigned to a specific 
time.
nShow Untimed Events. Displays events that you assigned to a date, but 
did not assign to a specific time.
nShow Daily Repeating Events. Displays events that repeat each day.
nInclude Week Numbers in Title. Displays week numbers in the title bar 
for the first and last weeks in the month.
nShow Zero Duration Events. Displays events that have no duration in 
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Year 
Preferences
nHide Floating and Done Items. Removes floating events and completed 
To Do items from the Year View display.
nHide Untimed Events. Removes untimed events from the Year View 
display. 
nHide Zero Duration Events. Removes events without a duration from 
the Year View display.
nHide Events 
						

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Blazer
If you can’t hold the world in the palm of your hand, at least you can hold the World Wide Web 
when you use Blazer to browse the Internet on your communicator’s screen.
To use Blazer, you must subscribe to data services from your wireless service provider, and you 
must have an account established with an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Many wireless service 
providers also provide ISP services. If ISP information is available from your wireless service 
provider when you configure your wireless communication settings with the Handspring CD-
ROM, the installation program will set up Blazer for use with that provider.
Note: If you already installed the desktop software from the Handspring CD-ROM but didn’t 
configure the wireless communication settings, select Configure Your Treo under 
Handspring (or Palm) on the Windows Start menu, and follow the instructions on the 
screen.
Viewing web pages
You can view web pages whenever you are inside a coverage area. If you are outside a coverage 
area, you can view web pages that are stored temporarily on your communicator in an area called 
the “cache.” However, if a page stored in the cache has an expiration date and it is past that date, 
you need to establish an Internet connection to view that page.
Tip: You can tell whether you are inside a coverage area by looking at the signal strength 
indicator in the lower right corner of the screen. 
To view a web page:
1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 19 for details.
2. Press Blazer  .
Note: If a different application appears when you press Blazer  , your wireless service 
provider installed another application as the default web browser. To launch Blazer, 
press Option  , press Menu  , and then tap the Blazer icon  .
3. Press Menu  .
4. Under Go, select Go to Web Page (/G).
Tip: You can also tap the Folder icon   to open the Go to Web Page dialog box.
 
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5. Enter the URL you want to view.
6. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
While a page is loading, a Progress icon   appears in the lower right corner of the screen. 
You can tap links to other pages as soon as they appear. You don’t need to wait until a page 
fully loads. To stop loading a page, tap the Stop icon   in the lower left corner of the screen.
 
7. Navigate within a web site, by doing any of the following:
nTo scroll through a page, use the scroll buttons or tap the onscreen arrows or scroll bar (if 
one appears).
nTo move between elements on a page, such as fields, icons, or buttons, roll the rocker 
switch or hold Shift   and use the scroll buttons. 
nTo select an element on a page, move to the element and press the rocker switch or tap 
the element on the screen.
nTo move to between pages when no elements are highlighted, press Return   to move to 
the next page or Backspace   to move to the previous page.
Tip: To view a list of web sites that are optimized for your communicator, go to the home 
page, and then tap Directory of Mobile Sites.
Tap to go to 
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Working with bookmarks
The Bookmark view makes it easy for you to get to web sites you visit often. 
Viewing bookmarked pages
Your communicator may come with a few bookmarks already in place. You can jump directly to 
any of the predefined bookmarks, or to any pages for which you’ve created a bookmark. 
To view a bookmark:
1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 19 for details.
2. Press Blazer   twice to access the Bookmark view  .
3. Tap the bookmark you want to view.
 
Tip: You can also press the scroll buttons to scroll to other pages, and roll the rocker 
switch to scroll through the current page. To view the selected page, press the rocker 
switch.
Adding bookmarks
You can store up to 100 bookmarks and group them in categories by placing similar links on the 
same bookmark page. See page 129 for information on creating page categories.
To bookmark the current page:
1. From the Page view, go to the page you want to bookmark.
2. Press Menu  .
3. Under Page, select Add Bookmark (/A).
 
 
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
Tap to view 
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Tip: You can also add a bookmark by tapping an empty bookmark slot in the Bookmark view 
and entering a Name, Description, and URL for the page you want to bookmark.
To define a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Add Bookmark (/A).
Tip: You can also open the New Bookmark dialog box by tapping an empty bookmark slot.
3. Enter a Name, Description, and URL for the page you want to bookmark.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
Editing bookmarks
You can change the title, description, or URL associated with any of your bookmarks. 
To edit a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the page icons to navigate to the page containing the bookmark you want to change.
Tip: You can enter or change the Title for any bookmark page. Use the page Title to 
create bookmark categories. For example, if you want to create a page with links to 
various investments, you might name the page Assets.
4. Tap the bookmark you want to change.
5. Enter the changes.
6. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
Tap an 
empty 
slot
Page icons
Tap a bookmark  
						

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Deleting bookmarks
If your bookmark list becomes full, or you no longer need an entry, you can delete it. 
To delete a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the entry you want to delete.
4. In the Edit Bookmark dialog, tap Delete.
5. Hold Option   and press Return   twice to confirm deletion.
Arranging your bookmarks
As your bookmark list grows, you may want to rearrange the entries or move entire pages. You 
can assign a title to each bookmark page and arrange the entries by category. For example, if you 
want to create a page with links to various sports scores, you might name the page Scores.
To assign page category titles:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the page icon to which you want to assign a title.
4. Enter the title. 
5. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
To rearrange bookmark entries:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Drag the entries to the slot where you want them to appear.
 
Tip: If the new slot is full, the other entries move down one slot as the rows fill from top 
to bottom. If you drag an entry to a page icon, the entry moves to the first available 
slot on that page.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Drag an entry to 
another slot or 
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To rearrange bookmark pages:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Drag the page to the slot where you want it to appear.
A grey line appears next to the page when it is in drag mode. When dropping a page on the 
top row, the grey line appears to the left of the slot where the page will appear. When drop-
ping a page on the bottom row, the grey line appears to the right of the slot where the page 
will appear.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Blazer menus
Blazer menus are shown here for your reference, and Blazer features that are not explained 
elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See page 33 for information about choosing menu commands.
The Go and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re displaying the Page view or the 
Bookmark view.
Page menu
RefreshEnables you to update the current web page with the most up-to-date 
information.
Stop loadingCancels the process of loading a page.
Drag a page to 
another slot
Page view