Blackberry 8220 manual Tasks, Calendar shortcuts, Calendar troubleshooting, Task basics

User Guide Personal organizer

Calendar shortcuts

For shortcuts to work in Day view, in the general calendar options, change the Enable Quick Entry field to No.

•To schedule an appointment, press the period (.) key.

•To move to the next day, week, or month, press 9.

•To move to the previous day, week, or month, press 3.

•To move up an hour in Day view or Week view, press 2.

•To move down an hour in Day view or Week view, press 8.

•To move to the current date, press the exclamation point (!) key.

Calendar troubleshooting

I cannot schedule appointments that span multiple days

If you use IBM® Lotus Notes®, you cannot schedule appointments that span multiple days.

I cannot set some fields when scheduling appointments

If you use IBM® Lotus Notes®, you can only change the Subject, Location, Reminder, and Notes fields and the Mark as Private check box when you change a recurring appointment or meeting.

Some characters in calendar entries do not appear correctly after synchronization

If you schedule appointments or meetings on your BlackBerry® device that contain special characters or accents, your computer might not support these characters.

On your computer, verify that you are using the correct default code page and that the correct font support is installed on your computer. For more information, see the documentation for the operating system on your computer.

Tasks

Task basics

Create a task

1.In the task list, click Add Task.

2.Type the task information.

3.Set a due date for the task.

4.If the task recurs, set the Recurrence field.

5.Press the Menu key.

6.Click Save.

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