HP 17bII manual Acknowledging an Appointment

6.The appointment message (optional): To set, change, or just view a message, press . Type the message (refer to page 30 for using the ALPHA menu). Messages are limited to a maximum of 22

characters. Press I when done. (Press e to negate any changes and retain the original message.)

7.The repeat interval (optional): To set, view, or change a repeat interval, press . Key in an integer and press the appropriate key. For example, 2 causes the appointment to go off at the same time every other day; 90 sets the repeat interval to 1½ hours. sets the appointment to non- repeating. You can specify repeat intervals up to 104 weeks in length (728 days, 17,472 hours, etc.)

8.When done, press eto return to the APPT menu. The appointment you just set will be recorded, such as  You can check an appointment by pressing its menu key (such as ).

C restores an appointment’s time and date to the display if it has been overwritten by other operations.

Acknowledging an Appointment

To acknowledge the appointment and clear the message, press any key (except @) during the beeping. Appointments not acknowledged within 20 seconds become past due.

When an appointment “comes due,” the alarm starts beeping and the alarm annunciator () is displayed, even if the calculator was off.*† The message (or, if none, the time and date) is displayed.

*If the calculator is in the middle of a complex calculation when an appointment comes due, the alarm annunciator comes on and the calculator beeps once. When the calculation is done, the alarm goes off.

†The beeping can be suppressed or restricted to appointments. See “Beeper On and Off,” page 36.

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