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Using the Date Book

Using the Date Book

The Date Book lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any activity associated with a date or date and time. When you open the Date Book, the current date and a list of times for a standard business day are displayed.

Use the Date Book to

•Schedule events: timed events, which have both times and dates; untimed events, for example, birthdays or anniversaries; repeating events, such as a weekly meeting held on the same day at the same time; continuous events, such as a vacation or three-day conference; and all day events, which reflect the default hours of a day as set by the user.

•Display your schedule in different ways: by Day, Week, Month, or Agenda view.

•Set an alarm to sound minutes, hours, or days before a scheduled appointment.

•Attach notes to events to describe or clarify Date Book entries.

•Rearrange or delete events from your schedule.

To open the Date Book application:

Press the Date Book button on your pda phone to open the Date Book

to view today’s schedules. The date is displayed at the top right of the screen.

NOTE: Press the Date Book button repeatedly to cycle through the Day, Week, Month, and Agenda views. The Date Book views are displayed at the bottom left of the screen.

Scheduling events

An entry in the Date Book is called an event. When you schedule an event, its description appears on the time line, and its duration is set to 1 hour by default. You can easily change the start time and duration for any event.

You can schedule the following types of events in the Date Book:

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