Page 58 Using Your Basic Applications
Purging records
Over time, as you us e Date Book, To Do L ist, and Expense, you’ ll
accumulate records in these applications that have outlived their
usefulness. For example, events that occurred months ago remain in
the Date Book, and To Do List items that you marked as completed
remain in the list, as do Expense items .
All these outdated records take up me mory on your organizer, so it’s
a good idea to remove them by usi ng P urge . I f you th ink Da te Book or
To Do List records might prov e use ful la te r, y o u ca n p urge t hem f rom
your organizer and save them in an archive file.
Purging is also available in Mail. See Chapter 5 fo r more information.
Purging is not available in Address Book or Memo Pad, so delete
outdated records from these applications.
To purge records:
1. Open the application.
2. Tap the Menu icon .
3. Tap Record, and then tap Purge.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
Date Book: Tap the pick list and sel ect how old a record must be
to be purged. Purge deletes repeating events if the last of the se-
ries ends before the date that you purge records.
Date Book, To Do List: If you want to save a copy of the purged
records to an archive file on your desktop , be sure that the che ck
box is checked. If you don’t want to save a copy, tap the check
box to remove the check box.
4. Tap OK.
If you chose to save a copy of the purged records, your organizer
transfers them to an archive file on your desktop the next ti me y ou
perform a HotSync operation.
Note: Purging does not happen automatically. You must tap the
command to make it happen.
Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations
The HotSync process automatically synchro nizes — that is , exchan ges
and updates — data between your organizer and Palm Desktop
software. Changes you make on your organizer or Palm Desktop