Palm PTR690HKP manual Synchronization, Can’t Find My User Folder, Help 311

There’s a Blinking Bell at the Upper-Left Corner of the Screen

The blinking bell in the upper-left corner of the screen is the Alert Manager symbol. It appears when you have alarms or messages that you haven't acknowledged.

1.Press and hold Center or tap the Alert Manager symbol with your stylus.

2.When the list of pending alerts appears, do either of the following:

■Select the alert text to view the item and keep it in the list.

■Check the box next to an alert to clear it from the list, and then select Done.

Synchronization

Synchronization backs up the information from your device onto your computer and vice versa. If you ever need to perform a hard reset or otherwise need to erase all your information on your device, you can synchronize your device with your computer to restore the information. Similarly, if your computer crashes and your Palm Desktop software information is damaged, you can recover your information by synchronizing with your device. To make sure you always have an up-to-date backup of your information, synchronize frequently.

This section describes synchronization between your Centro device and a desktop computer running Palm Desktop software. You can also synchronize the information on your device using third-party applications. See the separate documentation for other applications for information on features and configuration.

Before you attempt to synchronize, make sure you’ve installed the desktop synchronization software from the Palm Software Installation CD.

I Can’t Find My User Folder

Windows: If your device name is one word, your user folder name is the first six characters of your device name. If your device name is two words, your user folder name consists of the first six characters of the second word of your device name, followed by the first letter of the first word. For example, if your device name is John Smith, your user folder is named

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