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Mobile Calendar (Version 2.0US)
User's Guide
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................3
Features..................................................................................................................3
To start up Mobile Calendar................................................................................4
Inputting Calendar Data.................................................................5
Inputting New Calendar Data..............................................................................5
Setting Up a Repeat Appointment......................................................................7
Making Reminder Settings..................................................................................8
Making Other Tab Settings..................................................................................9
Assigning Category Colors................................................................................10
Editing Appointments..........................................................................................11
Viewing Calendar Data ................................................................14
Daily View.............................................................................................................14
Daily Timetable View..........................................................................................16
Weekly View.........................................................................................................18
Weekly Timetable View......................................................................................20
Monthly View........................................................................................................21
3-Month View.......................................................................................................22
Making Mobile Calendar Settings....................................................................24
Searching for Data..............................................................................................28
Command Bar Items (Menus and Buttons) ...................................30
Menus....................................................................................................................30
Buttons...................................................................................................................31
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Introduction
Mobile Calendar is a schedule management application you can run on your Pocket PC.
Though it is similar to and uses the same data as your Pocket PC's built-in Calendar
application, it provides you with additional functions and more display versatility than
Calendar alone.
Features
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New, improved screen format simplifies Calendar data input and editing
Appointment Input Screen
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Calendar data layouts that are more practical and easier to use
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Calendar Screen Mobile Calendar Screen
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A choice of six different views: Daily, Daily Timetable, Weekly, Weekly Timetable,
Monthly, and 3-Month Calendar
Daily View Weekly View
Monthly View 3-Month View
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Easy screen switching using Action control
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The color of data on the Daily, Daily Timetable, Weekly, and Weekly Timetable
views depends on the category to which the data is assigned.
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Quick and easy holiday highlighting (in red)
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Powerful search functions help you find the information you want when you need it.
To start up Mobile Calendar
1.
Turn on your Pocket PC.
2.
Tap , Programs, and then Mobile Calendar.
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This starts up Mobile Calendar and displays the DAILY view for today
(according to the date kept by your Pocket PC's clock).
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Inputting Calendar Data
You can use Mobile Calendar to input data into the Calendar database or to edit existing
Calendar database data.
Inputting New Calendar Data
Each Calendar record can contain an appointment time and description, as well as an
alarm time and other additional information. The following procedure describes only the
basic for new data input. Additional settings and data input are described elsewhere in
this section.
To input new Calendar data
1.
Start up Mobile Calendar.
2.
Tap New to display the General tab of the appointment input screen.
3.
Input the date and description of the appointment on the General tab.
Times....................The upper time is the start time, while the lower time is the end time of
the appointment. You can specify a date using the calendar that
appears when you tap a date button, or you can input a date into
a box. You can specify a time by selecting one from the list that
appears when you tap a time button, or you can input a time into
a box.
Start time
End time
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Description.........Input a description of the appointment. You can also specify a
location by selecting one from the list of previously input descriptions
that appears when you tap the descriptions button.
Location...............Input the location of the appointment. You can also specify a location
by selecting one from the list of previously input locations that
appears when you tap the location button.
Reminder.............Check this box when you want an alarm to sound15 minutes before
the appointment start time. You can also specify how long before the
appointment you want the alarm to sound.
All Day Event .....Check this box for an appointment for which there is no time setting
(such as a birthday or anniversary.
4.
Make the settings you want on the Repeat, Reminder, and Other tabs.
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You can skip this step if you do not want to make settings for these tabs.
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The following describes the types of settings you can make on these tabs.
Repeat.................Use this tab to set up an appointment that repeats once a week or
once a month. See "Setting Up a Repeat Appointment" on page 7 for
more information about this tab.
Reminder.............After you check the Reminder option in step 3, you can use the
settings on the Alarm tab to specify the alarm time. See "Making
Reminder Settings" on page 8 for more information about this tab.
Other....................Use this tab to add memo text to an appointment, to specify a
category, and to specify whether the appointment is public or
private. See "Making Other Tab Settings" on page 9 for more
information about this tab.
5.
After everything is the way you want, tap OK to close the input screen.
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Setting Up a Repeat Appointment
You can use the Repeat tab to specify an appointment that repeats on the same day
of the week each week, on the same day of month each month, etc.
To edit a repeat pattern
1.
On the Repeat tab, tap the button and then select the Edit Pattern item from
the list of options that appears.
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This causes the dialog box shown below to appear.
2.
Make the repeat pattern settings you want.
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The settings you can make on this dialog box are the same as those for the
Pocket PC's built-in Calendar application. See Calendar online help for more
information.
This dialog box operates as a kind
of wizard. Make settings in
accordance with the instructions
that appear on the display.
Select the repeat type you want
here.
This shows the appointment data
in accordance with the repeat type
you select.
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Making Reminder Settings
Use the Reminder tab to change the alarm time.
Note
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Note that the settings you make here are valid only when the Reminder item on the
General tab is checked. See "Inputting New Calendar Data" on page 5 for more
information.
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Use the Pocket PC Sounds & Reminders feature to specify the notification type
(message display, flashing lamp, alarm sound), and the type of alarm sound (when
alarm sound is selected as the notification type). Tap , Settings, and then
Sounds & Reminders. On the dialog box that appears, tap the Reminders tab
and then make the settings you want. See online help for full details about how to
make settings.
This setting determines how long
before the appointment time the
alarm should sound. You can
specify a time from one minute to
99 weeks. The initial default setting
for this item is 15 minutes.
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Making Other Tab Settings
You can use the Other tab of the appointment input screen to add memo text to an
appointment, to specify a category, and to specify the record as public or private.
(1) If you want to input memo text, tap here to display the memo input screen.
You can handwrite or type memo text.
(2) Tap this button to display a list of categories, which you can use to assign a
category to the appointment.
(3) Use this box to select the method for making the appointment public. This
item is used only for synchronizing appointment data with Outlook running
on your computer and Outlook data is public and shared over the network.
See the documentation that comes with Outlook for more information.
(4) Check this box when you want to make the appointment private data.
Note
l Each of the category names in the list that appears when you tap the Categories
button has a category color next to it. The data in each category is displayed using
the applicable category color. You can control the color assigned to each category
using the dialog box that appears when you tap Tools - Color. See “Assigning
Category Colors” below for more information.
l See the Calendar online help for information about other settings you can make on
the Other tab.
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(3)
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Assigning Category Colors
The data in the Daily, Daily Timetable, Weekly, and Weekly Timetable view is
displayed in the color currently assigned to its category (category color). You can assign
any one of 14 different colors to each category.
To assign a color to a category
1.
Tap Tools - Color.
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This causes a dialog box like the one shown nearby to appear.
Color palette
These boxes
show the colors
assigned to
each category.
Color of data
items not
assigned to any
category
Color of data
items assigned
to multiple
categories
2.
Tap the category to which you want to assign a color.
3.
On the color palette, tap the color you want to assign to the category. This causes
the color of the box next to the category name to change to the color you select.
4.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for other categories, if you want.
5.
When everything is the way you want, tap OK to apply the settings and close the
dialog box.
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