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Adding To Do List items
To add a new item, choose To Do from the Create menu or click the New To Do button on the toolbar.
Choose a priority Type what you need to do Click when an item is completed Enter the date the item is due Enter a different date or select a date from the calendar pop-up Click to show the item in Date Book if it's uncompleted after due date Click to add another item Choose one or two categories from the pop-up menu
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Adding repeating To Do List items
Some To do List items happen on a regular basis. To repeat an item on another day or another week, select Repeat To Do, and then choose a repeat interval from the pop-up menu that appears.
Select Repeat To Do Choose an interval from the list Type a date or choose a date from the calendar pop-up menu
If the repeat interval that you need is not available in the pop-up menu, choose More Choices from the pop-up menu, then enter the appropriate information.
Choose More Choices from the pop-up menu, then select the repeat interval
Adding unscheduled To Do List items
To Do List items don't need to have a specific due date. You can create unscheduled items whenever you think of something you need to do, but you don't know when you will be able to do it. Make an item unscheduled by deselecting the Schedule To
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Do check box in the To Do dialog box. The item does not appear in any of the Date Book views and has no reminder, but it appears in the To Do List.
Unscheduled item
When you are ready to set a date for an unscheduled item, drag it from the To Do List to a day in the daily or weekly calendars. The item now has a due date, and appears in the Date Book views.
Adding To Do List items from Date Book
You can add To Do List items while you're in Date Book. When in Day or Week view, create a new To Do List item by double-clicking a blank portion of the To Do area. The To Do area is on the right of the Day view, and at the bottom of the Week view.
Day view
Week view
Double-click to create a new item
Double-click to create a new item
When in Month view, create a new To Do List item by double-clicking a day. Click To Do in the dialog box that appears, and then click OK.
Click to create a To Do List item
The item you create appears as a bulleted item on that day in Month view.
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Viewing To Do List items
To see your To Do List items in a list, choose To Do List from the View menu or click the To Dos button on the toolbar.
Choose This Week-Uncompleted or Today-Uncompleted
Two special views of your To Do List items are available by default. Choose This Week-Uncompleted or Today-Uncompleted from the View pop-up menu. For information about selecting items, or groups of items, see Chapter 7.
Editing To Do List items
Before you can delete, duplicate, or change an item, you must select it. Double-click to open the To Do List dialog box.
Selected items
In the Date Book, you can also click a To Do List item to select it, and double-click to open it. Changes to items are updated on your handheld the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
Renaming To Do List items
You can rename an item whenever you like. Double-click the item in To Do List or in one of the Date Book views, and then type the new name. Click OK.
Drag to highlight, then type the new item name
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The new name appears on the corresponding To Do List item on your handheld the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
Changing dates of To Do List items
You can change the date of a To Do List item at any time. In the To Do dialog box type a new date, or choose a date from the calendar pop-up.
Type a date. . . or click the calendar popup and double-click a date
You can also quickly change the day an item is to be done in Date Book's Week or Month view by dragging the item from its current date to a new one.
Setting reminders for To Do List items
You can be reminded of upcoming To Do List items. To set reminders, create a new To Do List item or double-click an existing one. Type the number of days before the item due date you want to be reminded. For example, if you have an item due on Friday, and you want a reminder two days before that, on Wednesday, type 2 in the Remind box.
Select to show the item in Date Book before its due date
Enter the number of days before the due date to be reminded
NOTE
Reminders for To Do List items do not transfer to your handheld. To set an alarm for your handheld from the computer, create an event instead of a To Do List item.
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Setting priorities for To Do List items
To prioritize To Do List items, in the To Do dialog box, choose a priority from the Priority pop-up menu.
Choose a priority
The color of the box next to a item indicates the item's priority.
Palm Desktop priority Palm Desktop color Handheld priority
Highest High Medium Low Lowest
Red Orange Gray Green Blue
1 2 3 4 5
When you sort items, uncompleted items appear first, followed by the completed items. Within those two groups the items sort by priority, from highest to lowest. [. . . ] To mark the paper for hole-punching and cutting, choose Print from the File menu, and then choose Edit Layout from the Layout pop-up menu. For more information on editing layouts, see Chapter 11.
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Printing Double-Sided Pages
Select these options to show you where to punch holes and cut away excess paper
Apple LaserWriter/LaserWriter Plus, Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter
For the LaserWriter, LaserWriter Plus, and DeskWriter, these are the general steps:
s s s
Print one side of the page Reverse the order of the pages Print the other side of the page
Follow the instructions in Chapter 11 for printing. Follow these steps after printing has begun:
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If you're using pre-punched paper, feed the paper in the printer so that the holes enter the printer first.
Edge with the holes enters the printer first
The printed pages come out of the printer in reverse order and printed side up. The first page printed (for example, January/April or the A's if you're printing addresses) is at the bottom of the stack. [. . . ]