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PDT 8000 Series with Windows
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Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PCs Product Reference Guide
Notifications
The terminal notifies you when you have something to do. For example, if you’ve set up an
appointment in Calendar, a task with a due date in Tasks, or an alarm in Clock, you’ll be
notified in any of the following ways:
• a message box appears on the screen
• a sound, which you can set, is played
• a light flashes on your terminal.
To choose reminder types and sounds for your terminal, tap Start - Settings - Personal tab
- Sounds & Notifications. Select the desired options.
Entering Information
To enter information, you may:
• Use the keyboard. (See Using the Keyboard on page 2-5 and Appendix E,
Keyboard Maps for keyboard functions.)
• Use the input panel to enter typed text, either using the soft keyboard or writing
characters.
• Write directly on the screen.
• Draw pictures on the screen.
• Speak into the microphone to record a message.
• Scan bar code data into data fields.
• Use Microsoft
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ActiveSync
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to synchronize or copy information from your host
computer to your terminal. For more information on ActiveSync, see Chapter 4,
Communications or ActiveSync Help on your host computer.
Entering Information Using the Input Panel
Use the input panel to enter information in any program. You can either type using the soft
keyboard or write using Block Recognizer, Letter Recognizer, or Transcriber. In any case,
the characters appear as typed text on the screen.