Chapter 4 Using Basic Applications
4.8
Basic Applications Overview: Setting Alarms
Setting Alarms
The Alarm setting lets you set an audible alarm for events in your Date Book, and display a reminder message on-screen. For
untimed events, only the reminder message appears.
Setting an Alarm for an Event
You can set an alarm for minutes, hours, or days before an event. When you set an alarm, an Alarm icon appears to the far right of
the event with the alarm.
You can also set a silent alarm for untimed events that displays a reminder message on-screen before the day of the event. The
alarm triggers at the specified period of minutes, hours, or days before midnight of the day on which the untimed event begins.
For example, you set a 5-minute alarm for an untimed event that occurs on February 4. The reminder message will appear at
11:55 p.m. on the night of February 3. The reminder remains on-screen until you turn on your handheld and tap
OK
to turn off the
reminder.
To set an alarm for an event:
1. Tap the event to which you want to assign an alarm.
2. Tap
Details
.
3. Tap the
Alarm
check box to select it. The default setting,
5 Minutes
, appears.
4. Set the alarm time:
• Select the
5
next to the Alarm check box and enter any number from 0 to 99 (inclusive) as the number
of time units.
• Tap the pick list to change the time unit; select
Minutes
,
Hours
, or
Days
.
Enter number of
time units here
Tap here to select
unit of time
5. Tap
OK
.
