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Palm DualDate Getting Started Guide, Revision 1.1

 

 

 

 

 

System Requirements 

Palm

 

DualDate requires the following: 

 

 

A handheld running, or upgradeable to, Palm OS

®

 3.5, 4.0, or 4.1 

 

 

At least 300KB free memory is recommended, which includes: 

o

Approximately 160

 

KB free memory for the DualDate application 

o

Enough free memory to accommodate a shared calendar in addition to your Palm 
Date Book 

 
Important 

Installing DualDate onto an expanded memory card – such as SD/MMC, Memory Stick, or the 
Handspring

 

Springboard Memory Module – is not supported. 

 
 

Installation and Removal 

Installation 

You can install the Palm DualDate application using the Palm

 Install Tool or by having someone 

beam it to you. 
 
Once installed on your handheld, you can launch DualDate either by tapping the DualDate icon 
from the Applications Launcher or by pressing the Date Book button. 
 

Notes: 

 

While most people will use DualDate exclusively, any changes you make to your personal 
calendar in DualDate will appear in your Date Book application, and vice versa. 

 

 

DualDate adds “Share Calendar” and “Delete Calendar” entries to the standard Date Book Record 
menu list. A “Select Color” entry is added to the Options menu and  “Share Private Events” is 
added to the Options > Preferences dialog box. 

 

 

When installed, DualDate inherits your existing Date Book Preferences and Display settings.  

 

 

Installing DualDate does not change the Date Book HotSync

 conduits or affect your Palm

 

Desktop Date Book display. The shared calendar is visible only in the Palm DualDate 
application on your handheld. 

 

Removal 

Removing Palm DualDate from your handheld will not affect the Palm Date Book application. All 
your personal calendar information will be retained, including changes made while DualDate was in 
use. 
 
 

Backup and Restore 

All Palm DualDate information is backed up to your desktop when you perform a HotSync operation, 
including the DualDate application and the database it uses to store the shared calendar. 
 

Summary of Contents for DualDate

Page 1: ...te 1 1 Getting Started Guide Palm DualDate is an enhanced version of the Palm Date Book that allows you to Share Your Calendar With Other Palm Powered Handheld Users Receive Another Person s Calendar View Two Calendars Together Synchronize Your Shared Calendars ...

Page 2: ...r more countries Palm Palm Powered and the Palm logo and Palm Powered logo are trademarks of Palm Inc or its subsidiaries Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability Palm Inc and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this guide Palm Inc and its subsidi...

Page 3: ...ail o Option to limit data beamed to only today s and future events Receive another person s calendar o Receiver cannot modify events on shared calendar o Replace the shared calendar with a different shared calendar o Delete the shared calendar o Alarms are not shared View two calendars together o Your calendar and the shared calendar are displayed side by side in Day View and merged in the Week M...

Page 4: ...ll use DualDate exclusively any changes you make to your personal calendar in DualDate will appear in your Date Book application and vice versa DualDate adds Share Calendar and Delete Calendar entries to the standard Date Book Record menu list A Select Color entry is added to the Options menu and Share Private Events is added to the Options Preferences dialog box When installed DualDate inherits y...

Page 5: ...events on the calendar Sharing Your Calendar You can share your calendar with another Palm DualDate user by beaming it as follows 1 From the Day View in DualDate tap the Menu icon to display the Record menu option 2 Tap Share Calendar to begin the beam operation 3 When you tap Share Calendar two options are displayed in the Share Calendar dialog box These options allow you to choose how much of yo...

Page 6: ...long with the events Receiving A Calendar You can receive a calendar beamed to you by another Palm DualDate user at any time you do not have to be in DualDate in order to receive it 1 After a Share Calendar beam has been established your handheld will display a dialog box asking if you want to receive the calendar 2 Tap Yes to receive the calendar 3 When the beam has completed successfully DualDat...

Page 7: ...Beam Event feature to email individual events from the shared calendar to any valid email address Replace an Existing Shared Calendar with a New Shared Calendar You can choose to replace a shared Palm DualDate calendar with a different one To do this either delete the existing shared calendar first or simply replace it when prompted by the Receive Calendar Dialog Tap Yes in response to the Replace...

Page 8: ...he two calendars appear side by side Your calendar is always on the left and the shared calendar is on the right The solid underlines on the shared calendar indicate that it is Read Only and cannot be modified In the Week Month and Agenda Views events on the two calendars are displayed as merged Switching Between Single and Dual Calendar Display Modes To switch your Palm DualDate display between s...

Page 9: ...ns Which Description is selected is arbitrary To see both Descriptions switch to Dual Calendar Day View Color and Grayscale Coding of Events Palm DualDate makes it easy to distinguish which events belong to each calendar In Day View and Week View calendars are assigned identifying color or grayscale shading On a color device your Date Book calendar color code defaults to blue and the shared calend...

Page 10: ... the owner Tap the color picker box Tap the desired color and then tap OK Synchronizing Shared Calendars Although the people you share your Palm DualDate calendar with cannot create or edit events on it you can easily synchronize the changes you have made by beaming your calendar to them again Updated calendars can be beamed to other DualDate users as often as you wish To synchronize your updated ...

Page 11: ... the GoTo Event option when responding to an Alarm in DualDate Date Book launches and displays the event To return to DualDate press the Date Book button or tap the DualDate application icon in the Application Launcher Accepting Beamed Events when in DualDate If you receive a beamed event while you are in DualDate you will be switched to Date Book and the beamed event will display To return to Dua...

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