Motorola CP1250 - Manual (Page 12)

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Deleting Messages from the Pager (Emptying the Trash)
Deleting messages from your pager is actually a two-procedure process. After
you have moved the message(s) to the Trash, you must use the empty trash
function (
C) to actually remove the message(s) from your pager’s memory.
While messages are in the Trash, they can still be moved to other folders. Only
when you empty the trash are you actually deleting the messages from your
pager.
On the Status screen, press s until g ( TRASH ) is highlighted.
Press u . A list of all messages in the Trash is displayed.
Press t . The Trash Function menu is displayed.
Press s until EMPTY TRASH ( C) is displayed as shown in the example below.
Note: C is only displayed when there are messages in the Trash.
Press t . The prompt EMPTY TRASH? is displayed with l pointing at t .
Maildrop message
Personal message
[ K sports Update:
D — Call me before
EMPTY TRASH
m
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Trash Function Menu example
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Note: If you continue with this procedure, all messages in the Trash are
deleted, not just the one at the top of the list.
Press t . The messages are deleted from the pager. The pager returns to
the Status screen which displays FOLDER EMPTY , indicating all messages have
been deleted from the Trash.
Completing Your Tasks in the Task Folder
The Task Folder can turn your messages into a checklist of things to do. After
you move a message into the Task List, the message indicator is changed to
v .
Upon completion of this task, you can mark it complete ( * ).
On the Status screen, press s until d (
TASK LIST ) is highlighted.
Press u . The Task List is opened and a list of tasks is displayed.
Press w until the task you want to complete is at the top of the list.
Press t . The Task List Function menu is displayed.
Uncompleted task
Uncompleted task
Completed task
Uncompleted task
[ v Call Mary at work.
v Call me before
* Call John at home.
v send your mother
Task Messages in Task List example
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Press s until F (
SET TASK STATUS ) is flashing.
Press t . The message indicator changes from v to * . This task has been
completed and will be moved to the Trash Folder at midnight (unless you
move it to another folder).
Note: Although the task has been completed, it does not move to a
different position within the Task List. As per the example above, the
completed task remains in the third position on the list.
To complete more tasks, repeat Steps 4 and 5 as necessary.
Uncompleted task
Uncompleted task
Completed task
Uncompleted task
[ v Call Mary at work.
v Call me before
* Call John at home.
v send your mother
SET TASK STATUS
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Task List Function Menu example
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Setting Reminder Alarms for Events (the Event List)
Note: You must immediately set the reminder alarm for the event (that is,
before the pager returns to the Status screen). Otherwise, the move does not
take effect and you must move the message to this folder again.
As soon as you move the message to the Event List, a screen similar to the
example below is displayed.
Note: The time and date default to the current time and date.
Press s to move to the hour field.
Press x and/or w until the hour of the alarm is set.
Press s to move to first minute field.
Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have set the second minute, method of time
measurement, and date fields for the alarm.
Note: You can set a daily alarm by selecting --/--/-- in the date field.
Press t . The alarm is set and the pager returns to the Status screen.
Alarm indicator r 12:00PM 05/03/00
SET EVENT TIME
Set Event Time example
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