HP Jornada 420 User Manual

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· Hold down the Record button to start recording. Recording

stops when you release the button.

To play all of your recordings one after another, press the
Action button twice. A short beep sounds between recordings.

· Press the Action button to execute a highlighted item. Rock

this button to scroll up and down through dropdown lists.

· Press the Exit button to exit dialog windows.
· Reconfigure the hard icons so that they start the applications

that you use most often. To do this, tap Settings from the
Start menu, tap Buttons, tap the Program tab, and then
follow the directions on the control panel.

· Use the AC adapter to plug the HP Jornada into external

power whenever possible, especially when connecting to a
desktop PC or other peripheral, or when letting the LED
indicator flash for extended time periods. For more
information, see “Managing battery power” on page 16.

· In Calendar, to choose the way you prefer to be notified, on

the Tools menu, tap Options, tap the Alarm button, and
then tap Reminder Options.

· If you have lost the HP Jornada or replaced it with another

HP Jornada, you can set up the new P/PC with the same data
and settings as the old one, if you previously performed a full
backup using Windows CE Services or HP backup.

If you used Windows CE Services to back up your data, then
when you connect the new P/PC to your desktop PC for the
first time, choose Restore rather than Synchronize or Browse.
If you backed up the P/PC using HP backup, then restore the
information as described in “Using HP backup” on page 84.

· Speed up the synchronization process by synchronizing

regularly. If you use Microsoft Outlook, Windows CE Services
synchronizes only 2 weeks of calendar data by default.

· To open the World Clock control panel quickly, double-tap

the clock in the status area of the taskbar.

· 'To close applications use bTask, or from the Start menu, tap

Settings, tap System, tap Task Manager, select the
application you want to close, and then tap End Task.