C O M M O N Q U E S T I O N S22411C H A P T E RThere’s a blinking bell in the upper-leftcornerThe blinking bell in the upper-left corner ofthe screen is the Alert icon. It appearswhen you have alarms or messages thatyou haven’t acknowledged.1 Press and hold Center or tap theblinking bell with your stylus.2 When the list of pending alerts appears,do any of the following:• Select the text of the alert to view theitem. The item stays in the list.• Check the box next to an alert to clearit from the list, and then select Done.SynchronizationSynchronization backs up the informationfrom your Treo onto your computer andvice versa. If you ever need to perform ahard reset or otherwise need to erase allyour information on your Treo 680, you cansynchronize your Treo 680 with yourcomputer to restore the info. Similarly, ifyour computer crashes and your PalmDesktop info is damaged, you can recoveryour info by synchronizing with your Treo680. To make sure you always have anup-to-date backup of your info, synchronizefrequently.This section describes synchronizationbetween your Treo and a desktopcomputer running Palm Desktop software.You can also synchronize the informationon your Treo using third-party applications.See the documentation for the third-partyapplication for information on features andconfiguration.Before you attempt to synchronize, makesure you’ve installed the desktopsynchronization software from the PalmSoftware Installation CD.I can’t find my user folderWindows: If your device name is oneword, your user folder name is the first sixcharacters of your device name. If yourdevice name is two words, your user foldername consists of the first six characters ofTIP Every device needs a unique name. Neversynchronize more than one device to thesame device name on your computer.
