Chapter 18 Setting Preferences for Your Handheld320To set the time zone:1. Tap the Location pick list.2. Select a time zone.When you travel, changing the time zone setting to a new time zoneautomatically resets the date and time on your handheld, but it does not changethe time of appointments set in Date Book.Digitizer preferencesThe Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen. This is thesame screen that appears when you start your handheld for the first time.You can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset, or if your digitizer drifts.Formats preferencesUse the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the displayformat of the dates, times, and numbers on your handheld.Country defaultThe country default sets date, time, week start day, and number conventions basedon geographic regions where you might use your handheld. For example, in theUnited Kingdom, time often is expressed using a 24-hour clock. In the UnitedStates, on the other hand, time is expressed using a 12-hour clock with an AM orPM suffix.All your handheld applications use the Country default settings. You can,however, customize your own preferences as described in “Time, date, week start,and numbers formats” later in this chapter.
