Chapter 4 Working with Applications62Receiving alertsYou can receive alerts on your handheld and in Palm Desktop software.Receiving alerts on your handheldWhen you use certain application settings, your handheld can alert you to any ofthe following: An appointment set in Date Book A note created in Note Pad An alarm set in World ClockWhen an alert occurs, your handheld displays a reminder message. If you tapSnooze in response to an alert message, your handheld reminds you of the itemagain in five minutes. The Reminder screen displays alerts that await attention.To respond to alerts, do one of the following: Select an item’s check box to clear the item. Tap an item (either the icon or the text description) to open the applicationwhere the alarm was set. The application opens to the entry associated with thealarm. Press Function + Enter , or tap Done to close the reminder list and returnto the current screen. An attention indicator blinks in the upper-left corner of thescreen; tap it to view the alert list again. Tap Snooze to see the list again in five minutes.If you tap Done or Snooze and view the reminder list later, the current time isdisplayed in the Reminder bar and the original alert time is displayed with eachlist item. Tap Clear All to dismiss all alerts in the list.Receiving alerts from Palm Desktop softwareYou can also set an option to receive Date Book event alerts from Palm Desktopsoftware. The feature is disabled by default, so you must enable it within PalmDesktop software.
