Nokia 6255i - 11. Organizer (Menu 8)

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11. Organizer (Menu 8)

Your phone contains features to help organize your everyday life, including an alarm
clock, calendar, calculator, countdown timer, and stopwatch.

Alarm clock

Set an alarm

The alarm clock is based on the phone clock. It sounds an alert any time you specify
and even works if the phone is turned off.

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Alarm clock

>

Alarm time

.

2. Enter the time for the alarm in hh:mm format, and press

OK

.

3. Select

am

or

pm

(if

12-hour

format is selected).

Alarm on

appears briefly in the display and

appears on the start screen.

Change the time

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Alarm clock

>

Alarm time

>

On

.

2. Enter the time for the alarm in hh:mm format, and press

OK

.

3. Select

am

or

pm

(if

12-hour

format is selected).

Alarm on

appears briefly in the display and

appears on the start screen.

Set the alarm tone

You can set which tone is played when the alarm sounds.

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Alarm clock

>

Alarm tone

.

2. Highlight

Standard

,

Radio

,

Ringing tone

, or

Open Gallery

to choose the tone of

your choice, and press

Select

.

Alarm conditions

When the alarm sounds, your phone beeps, vibrates, and the display lights up.

With the phone on, press

OK

to shut the alarm off, or press

Snooze

. The alarm stops

for 10 minutes and

Snooze on

appears in the display.

If you do not press a key, the alarms stops (snoozes) for 10 minutes, then sounds again.

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If the alarm time is reached while the device is switched off, the device switches
itself on and starts sounding the alarm tone. If you press

Stop

, the device asks

whether you want to activate the device for calls. Press

No

to switch off the device

or

Yes

to make and receive calls. Do not press

Yes

when wireless phone use may

cause interference or danger.

Turn an alarm off

At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Alarm clock

>

Alarm time

>

Off

.

Calendar

The calendar keeps track of reminders, calls you need to make, meetings, and
birthdays. It can even sound an alarm for any of these events.

Monthly view provides an overview of the selected month and weeks. It also allows
you to jump to a specific date. Any days or dates that appear in bold font contain
calendar notes such as a meeting or reminder.

Open

At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Calendar

.

Go to a date

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Calendar

>

Options

>

Go to date

.

2. Enter the date (for example, 07/15/2004), and press

OK

.

Note a specific date

You can choose from five types of notes:

Meeting

,

Call

,

Birthday

,

Memo

, and

Reminder

. Your phone asks for further information depending on which note you

choose. You also have the option to set an alarm for any note that you select.

1. Go to the date for which you want to set a reminder. See “Go to a date”, page 79

in the previous section if you need more information.

2. From the monthly view (with the go to date highlighted), select

Options

>

Make a note

.

3. Select one of the following note types:

Meeting

—You are prompted to enter a subject, location, and a start/end time.

You are then given the option to set an alarm.

Call

—You are prompted to enter a phone number, a name, and the time. You are

then given the option to set an alarm.

Birthday

—You are prompted to enter the person’s name, and year of birth. You are

then given the option to set an alarm.

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Memo

—You are prompted to enter a subject and an end date. You are then given

the option to set an alarm.

Reminder

—You are prompted to enter the subject you wish to be reminded

about, you are then given the option to set an alarm.

4. Enter your note, and select

Options

>

Save

.

View notes (day view)

After you have created some calendar notes, you can view them as follows:

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Calendar

.

2. Scroll to the date containing the note. (Any days containing notes will be in

bold font.)

3. Select

Options

>

View day

.

4. To view a highlighted note, select

Options

>

View

.

Options while viewing a list of notes

1. Press

Options

while viewing a day’s notes to display the following options:

The options listed below are available either while viewing the body of a note or
viewing the header of a note.

View

—View the full note.

Make a note

—Create a new note for the selected date.

Delete

—Delete the note.

Edit

—Edit the note.

Move

—Move the note to another date on your calendar.

Repeat

—Enable the note to recur on a regular basis (daily, weekly, biweekly,

monthly, and yearly).

Go to date

—Jump to another date on your calendar.

Go to today

—Jump to the current day on your calendar.

Go to to-do list

—Jump to the to-do list on your calendar.

Send note

—Send the note to another device as a text message or in calendar-to-

calendar (vCal) format.

Copy

—Copy the note. You can then paste the note to another date.

Settings

—Set the date and time, date and time format, the day each week starts

and whether you want your notes to auto-delete after a specified time.

2. Scroll to an option, and press

Select

to activate it or enter its submenu.

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Send a note

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Calendar

.

2. Scroll to the date containing the note you wish to send. (Any days containing

notes will be in bold font.)

3. Select

Options

>

View day

.

4. Scroll to the note you wish to send, and select

Options

>

Send note

>

Via calendar

,

Via text message

,

Via infrared

, or

Via Bluetooth

.

5. If you selected

Via calendar

, enter the number for the recipient, or press

Search

to retrieve a number from the contacts list, and press

OK

. The note is sent.

6. If you selected

Via text message

, the note appears as a text message in the display.

7. Select

Send to number

,

Send to e-mail

,

or Send to many

.

8. Enter the number for the recipient, or press

Search

to retrieve a number from the

contacts list, and press

OK

. Select

Options

>

Send

.

Receive notes

When you receive a calendar note in calendar-to-calendar (vCal) format, your phone
displays

Calendar note received

. When you receive a calendar note as a text message,

a message notification appears on the start screen. You can then save the note in
your calendar and set an alarm for any date and time.

View notes

When your phone displays

Calendar note received

, press

Show

. Scroll to view the

entire message, if necessary.

Save notes

After viewing the calendar note, select

Options

>

Save

.

Discard notes

After viewing the calendar note, select

Options

>

Discard

.

To-do list

Use the to-do list feature to keep track of your tasks. You can save a note for a task,
select a priority level for the note and mark it as done when you have completed it.
You can sort the notes by priority or by date.

Add a To-do note

1. From the start screen, select

Organizer

>

To-do list

.

2. If there are no notes, select

Add note

.

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3. Or, enter the subject of the to-do note, and select

Save

.

4. Select either

High

,

Medium

, or

Low

priority.

The to-do note is saved. The phone automatically sets the deadline.

View a To-do note

From the start screen, select

Organizer

>

To-do list

. Scroll to a to-do note, and select

View

. The to-do note appears in the display.

Options while viewing to-do notes

Add

—Add another note (available only in header view).

Deadline

—Set a deadline for the note (available only in body view).

Delete

—Delete the note.

Mark note as done

—Mark a note or task as complete; no more reminders will follow.

Sort by deadline

—Sort the notes according to their deadline.

Send note

—Send the note to another device using IR or Bluetooth, as a text or

multimedia message, or as a calendar note to another compatible phone.

Edit priority

—Change the priority to high, medium, or low (available only in body view).

Go to calendar

—Leave the to-do list, and go to the calendar.

Save to calendar

—Save the to-do note to a date on your calendar.

Delete all notes

—Delete all the to-do notes in the list (available only in header view).

Calculator

The calculator in your phone adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, calculates the
square and the square root and converts currency values.

1. At the start screen, select

Menu

>

Organizer

>

Calculator

.

2. Enter the first number in the calculation. (Press the # key for a decimal point

if necessary.)

To perform a square or square root calculation, select

Options

>

Square

or

Square root

.

3. Press the * key to cycle through the add (+), subtract (-), multiply (*), and divide (/)

characters. Pause briefly to select the displayed character.

4. Enter the second number in your calculation.

5. Press

Options

(equals is highlighted), and press

Select

.

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