Toolbars (Pocket PC only)

New Bar
The new bar is available in all views from the menu, and lets you quickly enter basic contacts, tasks, alarm notes, or appointments, ready for later editing, by typing text in the bar, and tapping return or tapping the green arrow. For the Calendar view, it takes the currently selected date, or if you are in the Day View, the currently selected time slot. In the Tasks View, there are two buttons. The leftmost blue button is used to create a new child under the current task for Hierarchical Tasks. The rightmost green button is used to create a normal new task.

Search Bar
The search bar allows you to search for items within any view. There are three buttons and one text eld on the toolbar. The text eld remembers your last few searches and provides a quick way to re-search a previous lter. The search begins after a congurable idle time so that you can type in a search without a continuous drain. The two buttons on the far left represent search types. Begins-With or Contains. A Begins-With search nds all matches that begin with the text youve typed in. The Contains search nds all the matches that contain the text you type in. Entering Will in the search eld will nd William Brown, Update Will and Meeting with William if Contains is selected, while only William Brown will be found if you use a Begins-With search. If you have a Pocket PC device with a keyboard attached or built-in and if you start to type Pocket Informant will automatically bring up the Search Bar and move the focus to it to start a search. The only exception - as of 8.01 - is when in Touch mode which does not allow Searches at this time. In this way you can bring up the Contacts View, for example, start to type and nd a contact immediately.

ABC Tab Bar (Contacts Only)

The Contacts view has an ABC tab that allows you to quickly nd contacts by starting letter. Just tap on the letter for it to be used a letter lter. The currently selected letter is capitalized on the Tab bar, which lets you know which letter is used as the lter. Tap on a tab multiple times for it to rotate through the letters. You can also use the joy pads left/right buttons to scroll through the letters and this will work even if the ABC Bar is not displayed as long as there is nothing in the Search Bar. The ltering is done in a language-neutral way, meaning that the letter E will nd contacts starting with E, , , and any other language variant. Note: Choosing the # option will reset the listing to include all contacts.

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12-key pad (Contacts Only)

The Contacts view has an 12-key pad that lets you search for Contacts quickly. This gives you a 12-key pad that you can use your nger to tap and search for contacts. One tap of the ABC button for example nds all contacts with one of those letters. It is similar to T9, but there is no dictionary.

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Preview window on Pocket PC

The preview window at the bottom of all views allows you to see a formatted detail of the item youve selected. For example, you may want to quickly see the contact data without having to open the contact. The preview window allows you to tap and action items in the preview window. For example if you have a phone number showing you can tap on the phone number to dial it. Tap/hold on the preview window to copy selected text or edit the item. Note: This option is not available in the Calendar or Search Views,

Summary Window
The summary window displays the item in a full screen