5 Using the Personal Information Applications This chapter introduces three applications to help you keep track of things—meetings and appointments, addresses and telephone numbers, personal records and finances—to mention just a few. Appointment Book Appointment Book is a flexible time-management system that lets you quickly schedule and review your daily activities for the most efficient and productive use of your time. Phone Book Phone Book provides a convenient place for you to record names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information you need to store and look up quickly.
Hewlett-Packard Financial Calculator HP Financial Calculator provides a complete set of tools that let you solve problems dealing with general arithmetic, technical math, business percentages, interest rate conversions, and time value of money—to mention just a few. Hint Appointment Book (and Phone Book ) keeps the working file open, and it updates the file for each change you make. Follow these suggestions to prevent accidental damage to your appointment and phone files: • Exit Appointment Book and Phone Book when you’re not using them or before you turn off your OmniBook.
If Appointment Book or Phone Book is open and your OmniBook has an unexpected problem, it could corrupt the current appointment file or phone file. • Open only files that reside on drive C, not on a removable disk. An open file on a removable disk (such as a floppy disk or PCMCIA card) is susceptible to corruption in certain situations. Managing Your Time with Appointment Book Appointment Book in your OmniBook is the perfect replacement for that old pocket calendar or bulky scheduler you may have used in the past. Appointment Book helps allocate your precious time, and is as easy to use as all other Windows applications. Here are some of the ways to put Appointment Book to work:
• View your daily, weekly, or monthly calendar at a glance. • Quickly add and delete appointments. • Use your OmniBook to signal the next appointment. • Keep and update a to-do list. • See a full-screen note or a display of future events in your life. • Keep detailed records of past appointments kept and tasks performed. 65