Email Learning with Laura. Palm Tip: Adding Notes to Addresses

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

More Palm tips for those using these devices.

Adding Notes to Address Book Entries

When I meet someone virtually or in the flesh, I like to add a
note about them in my address book to remind me why I think
they're important in my life. If I forget to add a note in the
flurry of introductions (or during the beaming of our business
cards to each other) I can add a note later. Here's how.

Tap on your address book icon. Now tap to the right of the
name/phone number in the blank space there. Voila, an empty note
will appear and you can add the date and whatever information is
pertinent. I occasionally add keywords and I always add
Categories to each record. Very useful for sorting folks even if
the categories are large ones.

Also, when I talk  on the phone, I open the Palm desktop, find
that person's record, and update it as we talk. In addition, I
can cut and paste the relevant sections from email messages into
his/her record on the Palm desktop and then hotsync the updated
content onto my handheld. This saves a lot of Graffiti-ing. I can
use Find to track down that person by content or keyword if I
forget who it was that I needed to contact on a various project.
Find (the magnifying glass icon, bottom right of your device) is
a VERY useful tool if you have a nearly full PDA (as I often do).

--
Regards,

Laura Larsson
NLM Informatics Fellow, OHSU
and
Clinical Faculty
Health Services, Box 357660
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195
larsson at u.washington.edu
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