HP 17bII+ User Manual

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146 11: Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic

File name : English-M02-1-040308(Print).doc Print data : 2004/3/9


To set an appointment or view its current setting:

1.
Press

, then

. The display tells you which appointments

(numbered 1-10) are set and which are past due (expired with
unacknowledged alarms).

Pressing

displays the status and menu labels for appointments

6 through 10.

2. Press a menu key—

through

. The display shows the

current appointment, if any, and the menu labels for setting
appointments.

3. Optional: press

@c

to remove any old information.


4. Setting the appointment time: Use 12-hour or 24-hour time, as

appropriate. Key in the time as a number in the form HH.MM. For
example, 2:25 p.m. would be 2.25 (12-hour format) or 14.25
(24-hour format). Press

. The date is automatically set to the

current date if the existing date is in the past or was cleared.

For 12-hour format: press

to switch between AM and PM.

5. Setting the appointment date: Key in the date in the current date

format. For example, enter October 4, 2003 as 10.042003
(month/day/year format) or 4.102003 (day.month.year format).
Press

. If the appointment is within a year from today, you can

omit the year.

Message Repeat

interval

Menu for setting
appointments

Appointment number

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