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Setting the Alarm
Have you ever been srlling in a
movre
lhea(er and heard
a
beeo 6eeo
lrom someones wrlst walch alarm? Have
yoLl
euei
bein
rhe oercon
wno s
alarm goes oll? EmbaIIasslng.
iqn
t
rl?
Well
wrih the Porlloho's alarm vou don'I
have lo leel
embarrasseo
al all.
ll s
only embarrasslng
Io
be
lold what lo
do by a sl,rpid
wrrsl
walch-rl
an MS-DOS command cornpal_
ible
compLrter
rs
dolng
il.
it
s OKI
The alarm is uselul in a variely
of
ways. Probably
lhe mosi
common use is
to
sel the
compuler to beep
a
lew minutes
oelore vou need
to
mahe
a
callol
allend al
an
impollanl
meetrnq. Bdt
lels
set
the alarm lo beep
a
lew
mlnules IIom
now so you can hear how il
soLlnds.
Warning:
Only
lhe alarms sel
in
lhe rile called
c.\sYSTEM\DIARY.DRY {lhe
Iire
rn
/J/
resrde ln the
SYSTEM sdbdrrectorv
ol drive C) will sound.
Follow these instructions
io sel and aclivate the alarm:
'1.
Load your
new Diary lile. Highlight lodav's dale and press
lEnrerl.
2- Enler
a
lime several minules lrom now. Iollowed by lhe
word
"tesl"
Press lEnrerl.
The entry
dispLays
in
ihe space
below
lhe edit line.
A
lriangular icon appears nexi lo ihe
entry.
3-
Press IFnl
Ill
lo display the Files menu.
Press
IAI to
seleci
Alarm.-The
triangulir iion
is
Ieplaced by
a
musical
nole
icon.
4.
Press
lEscl
to
display the
calendar' P[ess [Escl again lo
display the
Iollowingl
No
Press [Yl
io[
Yes
to
save
lhe lile.
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