Acknowledging An Appointment - HP 17bll+ User Manual

6. The appointment message (optional): To set, change, or just view a
message, press
the ALPHA menu). Messages are limited to a maximum of 22
characters. Press
changes and retain the original message.)
7. The repeat interval (optional): To set, view, or change a repeat
interval, press
key. For example, 2
same time every other day; 90

hours.
specify repeat intervals up to 104 weeks in length (728 days, 17,472
hours, etc.)
8. When done, press
you just set will be recorded, such as  You can check an
appointment by pressing its menu key (such as
C restores an appointment's time and date to the display if it has
been overwritten by other operations.

Acknowledging an Appointment

To acknowledge the appointment and clear the message, press any key
(except @ ) during the beeping. Appointments not acknowledged within
20 seconds become past due.
When an appointment "comes due," the alarm starts beeping and the
alarm annunciator (
The message (or, if none, the time and date) is displayed.
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If the calculator is in the middle of a complex calculation when an
appointment comes due, the alarm annunciator comes on and the calculator
beeps once. When the calculation is done, the alarm goes off.
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The beeping can be suppressed or restricted to appointments. See "Beeper
On and Off," page 36.
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
. Type the message (refer to page 30 for using
I when done. (Press

. Key in an integer and press the appropriate

causes the appointment to go off at the

sets the appointment to non- repeating. You can
to return to the APPT menu. The appointment
e
) is displayed, even if the calculator was off.
e to negate any
sets the repeat interval to 1½

).
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