Before you can add or edit information on your MessagePad from your Mac, you must link the two together. Make sure the cable is plugged into both properly. Launch RCU on the MessagePad and press the "Connect" button. Launch Revelar NCU on the Mac and open the Status window by selecting "Show Status Window" under the Newton menu. Select the port icon that corresponds to the port you have the cable plugged into and press "Connect" in this window. The "Newton Status" text (in red) will keep you informed of connection status and other functions.
Once connected, set the MessagePad's date and time to match the clock on your computer by opening the Date & Time window under the Newton menu. Then press the "Set Newton Date & Time" button.
Review the "WHAT ARE THE SAMPLE IMPORT FILES?" section of the Read Me First! document before attempting to import your files, or even our sample import files. Make sure you have set up the tab-delimited text file properly before importing.
When the MessagePad links with your computer, the MessagePad folders' names load into the pop-up menus at the top of the Notes window. Select the folder name in the "Folders:" pop-up menu to load in the index or list of all the Notes in that folder (Each time you connect you must select one of the pop-up items other than "Unfiled Notes"). This index is an abbreviated list of the Notes by a title and the date stamp of when the Note was created on the MessagePad. To see the full Note, click on its row in the Index. A few moments later the complete Note text is loaded to the right. Here you may make changes to the Note and press "Set Note" to save those changes, or you may delete the Note by pressing the "Delete Selected Note" button. To add a Note, type or paste in the text you want, select the "File in Folder:" pop-up item to specify where you want to file the Note, and then press "Add Note". Before adding a Note, you may wish to clear the text in the Note field by pressing the "Clear Note" button. The "Clear Note" button does not delete or erase a Note, it simply empties the Note field. Each time you delete, add, or set (save) a Note, the Index is rebuilt.
When the MessagePad links with your computer, the MessagePad folders' names load into the pop-up menus at the top of the Names window as it does in the Notes window. Select the folder name in the "Folders:" pop-up menu to load in the index or list of all the Names in that folder (Each time you connect you must select one of the pop-up items other than "Unfiled Names"). Then click on the letter of the alphabet at the bottom to list those Names that start with that letter. This Index is an abbreviated list of the Names with telephone #1. To see the full Name, click on its row in the Index. A few moments later, all of the Name information is loaded to the right in all the appropriate fields. Here you may make changes to any field for a given Name and press "Set" to save those changes, or you may delete the Name by pressing the "Delete Selected Name" button. To add a Name, type or paste in the text you want in each of the fields, select the "File in Folder:" pop-up item to specify where you want to file the Name, select the "Sort on" and "Style" preferences, and then press "Add". Before adding a Name, you may wish to clear the data in the fields by pressing the "Clear Fields" button. The "Clear Fields" button does not delete or erase a Name, it simply empties the Name fields, except the Birthday field, which resets to the current day.
Each time you delete, add, or set (save) a Name, the Name Index is rebuilt.
There are 4 telephone number fields. Before each number field there is a small text field. In this field you should enter the phone type of its following phone number by typing in one of these letters (for example, enter "W" if it is their Work number):
X-Generic
B-Beeper
H-Home
W-Work
F-Fax
C-Car
M-Mobile
You must use these same letters in the Phone Type columns of the import files.
To retrieve the list or Index of Dates from your MessagePad, click on the desired date in the calendar. To select a range of dates in the calendar, click on the first date, hold down the shift key, and select the last date. The appointments for all of the selected days in the calendar appear in the Index. Click on the calendar's "arrow" buttons to move to a previous or next month, (holding down the option key while pressing the "arrow" buttons move the calendar to the same month in the previous or next year).
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See and Set an Appointment—Click on its row in the Index. The Appointment data is loaded to the right in the appropriate fields. Pressing "Set" updates the current Appointment, clears its fields, and reloads the Index.
Add an Appointment—Click on the date in the calendar for the day on which you wish to set an Appointment. Press the "Clear Fields" button as necessary and then enter the Start time, End time, and Title in the appropriate fields. Notes and Alarms are optional. To set an Alarm, click on the "Enabled" button to make it selectable, then enter the time for the Alarm to go off. Then press the "Add" button.
Delete an Appointment—Click on the Appointment in the Index and press "Delete Selected Appointment."
To Do List—The To Do window can only be opened from within the Dates window, much like its access in the MessagePad itself. To retrieve the To Do list from your MessagePad, click on the current day in the calendar and then press the To Do List button in the Date window.
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See and Set a To Do item—Click on its row in the Index. The To Do item data is loaded below in the appropriate fields. Pressing "Set" updates the current To Do item and rebuilds the Index.
Add a To Do item—Enter the date of the item, select its priority status from the "Priority:" pop-up menu (even if you want it to default to “none”, you must select “none”), and enter the text of the task to be done in the text field below. Then press "Add".
Delete a To Do item—Click on the To Do item in the Index and press the "Delete Selection" button.
Print a To Do list—Unlike the other windows in RCU, the To Do list is printed by pressing a button while in the window. Press the "Print" button.
Check off a To Do item— Click on the item or row in the Index while holding down the option key.
A new feature not covered in the current user guide. The Day Notes window can only be opened from within the Dates window, much like its access in the MessagePad itself. To retrieve the Day Notes list from your MessagePad, click on a date or range of dates in the calendar and then press the Day Notes button in the Date window.
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See and Set a Day Note—Click on its row in the Index. The Day Note item data is loaded below in the appropriate fields. Pressing "Set Note" updates the current Day Note and rebuilds the Index.
Add a Day Note—Day Notes are added to the date at the top of the window. That means that if you have selected a range of dates, it is the first date which will get the Day Note. Enter the title of the Day Note and any desired notes below it. If you wish to have an alarm, enter the number of days of advance notice you wish to be alerted by. A zero (0) number means there is no alarm. The alarm always goes off at 9:00a.m. on the specified day. After entering all the data, press "Add Note".
Delete a Day Note—Click on the Day Note in the Index and press the "Delete Note" button.
Print a Day Note list—Like the To Do list, the Day Note list is printed by pressing a button while in the window. Press the "Print" button.
