Month-at-a-GlanceCESD-S-0015Applies To:
- Windows CE 2.0, 2.0 SP1
- hp Month-at-a-Glance
Overview:
hp Month-at-a-Glance is an extension to the Microsoft Pocket Outlook
PIM applications. It provides a more robust method of displaying
calendar events under Windows CE 2.00.
Contents:
Listed below are some common questions and answers to user questions
regarding Windows CE and Pocket Internet Explorer
A. Month-at-a-Glance
opens at the incorrect date
Month-at-a-Glance uses
the Windows CE System Clock to display the current date. To alter
the System clock, you can:
Tap Start > Programs > Accessories > World Clock
Double tap the Clock on the taskbar
Or Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel and double tap
World Clock top open the World Clock program and manually edit
the time and date information
Alternatively you can configure Microsoft ActiveSync to automatically
Synchronise the Date and Time upon connecting to the Synchronisation
host system.
More Info:
Month-at-a-Glance is a program bundled in the
Hewlett Packard Windows CE 2.0 ROM Build.
The program was written by hp specifically for
inclusion into its Windows CE 2.0 based Handheld PC's. It is not
available under any other operating system or on any other device.
It provides several extensions to the Calendar
features provided by Microsoft Pocket Outlook to view you appointment
lists as a single month spread or in a 6 month duration.
Month-at-a-Glance provides complete integration
into the Pocket Outlook application allowing you to easily browse
through Calendar events at the touch of a button
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To make proper use of Month-at-a-Glance you will need to
make use of Pocket Outlook's Calendar and time management
facilities.
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To launch hp Month-at-a-Glance:
If the Icon is missing, Month-at-a-Glance
can be launched by choosing Start > Run > HPCView.exe,
and tapping OK
or
By navigating to the \Windows directory and running HPCView.exe
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Month-at-a-Glance will open and is designed
to automatically display the current month, highlighting the
current day,
The date settings are dictated either by
the user in the World Clock utility, or automatically upon
Synchronisation. If the system date is incorrect, the wrong
month and day will be displayed.
Calendar information is displayed in the
boxes for each day allowing you to keep track of your schedule
over a monthly period. Double tapping a day which has calendar
content will automatically open Outlook Calendar's organiser
at the correct date so you can organise your schedule.
Once Pocket Outlook has been opened, you
can return to Month-at-a-Glance at any time by choosing either
the Tray icon, by choosing its task bar entry or using Alt
+ Tab to cycle through the open applications.
If you wish to view the calendar events
for a successive or previous month, use the
button to navigate up one month, and the
button to navigate down 1 month
This view can be accessed within the Month-at-a-Glance
application by tapping on the 1 Month view toolbar Icon
or cycling the key combination Ctrl + M.*
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Month-at-a-Glance also allows you to view your schedule in
a 6 Month view

The 6 month view displays days which are marked with calendar events
in bold. Double tapping on the date will open the Outlook Calendar program
at that date allowing you to browse the scheduled events in detail.
The 6 month view allows you to scroll through
previous and successive months in 2 ways. Firstly, use the

buttons to navigate up or down in a 3 month period.
Secondly the 
buttons allow you to scroll through on a 6 month basis, allowing
for quicker visual access to your schedule
This view can be accessed within the Month-at-a-Glance
application by tapping on the 6 Month view toolbar Icon
or by cycling the key combination Ctrl + M.*
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If you wish to view past calendar items or future ones you
can quickly navigate to any point in the calendar, at any
Day, Month or Year by choosing the Go To Date tool.

The Go To Date tool is accessed from its tool bar Icon ,
from the Go menu or by pressing the key combination Ctrl +
G.*
A calendar box will be displayed, allowing you to scroll through
the days, select the month's from a drop down menu and also
to type the desired year.
When you have found the required date, tap the OK button
to view the day in the main window
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At any time while using the Month-at-a-Glance program, you
can choose to open the Pocket Outlook calendar by either double
tapping on the data in the 1 or 6 month view, or by using
the
icon or by using the Ctrl + D key combination*
This launches calendar to the specified date allowing you
to modify the entry's.
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Alternately you can choose to view the
calendar schedule in Pocket Outlook in weekly view.

To do this Single Tap a date in the week
you wish to view.
Press the
button on the toolbar or use the Ctrl + W command to open
Calendar on that date.
NB: As demonstrated in the
above image, the default setting in Pocket Outlook is to class
a week as a 5 day working week. This can be changed in Calendar
by choosing View > Number of days, and choosing the desired
value
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Finally, the Month-at-a-Glance 'File' Menu allows you to
view the version of Month-at-a-Glance that you are using.
Displayed here is the 'About screen' for Month-at-a-Glance.
To exit the program either tap the cross in the top right
of the screen
or Choose File > Exit
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* NB: More information on Windows CE Key commands
can be found in CESD Productivity article CESDP0001
Links:
hp Jornada Home Page: http://www.hp.com/jornada
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