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Nokia N9 How to

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Productivity and time

Learn how to use your phone clock and calendar, and how to read office documents.

Time management

Learn how to use your phone clock and calendar.

Clock

Learn how to set the time and date of your phone, and how to set alarms.

About the clock

Select icon-l-clock.jpg .

Set and manage alarms.

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Set an alarm

Want to wake up to your favourite song in the morning? You can use your phone as an alarm clock.

Select icon-l-clock.jpg .

  1. Select Add icon.

  2. Set the alarm time, and enter a description.

  3. To set the alarm to sound, for example, at the same time every day, select More options > Repeat > Every day .

  4. To set the alarm tone, select Alarm tone.

Remove an alarm

In the Alarms view, select and hold the alarm, and from the pop-up menu, select Delete.

Tip:

In the Alarms view, you can use the switch to temporarily deactivate an alarm.

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Snooze an alarm

When an alarm sounds, you can snooze the alarm. This pauses the alarm for a defined length of time.

When the alarm sounds, select Snooze.

Set the length of the snooze time for an alarm

Select the alarm and More options > Snooze time , and set the length of time.

Tip:

To snooze the alarm, you can also turn your phone face down.

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Set the time and date

Select icon-l-settings.jpg and Time and language > Time and date .

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Update the time and date automatically

You can set your phone to update the time, date, and time zone automatically. Automatic update is a network service.

Select icon-l-settings.jpg and Time and language > Time and date , and activate Automatic time update.

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Calendar

Learn how to use your phone calendar.

About the calendar

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg .

With your phone calendar, you can keep your schedules organised.

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View your schedule for the week

You can browse your calendar events in different views. To see an overview of a particular week, use the week view.

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg .

Select Weekly schedule icon.

Tip:

To view a list of your upcoming events, select List icon.

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Add a task to your to-do list

Do you have important tasks to handle at work, library books to return, or maybe an event you want to attend? You can add tasks (to-do notes) to your calendar. If you have a particular deadline, set a reminder.

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg .

  1. Select Options icon > Show to-dos .

  2. Select Add icon.

  3. Fill in the fields.

  4. Activate Due date.

  5. To set a reminder, select Reminder: and the interval, and set the reminder time.

Mark a task as completed

In the to-do list, select the check box next to the task.

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Add a calendar event

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg .

  1. In a calendar view, select Add icon.

  2. Fill in the fields.

  3. To invite participants, select Expand detail list icon > Add contacts > Add icon and the contacts.

  4. Select Save.

Set the default length of reminder time

Select icon-l-settings.jpg and Applications > Calendar > Default reminder displayed , and set the length of the reminder.

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Add the location to a calendar entry

Do you have an appointment in a place you are not familiar with? If you add the location to the meeting entry, you can check the location from a map before setting off.

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg .

Add the location manually

When adding a meeting event, select Location:, and enter the address.

Select the location from the map
  1. When adding a meeting event, select Add location > Location picker icon .

  2. To zoom in, tap the map twice.

  3. Select a location on the map.

  4. Select Done.

To add a location to a meeting event later, open the meeting event, and select Edit icon.

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Use separate calendars for work and free time

You can have more than one calendar. Create one for work and others for your free time, such as family or hobbies.

Select icon-l-calendar.jpg and Options icon > Manage calendars .

Create a new calendar
  1. Select Add icon.

  2. Enter a name, and set a colour code for the calendar. In different calendar views, the colour codes indicate to which calendar an event is saved.

When a calendar is hidden, the calendar events and reminders are not displayed in different calendar views or in the Events view.

Define the visibility for a calendar

Select the desired calendar, and activate or deactivate Show this calendar and reminders.

Modify the settings for a calendar

Select icon-l-settings.jpg and Applications > Calendar .

Use Microsoft ActiveSync
  1. Select Accounts icon > Add account .

  2. Select Mail for Exchange, and enter your user credentials.

  3. Select Manual setup, and select the items you want to sync.

  4. Enter the server address, and select Done.

Sync with another mail or calendar service
  1. Select Accounts icon > Add account .

  2. Select a service, enter your user credentials, and select Sign in.

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