DON'T ACCIDENTALLY DELETE YOUR CURRENT APPOINTMENTS! 95LX 100LX

On the 95LX in APPT you can remove old appointments by pressing (MENU), Remove and entering the date prior to which you want appointments removed. The 95LX will not let you enter an incomplete date, and if you accidentally entered the wrong date, you can press (MENU) Quit to exit APPT, and answer No when asked if you want to save your changes.

It's easier to delete current appointments on the 100LX. Suppose you wanted to remove your old appointments starting, with the ones in the previous week. In APPT on the 100LX, you press (MENU) File Remove (<Tab>), type 5.20 and (ENTER), intending to remove appointments prior to May 20, 1993. The 100LX will complete the date for you, but unfortunately it defaults to NEXT year's date -1994! When you press (ENTER) the 100LX goes ahead and executes the removal of all appointments prior to May 20, 1994. The 100LX automatically saves Appointment Book files after changes are made to it, so you've lost all your appointments.

If you've made no further deletions to your Appointment Book, and have not exited it, you can press (MENU) Edit Undo to restore the appointments.

You can also guard against accidental deletions by saving removed items to an archive file. When you press (MENU) File Remove you are presented with the Remove Items screen. Tab to Save Removed Items... and press (<Spacebar>) to check the box. Press (<Tab>) and give your archive file a name. When you press (ENTER) or (F10) to remove your appointments, they will be saved to the archive file.

Jeffrey Mattox

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