10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Get more out of your NEW menu
Many Pocket PC applications have a "New" menu in the lower left corner to create a new item, such as a document or record. The New menu is more powerful than that though, but it requires you to make a small change to the default settings. If you are a new user that would like to see how that works or even an experienced user that may not have tripped up on this setting, read on.
In Figure 1, you can see the default look and functionality of the New button. This example is in Pocket Word. Pressing it will simply create a new blank document.
Figure 1
To enhance the way the New button works, go to Start|Settings|Menus and select the New Menu tab as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2
Simply check the "Turn on New button menu" box. While you are there, you can see all of the new types of documents and items you can create. Some come with the Pocket PC, like Task, E-mail and Excel Workbook. Others like Pocket Mindmap or Alarm Note come from third party applications. You can check those items you frequently use to create new items and uncheck those that you rarely use to keep the menu size manageable. Once you are done, press the "OK" button.
Now go back to Pocket Word. Notice how the New menu in Figure 3 has changed?
Figure 3
There is now an up arrow next to the New button. Pressing the New button will perform as it always has - add a new document or item in the app that you are in. However, pressing the up arrow will give you a menu. From here you can either add a new application specific template or a new item from another app.
The items in the red square show the templates loaded on my Pocket PC. Pocket Word comes with a few defaults. You can add your own by simply creating a document and then saving it in the Templates folder as a normal document.
The items in the green square are the items in other applications. Tapping those will bring up a blank item. So, from within Word, you can quickly add an appointment without having to launch Calendar. When you are done with the appointment and press OK, you will be back in Word. From within Calendar, you can quickly fire off an email to remind someone about a meeting and after pressing Send, you'll be back in Calendar reviewing your schedule.
This tip works in all Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002 devices.
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Oh Duh! How did I miss something that simple. (No need to answer that  ) My default Excel form is my Canadian order form. Up til now it has been a pain the rear to switch between my Canadian, and American. This does make it easier.
Dave
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2007
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something is wrong with the order of these postings????
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by van_mierlo
something is wrong with the order of these postings????
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Nah. Pony99 is psychic. :wink:
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by van_mierlo
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Nah. Pony99 is psychic. :wink: |
Wow, he/she must B. Posted the exact same minute too. Either that or Pony sa damn fine and quick typist.
Maby he/she even foreseed the article "Better Decision Making With Your Pocket PC" by Brad Adrian, and had Pocket Ai assisting :lol:
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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I can't be the only person to notice that the origional post was dated April 11th, 1973.
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally Posted by dunneldeen
I can't be the only person to notice that the origional post was dated April 11th, 1973.
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Heh, i believe someone just changed this post just to get the oldest post on Pocket PC Thought (was right yesterday). Im looking forward to this sites 30 year anavesary 12 Apr next year :wink:
Gifts?
EDIT: Rats, so much for gifts heh, date changed again :P
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10-13-2002, 06:59 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Posting Timestamps
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I wish. :-) But my post was timestamped 17 minutes after yours, so I'm not psychic. On the other hand, perhaps your post messed up the time-space continuum for a bit. :lol:
I wonder if the messed up timestamps explain why I didn't get any E-mail notifying me of these follow-up postings....
Steve
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10-13-2002, 07:01 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Get more out of your NEW menu
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
Figure 3
The items in the red square show the templates loaded on my Pocket PC. Pocket Word comes with a few defaults. You can add your own by simply creating a document and then saving it in the Templates folder as a normal document.
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Great tip. I knew about most of this, but had forgotten to turn the New menu back on after installing EUU2. :-( The one thing I didn't know was that the application's templates showed above the menu separator.
There is one minor detail that you didn't cover. While your tip about saving a document to the \My Documents\Templates folder will work for Pocket Word and Notes, it will not work for Pocket Excel.
To create a template in Pocket Excel, you have to save the document to the Templates folder with a .pxt extension. From Excel, you can use the Tools/Save Workbook As... command to do that. Any .pxl files in the Templates folder will not be shown in the New menu as templates for some reason, nor will any .pxt files in the My Documents folder show in the New menu as templates.
Steve
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