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Section 7A: Help 311
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There’s a Blinking Bell at the Upper-Left Corner of the Screen
The blinking bell in the upper-left corner of the screen is the Alert Manager symbol. It
appears when you have alarms or messages that you haven't acknowledged.
1. Press and hold Center or tap the Alert Manager symbol with your stylus.
2. When the list of pending alerts appears, do either of the following:
Ⅲ Select the alert text to view the item and keep it in the list.
Ⅲ Check the box next to an alert to clear it from the list, and then select Done.
Synchronization
Synchronization backs up the information from your device onto your computer and vice
versa. If you ever need to perform a hard reset or otherwise need to erase all your
information on your device, you can synchronize your device with your computer to restore
the information. Similarly, if your computer crashes and your Palm Desktop software
information is damaged, you can recover your information by synchronizing with your
device. To make sure you always have an up-to-date backup of your information,
synchronize frequently.
This section describes synchronization between your Centro device and a desktop
computer running Palm Desktop software. You can also synchronize the information on
your device using third-party applications. See the separate documentation for other
applications for information on features and configuration.
Before you attempt to synchronize, make sure you’ve installed the desktop synchronization
software from the Palm Software Installation CD.
I Can’t Find My User Folder
Windows: If your device name is one word, your user folder name is the first six characters
of your device name. If your device name is two words, your user folder name consists of
the first six characters of the second word of your device name, followed by the first letter
of the first word. For example, if your device name is John Smith, your user folder is named