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3. If you don't want to display anything about an anniversary's start year, set the
'Specify start year' line set to 'No'. If you do, set it to 'Yes'; then type the start year
(eg the year someone was born) in the 'Start year 'line, and set 'Display year as' to
display the 'Number of years' or 'Start year' "(or both) with the anniversary entry.
4. Move to the bottom line of the dialog. If you want this entry to have a symbol in the
Year view too. type the character or symbol to use. If you don't want a year symbol,
press the Delete key, to set this line to 'None'.
5. Press Enter to complete the dialog. The anniversary will be entered in the column for
the month in which it occurs.
Although the Agenda only shows from 1980 onwards, you can set an anniversary's start
date to be before this.
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You can even enter BC dates, by beginning them with a minus sign.
If you press Shift-Psion-D you will move to the Day view on the date of the
anniversary. You will see the anniversary entry displayed in the first time slot, with a
small candle as its "bullet".
If you press Shift-Psion-Y, you will move to the Year view. The cursor will be placed on
the date of the anniversary, and the year symbol A will be displayed for your
anniversary. The text of the entry will be shown on the top line of the screen.
ESy' By default, all anniversary entries are shown in the year view, and with the symbol
A . You can change these settings by using 'Set preferences' and selecting
'Anniversary defaults'.
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You can enter public holidays that occur on the same date every year as
anniversaries, for example Christmas Day and New Year's Day. They will then
appear in your Agenda each year. You can distinguish them in the Year view from
other anniversaries by giving them a different year symbol. (See "Setting a year
symbol for an entry" later in this chapter).
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You can enter anniversaries from within the Day, Week, Year and List views, with
the 'New entry' option on the 'Edit' menu.
Movement keys
You can move the cursor with these keys:
• T 4 move to the previous/next entry (or month).
• Control-Psion-U tnove to the first/last entry in the month currently displayed.
• Psion-ti move by a screenful at a time.
• *—> move to the previous/next month.
• Control-*—»move by three months at a time.
• Psion-*—> move by a year at a time.
• Control-Psion-*—» Move to the same month five years before or ahead.
• The Spacebar displays the current month in the current year, and moves to the first
entry which is on or after today's date.
Changing the appearance of the Anniversary view
You can change the number of month columns that are displayed at the same time:
1. Select the 'Set preferences' option on the 'Special' menu.
2. Select the "Anniversary view' suboption on the 'View preferences' menu.
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