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Q: My organizer does not support Hebrew,
can I still run the Omer application?
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A: Yes you can use Omer even if
you do not have Hebrew installed on your device.
This version
of Omer can be used on any Palm OS device, including Palm
OS 5 devices (Tungstens, Zires, Sony Clies, and Treo 600s).
The display of the Omer text will be in Hebrew. The only requirement
you need Luach installed and
running.
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Q: How do I beam Omer to another
organizer?
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A: You can beam Omer to any Palm/Sony/Treo
device. The receiving organizer will be able to use Omer as long as it has
Luach running.
1 Position the two organizers,
so that the IR (Infra red) port of the receiving organizer
is within two feet of the sending organizer.
2 From the main application
screen, tap the Menu silkscreen icon (next to the graffiti
area) OR touch the top left corner of the screen (where you
see the time displayed).
3 A drop down menu appears,
Select Beam from the App menu.
4 Select Omer, and tap
the Beam button.
The receiving organizer will sense the transmitted data, and
will begin receiving it.
5 On the receiving organizer,
when the transmission is completed, you will be prompted with
a screen that asks: Do you want to accept Omer into Applications?
6 Tap Yes to store Omer
on the receiving organizer. Wait for the Status dialog box
to indicate that the transfer is complete.
8 Tap the Omer icon, and begin to use it.
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Q: Why doesn't the date on the
Omer screen match today's date?
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A: Check the date set on your Palm
organizer. Tap on the Prefs icon and then select General (or Date & Time).
Verify the Time and Date are set correctly.
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Q: Why is the After Dark
checkbox unchecked?
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A: The time on your Palm organizer
is between midnight and dusk.
Tap the After Dark selector, and the screen will display today's
Dusk time based on your current city setting in Luach.
You can count the Omer, anytime after dusk.
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Q: Why is the After Dark checkbox checked?
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A: The time on your Palm organizer
is between dusk and midnight.
When the After Dark checkbox is checked, the Jewish
Date and "Omer Day" will reflect the date of the
day after the secular date and the day of the week, indicating
that according to the Jewish Calendar, the new day begins
in the evening.
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Q: How do I change the current city, so that my After
Dark setting will be correct?
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A: Tap the Luach icon. Tap the Cities button. Select from the Popup trigger
the desired city. Now tap the Set City as Current City button.
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Q: Why does the Omer show the First Day of the Omer?
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A: If the current date on your
Palm organizer is not within the range of the "Counting
of the Omer", the date that is shown on the Omer screen
is the first day of the counting of the Omer in the following
year, and the After Dark checkbox will be checked.
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Q: In the History screen, can I change the X's to stalks of wheat (Omer)?
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A: Tap on the desired square to
change the status. Each time you tap the square, it toggles
between counted and not counted. Note - future dates can not
be edited.
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Q: How do I set an alarm to ring
every night to remind me to count the Omer?
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A: Tap on the Setup button from
the first (Hineni) Omer screen or the second (Bracha) Omer
screen. Then in the Scheduled Alarm section, tap either Every
Night or Week Nights (excludes Friday and Chag).
If you want to change the time, tap on the time and change
the hours and minutes.
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Q: What is the function of the
snooze button on the Omer Alarm Reminder screen?
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A: The snooze function allows you
to define a period of time in the future to ring the alarm
while you can go back and complete whatever you were doing
beforehand. This way you aren't interrupted.
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