Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Copyright
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Copyright Copyright © 1998-1999 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the 3Com logo, Graffiti, HotSync, Palm Computing, and PalmConnect are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo, More Connected., Palm, Palm III, Palm V, the Palm V logo, the Palm Computing Platform logo, and Palm OS are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup cop- ies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss. Important: Please read the 3Com End User Software License Agreement contained in this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License Agreement. 3.5" Software Diskettes Available Palm™ Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software from http://www.palm.com. Alternatively, you can order 3.5" diskettes by completing and mail- ing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm V™ organizer product package, or call to order the diskettes. See the Worldwide Customer Support card for the appropriate phone number. P/N: 405-0961-01 A/N: 423-0960-01 Page ii Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Contents About This Book ......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm V™ Organizer Getting to know your Palm V organizer............................................3 What is a Palm V organizer? ...........................................................3 System requirements ........................................................................4 Upgrade Information ........................................................................4 Palm V components ..........................................................................6 Recharging the battery ...................................................................10 Palm Desktop organizer software ................................................11 Using your organizer with another PIM .....................................13 Tapping and typing ............................................................................14 Tap with the stylus to get things done .........................................14 Elements of the organizer interface ..............................................15 Opening applications .....................................................................16 Using menus ....................................................................................17 Three ways to enter data ................................................................20 Customizing your organizer..............................................................23 Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm V™ Organizer Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................25 Writing Graffiti characters .............................................................25 Graffiti tips .......................................................................................27 The Graffiti alphabet .......................................................................28 Writing capital letters .....................................................................29 Writing numbers .............................................................................29 Graffiti numbers ..............................................................................30 Writing punctuation marks ...........................................................30 Additional Graffiti punctuation ....................................................31 Writing symbols and extended characters ..................................31 Writing accented characters ..........................................................32 Accent strokes ..................................................................................32 Additional non-English characters ...............................................32 Navigation strokes ..........................................................................33 Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................33 Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................34 Using your computer keyboard ........................................................35 Importing data .....................................................................................35 Contents Page iii Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 37 Selecting applications ..................................................................... 37 Switching between applications ................................................... 37 Categorizing applications .............................................................. 37 Changing the Applications Launcher display ............................ 38 Choosing preferences......................................................................... 39 Installing and removing applications .............................................. 40 Installing add-on applications ...................................................... 40 Installing games .............................................................................. 42 Removing applications .................................................................. 43 Removing Palm Desktop software ............................................... 43 Security................................................................................................. 44 Assigning a password .................................................................... 44 Changing or deleting a password ................................................45 Locking your organizer .................................................................45 Recovering from a forgotten password ....................................... 46 Chapter 4: Using Your Basic Applications Overview of basic applications......................................................... 48 Date Book .........................................................................................48 Address Book ..................................................................................49 To Do List .........................................................................................50 Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 51 Calculator .........................................................................................51 Expense ............................................................................................ 52 Common tasks..................................................................................... 53 Creating records .............................................................................. 53 Editing records ................................................................................ 53 Deleting records .............................................................................. 55 Purging records ............................................................................... 56 Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations ............... 56 Categorizing records ...................................................................... 59 Finding records ............................................................................... 62 Sorting lists of records .................................................................... 67 Making records private .................................................................. 68 Attaching notes ............................................................................... 70 Choosing fonts ................................................................................ 71 Application-specific tasks.................................................................. 72 Date Book .........................................................................................72 Address Book ..................................................................................84 To Do List .........................................................................................89 Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 94 Page iv Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Calculator .........................................................................................97 Expense .............................................................................................99 Chapter 5: Communicating Using Your Organizer Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk.........................111 Setting up Mail on the desktop ...................................................112 Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application ..................114 Opening the Mail application