U.S. $7.95 Publisher's Message .............................. 1 Letters to the Editor ........................•.•.•. .4 E HP Palmtop News .................................. 6 - New DOS-only version of the HP 200LX; N Attend the 1995 HP Handheld Users' Conference, Q.) New HP calculator for high school math students; ..0 SunDisk 175 MB Flashcard; PDA makers alliance E :::J :z New Products and Services ....•.•.....•... 10 - P Palmtop -.::t Q.) E :::J o > Paper User to User: HP Palmtop as a Reference Tool .....•.. 13 HP Palmtop users carry with them a world of information, from movie guides, to star guides, and much, much more! Bible Software for the HP 100/200LX • 18 The PC Study Bible and other DOS programs bring scriptures to the HP Palmtop. How Users Turned Their HP Palmtop into a Reference Tool ......•.•.. 21 From English/German translations to a Pilot's database, these creative users prove the HP Palmtop a robust reference tool. Learning Spanish on the HP Palmtop ............................... 23 On the road, with time between sales appointments, this user harnesses the power of DataBase to learn a second language. Programmer's Corner: Programmer's Reference Tool •.•.....•.•. 25 Ed Keefe shows how to turn DataBase into a powerful reference for all those hard to remembE programming details. Palmtop Wisdom ................................. 2-3 Personal effectiveness using the HP Palmtop. Use the Palmtop to memorize important facts, keep vital facts at your fingertips, manage your time better, and find the true value of a discount. User Profile: Get Out of the Office and Still Do Your Job ........................... 30 While sittinfj on a park bench in New York -+ City, or vacatIoning In Scotland, he keeps his en office in his pocket with an HP Palmtop. ';j Ecco IntelliLink and the HP Palmtop ............................. 35 Ecco is a full-featured PIM for your Windows C PC. It won't slip into your pocket like the Palmtop, -+ but here's how a couple of subscribers got the Q. best out of both worlds. -+ Getting the Most Out ofSystem Macros ...............•.......•. 40 o System Macros is a powerful feature that ~ saves time by turning many keystrokes into a ~ few. Learn how to create macros and how to get around the Palmtop's 10-macro limit on the HP 100/200LX. -< Through the Looking Glass Teach DataBase How to do Arithmetic ................................... 44 Ed shows how to add the missing arithmetic capabilities to the built-in 100/200LX DataBase application using Lotus 1-2-3. Basic Tips ....................................... 50-51 04 Quick Tips ....................................... 52-54 HP Palmtop Users' Groups ...............•. 10 Product Index ....................................... 55 Advertiser's Index ................................ 56 Files on Mar/Apr 95 ON DISK •.•.•...•.•.•. 56 a 7447083112 9 YOUR HP PALMTOP JUST TOOK A UANTUM LEAP. With just one SMART move, your Hewlett-Packard multifunction card has all the performance Palmtop can jump from a portable organizer to a features you need: 4MB or 6 MB flash memory, mobile communications center! The Fax Modem & 14,400 bps fax, 2400 bps modem, HP Laserjet Memory Multifunction Card from SMART compatibility, as well as auto-dial and answer Modular Technologies enables this transformation functionality. SMART has also made installation by combining industry standard high speed fax & as easy as possible, getting you up and running in modem capabilities with powerful, on-board flash seconds. In addition, SMART's card consumes as memory-all on the same streamlined PCMCIA little as one-fifth the battery power of other Type II compatible card. By coupling fax, modem similar products. and memory All told, the Fax Modem functions in a & Memory Card from single card, you SMART is a Calaveras can easily send, receive, store and print County-like leap communications that before now were beyond forward for palmtop com- the reach of palmtop computing. puting and serious Hewlett­ In keeping with our reputation for Packard 100LX and 200LX users making your life easy, this powerful like you. Think. Think SMART. SMART Modular Technologies ©1995 SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. ~ SMART Logo is a trademark of SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. = 45531 Northport Loop West, Fremont, CA 94538 All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. - Toll free: 1-800-536-1231 • Tel: 510-623-1231 • Fax: 510-623-1434 Publisher's Message The HP Palmtop Paper The HP Palmtop makes me a walking reference library. I have a Dictionary, Thesaurus, Span­ ish/English Dictionary, the Bible with a concordance, 5000 quota­ tions, a guide to thousands of Volume four / Number two March / April 1995 movies, and several great novels Executive EditorlPublisher in my pocket! Hal Goldstein In most cases, electronic refer­ Managing Editor ence works are superior to Ricnard Hall Technical Editor clunky paper references. Finding Robert Roney related information is fast and Associate Editor easy, and many general, as well Paul Merrill as profession-specific reference Department Editors Ed Keefe works have been written for DOS Mark Scardina computers. That makes them Contributing Writers Michael Allgood candidates for the HP Palmtop, if Lanny Staton you have a Flashdisk card large Joseph Tomasone Top: Hal Goldstein enough to carry them with you. AdvertisinglMarketing Bottom: Robert Roney and Rich Hall Brian Teitzman In this issue we describe how Margaret Martin to use an electronic dictionary to Diane Wimett Circulation quickly find the definition of a word, even if you don't know the word's Sharon Ash Sharon Dilmore exact spelling, and look up synonyms or a second word contained in the Cindy Ericson definition of the first. You'll read how you can instantly access any Bible Tom Gibson Tiffany Lisk verse and find out what movie won best picture in 1958. Colleen Rodibaugh You'll also discover ways to use the built-in applications to for Executive Advisor reference purposes. Most of us already depend on the Palmtop's Rita Goldstein The HP Palmtop Paper (ISSN 10656189) is reference capabilities: our Palmtop PhoneBook references names and published bimonthly by Thaddeus Computing Inc., at 57 East Broadway Avenue, Fairfield, addresses; our AppointmentBook organizes our schedule and todo lists; IA 52556. Second·class postage paid at Fair­ we press ~ if we need to find out how to use a Palmtop feature. In field, Iowa. Subscription rates payable in U.S. dollars, checks drawn on a U.S. bank, or by addition, we use World Time application to find area codes, relative credit card - one year: $39; two years: $69. Postage: U.S. and U.S. possessions free; time, longitude and latitude; and we consult HP Calc for currency, Canada, Mexico add $6 per year; other coun­ tries add $18 per year. Please allow four to length, area, temperature, and volume conversion information. six weeks for receipt of fIrst issue. Executive, Editorial, Circulation, Marketing and Adver­ Many of us take things a step further, creating DataBase and tising Offices: P .O. Box 869, Fairfield, IA NoteTaker reference files. Palmtop subscriber Lanny Staton describes 52556. Telephone: (515) 472-6330, FAX: (515) 472-1879. Copyright 1995, Thaddeus Comput­ how he stores Spanish vocabulary in DataBase to learn the language. Ed ing, Inc., all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without writ­ Keefe describes and provides a number of DataBase tools for program­ ten permission. Reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate and useful information, mers. CFO Michael Allgood describes in his user profile his use of but the reader must make his or her own investigations and decisions; the Publisher Quicken to store travel expenses, and DataBase to store critical company and Editorial Staff cannot assume any respon­ information. sibility or liability for the use of information contained herein. The ability to instantly access electronic reference material is a boon. POSTMASTER: Please send any address changes to The HP Palmtop Paper, Attn: Having all this information available to you when you need it, in your Thaddeus Computing, Inc., P.O. Box 869, Palmtop, dramatically increases the information's value and your produc­ Fairfield, IA 52556. tivity. MARCH / APRIL 1995 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER 1 The editors of The HP Palmtop Paper welcome yo~ to Eress ~ (Subset) ~ (define), Tab to the Category fiela,arrow down to Palmtop Wisdom. Palmtop Wisdom takes the latest thmk­ the category you want and press ing in leadership, human relations, time management, IEN,rl. Press i!!21, .name the Subset an press ~ agam. finance, self-development, travel, and entertainn:ent an,d Remember, you can create "flash cards" to help you learn just about provides concrete applications of these concepts usmg HP s anything including: medIcal terms lOOj200LX Palmtop pes. ana theIr definitions; client names and client information; products and We welcome your feedback, ideas, and contributions. the key benefits associated with them' the Palmtop's keys and what those' keys accomplish; Palmtop procedures and what keys to press; and so forth. (See page 23 t? see By Hal Goldstein your index screen). If the Category how this idea is used m learmng a field was not displayed, you can add foreign language). SELF it to the main NoteTaker display by pressing ~, highlighting Category STAYING DEVELOPMENT and pressing ~ (OK). Let's start entering arithmet~c ORGANIZED Use the Palmtop to help examples just to illustrate how thIS you memorize important works. Press ~ (Add). In the Title Keep important facts facts or vocabulary field key in 7 + 8. Tab to the Note at your fingertips field (or press 1m) and put the an­ The Palmtop's great forte is it's abili­ Many of us used flash cards in swer 15. In the Category field type ty to allow you to ~eep ~ll of your school to learn our multiplication Add. Press ~ to Add another entry, important informatIon "':It~ you ~t tables, to memorize vocabulary from say, 6 x 9 in "Title", 54 in "Note", and another lar:tguage, or.