The visibooks guide to Palm devices

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Table of Contents

Getting Started ............................................... 1

Open the Home screen ..........................................................................2

Create a Memo........................................................................................6

Write with Graffiti .................................................................................11

Edit memos...........................................................................................17

Delete memos.......................................................................................21

Palm Basics................................................... 29

Set the date and time...........................................................................32

Categorize memos ...............................................................................36

Getting Organized ......................................... 45

Organize contacts................................................................................46

Manage your schedule ........................................................................55

Track your to-do list.............................................................................80

Find records .........................................................................................91

Share Data With A PC ................................... 95

HotSync with a PC ...............................................................................96

Install a new program ..........................................................................99

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Advanced Palm Skills..................................105

Beam data to other Palm devices..................................................... 106

Secure a Palm device........................................................................ 111

Manage Your Palm Device ..........................125

Manage memory ................................................................................ 126

Delete records.................................................................................... 129

GETTING STARTED 1

Getting Started

In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Open the Home screen

• Create a Memo

• Write with Graffiti

• Edit Memos

• Delete memos

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Open the Home screen

1. Make sure your Palm device is charged and turned on.

2. Locate the icon.

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3. Tap the icon lightly with the stylus or your finger.

Tip: There’s no need to tap hard or “stab” at the screen – simply

touching the screen lightly works great.

You'll see icons representing the different applications that are

installed on your device.

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4. Tap the icon again.

This will display a different group of programs.

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Tip: Note the group name appears in the upper right corner of

the screen.

5. Tap the icon repeatedly until you see All in the upper right

corner.

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Create a Memo

1. From the Home (All) screen, tap the icon.

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Since no memos have been created yet, the Memo list is blank:

Tip: On many Palm devices, you can also open Memos by just

pressing the application button for Memos.

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2. Tap the button.

3. Tap the icon to open the on-screen keyboard.

Tip: Palm devices with a built-in keyboard may not have a

keyboard icon. If you have a built-in keyboard, just use the built￾in keyboard to follow these steps.

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4. Using the keyboard, enter these words by tapping each letter

with your stylus:

I’m entering this text with my on screen keyboard.

5. When you’re done, tap the button.

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You'll see your text has been entered into the memo.

6. Tap the button again to save the new memo.

It should look like this in the Memo list: