Using the backlight, To activate the backlight | Acer s10 instruction

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No.	Component	Description

7	Versatile connector	Connects your Acer s10 to the cradle, which in turn
		connects to the back of your computer and through the AC
		adapter to the wall current. This allows you to
		recharge your Acer s10 and perform HotSync operation.
		Also connects peripheral hardware devices, such as a
		keyboard, to your Acer s10.

8	Application buttons	Activates the basic applications that correspond to the
		icons marked on the buttons: (from left) Date Book,
		Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad.

NOTE: Refer to "ShortCuts preferences" on page 294 for instructions on how to reassign these buttons to other applications on your Acer s10.

If your Acer s10 is turned off, pressing any application button turns on the device and opens the corresponding application.

Using the backlight

If lighting conditions make it difficult for you to see the information on your Acer s10, use the backlight to illuminate your screen.

To activate the backlight:

•Press the power button and hold it down for about two seconds. Release the button when the backlight turns on.

TIP: You can assign the full-screen pen stroke to activate the backlight. Refer to "ShortCuts preferences" on page 294.

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Acer s10 manual Using the backlight, To activate the backlight

Contents

Acer s10 handheld Manual for Copyright About this Manual O u t t h i s M a n u a l Your guides Package contents Performing a soft reset Resetting your Acer s10Maintaining your Acer s10 Proper care and usage of your Acer s10 To perform a soft reset Performing a hard reset Assigning security options Battery considerations Assigning security options First things first Assigning security options Contents Managing your applications Working with your basic applicationsXii Xiii Xiv Working with your supplementary applications 117 Using the Attention Manager 223 Using expansion features 217Working with your PC-end utilities 195 Managing your desktop email 229 Beaming information 249 Setting preferences for your Acer s10 269253 Xvi Frequently Asked Questions 297 Appendix Creating a custom Expense Report 307Xvii Index 315 Xviii Getting started System requirements System requirements Acer s10 tour Front panelGetting started Acer s10 tour To activate the backlight Using the backlight Your Acer s10’s rear panel consists of the following Rear panel Your Acer s10 interface consists of the following elements Elements of the Acer s10 interface To adjust the contrast Using the onscreen contrast control Element Description Command interface Preparing to use your Acer s10 Connecting the cradleGetting started Preparing to use your Acer s10 To connect the cradle To charge your Acer s10 Charging your Acer s10 Palm Desktop software Getting started Palm Desktop softwareLED status during charging Installing Palm Desktop software To install Palm Desktop softwarePre-installation instructions Getting started Palm Desktop software Getting started Palm Desktop software To set up your Acer s10 Setting up your Acer s10 Performing the first HotSync operation Synchronizing dataGetting started Synchronizing data To perform the first HotSync operation Getting started Tapping versus clicking Tapping versus clicking Calibrating your Acer s10 screen Opening applicationsGetting started Opening applications To calibrate the Acer s10 screen Using menus and menu commands To open an applicationTo display a menu bar Getting started Using menus and menu commands Using Graffiti to execute commandsGraffiti command toolbar To use the Graffiti command toolbar To use a Graffiti command letter Displaying online tipsTo display an online tip Getting started Entering data Entering data Getting started Entering data Entering data in your Acer s10 Entering data using Graffiti Entering data using GraffitiWriting Graffiti characters General guidelines in Graffiti writing Letter Strokes Graffiti alphabet To write Graffiti letters To write Graffiti numbers Graffiti numbersTo write capital letters Number Strokes Graffiti punctuation marks Punctuation Stroke Mark PeriodLeft Paren Graffiti accented characters Graffiti symbols and extended characters Command Stroke Using Graffiti ShortCutsGraffiti non-English characters Graffiti navigation strokes To use a ShortCut Predefined Graffiti ShortCutsTo edit a ShortCut Entry ShortCut Using the onscreen keyboard Graffiti tipsTo use the onscreen keyboard Entering data in your Acer s10 Using an external keyboard Using an external keyboard Importing data To import dataEntering data in your Acer s10 Importing data Entering data in your Acer s10 Beaming data Beaming data Using the Applications Launcher Managing your applications Using the Applications LauncherTo open the Applications Launcher To open an application Switching between applicationsCategorizing applications To categorize an application To display applications by category Changing the Applications Launcher displayTo change the view of applications To display the last selected category of applications Installing and removing applications Setting preferences for applicationsTo install add-on applications on your Acer s10 Assigning applications to buttonsPage Removing the Palm Desktop software To remove an add-on applicationTo remove the Palm Desktop software in Windows Managing your applications Security SecurityTo mask a private record To mask all private records Assigning and editing passwords To assign, change, or delete a passwordTo hide all private records To lock your Acer s10 with a password Recovering from a forgotten passwordTo delete a forgotten password Locking your Acer s10 Displaying private records To unmask individual recordsTo display private records Date Book Overview of basic applicationsYou can do the following in Date Book To launch Date Book Address Book Working with your basic applications Address BookYou can do the following in Address Book Address Book opens to display the list of all your records To launch Address Book Working with your basic applications To Do List To Do ListYou can do the following in To Do List To launch To Do List Working with your basic applications Memo Pad Memo PadYou can do the following in Memo Pad To launch Memo Pad Expense Calculator Working with your basic applications Mail MailTo launch Expense You can do the following in Mail Tap the Mail icon Mail list screen appears Creating records Editing recordsTo create a record Using the Edit menu Selecting textTo use the Edit menu To delete a record in any of the basic applications Deleting recordsKeyboard Graffiti Help Categorizing records Purging recordsTo purge records System-defined categories To move a record into a category To display a category of recordsUser-defined categories Tap OK Tap OK to exit the Edit Categories dialog box To rename a category Finding Address Book records Finding records Using the Find option Using Phone LookupTo use the Find option Adding names to an Expense record To use Phone LookupTo add names to an Expense record Sorting records To sort records in the To Do List and Expense applicationsTo sort records in Memo Pad Making records private To make a record privateTo sort the Memo List manually To attach a note to a record Attaching notesTo review or edit a note To delete a note Getting information on an application Choosing fontsTo change the font style To display the About boxPage Scheduling events Using Date BookScheduling timed events To schedule a timed event for the current date Using Date Book Scheduling untimed events To schedule a timed event for another dateTo schedule an untimed event To reschedule an event Rescheduling events Making changes to repeating or continuous events Scheduling repeating or continuous eventsTo schedule a repeating or continuous event To delete repeating events About scheduling repeating or continuous events Adding Address Book information to an event Setting the alarm for an event To set an alarm for an eventTo dismiss the alarm using the Snooze option To set alarm options Setting alarm options Working in Week view Changing the Date Book viewTo display the Date Book views To display the current time Tips for using Week view Spotting event conflicts Working in Month viewTo display the Month view Tips for using Agenda view Tips for using Month viewWorking in Agenda view To work on the Agenda View Date Book menus Changing the displayed Start and End TimesTo change the start and end time in the Date Book Page Using Date Book Working with your basic applications Using Date Book Using Address Book Creating an Address Book entryTo create a new Address Book entry To view details of an address entry Duplicating an entry Selecting different types of phone numbers and addressesEditing Address Book entries To select other types of phone numbers in an entry Changing the Address Book display To edit an Address Book entryTo change how lists are sorted Address Book menus Dial Edit menu Options menu Preferences Rename Custom FieldsBook Setting To Do List priorities Using To Do ListCreating To Do List items To create a To Do List item To set the priority of a To Do List item Checking off a To Do List itemTo check off a To Do List item To remove a completed To Do List item To change the To Do List item details Changing To Do List items details To sort To Do List items Sorting To Do itemsPriority Category To display completed and due items in the To Do List Displaying completed and due items To Do List menus Record menu Edit menu Options menu Working with your basic applications Using To Do List Using Memo Pad Creating memosTo create a new memo Reviewing memos To set the sorting mode for Memo listChanging the order in which memos appear in the Memo list To review a memo Record menus Memo Pad menus Edit menu Options menus Using the Calculator buttons Using CalculatorDisplaying recent calculations To display recent calculations Calculator menus Using Expense Creating an Expense itemTo create an Expense item Entering receipt details Changing the date of an Expense itemTo change the date of an Expense item To enter receipt details in the Receipt Details dialog box Working with your basic applications Using Expense Payment TypeCurrency Vendor Filling in the expense type automatically Adding attendees’ names to an Expense itemTo add attendees’ names to an Expense item To fill in the expense type automatically Changing the currency and symbols display Changing the Expense List displayTo change the Expense List display Customizing currency symbols To change the default currency symbol for all Expense itemsTo define a custom currency symbol Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel Displaying the euro symbol on your computer Printing the euro symbol Creating and printing an expense reportTo create or print an expense report To view your expense data using a Microsoft Excel template Using expense report templates Expense menus 116 Overview of supplementary applications ClockYou can do the following in Clock AudioBox You can do the following in AudioBoxTo launch AudioBox Working with your supplementary applications AudioBox Working with your supplementary applications Recorder RecorderYou can do the following in Recorder To launch Recorder Working with your supplementary applications eBook Reader EBook ReaderYou can do the following in eBook Reader To launch eBook Reader Working with your supplementary applications eBook Reader Working with your supplementary applications Backup BackupYou can do the following in Backup To launch Backup You can do the following in Service Launcher Service LauncherPage 126 Using Clock To switch between Clock modesWorking with your supplementary applications City Clock mode To change the preselected city display Working with your supplementary applications Using Clock GMT Offset To edit details of a current city list entry DST DST Setting To add a new city to the current city list To delete a city from the current city list To set an alarm Alarm setting Working with your supplementary applications Using Clock Low Medium High Repeat Is activated Big Clock mode To work in Timer mode Timer mode About Clock Shows version information for Clock Clock menu 140 Using AudioBox functions Using AudioBoxTo select a track to play Before launching the AudioBox To play a selected track To set the LCD off settings Working with your supplementary applications Using AudioBox To adjust the volumeTo repeat a section of the active track AudioBox playlist To stop playbackTo display the playlist Alarm reminder AudioBox menu Preferences 148 To start recording using the Recorder icon Using RecorderRecorder main screen Audio recording function To start recording using the Hot Button Default procedureDo one of following to stop recording Alternative procedure Working with your supplementary applications Using RecorderTo pause Recording Storage options for recorded audio Using the Recorder command buttons To rename an audio file To view detailed information To delete all files in the audio file list To delete an audio file To start audio playback Audio playback function To adjust volume Recorder menus Record Other 160 Using eBook Reader Working on the Book Manager screenTo categorize an eBook file To view detailed information about an eBook file To edit the eBook category list To delete an eBook file To open an eBook Reading your eBook files To revert to the Book Manager screen Working in Read Document modeTo define font type in viewing the eBook To search for a particular text in the eBook From top of the document Case Sensitive To move around in Read Document mode Working with bookmarksTo go to a bookmark location To create a new bookmark Tap New to display the New Bookmark screen To delete a bookmark To delete all bookmarks in a document Using the Jump To function Working with hyperlinksTo use the Jump To function To attached a note to an eBook Attaching a note to an eBook Working on Note Manager To use the Note Manager command buttons Tap here EBook Reader menus Median Line Space Large Line SpaceSmall Line Space Book Manager Preferences 179 180 Backup function Using Backup To perform a complete backup Working with your supplementary applications Using Backup To perform a partial backup Backup errors Restore function To perform a complete restore Working with your supplementary applications Using Backup To perform a partial restore Viewing backup error log Deleting a backup file from the Memory StickTo delete a backup file from the resident Memory Stick To view backup error log About Backup Shows version information for Backup Backup menu Using Service Launcher Using Service Launcher To define Quick Launcher settings Using the Quick Launcher functionPage 194 To launch Palm Desktop software Overview of PC-end utilities EBook Converter Voice ConverterWorking with your PC-end utilities Voice Converter To launch Voice Converter Using Voice Converter Installing Voice ConverterWorking with your PC-end utilities Voice Converter toolbar To select a file in the source file listTo add a file to the source file list To remove a source file from the source file list To remove all files from the source file listTo convert listed source files to .mp3 format To convert all listed files to .mp3 format Voice Converter source file list File menu Voice Converter menusView menu Action menu Help Topic Click to display the Voice Converter online guide Help menu Installing eBook Converter Using eBook Converter EBook Converter toolbar To create a new list fileTo open an existing list file To save a list file To use the Save As menu command To add a file to the source file list To remove a file from the source file list To convert a source file to Acer eBook format EBook Converter source file list To convert all files in the source file listConversion reminders EBook Converter menus StatusConversion successful, eBook file size. Indicates Check to show toolbar default. To hide toolbar, uncheck Action menu Options menu Using eBook Converter Memory Stick Help Topic Click to display the eBook Converter online Help Working with your PC-end utilities Using eBook Converter To insert a Memory Stick Inserting and removing a Memory Stick To switch source category to Memory Stick Using expansion featuresCopying applications to a Memory Stick To remove a Memory Stick Displaying information for Memory Stick applications Deleting applications from a Memory StickTo delete an application from a Memory Stick To display information about an application on your Memory Card Info Using expansion features Card Info Reviewing card information Renaming a cardFormatting a card Card Info menu Card menuHelp Provides help text Insistent alarms Using the Reminder command buttonsUsing the Attention Manager Setting alarm sound effects Setting the alarm volumeUsing the Attention Manager Insistent alarms Snooze Using the Reminders list screen Remind MePlay Every Understanding the blinking alarm indicator Subtle alarmsUsing the Attention Manager Subtle alarms Done Subtle alarms 228 Managing your desktop email Setting up the Mail application on your computer Setting up the Mail application and HotSync options To set up Mail on your computerManaging your desktop email To open Mail Synchronizing Mail with your email application Viewing email items Viewing, creating, and replying to emailTo view email items To change header information To create an email item Creating email items Sender To reply to an email item To look up an email address Looking up an address Adding details to email items To add details to an email itemSignature To create a signature Creating a signature for your email itemConfirm Read Confirm Delivery Storing and editing unsent email items Storing and editing email itemsManaging your desktop email Storing and editing email items To store an email item in the Outbox folder Drafting email Setting mail preferencesTo save an email item as a draft To edit an email item saved as a draft Filing an email item To file an email itemTo retrieve an email item from the Filed folder Deleting email items To purge the contents of the Deleted folderManaging your desktop email Deleting email items To delete and email Categorizing and sorting email items To select an email folder to displayTo display the Date column in email items To sort the Message List Managing your email application with HotSyncTo set HotSync Options to control synchronizing email items Subject To access the special filter screen Using filters to control downloadingSend Only Filter Ignore Messages To create the special filter settingsContaining Retrieve Only Msgs To define a filter string Defining filter strings Mail menus Message menuAbout Mail Displays version information for Mail 248 Beaming a business card Beaming information Beaming a business cardTo select a business card for beaming Beaming an application Beaming a recordBeaming information Beaming a record To beam a record, business card, or category of records Turning off beaming Receiving beamed informationBeaming information Receiving beamed information To receive beamed information Beaming information Turning off beaming Performing a HotSync operation Creating a user profileTo create a user profile Performing the first HotSync operation Selecting HotSync setup options To set the HotSync optionsAlways Available Speed Serial Port To customize HotSync application settings Customizing HotSync application settings Preparing your computer for infrared communication IR HotSync operations Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication To check your computer for IR capabilityTo check the ports used for infrared communication Returning to using the cradle for HotSync operations Performing an IR HotSync operationTo perform an IR HotSync operation Performing a HotSync operation via modem Preparing your computerTo prepare your computer for a modem HotSync operation Preparing your Acer s10 Setup StringTo prepare your Acer s10 for a modem HotSync operation Modem Selecting conduits for a modem HotSync operation Shot of select a modem configuration Performing a HotSync operation via a network Performing a HotSync operation via a modemTo perform a modem HotSync operation To prepare your computer for a network HotSync operation To perform a network HotSync operation Performing a HotSync operation via a network Using File Link 268 Selecting the Preferences screen Buttons preferences Setting preferences for your Acer s10 Buttons preferencesTo change the Buttons preferences To change the HotSync buttons preferences Backlight To change what the full-screen pen stroke activatesTurn Off & Lock Beam Data Connection Types Connection preferences Setting modem configurations To modify Connection preferencesTo set Serial to Modem preferences Setting preferences for your Acer s10 Connection preferences Date & Time preferences Setting an Infrared to modem connectionTo create an Infrared to Modem connection To set the date To set the time zone Digitizer preferencesTo set daylight saving time To calibrate your screen Setting time, date, week start, and number display formats Setting default countrySetting preferences for your Acer s10 Formats preferences To choose a default country Setting your Acer s10 to stay on while in the cradle Setting the Auto-off interval timeSetting the sounds and volumes General preferences To set the LED settings Setting the LED settingsTo change the Beam Receive feature Network preferences To set network preferences Setting preferences for your Acer s10 Network preferences Enter password Tap here Enter your Customizing service templates Connecting to your ISP or dial-in serviceTo establish a connection To close a connection To duplicate an existing service template To edit a service templateSerial Line Internet Protocol To delete a service template Entering DNS numbers and IP addressesTo specify a primary and secondary DNS number To specify the IP address Creating a login script To create a login script on your Acer s10You can create login script files in two ways Delay Send PasswordWait For Wait for Prompt Plug-in applications Using non-ASCII characters in login scriptsCaret char Carriage return and line feed To expand the display of progress messages during login Troubleshooting TCP/IP connectionsPlug-in applications have the following characteristics Network Preferences menus Service menu Edit menu Options menu Setting preferences for your Acer s10 Owner preferences Owner preferencesTo change owner preferences on your Acer s10 Setting up related Connection Preferences Setting up related Network preferencesSetting preferences for your Acer s10 Phone preferences Phone preferences Setting up Phone preferences Setting preferences for your Acer s10 ShortCuts preferencesShortCuts preferences Page 296 Frequently Asked Questions Software installation problems Frequently Asked Questions Operating problems Operating problems Application problems Tapping and writing problems Frequently Asked Questions HotSync problems HotSync problems HotSync problems Frequently Asked Questions HotSync problems Beaming problems Beaming problems Recharging problems Password problemsFrequently Asked Questions Recharging problems Finding version and memory information Technical support Frequently Asked Questions Technical support Appendix Creating a custom Expense Report About mapping tables To customize a sample Expense Report template Customizing existing sample templates Analyzing your custom Expense Report Determining the layout of the Expense ReportLabels Sections To program a new custom mapping table Programming the mapping table # of Rows Start RowStart Column Intervals Expense file details Using applications other than Microsoft ExcelTrips Trip 314 Index Page 317 Page 319 320