Visor Handheld User Guide
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Copyright
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
 Contents
 Common Tasks
Managing Your Applications
Overview of Basic Applications
 Application Specific Tasks
 Communicating Using Your Handheld
 Advanced HotSync Operations
Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
 Appendix a Maintaining Your Handheld
Appendix B Troubleshooting Tips
Appendix D Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
Warranty and Other Product Information
 About This Guide
Page
 Getting to know your Visor handheld
What is a Visor handheld?
Chapter
 Optional equipment
System requirements
Windows minimum requirements
Macintosh minimum requirements
 Upgrade information
 Locating front panel controls
Visor components
Each handheld must have a unique name
 Scroll
Power
Application
Buttons
 Protective cover
Using the backlight
 Locating back panel components
 Installing the batteries
 Tap with the stylus to get things done
Tapping and typing
 Icons Abc 123 Check box Pick list
Elements of the handheld interface
Menu bar
 Arrows
Opening applications
Next
Previous
 Using menus
 Choosing a menu
Graffiti menu commands
 Displaying online tips
Command
Three ways to enter data
 Graffiti writing
Onscreen keyboard
 Press the Memo Pad application button Tap New
 Importing data
Using Palm Desktop software
 Customizing your handheld
 With Palm Desktop software, you can do the following
Palm Desktop software
 Installing Palm Desktop software
Connecting the cradle
 Using your handheld with another PIM
Using your handheld with Microsoft Outlook Windows only
 Installing a Springboard module
 Writing Graffiti characters
Using Graffiti writing to enter data
 Lift stylus here Start stroke at heavy dot
 Graffiti tips
 Graffiti alphabet
 Caps Lock
Writing capital letters
Writing numbers
Caps Shift
 Number
Graffiti numbers
Writing punctuation marks
 Additional Graffiti punctuation
Writing symbols and extended characters
 Additional non-English characters
Writing accented characters
Accent strokes
 Next Field Address Book only
Navigation strokes
Graffiti ShortCuts
Move cursor right Move cursor left
 Entry ShortCut
Using the onscreen keyboard
 Importing data
Using your computer keyboard
 To import data
 Categorizing applications
Using the Applications Launcher
Switching between applications
Selecting applications
 Changing the Applications Launcher display
 Choosing preferences
 Installing add-on applications
Installing and removing applications
 Chapter
 Installing games
 Removing Palm Desktop software
Removing applications
 Security, you can do the following
Assigning a password
Security
 Locking your handheld
Changing or deleting a password
 Recovering from a forgotten password
 Overview of Basic Applications
 Date Book, you can do the following
Date Book
 Date Book Plus, you can do the following
Date Book Plus
 Address Book, you can do the following
Address Book
 To Do List, you can do the following
To Do List
 Memo Pad, you can do the following
Memo Pad
 Calculator, you can do the following
Calculator
 CityTime, you can do the following
CityTime
 Expense, you can do the following
Expense
 Overview of Basic Applications
 Creating records
Common Tasks
 Edit menu
Editing records
Entering text
 Paste
Undo
Cut
Copy
 Other ways to delete records
Deleting records
 Purging records
 Performing a HotSync operation for the first time
Exchanging and updating data HotSync operations
 HotSync button
 System-defined and user-defined categories
Categorizing records
 To move a record into a category
 To define a new category
 To rename a category
 Looking up Address Book records
Finding records
 Using Find
 Using Phone Lookup
 Looking up names to add to expense records
Phone Lookup tips
 Tap here
 Sorting lists of records
 Hiding private records
Making records private
 Enter your password, and then tap Show
 Attaching notes
 Choosing fonts
 Common Tasks
 Application Specific Tasks
 Scheduling an event
 Tap the time of an event
 To schedule an event for another day
 Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event
 Rescheduling an event
Setting an alarm for an event
 Scheduling repeating or continuous events
 Considerations for repeating or continuous events
 Working in Week View
Changing the Date Book view
 Tips for using Week View
 Spotting event conflicts
Tips for using Month View
Working in Month View
 Record menu Options menu
Date Book menus
 Chapter
 Book
Preferences
 Working in Week View with Text
Tips for using Week View with Text
 Working in Year View
Tips for using Year View
 Working with floating events
Tips for using List View
Working in List View
 Tips for using floating events
 Working with To Do List items
Tips for using To Do List items
 Using the Daily Journal
 Using templates
 Date Book Plus menus
Using snooze alarms
Selecting the default Date Book
 Record menu
 Preferences
 Display Options
 Alarm Preferences
 Go to Week
To Do Preferences
 Show Journal. Displays a Daily Journal entry
Week Preferences
 Month Preferences
 Year Preferences
 Book+
List View Preferences
 Creating an Address Book entry
 Next Field
Selecting types of phone numbers
 Changing Address Entry details
 Options menus
Address Book menus
Record menus
 Book
 Setting priority
 Changing To Do List item details
Checking off a To Do List item
 Setting a due date
 To Do Show Options
 Categories
To Do List menus
Show Due Dates
Show Priorities
 To create a new memo
 Memo Pad menus
Reviewing memos
 Pad
 Using the Basic Calculator buttons
Selecting the Calculator mode
 Displaying Recent Calculations
Using the Advanced Calculator mode
 Math buttons
Using the Advanced Calculator buttons
Primary buttons
 Trigonometry buttons
 Finance buttons
 Logic buttons
 Statistics buttons
Weight/Temp buttons
 Length buttons
 Area buttons
 Volume buttons
 Creating a custom view
 Program menu
Calculator menus
 Setting your home city
 Adding cities
Selecting remote cities
 Utilities menu
CityTime menus
 Tap the Applications icon Tap the Expense icon Tap New
 Entering receipt details
Changing the date of an Expense item
 Customizing the Currency pick list
 Defining a custom currency symbol
 Show currency
Show Options
Sort by
Distance
 Creating or printing an expense report
Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel
 Using expense report templates
 Chapter
 To view your expense data using a Microsoft Excel template
 Expense menus
 Application Specific Tasks
 Communicating Using Your Handheld
 Mail, you can do the following
Setting up Mail on the desktop
 Desktop
Default
Synchronize
Files
 Viewing e-mail items
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application
Opening the Mail application on your handheld
 Displaying full header information
Creating e-mail items
 To create an e-mail item
 Chapter
 Looking up an address
 Adding details to e-mail items
 Sending a blind carbon copy
Setting a priority
 Adding a signature to your e-mail item
 Requesting confirmations
Storing e-mail to be sent later
Editing unsent e-mail
 Draft e-mail
 Filing e-mail
 Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder
Deleting e-mail
 Folders
Purging deleted e-mail
Message List options
 Subject
Date column
Sorting the Message List
Sender
 Send Only
HotSync options
All
 Unread
Creating special filters
Filter
 Containing
Ignoring or receiving e-mail
Ignore
Messages
 Defining filter strings
 High-priority e-mail
 Truncating e-mail items
 Message menus
Mail menus
 Beaming information
 To beam an application
 Tips on beaming information
 Communicating Using Your Handheld
 Advanced HotSync Operations
Selecting HotSync setup options
 Desktop software
When Palm
Always available
Available only
 Speed
Serial Port
 Customizing HotSync application settings
 Chapter
 Preparing your computer
Conducting a HotSync operation via modem
 Modem
Setup String
Preparing your handheld
 To prepare your handheld for a modem HotSync operation
 Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation
 Performing a HotSync operation via a modem
Connecting to your company’s dial-in server
Conducting a HotSync operation via a network
 To prepare your computer for a network HotSync operation
 Using File Link
 Creating a user profile
 To use a profile for the first-time HotSync operation
 Preferences screens, you can do the following
Viewing preferences
 Pen preferences
Buttons preferences
 Beam Data
Turn Off & Lock
 HotSync buttons preferences
Digitizer preferences
Formats preferences
 Time, date, week start, and numbers formats
Country default
 General preferences
Auto-off delay
 System, alarm, and game sounds
 Modem preferences
 Network preferences and TCP/IP software
Selecting a service
 Entering a user name
 Entering a password
 Entering a prefix
Adding telephone settings
 Disabling Call Waiting
 Using a calling card
 Creating additional service templates
Connecting to your service
 Idle timeout
Adding detailed information to a service template
 Defining primary and secondary DNS
 IP address
 Send CR
Creating a login script
Wait For
Send
 Deleting a service template
 Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages
Network preferences menu commands
TCP/IP troubleshooting
Service menu Options menu
 Adding a DNS number
 Owner preferences
 Creating a ShortCut
ShortCuts preferences
 Deleting a ShortCut
Editing a ShortCut
 Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
 Caring for your handheld
Appendix a
 Battery considerations
 Performing a soft reset
Resetting your handheld
 Performing a hard reset
 Appendix a
 Maintaining Your Handheld
 Solution
Software installation problems
Operating problems
Problem
 Troubleshooting Tips
 Tapping and writing problems
 Application problems
 HotSync problems
 Troubleshooting Tips
 Appendix B
 Troubleshooting Tips
 Beaming problems
 Problem Solution
Password problems
 Technical support
 Troubleshooting Tips
 About mapping tables
Appendix C
 Customizing existing sample templates
 Labels
Determining the layout of the Expense Report
 Sections
 Analyzing your custom Expense Report
 Programming the mapping table
 Table with four sections
 Creating a Custom Expense Report
 Appendix C
 Using applications other than Microsoft Excel
 Expenses
Expense file details
Trips
Trip
 Creating a Custom Expense Report
 Carriage return and line feed
Appendix D
Use of char
 Literal characters
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