Handspring Visor manual Using Palm Desktop software, Importing data

Using Palm Desktop software

If you have new records you want to add to your Visor handheld and prefer to use the computer keyboard rather than the onscreen keyboard, enter the data in the Palm Desktop software or the PIM you have installed to use with your handheld.

After the information is in Palm Desktop software, perform a HotSync operation to synchronize your handheld with your computer. See “Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations” in Chapter 5 for more information.

HotSync button

Importing data

If you already have data in a database on your computer, you can import it into the Palm Desktop software. You can import data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets and databases, or data from another handheld that is compatible with the Palm Computing platform. When you import data, you transfer the records to your Visor handheld without having to enter them manually. See “Importing data” in Chapter 2 for more information.

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