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 D Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
Appendix B Troubleshooting Tips
Warranty and Other Product Information
Appendix a Maintaining Your Handheld
About This Guide
Page
Getting to know your Visor handheld
What is a Visor handheld?
Chapter
Windows minimum requirements
System requirements
Macintosh minimum requirements
Optional equipment
Upgrade information
Locating front panel controls
Visor components
Each handheld must have a unique name
Application
Power
Buttons
Scroll
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
Next
Opening applications
Previous
Arrows
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
Writing numbers
Writing capital letters
Caps Shift
Caps Lock
Number
Graffiti numbers
Writing punctuation marks
Additional Graffiti punctuation
Writing symbols and extended characters
Additional non-English characters
Writing accented characters
Accent strokes
Graffiti ShortCuts
Navigation strokes
Move cursor right Move cursor left
Next Field Address Book only
Entry ShortCut
Using the onscreen keyboard
Importing data
Using your computer keyboard
To import data
Switching between applications
Using the Applications Launcher
Selecting applications
Categorizing 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
Cut
Undo
Copy
Paste
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