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