HP hw6500 Unlocked manual Using Applications, Opening Applications, Using the ContextMenu Key

4.Tap OK.

NOTE: The next time your HP iPAQ is powered off, press one of the application buttons to test this feature. With the Keyguard feature enabled, your HP iPAQ will not power on until you press the Contacts button, and then the Messaging button on the Thumb Keyboard.

Using Applications

Opening Applications

Open any application on your HP iPAQ from the Start menu.

NOTE: You can also open an application by assigning it to one of the two available Application Buttons. The Phone Application Buttons cannot be reassigned. To assign the Application Buttons, from the Today screen, tap Start > Settings > Buttons.

To open an application:

1.Tap Start > Programs.

2.Tap the desired application title or logo.

Using the ContextMenu Key

Press the ContextMenu key for quick access to a drop-down context menu when you are using one of the following applications—Calendar, File Explorer, Messaging, Pocket Word, Notes, and Tasks. The context menu provides functions such as Copy, Cut, Delete, Select All, Send via E-mail..., Beam File..., Rename/Move..., Send via Bluetooth..., or Set as Ringtone. The menus are different in each application.

The ContextMenu key is the second key to the left of the space bar on the Thumb Keyboard. To see an illustration of its location, refer to Chapter 4, in the section “Keyboard Components.”

Minimizing Applications

To minimize an open application, tap the x at the top right of the screen.

Closing Applications

Applications automatically close based on available memory. However, if your HP iPAQ is running slowly, you can close applications by manually closing them.

1.From the Start menu, tap Settings > System tab > Memory > Running Programs tab.

2.Tap Stop All or select a particular application, then tap Stop.

SHORTCUT: On the TodayPanel, tap the Memory icon > Running Programs tab, select an application and tap Stop.

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