Handbook for WorkPad c3 PC Companion
Copyright
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Contents
Using Your Basic Applications
Communicating Using Your Companion
Setting Preferences for Your Companion
Advanced HotSync Operations
Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix a Maintaining Your Companion
Appendix D Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
Warranty and Other Product Information
Appendix C Creating a Custom Expense Report
Handbook for the WorkPad c3 PC Companion
About This Book
About This Book
What is a WorkPad c3 companion?
Chapter
Getting to know your WorkPad c3 companion
Minimum requirements
Upgrade information
System requirements
Optional equipment
WorkPad c3 components
Locating front panel controls
Using the onscreen contrast control
Using the backlight
Side channels
Reset button
Locating back panel components
IR port
Chapter
Recharging the battery
Palm Desktop software for IBM WorkPad
Viewing data while in the cradle
With Palm Desktop for IBM WorkPad, you can do the following
Installing Palm Desktop for IBM WorkPad
Using your companion with another PIM
Tapping and typing
Tap with the stylus to get things done
Elements of the companion interface
Menu bar
Icons Abc
Opening applications
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 for IBM WorkPad
Importing data
Customizing your companion
Tap a month Tap the current date
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
Entry ShortCut
Using the onscreen keyboard
Using your computer keyboard
Importing data
Chapter
Entering Data in Your WorkPad c3 Companion
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 for IBM WorkPad
Assigning a password
Security
Security, you can do the following
Changing or deleting a password
Locking your companion
Recovering from a forgotten password
Using Your Basic Applications
Overview of basic applications
Date Book
Date Book, 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, you can do the following
Memo Pad
Calculator
Calculator, you can do the following
Expense
Expense, you can do the following
Common tasks
Creating records
Editing records
Entering text
Edit menu
Keyboard
Deleting records
Other ways to delete records
Graffiti Help
Purging records
Exchanging and updating data HotSync operations
Performing a HotSync operation for the first time
Using Your Basic Applications
Default categories
Categorizing records
Tap Edit Categories Tap New
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
Sorting lists of records
Making records private
Hiding private records
Tap the Applications icon Tap Security Tap Hide
Attaching notes
Choosing fonts
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
Changing the Date Book view
Tap the Week View button
Spotting event conflicts
Working in Month View
Date Book menus, preferences, and display options
Record menu Options menu
Using Your Basic Applications
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
Reviewing memos
Memo Pad menus
Pad
Recent Calculations
Calculator menus
About
Calculator
Tap the Applications icon Tap Expense 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
Using Your Basic Applications
Expense menus
Record menu
Options menu
Communicating Using Your Companion
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 companion
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
Tips on beaming information
Selecting HotSync setup options
Advanced HotSync Operations
Available only
When Palm
Always available
Desktop for IBM
Serial Port
Speed
Customizing HotSync application settings
Chapter
Conducting a HotSync operation via modem
Preparing your computer
Setup String
Preparing your companion
Modem
To prepare your companion 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 create 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
Backlight
Turn Off & Lock
Beam Data
Digitizer preferences
Formats preferences
HotSync buttons preferences
Country default
Time, date, week start, and numbers formats
Auto-off delay
Cradle settings
General preferences
System, alarm, and game sounds
Beam Receive
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 Companion
Appendix a
Caring for your companion
Battery considerations
Resetting your companion
Performing a soft reset
Performing a hard reset
Appendix a
Maintaining Your Companion
Solution
Software installation problems
Problem
Appendix B
Operating problems
Problem Solution
Tapping and writing problems
Application problems
HotSync problems
Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix B
Frequently Asked Questions
Beaming problems
Recharging problems
Password problems
Getting Help, Service, and Information
Hardware Warranty Summary
Before You Call for Service
Getting Customer Support and Service
Purchasing Additional Services
Product Registration and Getting Help by Telephone
Country Name
United States
Frequently Asked Questions
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
Page
Trips
Using applications other than Microsoft Excel
Expense file details
Trip
Appendix D
Use of char
Carriage return and line feed
Literal characters
Warranty Other Product Information
Product warranties
Extent of Warranty
IBM U.K. Statement of Warranty
IBM Warranty For Machines
Part 1 General Terms
Items Not Covered by Warranty
Warranty Service
Production Status
Limitation of Liability
IBM U.K. Statement Of Warranty Part 2 Country-unique Terms
Asia Pacific
EUROPE, Middle EAST, Africa Emea
Page
North America
Part 1 General Terms
Items Not Covered by Warranty
Production Status
Asia Pacific
EUROPE, Middle EAST, Africa Emea
Page
South AFRICA, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, Lesotho and Swaziland Limi
Year 2000 Readiness and Instructions
Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement
Electronic Emissions Notices
Trademarks
IBM WorkPad
Canadian ICES-003 Statement
Statement of Conformity
UL/CSA Statement
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Index
Index
See also PIM Digitizer 14, 154
Index
Index
Index
PIM
See also Deleting
Index
Index