is highlighted, the glow appears at the top and bottom of the screen only.

TIP When a border appears at the top and bottom of a list screen, press Center on the 5-way to highlight the first item in the list.

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TIP After you open an application (see Opening applications), experiment with using the 5-way to highlight various screen elements.

Colored background: When a phone number, text, an email address, a web link, or an item in a list is highlighted, the item is displayed as white text against a colored background. Examples of lists include the Contacts list, the Messaging Inbox, and the Tasks list.

After highlighting an item, you can select or activate it by pressing Center , or by tapping the item with the stylus.

Highlighting text

You can use the stylus to highlight text on the screen.

Tap and drag the stylus across the text you want to highlight.

To highlight a word, double-tap it.

To highlight a paragraph, triple-tap it.

Accessing command buttons

In most applications, command buttons such as New, OK, and Details appear at the bottom of the screen. In many cases, you can jump directly to these buttons instead of scrolling to them.

From a list screen, such as the Contacts list or Memos list, press Right to jump to the first button.

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Palm 755P manual Highlighting text, Accessing command buttons