Palm m500 Contents

Contents Page v

Contents

About This Book:.............................................................1

Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Handheld......................3

Getting to know your Palm m500 series handheld..........................3

What is a Palm m500 series handheld?...........................................3

System requirements.........................................................................4

Palm m500 series components........................................................ 5

Upgrading from another Palm OS handheld....................................9

Preparing to use your handheld.........................................................9

Connecting the HotSync cradle..................................................... 10

Charging your handheld................................................................ 11

Palm™ Desktop software.............................................................. 12

Using your handheld with another PIM..................................... 14

Tapping and typing............................................................................15

Tap with the stylus to get things done......................................... 15

Elements of the handheld interface.............................................. 16

Opening applications..................................................................... 17

Using menus.................................................................................... 19

Entering data.................................................................................... 21

Customizing your handheld..............................................................25

Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Handheld..................29

Using Graffiti writing to enter data..................................................29

Writing Graffiti characters..............................................................29

Graffiti tips .......................................................................................31

The Graffiti® alphabet ....................................................................31

Writing capital letters .....................................................................32

Writing numbers .............................................................................33

Graffiti numbers ..............................................................................33

Writing punctuation marks ...........................................................34

Additional Graffiti punctuation ....................................................34

Writing symbols and extended characters ..................................35

Writing accented characters ..........................................................35

Accent strokes ..................................................................................36

Additional non-English characters ...............................................36

Navigation strokes ..........................................................................36

Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................37

Using the onscreen keyboard............................................................37

Using Note Pad....................................................................................38

Using your computer keyboard........................................................38

Importing data.....................................................................................39