User Guide
 Copyright and Trademark
Tungsten T5 Handheld
 Table of Contents
 Moving Around in Applications
 Copying and pasting information
 Managing Your Contacts
 Managing Your Office Files
 Listening to Music
 Writing Memos 237
 Sending and Receiving Email Messages
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 Browsing the Web
 Finding information on a web 401
 Dialing Phone Numbers from Your Handheld 429
 Performing Calculations 462
 Managing Clock Settings
 Expanding Your Handheld
 Maintaining Your Handheld 578
 Getting Help
 About This Guide
Tips for viewing this guide
 What’s in this guide?
Step-by-step instructions
Links
 Sidebars
Before You Begin
 Setting Up Your Handheld and Your Computer
Benefits
 What’s in the box?
System requirements
Palm Desktop software
 MAC only
 Charging your handheld
Done Tungsten T5 Handheld
 What you should know about your handheld’s battery
 Turning on your handheld for the first time
Unplug the USB sync cable from Your handheld
 Installing your software
 Connecting your handheld to your computer
Third-party application
 Done Tungsten T5 Handheld
 Switching to another desktop software application
 Using user profiles
 Creating a user profile
 MAC only
 Synchronizing with a user profile
 Chapter
 MAC only
 Related topics
Managing Info
Customizing
Common
 Basics
 Locating the controls on your handheld
Front panel controls
 Top and side panel controls
 Reset button
Multi-connector
Bluetooth radio
Back panel controls
 Using the status bar
 Rotating the screen
Choosing right- or left- handed rotation
 What’s on the screen?
Input area
 Application controls
 What software is on my handheld?
 Drive Mode
Tasks
Addit
Calculator
 Installing the additional software from the CD
What’s on the CD?
 PalmOne File Transfer
Windows only
Getting Started Guide
AudiblePlayer link
 QuickTime
Java Technologies link
Handmark Solitaire
Adobe Reader For Palm OS
 Setup
Entering
Information
Moving
 Maintaining
 Moving Around in Applications
 Using Favorites
Opening applications
You can use a favorite photo as the background
Customize Favorites to
 Using Applications
 Using Files
 Navigate within Files by doing any of the following
 Working with files and folders
Open Files
 Copy
Move
Beam
Send
 Sorting Files
 Using the 5-way navigator
Switching between applications
Opening files and folders from within an application
 Moving around in Favorites View
Moving around in Applications View
 Moving around list screens
 Moving around entry screens
Moving around dialog boxes
Up, Down
Right, or Left
 Moving around menus
 Using menus
Open an application
 Using the Command stroke
Using the Command toolbar
 Finding information
 Basics
Privacy
Categories
Managing
 Entering Information on Your Handheld
 How can I enter information on my handheld?
Entering information with Graffiti 2 writing
Writing in the Graffiti 2 input area
Graffiti 2 writing Onscreen keyboard Phone Lookup
 Using full-screen writing
 Area
 Writing Graffiti 2 characters
 Keys to success with Graffiti 2 writing
Customize your handheld
 Graffiti 2 alphabet
Entire screen to enter Graffiti 2 characters, not
 Graffiti 2 numbers
 Graffiti 2 punctuation marks
Write these marks on Left side of input area
 Write these marks on Right side of input area
 Graffiti 2 accented characters
Edit menu and select
 Graffiti 2 gestures
 Writing Graffiti 2 symbols and other special characters
 Graffiti 2 symbols and special characters
 Writing Graffiti 2 ShortCuts
 Graffiti 2 ShortCuts
 Entering information with the onscreen keyboard
Open an application
 Optional Select from among four different keyboards
 Entering info from Contacts into another application
 Optional To add another contact, repeat step
 Editing information
Selecting information
Selecting text
Selecting a word
 Copying and pasting information
 Deleting information
 Moving Around
 Benefits
 Program memory and the internal drive
 How can I work with information?
 When would I use each method?
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 Entering information using desktop software
Synchronizing information
 Do one of the following
 Synchronize your handheld with your computer
 Open an application
 Synchronizing your handheld with your computer
HotSync
 Synchronizing with a cable
Synchronize my handheld with my computer
 Customizing your synchronization settings
 Click OK
 Setting synchronization options
 Choosing whether application information is updated
Conduit
 Select the application you want to customize
 Tip
 MAC only
 Tip
 Installing applications to your handheld
Installing applications from a Windows computer
 Using Quick Install from within Palm Desktop software
Open Palm Desktop software
 Using the palmOne Quick Install icon
 Using the palmOne Quick Install window
 Installing applications from a Mac computer
Using the Send To Handheld droplet
 Using commands in the HotSync menu
 Using File Transfer to transfer info to your handheld
 Contents as well
Then click Save to PC
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 Transfer
 Using Drive Mode to work with info on another computer
 Go to Applications and select
 Removable drive
 Other ways of managing information
Handheld from your computer
 Importing information from other applications
 Click File, and then click
 Restoring archived items on your computer
 Installing the additional software from the CD
 Checking space and version numbers
 Select the Device pick list and select one of these options
 Removing information
Removing an application from your handheld
 Removing Palm Desktop software from your computer
 Remove Palm Desktop software
 Setting Up
 Managing Your Contacts
Benefits of Contacts
 Adding a contact
Synchronizing
 See palmOne Media
Copy the information into other contacts
 Optional Add a
 Entering additional contact information
Duplicate contact
 Selecting contact field types
Can duplicate contact information if you need to
 Defining custom fields
 Selecting a contact as your business card
 Copying contact information into multiple contacts
 Locating a contact on your list
 Deleting a contact
Refer to them later by importing them
 Customizing the Contacts list
 Customize the appearance of the Contacts list
 Using Quick Connect
Making connections from Contacts
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 Customizing Quick Connect settings
 Using Tap-to-Connect
 Make a connection with Tap-to-Connect
 Working with Contacts on your computer
 Synchronizing with Palm Desktop software and Outlook
 Managing Your Calendar
Benefits of Calendar
 Scheduling events
Scheduling an appointment
 You can color-code your
Also mark events as
You can select a time
 Scheduling an event without a start time
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 Scheduling a repeating event-standard interval
Scheduling a repeating event-unusual interval
 Scheduling a repeating event-unusual interval
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 Scheduling an event that is longer than a day
 Entering a location or a note for an event
Optional Enter the location
 Optional Enter the note
 Scheduling an event with a time zone
 Color-coding your schedule
Enter the event
 Managing your color-codes
 Select the color-code for the category
 Assigning a color-code to an event
 Setting an alarm
You can customize your alarm settings
If you set your alarms
 Rescheduling an event
 If you’re changing a repeating
 Deleting events
Deleting a specific event
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 Deleting all your old events
 Checking your schedule
Viewing your appointments and tasks together
 Do one of the following to view your schedule
 Viewing your daily schedule
 Do any of the following to view your daily schedule
 Viewing your weekly schedule
Open Week View Press Calendar Select the Week View icon
 Viewing your monthly schedule
 Viewing a yearly calendar
 Customizing your calendar
Finding events that overlap
 Customizing display options for your calendar
 Different Color Theme to
 Untimed Events Show events
 Setting alarm and time options
 Set any of the following alarm settings
 Working with Calendar on your computer
 Beaming events to other Palm Powered devices
 Managing Your Office Files
How can I create and manage Office files? Related Topics
 How can I create and manage Office files?
 Opening files from within Documents
Optional If the file you
 Click the link below to learn about these related topics
 Viewing Photos and Videos
 Supported file types
 Viewing photos or videos
Viewing a photo or video in the Thumbnail View
 Select the pick list in the upper
 Icons Select a photo or video to view Thumbnails
 Send Rotate
 Viewing a photo or video in the List View
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 Viewing a slide show
Opening the Options
 Thumbnail or List View
 Rotating a photo
 Viewing and editing photo or video details
Album menu
 View photo or video details
 Organizing photos and videos
Organizing photos and videos in albums
 Select to add Select + to remove
 Moving a photo or video within and between albums
 It to a different album
Item is removed from the original album
 Sorting photos and videos
 Personalizing a photo
Use the drawing tool to add a personal touch to a photo
 Select one of the following to save
 Copying a photo or video
Opening the Album
 Deleting a photo or video
Opening the Album menu
 Sharing photos and videos
Attach a photo or video to an email message
 Working with palmOne Media on your computer
 Beaming photos and videos to other Palm Powered devices
 Listening to Music
 Transferring MP3 files to your handheld
 Prepare your handheld Go to Favorites and then select Music
 Transferring the files, so there’s no need to do anything
 Using Drive Mode
 Transferring music from a CD to your handheld
 Save Tracks
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 Power Preferences
Playing music on your handheld
Open the Options menu
Options menu and select
 Managing playlists
Creating a playlist
 Up arrow Down arrow
 Playing songs from a playlist
 Editing a playlist
 Select Edit and do any of the following
 Deleting a playlist
 Viewing song info
 Working with RealPlayer on your computer
Music menu
 Cards
 Managing Your Tasks
Benefits of Tasks
 Creating a task
Graffiti 2 characters in the input area
You can organize your
Mark tasks as private to
 Setting an alarm
You can customize the alarm sound for your
 Scheduling a repeating task-standard interval
Scheduling a repeating task-unusual interval
 Select the task description,
 Scheduling a repeating task-unusual interval
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 Organizing your tasks
 Marking a task complete
 Deleting tasks
Deleting a specific task
 Deleting all your completed tasks
 Customizing your Tasks list
 Change any of the following settings, and then select OK
 Working with Tasks on your computer
 Sending tasks as attachments to email messages
 Writing Memos
Benefits of Memos
 Creating a memo
Use Phone Lookup to
 Viewing and editing a memo
You can change the size of the text in Memos to
 Moving memos in your memos list
 Deleting a memo
 Working with Memos on your computer
 Lookup
 Writing Notes in Note Pad
Benefits of Note Pad
 Creating a note
Marking them as private
 Choosing the pen and paper background colors
 Select the pen and paper colors
 To use a note as a reminder, set an alarm for that note
By opening the Options
 Open the menus
 Viewing and editing a note
 Deleting a note
By opening the Record
Options menu, select
 Working with Note Pad on your computer
 Beaming notes to other Palm Powered devices
 Connecting Wirelessly to Other Devices
Benefits of your handheld’s Bluetooth technology
 What can I do with the built-in Bluetooth technology?
What types of connections can I make?
 What is device discovery?
 Entering basic Bluetooth settings
 Setting up a phone connection
 Select phone Select if your phone does not appear
 Select OK Select Done to finish phone connection setup
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 Accessing email and the web wirelessly
Open the email application or the web browser
 Get and Send
 Setting up a connection for wireless synchronization
 To synchronize with your
 Setting up a connection to your Windows desktop computer
Synchronize wirelessly
 Optional Create a trusted connection
 Setting up a connection to a network
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 Creating trusted pairs
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 Setting advanced Bluetooth features
Storing recently found device names
 Allowing your handheld to wake up when it is turned off
 Synchronizing your handheld with your desktop PC
 Sending and Receiving Email Messages
 Upgrading an existing email account
With your computer . Select
 Using an email provider
About email accounts
Account and connection types
 Using a corporate email account
 VPNs
 Creating an account
 Setting basic account options
 Provider is not listed
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 Finish setup Select Done to
 Setting advanced mail options
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 Set outgoing mail options
 Messages
 Testing your new account
 Managing email accounts
Editing an email account
 Deleting an email account
Synchronize your handheld with your
 Selecting a different service for an email account
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 Adding Esmtp to an account
 Check with your system
 Switching among email accounts
Getting and reading email
Automatically check for and download new email
 Getting email messages
You can change the maximum size for
 Set the default connection type for this account
Get only unread mail
Download Attachments
 Auto get mail with notification
Scheduling auto get mail
 An email account to
 Auto get notifications
Optional Select Get Mail Done
 Setting notification options
 Viewing and using the Reminders screen
 Auto get mail retries
 Resource issues with auto get mail
Inbox icons in the VersaMail application
 Reading email messages
 Selecting whether to receive messages as Html or plain text
 Open VersaMail Preferences
 Customizing the font of messages you are reading
 Sending an email message
Automatically try
 Optional Attach one or more files to send with your message
 Entering an address directly in the To field
 Entering an address using Contacts
 Entering an address using Smart Addressing
 Attaching a personal signature
 Send retry
Send retry notifications
 Modifying messages in the Outbox
Outbox icons in the VersaMail applications
 Working with email folders
Viewing another folder
 Customizing the appearance of the message list
 Drag the column divider to change the width of the column
 Moving messages between folders
Message menu and select
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 Creating and editing mail folders
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 Working with email messages
Forwarding an email message
 Replying to an email message
 Working with URLs
Deleting a message
 Deleting old messages
Delete Msgs on Server
 Trash
 Emptying the trash
To automatically empty the trash
Open the menus
 Setting the trash to be emptied automatically
 Marking messages as read or unread
Single message Select Mark
 To mark the messages as read or
Unread on your handheld only
 Working with attachments
Downloading an attachment to your handheld
Expansion card
 Working with a downloaded attachment
 Tap the red paper clip icon
 Type
 Downloading large attachments
No Done button appears Go to Favorites and select VersaMail
 Attaching files
 Open the Attachments screen
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 Attaching photos and videos
 Setting up an account on your handheld
Set Outlook as your default email program
 Enabling synchronization on your computer
 Synchronization
Are included only the next time you synchronize
 Setting synchronization options for your email account
You can set advanced synchronization options
 Select your mail client synchronization options
 Setting mail client synchronization options
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 Setting Microsoft Outlook as your default email program
Click Internet Options
 Setting advanced email synchronization options
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 Box is unchecked, meaning that all email is synchronized
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 Account information screens
 VersaMail conduit shortcuts
 Excluding one or more accounts during synchronization
Synchronizing an account
Synchronizing multiple accounts
 Advanced VersaMail application features
Using SSL with the conduit
 Setting preferences for getting, sending, and deleting email
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 Adding or updating a contact directly from a message
 Creating and using filters
 Select OK. The filter appears in the Filters list
 Turning filters on and off
 Turn filters on or off
 Editing or deleting a filter
 Managing settings for incoming and outgoing mail
Menus
 Select a service for this
 Manage address and server settings
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 VersaMail conduit
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 Adding Apop to an account
 Setting advanced account preferences
 Transactions in a short amount of time
 Changing email header details
 Backing up mail databases
 By default, your handheld is set to back up mail databases
 Synchronizing Imap mail folders wirelessly
Prerequisites for wireless Imap folder synchronization
 Turning Imap folder synchronization on or off
 Using Secure Sockets Layer SSL
Working with root folders
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 Sending and Receiving Text Messages
 Creating and sending a text message
 Options menu
Selecting Add Signature
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 Receiving and viewing a text message
By opening the Messages
Open the Preferences
 Options menu and select Open the menus
 Editing a draft text message
By opening the Message
 Setting advanced messaging features
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 Keeping messages private by turning on security options
 Browsing the Web
Benefits of the web browser
 Accessing a web
Accessing a web page using the action bar
 Accessing a web page using the address field
 Using a password to access a web
 Finding information on a web
URL. Open
 Quickly jumping to a
Following a link
Returning to your home page or a page you recently visited
 Changing how you view a
You can change your font
 Optional If the web
 Bookmarking your favorite pages
Adding a bookmark
 Viewing a bookmarked or saved
 Editing information about a bookmark or saved
 Arranging the bookmark list
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 Disconnecting from and connecting to the Internet
Disconnecting from the Internet
 Connecting to the Internet
 Downloading files and pages
Downloading a file
 Saving a web
Bookmark List. The saved
 Viewing a saved file
 Communicating with other users
Sending email by means of an Internet email account
 Returning to a web page you recently visited
 Changing your Home and start pages
Changing your Home
 Select OK twice
 Changing your start
 Setting advanced browser options
Changing how images are downloaded
 Open the General Preferences
 Allowing websites to remember personal information
 Setting preferences for storing web pages
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 Setting preferences for using a proxy server
Proxy Server a server
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 Setting whether to accept JavaScript
 Sending email messages using a link from a web
 Dialing a number Using speed dial Related topics
Dialing Phone Numbers from Your Handheld
Benefits of Dialer
 Dialing a number
Entering a number
 Redialing the most recently used number
 Dialing a number from the Call History List
 Using speed dial
Adding a speed dial entry
 Dialing a number using speed dial
 Editing a speed-dial entry
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 Sharing Information
Benefits of sharing
 Using the Send command
 Most applications, the leftmost menu is named Record
 Sending a category
 Sending an application
Next to the application size
 Using the Send command with the VersaMail application
Using the Send command with SMS
 Beaming
Beaming information from within an application
 Leftmost menu in most applications is named Record
 Beaming a category
 Beaming an application
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 Other ways of sharing information
 Sending information as part of a text message
 Managing Your Expenses
Benefits of Expense
 Adding an expense
 Symbol
You can send your
Expense information to a Spreadsheet on your
 Choosing currency options
Customizing the currency pick list
 Presetting the currency symbol
 Creating a currency symbol
 Create the custom symbol
 Deleting expenses
Deleting an individual expense
 Deleting an entire category of expenses
 Customizing the expense list
You can change the appearance of the expense list
 Working with Expense on your computer
 Adding contacts to the attendees list with Lookup
 Performing Calculations
Benefits of Calculator
 Calculator buttons
 Viewing recent calculations
 Accessing different calculators
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 Keeping Your Information Private
Benefits of privacy
 Choosing a security level
 Marking information as private
 Setting the level of privacy
Hiding or masking private entries
 Using a password
Viewing an entry that is masked
 Creating a password
 Changing a password
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 Deleting a password
 Deleting a forgotten password
 Optional Create a new password
Locking your handheld
 Locking your handheld automatically
 Never Always leave your handheld unlocked
 Locking your handheld manually
 Using Quick Unlock
Creating a Quick Unlock combination
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 Deleting your Quick Unlock combination
 Encrypting your information
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 Limiting the number of password attempts
Incorrect Quick Unlock
 Intrusion Protection box
 Number of password attempts must be between 5
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 Using Categories to Organize Information
Benefits of categories
 Adding a category
That application
 Renaming a category
 Deleting a category
 Placing information into a category
Placing an entry into a category
All other applications Select Details Tungsten T5 Handheld
 If necessary, select OK If necessary, select Done
 Placing an application into a category
 Viewing information by category
 Media
 Managing Clock Settings
Benefits of World Clock
 Checking the current date and time
 Setting the primary location
Primary location
 Setting the date and time for the primary location
 Hour Minute
 Choosing secondary locations for other time zones
 Modifying the locations list
Adding new locations
List, use Graffiti
 Optional Select each setting you want to change
 Deleting a location
 Setting the alarm clock
Hours. Set alarms outside of this timeframe
 Responding to the alarm clock
 Changing the clock display
 Setting an alarm outside of the next 24 hours
 Customizing Your Handheld
Benefits of customizing
 Customizing your Favorites View
Changing the background photo in Favorites View
 Changing entries in Favorites
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 Customizing the Application View
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 Making the screen easier to read
Changing the screen fonts
 Small bold Large bold
 Adjusting the brightness
 Changing screen colors
 Changing handedness orientation of the screen
 Assigning a button to your frequently used applications
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 Setting the date and time
Selecting a location
Clock
 Select the location
 Resetting the date and time
 Hour clock format, you won’t
 Selecting formats for dates, times, and numbers
 Go to Date & Time Preferences or to World Clock
 Customizing the way you enter information
Customizing the input area
Status bar or input area icons
Keyboard Wide Classic Tungsten T5 Handheld
 Using the full-screen writing area
 Following
 Customizing Graffiti 2 strokes
 Setting up ShortCuts
Graffiti 2 ShortCuts
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 Changing ShortCuts
 Correcting problems with tapping
 Selecting sound settings
Options menu, and then
 Entering your owner information
If you use Security
 Conserving battery power
Preventing your handheld from turning on by accident
 Selecting power-saving settings
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 Connecting your handheld to other devices
Changing the preset connection settings
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 Creating your own connection settings
 Bluetooth connection
Settings
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 Connecting your handheld to a mobile phone
Need to install the phone settings for your phone
 Customizing network settings
Setting up a service profile
 Open the Service menu
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 Connecting to your service
 Adding details to a service profile
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 Deleting a service profile
 Creating login scripts
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 Complete the script
 Adding plug-in applications
 Setting up VPN
Setting up a VPN account on your handheld
 Set up a VPN account on your handheld
 Establishing a VPN connection
 Ending a VPN connection
 Locating the input area and other controls on your handheld
 Expanding Your Handheld
Benefits of expansion cards
 What type of expansion cards can I use?
How can expansion cards help me?
 Removing an expansion card
 Inserting an expansion card
 Opening an application on an expansion card
Insert the expansion card Go to Applications and select
 Opening files on an expansion card
Use palmOne File
 File Transfer or Drive Mode
Viewing card information
 Renaming a card
Application to rename
 Copying applications to an expansion card
 Removing all information from a card
 Using Bluetooth wireless technology on your handheld
 Keep the battery charged
Maintaining Your Handheld
Handheld do’s and don’ts
Handheld do’s
 Resetting your handheld
Doing a soft reset
Handheld don’ts
 Reset button
 Doing a hard reset
 Restoring your information after a hard reset
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 Support
 Setup
Nothing happens when I insert the CD
Cannot install Palm Desktop software
Common Questions
 Common Questions
 Want to see how much battery life I have left
’m not sure when I need to recharge my handheld
My battery is drained
My battery drains too quickly
 My handheld is not responding
Don’t see anything on my handheld’s screen
 Check the System, Alarm, and Game Sound settings
Get a warning message telling me my handheld memory is full
My handheld keeps turning itself off
My handheld is not making any sounds
 Moving around
Entering information
My application is responding slowly
Can’t find the icon I want in Applications View
 When I tap Menu on the status bar, nothing happens
Can’t get my handheld to recognize my handwriting
 Don’t know how to save the info I entered in an application
Info I entered does not appear in an application
 Synchronizing
Can’t synchronize my handheld with my computer
 Perform a soft reset
 Can’t synchronize my handheld with Microsoft Outlook
 Some of my applications do not synchronize
 My files didn’t install during synchronization
Can’t add more files to the palmOne Quick Install list
Can’t open the HotSync Manager
 Want to synchronize my computer with more than one handheld
 File Transfer/Drive Mode
Can’t move or copy files using palmOne File Transfer
Can’t see a file I moved from my computer to my handheld
 File transfer is taking place slowly
 Calendar
Created an event, but it doesn’t appear in Week View
 ’m having problems listing memos the way I want to see them
Memos
Time zones don’t appear on my Palm Desktop software
 ’m having problems listing notes the way I want to see them
Media
RealPlayer
Can’t find the Media icon in Applications
 Connecting wirelessly
Tasks
My music file stutters during playback
 My phone connection drops before I finish using it
My handheld cannot connect to my mobile phone
 Am having problems accessing my account
VersaMail application
 Am having problems sending and receiving email
My auto get mail is not working
 Can’t download any messages
Am unable to synchronize messages
 Forgot the password, and my handheld is locked
Privacy
 Sharing
Can’t beam information to another handheld or other device
 Problems with incompatible applications
Cannot send information to another Bluetooth device
Other Bluetooth devices cannot find my handheld
 Finding a third-party application that is causing a problem
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 Getting Help
Self-help resources
 Technical support
 Product Regulatory Information
FCC Statement
 Canada Industry Canada IC
 Battery Warning
 Static Electricity, ESD, and your palmOne handheld
 ESD-susceptible equipment
 Symbols
 See also contacts addressing
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 See also specific digital cameras 568 digitizer defined
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 See also URLs
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 See also notes
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 VPN
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