CHAPTER 2

Exploring Your Handheld

 

 

What’s on the screen?

Your handheld includes many features that make it easy to use. Among them are the input area and the common elements that appear on the screen in each of the applications. Once you learn how to use them in one application you can easily use them in all the others.

Input area

Tapping the icons in the input area does the following:

 

 

 

Clock icon

Display icon

Home icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HotSync icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter

keyboard

Number keyboard

 

 

 

Icon

Icon

Clock icon

Displays the current time and date. The display closes automatically after

 

 

two seconds. See Setting the date and time and Managing Clock

 

 

Settings for more information.

Display icon

Opens the Adjust Display dialog box where you can set the brightness

 

 

and contrast of your handheld’s display. See Adjusting the brightness

 

 

and contrast for instructions.

Home icon

Displays the Home screen where you can open applications. See

 

 

Opening applications for more information.

Menu icon

Opens the menus, where you can select items that provide access to

 

 

other features. See Using menus for more information.

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