3Com Palm V Organiser Instructions Manual

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2. Tap the Retrieve All High Priority check box to select it. 
3. Tap OK.
Note:This setting is applicable only if your E-Mail application has 
the capacity to flag high-priority e-mail items.
Truncating e-mail items
The Truncate feature lets you set a point at which long e-mail items 
truncate when downloading to your organizer. By default, this 
Truncate value is 4,000 characters. By truncating long messages, you 
reduce the time it takes to synchronize your desktop E-Mail and Mail,...

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Mail menus
Mail menus are shown here for your reference, and Mail features that 
are not explained elsewhere in this book are described here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
Message menus
The Message menu varies depending on whether you are viewing an 
e-mail item, creating an e-mail item, or viewing the Message List.
Options menus
The Options menu varies depending on whether you are creating or 
editing an e-mail...

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Beaming information
Your organizer is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use 
to beam information to another Palm Computing platform handheld 
that’s close by and also has an IR port. The IR port is located at the top 
of the organizer, behind the small dark shield. 
You can beam the following information between Palm Computing 
platform handhelds:
nThe record currently displayed in Date Book, Address Book, To 
Do List, or Memo Pad
nAll records of the category currently...

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Tip:For best results, Palm V organizers should be between 10 
centimeters (approximately 4 inches) and 1 meter 
(approximately 39 inches) apart, and the path between the two 
organizers must be clear of obstacles. Beaming distance to 
other Palm Computing platform handhelds may be different.
5. Wait for the Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the transfer is 
complete before you continue working on your organizer.
To beam an application:
1. Open the...

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Tips on beaming information
nYou can press the Address Book application button   for about 
two seconds to beam your business card.
nYou can set the full-screen pen stroke to beam the current entry.
See “Pen preferences” in Chapter 7 for more information. 
nYou can use the Graffiti Command stroke /B to beam the current 
entry.  

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Chapter 6
Advanced HotSync® Operations
HotSync® technology enables you to synchronize data between one or 
more Palm Computing
® platform handhelds and Palm™ Desktop 
software or another PIM such as Microsoft Outlook. To synchronize 
data, you must connect your Palm V™ organizer and Palm Desktop 
software either directly by placing your organizer in the cradle 
attached to your computer or using infrared communications, or 
indirectly with a Palm V™ Modem or via a network using the...

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Tip:If you’re not sure which option to use, keep the default 
setting: Always available.
4. Click the Local tab to display the settings for the connection 
between your computer and the organizer cradle, and adjust the 
following options as needed.Always available
Adds HotSync Manager to the Startup 
folder and constantly monitors the 
communication port for synchronization 
requests from your organizer. With this 
option, the HotSync Manager synchronizes 
data even...

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5. Click the Modem tab to display the modem settings and adjust the 
options as needed. See “Conducting a HotSync operation via 
modem” later in this chapter for more information.
6. If you are attached to a network, click the Network tab to display 
the network settings and adjust the options as needed. See 
“Conducting a HotSync operation via a network” later in this 
chapter for more information.
7. Click OK.Serial Port
Identifies the port that Palm Desktop software 
uses to...

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Customizing HotSync application settings
For each application, you can define a set of options that determines 
how records are handled during synchronization. These options are 
called a “conduit.” By default, a HotSync operation synchronizes all 
files between the organizer and Palm Desktop software. 
In general, you should leave the settings to synchronize all files. The 
only reason you might want to change these settings is to overwrite 
data on either your...