3Com Palmone V Organiser Instructions Manual

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Using your organizer with another PIM
If you prefer to use a personal information manager (PIM) other than 
Palm Desktop software or Microsoft Outlook, all you need is the 
connection software, called a conduit, that lets you synchronize the 
data between your organizer and your PIM. For information on 
conduit software, go to this web site: http://www.palm.com.
The installation program can detect that you have Microsoft Outlook 
on your computer. If it finds Outlook, the program lets...

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Tapping and typing
Tap with the stylus to get things done
Like using a mouse to click elements on a computer screen, using the 
stylus to tap elements on your organizer screen is the basic action that 
gets things done on your organizer.
The first time you start your Palm V organizer, setup instructions 
appear on the screen. These instructions include a calibration screen, 
or digitizer. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your organizer 
with its...

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Elements of the organizer interface
Menu bar
A set of commands that are specific to the application. 
Not all applications have a menu bar.
Command 
buttonsTap a button to perform a command. Command 
buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of 
application screens.
Icons
Tap the icons to open applications, menus, 
Calculator, and to find text anywhere in your data.
abc
With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to 
activate the alphabetic keyboard.
123
With the cursor in an...

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Opening applications
You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application 
installed on your organizer. You can also open the four main 
applications — Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad 
— with the application buttons on the front panel of your organizer.
Tip:When you press an application button on the front panel, you 
have instant access to the selected application. You don’t even 
need to turn on your organizer first. 
In...

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To open an application:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have 
many applications installed on your Palm V organizer, tap the 
scroll bar to see all of your applications. 
Tip:To find an application quickly, you can write the Graffiti 
character for the first letter of its name. The Applications 
Launcher scrolls to the first application with a name that 
begins with that letter. You can also assign application icons to...

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In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. 
The Record menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo, 
Delete Memo, and Beam Memo.
Choosing a menu
After you open the menu bar for an application, tap the menu that 
contains the command you want to use.
The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the 
application that is currently open. Also, the menus and menu 
commands vary depending on which part of the...

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Draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti area, and 
immediately write the corresponding command letter in the Graffiti 
letter area. When you draw the Command stroke, the word 
“Command” appears just above the Graffiti writing area to indicate 
that you are in Command mode.
For example, to choose Select All in the Edit menu, draw the 
Command stroke, followed by the letter “s.”
Note:Command mode is active for approximately two seconds, so 
you must write the command letter...

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Onscreen keyboard
When you create or edit a record in an application such as Address 
Book, you can open the onscreen alphabetic and numeric keyboards 
to enter data. 
After a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other 
keyboards, including the international keyboard. See “Using the 
onscreen keyboard” in Chapter 2 for more information.
Note:You cannot enter Graffiti characters while using the onscreen 
keyboard. 
Graffiti writing
Your Palm V...

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Your Palm V organizer also includes Giraffe, a game you can use to 
practice Graffiti writing. See “Installing and removing applications” 
in Chapter 3 for installation instructions. The Memo Pad application 
is ideal for practicing Graffiti writing. This section explains how to 
open Memo Pad and use it to practice Graffiti writing.
To open Memo Pad:
1. Press the Memo Pad application button  . 
2. Tap New.
Note:A blinking cursor appears on the first line of the new memo to 
indicate...

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Using Palm Desktop software
If you have new records you want to add to your Palm V organizer 
and prefer to use the computer keyboard rather than the onscreen 
keyboard, enter the data in the Palm Desktop software or the PIM you 
have installed to use with your organizer. 
If you already have data in a database on your computer, you can 
import it into the Palm Desktop software. 
After the information is in Palm Desktop software, perform a HotSync...