3Com Palmone VII Organiser Instructions Manual

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Example of web clipping
This example takes you through the process of finding someone’s 
phone number and address using the Yahoo!
® People Search query 
application. This query application is preloaded on your organizer.
To find a phone number and an address:
1. Raise the antenna.
Raising the antenna automatically opens the Applications 
Launcher to the Palm.Net category. If you moved the Yahoo! 
People Search query application, go to that category. 
2. Tap the Yahoo! People Search...

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Tip:Writing the first few letters of the state you want causes 
the list to scroll to the first entry that begins with those 
letters. For example, write “ca” to select and enter 
California.
6. (Optional) If you want to find the address of the person, tap the 
Show Addresses check box to select it.
7. Tap Search.
Within seconds, your clipping appears. In this case, the query 
application found two items that satisfy your query.
How big was...

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To see the size of a clipping:
nTap the title area. The title area expands to show how many bytes 
the clipping contains.
Reviewing stored clippings: History list
You can see a list of stored clippings in the History list and then select 
the one you want to review. You can see clippings that pertain only to 
the query application that is open. When you open another query 
application, the History list changes to display only clippings that you 
received in that query application....

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You can use the Back arrow or the History list to display the 
clipping or page you want.
2. Tap the Menu icon  . 
3. Tap Edit, and then tap Copy Page.
4. Open one of the basic applications, such as Address Book or Memo 
Pad.
5. Create a new record.
6. Tap the Menu icon. 
7. Tap Edit, and then tap Paste.
Keep the following points in mind about the Copy Page command:
nCopying always starts at the top of the current clipping or page, 
regardless...

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Query application menus
All query applications have the same menus. Query application 
menus are shown here for your reference, and query application 
features that are not explained elsewhere in this book are described 
here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
Options menu
About Web 
ClippingShows version information for the web clipping 
technology that supports query applications.  

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Using the iMessenger application
In addition to the Mail application and infrared (IR) beaming, 
which are explained in Chapter 6, your organizer offers you 
another way to stay in communication with others: wireless 
Internet messaging.
By activating the Palm.Net wireless communication service, you 
acquire an address and mailbox on the Palm.Net network. You can 
then use the iMessenger application to send and receive short text 
messages....

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you cannot send them out directly from your organizer; rather, you 
must first synchronize your organizer with your computer. At that 
time, e-mail items you created in Mail are transferred to your desktop 
E-Mail application and sent out through that application. Mail does 
not use the transmitter or the Palm.Net wireless communication 
service. See Chapter 6 for complete information about Mail.
The iMessenger application is independent of your computer
The iMessenger application is a...

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Checking for and viewing messages
The iMessenger List screen of the Inbox lists your downloaded 
messages, who sent them, and optionally, the date they were received. 
(See “Date column” later in this chapter.)
nUnread messages have a dash ( — ) next to them.
nMessages you’ve already read have a check mark ( 4
 ) next to 
them.
nMessages you create have a diamond (u
) next to them.
You can tap these symbols to open a menu of commands that you...

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Important:You incur a cost for any data that was downloaded or sent 
to the server before you tapped Cancel. 
To view a log of the most recent wireless transaction:
1. Tap the Menu icon  .
2. Tap Options, and then tap Show Log.
To open a message:
nIn the iMessenger List screen, tap a message to open it.
To close a message:
nTap Done.
Opening and reading messages
A message is downloaded from the network in compressed 
characters. When you open the message, the characters are converted...

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If a message has x 
readable characters Then this happens:
500 or fewer characters The entire message is downloaded. 
 appears at the 
end of the message.
500 - 50,000 characters The first 500 characters are 
downloaded. A message at the end tells 
you how many readable characters are 
left to be retrieved. You can download 
as much of the rest of the message as 
you want or ignore what’s left.
More than 50,000 
charactersPalm.Net service...