3Com Palmone VII Organiser Instructions Manual

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Chapter 8
Setting Preferences for
Your Organizer
The Preferences screens enable you to customize the configuration 
options on your organizer.
In the Preferences screens, you can do the following:
Buttons
Assign different applications to the buttons on 
the front panel of your organizer and the 
HotSync
® button on the cradle; identify an 
application to open whenever you raise the 
antenna; reassign the full-screen pen stroke 
command.
Digitizer
Calibrate the screen on your...

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Viewing preferences
To open the Preferences screens:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the Preferences icon  . 
3. Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Select the Preferences screen you want to view.
Buttons preferences
The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to assign different 
applications to the buttons on the front panel of your organizer and 
the HotSync button on the cradle. 
For example, if you find that you seldom...

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2. Tap the application that you want to assign to the button.
Tip:Tap Default to restore all of the buttons to their initial settings.
To identify the application that opens when you raise the antenna: 
1. Tap the pick list next to the Applications button.
2. Tap the application you want to open whenever you raise the 
antenna.
Tip:Tap Default to have the Wireless category of the Applications 
Launcher open when you raise the antenna. 
Pen preferences
The Buttons Preferences screen...

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2. Tap the pick list and select one of the following settings for the full-
screen pen stroke:
Backlight: Turns the backlight of your organizer on and off.
Keyboard: Opens the onscreen keyboard for entering text charac-
ters.
Graffiti Help: Opens a series of screens that show the complete 
Graffiti character set.
Turn Off & Lock: Turns off and locks the organizer. You must as-
sign a password to lock the organizer. When locked, you need 
to enter the...

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Digitizer preferences
The Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen. 
This is the same screen that appears when you go through the Setup 
process for your organizer. 
You can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset, or if your digitizer 
drifts.
Formats preferences
Use the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the 
display format of the dates, times, and numbers on your organizer. 
Country default
The country default sets date, time,...

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Time, date, week start, and numbers formats
The Time setting defines the format for the time of day. The time 
format that you select appears in all applications on your organizer. 
To select the time, date, week start, and numbers format:
1. Tap the Time pick list and select a format. 
2. Tap the Date pick list and select a format.
3. Tap the Week starts pick list, and select whether you want the first 
day of the week to be Sunday or Monday. 
Note:This...

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General preferences
The General Preferences screen enables you to set the time, date, auto 
shutoff interval, sounds, and beam receive option for your organizer. 
See Chapter 1 for information on setting the time and date.
Auto-off delay
Your organizer has an automatic shutoff feature that turns off the 
power and backlight after a period of inactivity. This feature helps 
conserve battery power in case you forget to turn off your organizer.
If you find that your organizer shuts itself...

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3. Tap the Game Sound pick list and select the sound level.
Note:The Game Sound setting works only with games that are 
programmed to respond to this setting. Older games 
typically do not respond to this setting. 
Beam Receive
You can choose to turn off the Beam Receive feature. This prohibits 
anyone from beaming information to your organizer. It also results in 
a slight saving of battery power.
To change the Beam Receive setting:
nTap the Beam Receive...

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Modem preferences
The Modem Preferences screen enables you to define the settings for 
a modem that is directly connected to your organizer. These settings 
are for applications that activate and use the modem.
Note:You can purchase a Palm Modem accessory to use with your 
organizer. Visit the web site http://www.palm.com.
To define the Modem preferences:
1. Tap TouchTone or Rotary.
Note:Select the Rotary setting only if you are certain that your 
telephone service does not support...

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Network preferences and TCP/IP software
The Network Preferences settings enable you to use the TCP/IP 
software that is included in the organizer operating system. You can 
use the TCP/IP software to connect with Internet Service Providers 
(ISPs) or dial-in (remote access) servers. Because the TCP/IP software 
is a feature of the operating system, you configure all parameters 
relating to it from the Preferences application.
To use TCP/IP, you must...