3Com Palmone VII Organiser Instructions Manual
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Page ii Copyright Copyright © 1998 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the 3Com logo, Palm Computing, Palm Modem, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trade- marks, and Palm, PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm VII, Palm OS, Palm.Net, iMessenger, More Connected., the Palm Computing Platform logo, the PalmPilot logo, Palm VII logo, and the HotSync logo are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective owners. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss. Important: Please read the 3Com End User Software License Agreement contained in this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License Agreement. 3.5 Software Diskettes Available Palm™ Desktop organizer software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software from http://www.palm.net. Alternatively, you can order 3.5 diskettes by completing and mailing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm VII™ connected organizer product package, or call to order the diskettes. See the Getting Started guide for the appropriate phone number. P/N: 405-0406A A/N: 423-0233
Contents Page iii Contents About This Book ......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm VII™ Organizer Getting to know your Palm VII organizer.........................................3 What is a Palm VII organizer?..........................................................3 System requirements .........................................................................4 Palm VII components ........................................................................5 Installing the batteries .......................................................................9 Replacing batteries .............................................................................9 Setting up your organizer and charging the transmitter ...........10 Upgrade information .......................................................................10 Palm Desktop organizer software .................................................12 Using your organizer with another PIM ......................................14 Palm.Net wireless features .............................................................14 Tapping and typing ............................................................................18 Tap with the stylus to get things done ..........................................18 Elements of the organizer interface ...............................................19 Opening applications ......................................................................20 Using menus .....................................................................................23 Three ways to enter data .................................................................25 Customizing your organizer .............................................................29 Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm VII™ Organizer Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................31 Writing Graffiti characters ..............................................................31 Graffiti tips ........................................................................................33 The Graffiti alphabet ........................................................................34 Writing capital letters ......................................................................35 Writing numbers ..............................................................................35 Graffiti numbers ...............................................................................36 Writing punctuation marks ............................................................36 Additional Graffiti punctuation .....................................................37 Writing symbols and extended characters ...................................37 Writing accented characters ...........................................................38 Accent strokes ...................................................................................38 Additional non-English characters ................................................38 Navigation strokes ...........................................................................39 Graffiti ShortCuts .............................................................................39 Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................41 Using your computer keyboard ........................................................41 Importing data.....................................................................................42
Page iv Handbook for the Palm VII™ Organizer Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications Using the Applications Launcher .................................................... 45 Selecting applications...................................................................... 45 Switching between applications .................................................... 45 Categorizing applications............................................................... 45 Changing the Applications Launcher display............................. 46 Choosing preferences......................................................................... 47 Installing and removing applications.............................................. 48 Installing add-on applications ....................................................... 48 Installing games ............................................................................... 50 Removing applications ................................................................... 51 Removing Palm Desktop software................................................ 52 Security................................................................................................. 53 Assigning a password ..................................................................... 53 Changing or deleting a password ................................................. 54 Locking your organizer .................................................................. 54 Recovering from a forgotten password ........................................ 55 Chapter 4: Using Your Basic Applications Overview of basic applications ........................................................ 58 Date Book .......................................................................................... 58 Address Book ................................................................................... 59 To Do List.......................................................................................... 60 Memo Pad ......................................................................................... 61 Calculator.......................................................................................... 61 Expense ............................................................................................. 62 Common tasks .................................................................................... 63 Creating records............................................................................... 63 Editing records ................................................................................. 63 Deleting records ............................................................................... 65 Purging records................................................................................ 66 Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations ................ 67 Categorizing records ....................................................................... 69 Finding records ................................................................................ 73 Sorting lists of records..................................................................... 77 Making records private................................................................... 79 Attaching notes ................................................................................ 80 Choosing fonts ................................................................................. 81
Contents Page v Application-specific tasks ..................................................................83 Date Book ..........................................................................................83 Address Book ....................................................................................96 To Do List ........................................................................................101 Memo Pad .......................................................................................106 Calculator ........................................................................................109 Expense ............................................................................................111 Chapter 5: Query Applications and the iMessenger™ Application Your organizer is a wireless device ................................................121 Web clipping: query applications ................................................121 Wireless Internet messaging: the iMessenger application .......124 The Palm.Net wireless communication service .........................124 Improving signal strength ............................................................127 Using query applications .................................................................128 Opening query applications .........................................................129 Working with query applications ................................................130 Query application menus..............................................................137 Using the iMessenger application ..................................................138 The iMessenger application differs from the Mail application138 Opening the iMessenger application ..........................................139 Checking for and viewing messages ...........................................140 Opening and reading messages ...................................................141 Creating messages..........................................................................146 Rerouting replies to your messages ............................................150 Adding a signature to your message ..........................................151 Sending messages ..........................................................................151 Editing an unsent message ...........................................................152 Draft messages................................................................................153 Filing a message .............................................................................154 Deleting messages ..........................................................................155 Removing a message from the Deleted folder ...........................155 Purging deleted messages ............................................................155 Options for the iMessenger List screen .......................................156 Your Palm.Net mailbox .................................................................157 The iMessenger application and HotSync operations ..............159 iMessenger menus .........................................................................159 Chapter 6: Managing Desktop E-Mail and Beaming Information Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk ........................163 Setting up Mail on the desktop ....................................................164 Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application ...................166 Opening the Mail application on your organizer......................166 Viewing e-mail items .....................................................................166
Page vi Handbook for the Palm VII™ Organizer Creating e-mail items .................................................................... 167 Looking up an address ................................................................. 170 Adding details to e-mail items .................................................... 171 Storing e-mail to be sent later ...................................................... 174 Editing unsent e-mail .................................................................... 174 Draft e-mail..................................................................................... 175 Filing e-mail.................................................................................... 176 Deleting e-mail ............................................................................... 177 Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder ................................. 177 Purging deleted e-mail.................................................................. 178 Message List options ..................................................................... 178 HotSync options............................................................................. 180 Creating special filters .................................................................. 181 Truncating e-mail items ................................................................ 185 Mail menus ..................................................................................... 185 Beaming information ....................................................................... 187 Chapter 7: Advanced HotSync® Operations Selecting HotSync setup options .................................................... 189 Customizing HotSync application settings .................................. 192 HotSync operations via a modem .................................................. 194 Preparing your computer ............................................................. 194 Preparing your organizer ............................................................. 195 Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation ......... 196 Performing a HotSync operation via a modem......................... 197 HotSync operations via a network................................................. 198 Connecting to your company’s dial-in server ........................... 198 Using File Link .................................................................................. 200 Creating a user profile ..................................................................... 200 Chapter 8: Setting Preferences for Your Organizer Viewing preferences......................................................................... 204 Buttons preferences .......................................................................... 204 Pen preferences .............................................................................. 205 HotSync buttons preferences ....................................................... 206 Digitizer preferences ........................................................................ 207 Formats preferences ......................................................................... 207 Country default.............................................................................. 207 Time, date, week start, and numbers formats ........................... 208 General preferences.......................................................................... 209 Auto-off delay ................................................................................ 209 System, alarm, and game sounds ................................................ 209 Beam Receive.................................................................................. 210 Modem preferences .......................................................................... 211
Contents Page vii Network preferences and TCP/IP software .................................212 Selecting a service ..........................................................................212 Entering a user name .....................................................................213 Entering a password ......................................................................213 Adding telephone settings ............................................................214 Connecting to your service ...........................................................217 Creating additional service templates ........................................217 Adding detailed information to a service template ..................218 Creating a login script ...................................................................221 Deleting a service template...........................................................222 Network preferences menu commands ......................................222 TCP/IP troubleshooting................................................................223 Owner preferences ............................................................................224 ShortCuts preferences ......................................................................225 Creating a ShortCut .......................................................................225 Editing a ShortCut .........................................................................226 Deleting a ShortCut .......................................................................226 Wireless preferences .........................................................................227 Proxy ................................................................................................227 Sending ID or location information .............................................228 Appendix A: Maintaining Your Organizer Caring for your organizer ................................................................229 About the AAA batteries .................................................................230 Automatic recharging of the transmitter .......................................231 Proper use of the antenna ................................................................233 Resetting your organizer..................................................................235 Performing a soft reset ..................................................................235 Performing a hard reset.................................................................236 Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions Software installation problems .......................................................239 Operating problems ..........................................................................240 Tapping and writing problems .......................................................241 Wireless problems .............................................................................242 Application problems .......................................................................243 HotSync problems.............................................................................244 Beaming problems ............................................................................248 Password problems ..........................................................................249 Technical support and customer care ............................................250 Appendix C: Creating a Custom Expense Report About mapping tables ......................................................................251 Customizing existing sample templates ........................................252
Page viii Handbook for the Palm VII™ Organizer Determining the layout of the Expense Report............................ 253 Labels............................................................................................... 253 Sections............................................................................................ 254 Analyzing your custom Expense Report ...................................... 255 Programming the mapping table ................................................... 256 Using applications other than Microsoft Excel ............................ 260 Expense file details ........................................................................... 261 Appendix D: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts Use of ^char....................................................................................... 263 Carriage return and line feed.......................................................... 263 Literal characters .............................................................................. 264 Palm.Net™ Service Agreement, Warranty, and Other Product Information Palm.Net service agreement ........................................................... 265 Limited warranty.............................................................................. 273 3Com end user software license agreement ................................. 276 FCC Statement .................................................................................. 279 Canadian RFI Statement .................................................................. 279 Index ........................................................................................................281
About This Book Page 1 About This Book Welcome to the Palm VII™ connected organizer. This handbook describes all you need to know about how to use your Palm VII organizer and the applications that come with it. It walks you through viewing and entering data, using the features of the Palm.Net™ wireless communication service, using your Palm VII organizer with your computer, and personalizing your organizer with your own preferences. This book is designed to help you get up and running quickly on your organizer. The beginning chapter explains the following: nAll the parts of your organizer nThe Palm VII interface nThe Palm VII wireless features nEntering data nSetting up security and other preferences After you become familiar with the basic functionality, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less common tasks and for maintaining your organizer, and also as a source of information if you have problems operating the organizer.