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7. Tap the Display in list view down arrow to select which types 
of documents to display in the list view.
8. Tap OK to save the options.
Find more help for Pocket Word
1. From the Start menu, tap Help.
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2. Tap Pocket Word.
Use Pocket Excel
You can create Excel workbooks from your iPAQ Pocket PC or 
synchronize existing Excel workbooks from your computer to 
your iPAQ Pocket PC. ActiveSync 3.5 converts Excel workbooks 
into the Pocket Excel format and changes the .xls extension to 
a .pxl extension.
ÄCAUTION: Because ActiveSync 3.5 converts Excel workbooks into 
the Pocket Excel format, you may lose some formatting from the 
original Excel workbook. 
Pocket Excel does...

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Vertical alignment

Text boxes

Embedded OLE objects

Hyperlinks
Open
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CAUTION: Pocket Excel only recognizes and displays documents 
in one folder below My Documents. For example, if you created 
another folder in the Personal folder in My Documents, the 
documents in that folder will not be shown.
1. From the Start menu, tap Programs.
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2. Tap Pocket Excel.
3. Tap a workbook to open.
Create a Workbook
You can create a new workbook from the To d a y screen.
1. From the Start menu, tap Programs.
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2. Tap Pocket Excel.
3. Tap New to create a new workbook.
4. Tap OK to close and save the workbook.
The workbook is automatically saved as a Pocket Excel 
workbook named Book1. Depending on how many 
workbooks you have created since opening Pocket Excel, you 
may want to rename it.
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Hint: You should save important workbooks in the iPAQ File 
Store folder located in File Explorer on your iPAQ Pocket PC. 
Workbooks in the iPAQ File Store are held in ROM and will not 
be lost if you perform a hard reset of your iPAQ Pocket PC or if 
the battery loses its charge. The iPAQ File Store can store 
between 5 and 6 MB of information, depending on the model.
Options
You can change options to select:

A template for new workbooks

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2. Tap Pocket Excel.
3. Tap Tools. 
4. Tap Options.
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5. Tap the Template for new workbook down arrow to select a 
template.
6. Tap the Save new workbooks to down arrow to store 
workbooks in main memory or on a memory card.
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7. Tap the Files to display in list view down arrow to select 
which workbooks are displayed in the list view.
8. Tap OK to save the options.
Help
1. From the Start menu, tap Help.
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2. Tap Pocket Excel.
Use Microsoft Reader
Use Microsoft Reader to read and listen to eBooks. You may need 
to activate Microsoft Reader before you can copy protected 
eBooks from the Internet. To activate your reader, you must have 
a Hotmail, MSN, or Passport account.
The Microsoft Reader may not be available in your country.
✎A detailed eBook guide is available, in some countries, on the
CD, and you can also copy it to your iPAQ Pocket PC.
Activate
You must activate...