Dell Axim X5 Pocket Pc Users Guide

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Windows® Media Player for 
Pocket PC
Use Windows Media Player for Pocket PC to play digital audio and video 
files that are stored on your device or on a network. To switch to Media 
Player for Pocket PC, tap the Start button→ Programs→ Windows 
Media.
Use Windows Media Player on your computer to copy digital audio and 
video files to your Pocket PC. You can play Windows Media and MP3 files 
on your Pocket PC.
For more information about using Windows Media Player for Pocket PC, 
tap the Start button and tap Help.
Microsoft Reader
Use Reader to read eBooks on your device. Download books to your 
computer from your favorite eBook website. Then use ActiveSync to copy 
the book files to your activated device. The books appear in the Reader 
Library. Tap the name of a book in the list to open it. 
With Reader, you can:
• Page through the book by using the up/down control on your device 
or by tapping the page number on each page.
• Annotate the book with highlighting, bookmarks, notes, and 
drawings.
• Search for text and look up definitions for words.
The Guidebook contains all the information you need to use the software. 
To open the Guidebook, tap Help on the Reader command bar. Or, on a 
book page, tap and hold the book title, and then tap Help on the pop-up 
menu.
To switch to Microsoft Reader, tap the Start button→ Programs→ 
Microsoft Reader. 
						

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Using the Library
The Library displays a list of all books stored on your device or storage 
card. To open the Library:
• On the Reader command bar, tap Library. 
• On a book page, tap the book title, and then tap Library on the pop-
up menu.
Reading a Book
Each book consists of a cover page, an optional table of contents, and the 
pages of the book. Navigation options are listed at the bottom of the cover 
page. 
book list scroll through list 
						

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The first time you open a book, you might want to go to the first page or 
to the table of contents, if available. Subsequently, whenever you open the 
book, you are automatically taken to the last page read.
In addition to text, each book page includes a page number and book title. 
You can also page through a book by using the up/down control on your 
device.
Using Reader Features
Reading a book electronically gives you several options not available with 
paper books. The options are available from any book page.
previous/next page navigation 
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Select text by dragging across the text on the page. Then tap an option on 
the pop-up menu:
•Add Bookmark — When you add a bookmark to a book, a color-
coded bookmark icon appears in the right margin. You can add 
multiple bookmarks to a book. From anywhere in the book, tap the 
bookmark icon to go to the bookmarked page.
•Add Highlight — When you highlight text, it appears with a colored 
background.
•Add Text Note — When you attach a note to text, you enter the text 
in a note pad that appears on top of the book page. A note icon 
displays in the left margin. To show or hide the note, tap the icon.
•Add Drawing — When you add a drawing, a drawing icon appears 
on the page. Draw by dragging your stylus.
•Fi nd — Tap Fin d on the pop-up menu to find text in a book. Enter 
the word that you want to search for and tap a Find option. Reader 
highlights text found on the page. To close Find, tap outside the box. 
To return to your original page, tap the title and tap Return on the 
pop-up menu.
•Copy Text — You can copy text from books that support this feature 
into any program that accepts text. On a book page, select the text 
you want to copy. Then tap Copy Text on the pop-up menu. The text 
can be pasted into the program of your choice.
• To see a list of a books annotations, including bookmarks, highlights, 
text notes, and drawings, tap Annotations in the navigation menu. 
You can tap an entry in the list to go to the annotated page. 
						

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Removing a Book
When you finish reading a book, you can delete it to conserve space on 
your device. If a copy of the book is stored on your computer, you can 
download it again at any time. 
To remove a book from your device, tap and hold the title in the Library 
list, and tap Delete on the pop-up menu. 
						

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SECTION 9
Using Microsoft® 
Pocket Internet 
Explorer
Mobile Favorites
Using AvantGo Channels
Browsing Mobile Favorites and the Web 
						

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98Using Microsoft® Pocket Internet Explorer
Use Pocket Internet Explorer to view Web or WAP pages:
• During synchronization with your computer, download your favorite 
links and mobile favorites that are stored in the Mobile Favorites 
subfolder in Internet Explorer on your computer.
• Connect to an Internet service provider (ISP) or network and browse 
the Web. For more information on connecting to the Internet, see 
Getting Connected on page 105.
When the device is connected to an ISP or network, you can also 
download files and programs from the Internet or intranet.
To switch to Pocket Internet Explorer, tap the Start button and tap 
Internet Explorer.
Mobile Favorites
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later on your computer, 
you can download mobile favorites to your device. Synchronizing mobile 
favorites downloads Web content to your device so that you can view 
pages while you are disconnected from your ISP and computer. Use the 
Internet Explorer plug-in installed with Microsoft ActiveSync
® to create 
mobile favorites quickly.
To create a mobile favorite on your computer and download it to your 
device:
1On your computer, open Internet Explorer and click Tools→ Create 
Mobile Favorite.
2To change the link name, enter a new name in the Name box.
3Specify an update schedule next to Update (optional).
4Click OK. 
Internet Explorer downloads the latest version of the page to your 
computer. 
						

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5In Internet Explorer on the computer, right-click the mobile favorite 
and click Properties. 
6On the Download tab, specify the number of levels deep you want to 
download. To conserve device memory, go only one level deep.
7Synchronize your device and computer. 
Mobile favorites that are stored in the Mobile Favorites folder in 
Internet Explorer are downloaded to your device.
If you did not specify an update schedule in step 3, you need to manually 
download content to keep the information updated on your computer and 
device. Before synchronizing with your device, click Tools in Internet 
Explorer on your computer and click Synchronize. The date in the Last 
Updated column was the last time content was downloaded to the 
computer. You can manually download content, if necessary.
 NOTE: You can add an icon to the Internet Explorer toolbar for 
creating mobile favorites. In Internet Explorer on your computer, 
click View→To o l b a r s, and then click Customize.
Conserving Memory
Mobile favorites take up storage memory on your device. To minimize the 
amount of memory used:
• Turn off pictures and sounds or stop some mobile favorites from 
being downloaded to the device in the Favor ites settings in the 
ActiveSync options. For more information, see ActiveSync Help on 
your computer.
• Limit the number of downloaded linked pages. In Internet Explorer 
on the computer, right-click the mobile favorite you want to change 
and click Properties. On the Download tab, specify 0 or 1 for the 
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Mobile Favorites Folder
Only items stored in the Mobile Favorites subfolder (in the Favor ites 
folder) in Internet Explorer on your computer are synchronized with your 
device. The folder was created automatically when you installed 
ActiveSync.
Favorite Links
During synchronization, the list of favorites in the Mobile Favorites folder 
on your computer is synchronized with Pocket Internet Explorer on your 
device. The computer and the device are updated with changes made to 
either list each time you synchronize. Unless you mark the favorite link as 
a mobile favorite, only the link is downloaded to your device—you need to 
connect to your ISP or network to view the content. For more information 
on synchronization, see ActiveSync Help on your computer.
Using AvantGo Channels
AvantGo is a free interactive service that gives you access to personalized 
content and thousands of popular websites. You subscribe to AvantGo 
channels directly from your device. Then synchronize your device and 
computer, or connect to the Internet to download the content. For more 
information, see the AvantGo website.
To sign up for AvantGo: 
1In ActiveSync options on your computer, turn on synchronization for 
the AvantGo information type.
2In Pocket Internet Explorer on your device, tap Favor ites to display 
your list of favorites.
3Ta p  t h e  AvantGo Channels link.
4Ta p  Activate.