Handspring Treo 90 Handheld User Guide

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Creating a user profile
If you need to configure several Palm OS® handhelds with specific information (such as a 
company phone list) before distributing them to their actual users, you can create a user profile 
to load the data into a handheld without associating that data with a user name. The User Profile 
feature is designed only for the first-time HotSync operation, before you assign a User ID to a 
particular handheld. 
To create a user profile:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
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To use a profile for the first-time HotSync operation:
1. Connect the new handheld to the HotSync cable.
2. Press the HotSync button on the cable.
3. Click Profiles.
4. Select the profile that you want to load on the handheld, and click OK.
5. Click Yes to transfer all the profile data to the handheld.
The next time you perform a HotSync operation, Palm Desktop software prompts you to assign 
a user name to the handheld.
Synchronizing with your 
desktop e-mail...

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Preparing your computer to synchronize desktop e-mail
Before you use Palm Mail for the first time, make sure your desktop e-mail application is up and 
running. You must also set up Palm Desktop software for use with your desktop e-mail 
application. 
Palm Mail supports a number of Windows desktop e-mail applications, such as Microsoft Outlook 
(version 4.0 or higher), QUALCOMM Eudora (version 3.0.3 or higher), and Lotus cc:Mail (versions 
2.5, 6.0, and 7.0). You can see the full list...

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5. Click one of the following settings:
Tip: To turn off Palm Mail, select Do Nothing and then select the Set As Default check box.
To change your Palm Mail setup options:
1. Click the HotSync icon   in the Windows system tray. 
2. Choose Custom.
Tip: You can also choose Custom from the HotSync menu in Palm Desktop software.
3. Select Mail in the list box.
4. Click Change.
5. Modify your settings as needed.
6. Click OK.
Using Palm Mail on your handheld
After you...

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Viewing e-mail items
The Message list displays a list of your incoming e-mail items, who sent them, and the date they 
were received. E-mail items you’ve read have a check next to them. High-priority e-mail items 
appear in bold.
To open an e-mail item:
1. Use the scroll buttons to select the message you want to open.
2. Press Space   to open it.
To close an e-mail item:
nHold Option   and press Return   to close the e-mail item.
Displaying full header information
By default, Palm Mail...

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Creating e-mail items
You create e-mail items with your handheld the same way you create e-mail with your desktop 
E-mail application: you identify the recipient(s) of the e-mail item, define a subject, and create the 
body of the e-mail item.
You create original e-mail items and replies in the New Message screen. All e-mail items must, 
at the very least, contain information in the To: and Subj: fields. 
To create an e-mail item:
1. Press Menu  . 
2. Under Message,...

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To reply to an e-mail item:
1. Open an e-mail item in the Message list to display it onscreen.
2. Tap Reply.
3. Select whom you want to receive the reply: Sender only, All recipients, or someone who didn’t 
see the original e-mail item (Forward).
4. Select whether you want to include original text or comment original text.
5. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
6. Enter the text of your reply.
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To look up an e-mail address:
1. Tap either the To: or CC: field name to expand it.
2. Enter the first few letters of the last name of the person whose address you want to find. 
3. Press Menu  . 
4. Under Options, select Lookup (/L).
5. If the letters you enter identify a unique listing from your Contacts list, your handheld 
completes the address for you. If not, the Lookup dialog box appears and lists all records that 
contain information in an E-mail field.
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The following details are available:
Note: The Priority and BCC settings are valid only for the current e-mail item and must be set 
for each item you create.
Setting a priority
To set a priority for your e-mail item:
1. In the New Message screen, tap Details.
2. Tap the Priority pick list and select the priority you want.
3. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Tip: Your handheld can flag e-mail items with a specific priority only if your desktop e-mail 
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Sending a blind carbon copy
To add a BCC field to your e-mail item:
1. In the New Message screen, tap Details.
2. Tap the BCC check box to select it.
3. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
4. Tap the BCC: field and enter an address. 
Adding a signature to your e-mail item
A signature consists of information about yourself that is appended to your e-mail item as its 
closing. For example, a signature can contain your name, address, phone and fax numbers, and...