Handspring Visor Edge Handheld User Guide

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Mail menus
Mail menus are shown here for your reference, and Mail features that 
are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
Message menus
The Message menu varies depending on whether you are viewing an 
e-mail item, creating an e-mail item, or viewing the Message list.
Options menus
The Options menu varies depending on whether you are creating or 
editing an e-mail item.
About Mail
Shows...

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Beaming information
Your handheld is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use  
to beam information to another Palm OS handheld that’s close by and 
also has an IR port. The IR port is located on the side of the handheld, 
behind the small dark shield.  
You can beam the following information between Palm OS handhelds:
nThe record currently displayed in Date Book, Address, To Do List, 
or Memo Pad
Note: You cannot beam records from Date Book Plus....

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5. Wait for the Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the transfer is 
complete before you continue working on your handheld.
To beam an application:
1. Open the Applications Launcher.
2. Tap the Menu icon  .
3. Tap App, and then tap Beam.
4. Tap the application you want to transfer.
Note:
Some applications are copy-protected and cannot be 
beamed. These are listed with a lock icon next to them.
5. Tap Beam.
6. When the Beam Status dialog box appears, point the IR port 
directly at...

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Tips on beaming information
nYou can press the Address application button   for about two 
seconds to beam your business card.
nYou can set the full-screen pen stroke to beam the current entry.
See “Pen preferences” in Chapter 9 for more information. 
nYou can use the Graffiti Command stroke /B to beam the current 
entry.  

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Chapter 8
Advanced HotSync® Operations
HotSync® technology enables you to synchronize data between one or 
more Palm OS® devices and Palm™ Desktop software or another PIM 
such as Microsoft Outlook. To synchronize data, you must connect 
your Visor™ Edge handheld computer and Palm Desktop software 
either directly, by placing your handheld in the cradle attached to 
your computer or using infrared communication, or indirectly, with a 
modem or network.
This chapter describes how to...

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Tip:
If you’re not sure which option to use, keep the default 
setting: Always available.
4. Click the Local tab to display the settings for the connection 
between your computer and the handheld cradle, and adjust the 
following options as needed.Always available
Adds HotSync Manager to the Startup folder 
and constantly monitors the communication 
port for synchronization requests from your 
handheld. With this option, the HotSync 
Manager synchronizes data even...

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5. Click the Modem tab to display the modem settings and adjust the 
options as needed. See “Conducting a HotSync operation via 
modem” later in this chapter for more information.
6. If you are attached to a network, click the Network tab to display 
the network settings and adjust the options as needed. See 
“Conducting a HotSync operation via a network” later in this 
chapter for more information.
7. Click OK.
Customizing HotSync application settings
For each application, you can...

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3. Select the appropriate user name from the list.
4. Select an application in the Conduit list.
5. Click Change.
6. Click the direction in which you want to write data, or click Do 
Nothing to skip data transfer for an application.
Note:
Changing the HotSync setting from the default affects 
only the next
 HotSync operation. Thereafter, the HotSync 
Actions revert to their default settings. To use a new 
setting on an ongoing basis, select the Set As Default box....

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IR HotSync operations
Your handheld is equipped with an infrared (IR) port that supports 
the IrCOMM implementation of the standards for infrared 
communication established by the Infrared Data Association (IrDA). 
This means that you can beam data to any other device that supports 
the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA standards. Most 
importantly, you can use the IR port to perform HotSync operations. 
When you use the IR port on your handheld to perform HotSync 
operations, you...

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3. Click the Options tab.
4. Select Enable infrared communication.
The COM port displayed on this screen is the port associated 
with your infrared device. It should be different from the port 
currently defined for cradle synchronization.
5. Write down the port listed as “Providing application support” so 
you can configure HotSync Manager for infrared communication. 
This port is the simulated port. It is the channel through which 
the actual infrared...