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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the following developers whose contributions were an integral
part of the Handspring product:
nC.E. Steuart Dewar
Pimlico Software, Inc.
www.gorilla-haven.org/pimlico
nDarren Beck
Code City
www.codecity.com.au
nRick Huebner
www.probe.net/~rhuebner/index.html 
						

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Index
A
ABA (Address Book archive file) 39
Accented characters
Graffiti writing 36
onscreen keyboard 38
Add-on applications 44–47
Address
Fast Lookup 75–77
Address Book
*If Found Call* entry 120
adding custom fields 124
archive files (.aba) 39
business card for beaming 184
categorizing records 71
conduit for synchronizing 189
creating records 63, 119–120
deleting records 66
Dialing Preferences 123
displaying category 123
displaying data in the Address 
List 122
finding records 74–75
fonts 86
menus 122
notes for records 85
opening 56
overview 56
pressing button to beam 
information 186
private records 82
sorting records 81
Alarm
preset 102, 114
reminder 114
setting 92
sound 102, 114, 214, 240
for untimed events 93
Alphabet
Graffiti writing 32
onscreen keyboard 15, 22Anniversaries. See 
Repeating events
Application buttons 7, 16, 55, 56, 57, 
58, 186, 206
Applications
Address Book 56
beaming 184–185
Calculator 59
categories 41–42
CityTime 60
Date Book 54
Expense 61
font style 86
installing 44–46
Memo Pad 58
opening 17
preferences for 44
removing 47
security 48
size in kilobytes 249
To Do List 57
version of 249
viewing as icons 43
viewing as list 43
See also 
Add-on applications
Applications Launcher 16–17, 41–43
Appointments. See 
Date Book
Archive files
importing data from 39
for main applications 39
saving deleted records 66
saving purged records 67
Automatic fill, in Expense 157
Auto-off delay 214
Autotext. See 
Graffiti ShortCuts
B
Backlight 6, 8, 207
Backup. See 
HotSync
Battery
charging 11
conserving power 214
gauge 16
BCC (blind carbon copy) 169
Beaming 
						

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Beaming information 184–186
location of IR port 7
pen stroke to activate 207
problems with 247
Birthdays. See 
Repeating events
Bold font for text 86
Brightness Control 7
Business card for beaming 184
Buttons preferences 206
C
Calculator
Advanced mode 133
Area view 141
Basic mode 132
buttons explained 132–133, 
134–142
Finance view 136
Length view 140
Logic view 138
Math view 134
memory 132
menus 144
opening 59, 132
overview 59
recent calculations 59, 133
selecting mode 132
Statistics view 138
Trigonometry view 135
Volume view 142
Weight/Temp view 139
Calibration 14, 212, 241
Call Waiting, disabling 198, 220
Calling card, using in phone 
settings 198, 220
Capital letters (Graffiti writing) 33
Caring for the handheld 233
Categories
application 41–42
assigning records to 70–71
beaming 184–185
creating 72–73
default 71
displaying 72, 123, 242
folders for e-mail 175
merging 74renaming 73
using in Applications 
Launcher 42
cc:Mail 160
Chain calculations 133
Characters, Graffiti 29
Check boxes 15
CityTime
adding cities 146
home city 145
menus 147
opening 60
overview 145
remote cities 146
Clearing Calculator entries 132, 134
COM port. See 
USB, port and 
Serial 
port
Combining categories 74
Comma delimited files, importing 
data from 39
Command buttons 15
Command equivalents (Graffiti 
writing) 18
Compressing Day view 101, 113
Computer keyboard, entering data 
with 23
Conduits
for connecting to PIMs 26
for modem HotSync 
operations 198
for synchronizing 
applications 243, 
189–190, 237
See also 
HotSync
Confirming e-mail 170
Conflicting events 99
Connecting
service templates 222
to server or ISP 221
Connection preferences 208
Contact information. See 
Address 
Book
Continuous events
changing 94
deleting from Date Book 66, 94
scheduling 93
Contrast Control 7 
						

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Copying text 65
Country default setting 213
Cover 9, 10
Cradle
connecting to computer 9, 11
for local HotSync operations 68, 
69
serial 4, 11, 188, 243, 244
USB 4, 11
Creating
Address Book entries 119–120
categories 41–42, 72–73
currency symbols 151
custom fields in Address 
Book 124
Date Book events 88
e-mail 163–165
Expense items 148
expense reports in Excel 153–156
memos 130
notes for records 85
records 63
To Do List items 125
Currency
default 157
defining 151
for Expense items 150
Current date 25, 242
Current time 16
displaying in Date Book 96
setting 24
Customizing
categories 73
currencies and symbols 151
expense reports 251–261
fields in Address Book 124
HotSync settings 189
See also 
Preferences
Cutting text 65
Cycling through views 55, 56, 57, 58
D
Daily
calendar 88–92
events. See 
Repeating events
Journal 108Data
entry. See 
Entering data
transfer. See 
HotSync
transmitting to other handhelds. 
See 
Beaming 
information
Date Book
adding Address Book data to 
records 78–79
alarm 92
archive files (.dba) 39
changing event time 92
changing event to untimed 91
changing repeating events 94
conduit for synchronizing 189
conflicting events 99
continuous events 93–95
creating records 63, 88–92
Day view 96
deleting records 66
deleting repeating ev ents 94
display options 101
end time for Day view 102, 112
fonts 86
menus 100
Month view 98
notes for records 85
opening 54
overview 54
private records 82
purging records 67
repeating events 66, 93–95
scheduling events 88–92
selecting dates 90
selecting default 110
start time for Day view 102, 112
Sunday or Monday to start 
week 213
switching views 96
untimed events 88, 91
Week view 96, 213, 242
Date Book Plus
Daily Journal 108
Event tracking 108
floating events 105
List View 105
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opening 55
overview 55
templates 109
To Do List items 107
Week View with Text 103
Year View 104
Dates
Expense item 149
setting current 25, 242
showing in Mail list 176
To Do List record due 127
Day (Date Book view) 88, 101, 113
DBA (Date Book archive file) 39
Decimal point 214
Default
categories 71
currency in Expense 157
settings. See 
Preferences
Deleted
data, saving in archive files 66
e-mail, recovering 174
Deleting
applications 44, 47
Desktop software 48
e-mail 174
Graffiti characters 31
passwords 49
records 66
service templates 227
text 65
See also 
Purging records
Delivering e-mail 167, 170
Desktop E-Mail application
applications supported 160
managing 159–183
support of Mail features 167
Desktop software 25–26
configuring mail 160–162
for entering data 23
linking to external files 202
removing 48
saving deleted data to an archive 
file 66
system requirements 4
upgrading 4
See also 
PIMDialing
applications 123
Digitizer 14, 212, 241
Display, contrast (brightness) 
control 6, 7
DNS (Domain Naming System) 224
Docking station. See 
Cradle
Double-booked events 99
Draft e-mail 172
Dragging
memos into other 
applications 58
stylus to activate features 207
using the stylus 14
E
Editing
records 64–65
unsent e-mail 171
E-mail addresses
in Address Book 121, 122
looking up 166–167
E-mail items. See 
Mail
Entering data 20–23
importing from other 
applications 39–40
problems with 241
using Graffiti writing 29–38
using the computer keyboard 39
using the onscreen keyboard 38
Entries. See 
Address Book
Eudora 160
Events. See 
Date Book
Excel, transferring Expense data 
to 153–156
Exchange 160
Exchanging data. See 
HotSync
Exclamation marks in To Do List 129
Expansion slot 27
Expense
adding Address Book data to 
records 80
categorizing records 71
conduit for synchronizing 189
creating records 63, 148
currency 150, 157