Handspring Visor Prism Handheld User Guide

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Additional Graffiti punctuation
Writing symbols and extended characters
All symbols and extended characters begin with the stroke in the 
Graffiti writing area of your handheld:
When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the 
lower-right corner of the screen. The next stroke that you make creates 
the symbol or extended character.Symbol Stroke Symbol Stroke
Period
.
 Dash
—
Comma
,Left Paren
(
Apostrophe
Right Paren
)
Question
?Slash
/
 
Exclamation
!Dollar
$...

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Writing accented characters
To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create 
the letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the 
accent to the letter.
For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to 
draw an accented “e.”
Accent strokes
Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented 
letters:
à  á  â  ã  ä  å  è  é  ê  ì  í  î  ï  ò  ó  ô  õ  ö  ù  ú  û  ü  ÿ  ý  ñ
Additional...

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Navigation strokes
In addition to character symbols, Graffiti writing includes special 
strokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your 
applications. 
Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti ShortCuts make entering commonly used words or phrases 
quick and easy. ShortCuts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext 
features of some word processors. 
Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can 
also create your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45...

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Your handheld includes the following predefined Graffiti ShortCuts:
 Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text 
or numbers on your handheld. Note that you cannot enter Graffiti 
characters while using the onscreen keyboard. 
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1. Open any application (such as Memo Pad). 
2. Tap any record, or tap New.
3. Tap “abc” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “123” to open 
the numeric...

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Using your computer keyboard
If you have a lot of data to enter, or prefer to use the computer 
keyboard, you can use Palm™ Desktop software, or any supported 
PIM, to enter information. You can then perform a HotSync
® operation 
to synchronize the information on your computer with the 
information on your handheld. All the main applications on your 
handheld are available in Palm Desktop software and in most PIMs.
Refer to Palm Desktop online Help for more information on entering...

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To import data:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
2. Click the application into which you want to import data.
3. If you are importing records that contain a field with category 
names, do the following:
Select All in the Category box.
Be sure that the same categories that appear in the imported file 
also exist in the application. If the categories do not exist, create 
them now; otherwise, the records are imported into the Unfiled 
category.
4. From the File...

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Chapter 3
Managing Your
Applications
This chapter explains how to switch between applications on your 
Visor handheld computer, how to change application settings so they 
are personalized to your work methods, and how to categorize 
applications so you view them in related groups.
Using the Applications Launcher
To open the Applications Launcher, tap the Applications icon  .
Selecting applications
Your Visor handheld is equipped with a variety of applications. All 
the applications...

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To categorize an application: 
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the Menu icon  . 
3. Tap App, and then tap Category.
4. Tap the pick list next to each application to select a category.
Tip:
To create a new category, tap Edit Categories from the 
pick list. Tap New, enter the category name, and then tap 
OK to add the category. Tap OK.
5. Tap Done.
To display applications by category: 
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Do one of the following:
Tap the...

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Changing the Applications Launcher display
By default, the Applications Launcher displays each application as an 
icon. As an alternative, you can choose to show a list of applications. 
You can also choose to view the same category of applications each 
time you open the Applications Launcher.
To change the Applications Launcher display:
1. Tap the Applications icon  .
2. Tap the Menu icon  . 
3. Tap Options, and then tap Preferences.
4. Tap the View By pick list and select List.
5....

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Choosing preferences
You can set options that affect an entire application in the 
application’s Preferences dialog box.
To change preferences for an application: 
1. Open an application.
2. Tap the Menu icon  . 
3. Tap Options, and then tap Preferences.
Note:
Not all applications have a Preferences command.
4. Make changes to the settings.
5. Tap OK.
Installing and removing applications
This section explains how to install and remove applications on your 
Visor...