Handspring Visor Pro Handheld User Guide
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Page 2 Visor™ Handheld User Guide Copyright Copyright © 2001 Handspring, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions copyright © 1998-2001 Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Handspring, Springboard, Visor, the Handspring logo, and the Springboard logo are trademarks of Handspring, Inc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions. Graffiti, HotSync, and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo and Palm are trademarks of Palm, Inc., or its subsid- iaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Disclaimer and limitation of liability Handspring, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss re- sulting from the use of this handbook. Handspring, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. Handspring, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss. Important: For warranty information and a copy of the End User License Agreement applicable to your Handspring product, please see the Handspring web site at www.handspring.com/support/ug_warranties.jhtml. If you would like a copy of these materials mailed to you, or if you have any questions, please contact Handspring Cus- tomer Support. The information included on this web site sets forth Handsprings sole and complete warranty and software licensing obligations with respect to your Handspring product. Use of the product indicates your acceptance of the terms of the warranty and the End User License Agreement. Software download available Palm™ Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a CD-ROM drive for your computer, you can download the Palm Desktop software from www.handspring.com.
Page 3 Contents About This Guide .................................................................................... 9 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Visor™ Handheld ...........................11 Getting to know your handheld ........................................................11 What is a Visor handheld? .............................................................11 System requirements ......................................................................12 Upgrade information ......................................................................12 Visor components ...........................................................................14 Charging the battery ...........................................................................18 Connecting the cradle .....................................................................18 Tapping and typing ............................................................................20 Tap with the stylus to get things done .........................................20 Elements of the handheld interface ..............................................21 Opening applications .....................................................................22 Using menus ....................................................................................23 Four ways to enter data ..................................................................26 Customizing your handheld ..............................................................30 Palm Desktop software ..................................................................31 Using your handheld with another PIM .....................................32 Installing a Springboard module ..................................................33 Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Handheld ....................................... 35 Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................35 Writing Graffiti characters .............................................................35 Graffiti tips .......................................................................................37 The Graffiti alphabet .......................................................................38 Writing capital letters .....................................................................39 Writing numbers .............................................................................39 Graffiti numbers ..............................................................................40 Writing punctuation marks ...........................................................40 Writing symbols and extended characters ..................................41 Writing accented characters ..........................................................42 Accent strokes ..................................................................................42 Additional non-English characters ...............................................42 Navigation strokes ..........................................................................43 Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................43 Using the onscreen keyboard ...........................................................44 Using your computer keyboard ........................................................45 Importing data .....................................................................................45 Using an external keyboard ...............................................................47
Page 4 Visor™ Handheld User Guide Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications .............................................49 Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 49 Selecting applications ..................................................................... 49 Switching between applications ................................................... 49 Categorizing applications .............................................................. 49 Changing the Applications Launcher display ............................ 51 Choosing preferences ......................................................................... 52 Installing and removing applications .............................................. 52 Installing add-on applications ...................................................... 52 Installing games .............................................................................. 55 Removing applications .................................................................. 55 Removing Palm Desktop software ............................................... 57 Security ................................................................................................. 58 Assigning a password .................................................................... 59 Changing or deleting a password ................................................ 59 Locking your handheld ................................................................. 60 Recovering from a forgotten password ....................................... 61 Chapter 4: Overview of Basic Applications.........................................63 Date Book ............................................................................................. 64 Date Book Plus .................................................................................... 65 Address ................................................................................................ 66 To Do List ............................................................................................. 67 Memo Pad ............................................................................................ 68 Calculator ............................................................................................. 69 CityTime ............................................................................................... 70 Expense................................................................................................. 71 Chapter 5: Common Tasks ....................................................................73 Creating records .................................................................................. 73 Editing records .................................................................................... 74 Entering text .................................................................................... 74 Edit menu ......................................................................................... 74 Deleting records .................................................................................. 76 Other ways to delete records ........................................................ 76 Purging records ................................................................................... 77 Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations .................... 78 Performing a HotSync operation for the first time .................... 78 Categorizing records .......................................................................... 80 System-defined and user-defined categories ............................. 81 Finding records ................................................................................... 84 Looking up Address records ........................................................ 84 Using Find ....................................................................................... 87 Using Phone Lookup ...................................................................... 88
Page 5 Sorting lists of records ........................................................................91 Making records private ......................................................................92 Hiding and masking private records ...........................................92 Attaching notes ....................................................................................95 Choosing fonts .....................................................................................96 Chapter 6: Application Specific Tasks .................................................97 Date Book .............................................................................................98 Scheduling an event ........................................................................98 Rescheduling an event .................................................................102 Setting an alarm for an event ......................................................102 Scheduling repeating or continuous events ..............................103 Changing the Date Book view .....................................................106 Working in Week View ................................................................106 Working in Month View ..............................................................108 Working in Agenda view .............................................................108 Spotting event conflicts ................................................................109 Date Book menus ..........................................................................110 Date Book Plus ...................................................................................113 Working in Week View with Text ..............................................113 Working in Year View ..................................................................114 Working in List View ...................................................................115 Working with floating events ......................................................115 Working with To Do items ..........................................................117 Using the Daily Journal ................................................................118 Using templates .............................................................................119 Using snooze alarms .....................................................................120 Selecting the default Date Book ..................................................120 Date Book Plus menus ..................................................................120 Address ...............................................................................................129 Creating an Address entry ...........................................................129 Duplicating an entry .....................................................................130 Selecting types of phone numbers ..............................................131 Changing Address Entry details .................................................131 Address menus ..............................................................................132 To Do List ...........................................................................................135 Setting priority ...............................................................................135 Checking off a To Do item ...........................................................136 Changing To Do item details .......................................................136 Setting a due date ..........................................................................137 To Do Show Options .....................................................................138 To Do List menus ..........................................................................139 Memo Pad...........................................................................................140 Reviewing memos .........................................................................140
Page 6 Visor™ Handheld User Guide Memo Pad menus ......................................................................... 141 Calculator ........................................................................................... 142 Selecting the Calculator mode .................................................... 142 Using the Basic Calculator buttons ............................................ 142 Displaying Recent Calculations .................................................. 143 Using the Advanced Calculator mode ...................................... 143 Using the Advanced Calculator buttons ................................... 144 Creating a custom view ............................................................... 153 Calculator menus .......................................................................... 154 CityTime ............................................................................................. 155 Setting your home city ................................................................. 155 Selecting remote cities .................................................................. 156 Adding cities ................................................................................. 156 CityTime menus ............................................................................ 157 Expense............................................................................................... 158 Changing the date of an Expense item ...................................... 159 Entering receipt details ................................................................ 159 Customizing the Currency pick list ........................................... 160 Show Options ................................................................................ 162 Expense menus ............................................................................. 163 Chapter 7: Communicating Using Your Handheld ............................165 Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk ........................ 165 Setting up Mail on the desktop ................................................... 166 Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application .................. 166 Opening the Mail application on your handheld .................... 166 Viewing e-mail items ................................................................... 166 Creating e-mail items ................................................................... 168 Looking up an address ................................................................ 171 Adding details to e-mail items ................................................... 172 Storing e-mail to be sent later ..................................................... 176 Editing unsent e-mail ................................................................... 176 Draft e-mail .................................................................................... 177 Filing e-mail ................................................................................... 178 Deleting e-mail .............................................................................. 179 Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder ................................ 179 Purging deleted e-mail ................................................................. 179 Message list options ..................................................................... 180 HotSync options ............................................................................ 182 Creating special filters ................................................................. 183 Truncating e-mail items ............................................................... 187 Mail menus .................................................................................... 188 Beaming information....................................................................... 189
Page 7 Chapter 8: Advanced HotSync® Operations .................................... 193 Selecting HotSync setup options .....................................................193 Customizing HotSync application settings ...................................196 IR HotSync operations ......................................................................197 Preparing your computer for infrared communication ..........197 Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication .198 Performing an IR HotSync operation .........................................199 Returning to cradle HotSync operations ...................................199 Conducting a HotSync operation via modem...............................200 Preparing your computer ............................................................200 Preparing your handheld .............................................................202 Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation .........203 Performing a HotSync operation via a modem ........................204 Creating a user profile ......................................................................204 Chapter 9: Setting Preferences for Your Handheld ......................... 207 Viewing preferences .........................................................................207 Buttons preferences ...........................................................................208 Pen preferences ..............................................................................208 HotSync buttons preferences .......................................................210 Connection preferences ....................................................................210 Connection Types ..........................................................................211 Setting modem configurations ....................................................212 Digitizer preferences .........................................................................214 Formats preferences ..........................................................................215 Country default .............................................................................215 Time, date, week start, and numbers formats ...........................215 General preferences...........................................................................216 Auto-off delay ................................................................................216 System, alarm, and game sounds ...............................................216 Network preferences and TCP/IP software..................................217 Selecting a service .........................................................................218 Entering a user name ....................................................................218 Entering a password .....................................................................219 Selecting a connection ..................................................................220 Adding telephone settings ...........................................................220 Connecting to your service ..........................................................223 Creating additional service templates .......................................224 Adding detailed information to a service template .................224 Creating a login script ..................................................................227 Deleting a service template ..........................................................229 Network preferences menu commands .....................................229 TCP/IP troubleshooting ...............................................................230 Owner preferences ............................................................................231
Page 8 Visor™ Handheld User Guide ShortCuts preferences ...................................................................... 232 Creating a ShortCut ...................................................................... 232 Editing a ShortCut ........................................................................ 233 Deleting a ShortCut ...................................................................... 233 Appendix A: Maintaining Your Handheld .........................................235 Caring for your handheld ................................................................ 235 Battery considerations ...................................................................... 236 Resetting your handheld ................................................................. 237 Performing a soft reset ................................................................. 237 Performing a warm reset ............................................................. 238 Performing a hard reset ............................................................... 238 Appendix B: Troubleshooting Tips.....................................................241 Operating problems.......................................................................... 242 Tapping and writing problems ....................................................... 243 Application problems....................................................................... 244 HotSync problems ............................................................................ 245 Beaming problems ............................................................................ 249 Password problems .......................................................................... 250 Springboard module problems ....................................................... 251 Technical support ............................................................................. 252 Appendix C: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts .......................253 Other Product Information ................................................................255 Index ....................................................................................................257
Page 9 About This Guide Welcome to the Visor™ handheld computer. This guide is designed to help you get up and running quickly on your handheld. It describes all you need to know about how to use your handheld and the applications that come with it. It walks you through: nLocating all the parts of your handheld nViewing and entering data nUsing your handheld with your computer nPersonalizing your handheld with your own preference settings After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your handheld, you can use the rest of this guide as a reference for less common tasks, for maintaining your handheld, and also as a source of information if you have problems operating it.