HP IPAQ H5100 And H5500 Series Pocket PC Users Guide

Learning Input Methods
User’s Guide 5–3
4. Tap the down arrow associated with words and select the 
number of words you want suggested.
5. Tap OK.
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User’s Guide 5–4
Learning Input Methods
Using the On-Screen Keyboard
Use the stylus to tap letters, numbers, and symbols on the 
on-screen keyboard to enter typed text directly onto the screen.
1. From any application, tap the up arrow next to the Input 
Panel icon.
2. Tap Keyboard to display a keyboard on the screen.
✎To see symbols, tap the 12 3 or Shift key.
3. Tap a letter, symbol, or number to enter information.
4. Tap OK.
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Learning Input Methods
User’s Guide 5–5
Writing with the Stylus and the Letter 
Recognizer
Use the stylus and Letter Recognizer to write letters, numbers, 
and symbols on the screen. Create words and sentences by 
writing in uppercase (ABC), lowercase (abc), and symbols (123) 
as instructed here.
To write with the stylus and Letter Recognizer:
1. From any application, tap the up arrow next to the Input 
Panel icon.
2. Tap Letter Recognizer.
3. Write a letter or symbol between the dashed line and...

User’s Guide 5–6
Learning Input Methods
✎A question mark within an application indicates a Help file.
✎For the Letter Recognizer to work effectively, write characters 
between the dashed line and baseline.
■If you are writing a letter like “p,” write the top portion 
within the dashed line and baseline, and the tail portion 
below the baseline.
■If you writing a letter like “b,” write the bottom portion 
within the dashed line and baseline, and the top portion 
above the dashed line.
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Learning Input Methods
User’s Guide 5–7
Writing with the Stylus and 
Microsoft Transcriber 
Use the stylus and Microsoft Transcriber to write words, letters, 
numbers, and symbols anywhere on the screen.
1. From any application, tap the up arrow next to the Input 
Panel icon.
2. Tap Transcriber to display the Transcriber Intro screen.
3. Tap OK.
4. Tap New at the bottom of the screen.
5. Begin writing on the screen. What you write will be 
converted to text.
✎To “teach” Transcriber your style of writing,...

User’s Guide 5–8
Learning Input Methods
Writing with the Stylus and Block 
Recognizer
Write letters, numbers, and symbols using the stylus and Block 
Recognizer. Create words and sentences by writing letters and 
numbers in specific areas.
1. From any application, tap the up arrow next to the Input 
Panel button.
2. Tap Block Recognizer.
✎For online Help, tap the ?
3. Write a word, letter, or symbol between the hatch marks.
a. To type text, write a letter between the hatch marks 
labeled “abc.”
b. To...

Learning Input Methods
User’s Guide 5–9
Drawing and Writing on the Screen
Use the stylus as a pen to draw and write on the screen in the 
Notes application or from the Notes tab in Calendar, Contacts, 
or Tasks.
1. From the Start menu, tap Notes > New.
2. Draw and write on the screen.
3. Tap the Pen icon.
4. Tap OK.
Converting Writing to Text
You can convert your writing to text when you write with the 
stylus in the Notes application or from the Notes tab in:
■Calendar
■Contacts
■Ta s k s
To convert...

User’s Guide 6–1
6
Expansion Cards
✎Model shown in illustrations is iPAQ Pocket PC h5500 Series.
You can expand the memory and connectivity of your iPAQ 
Pocket PC. Use optional expansion cards for:
■Connecting wirelessly or connecting by using a cable to the 
Internet or to a network.
■Adding functionality such as a digital camera.
■Expanding the memory of your iPAQ Pocket PC.
■Viewing the content of memory cards.
✎Expansion cards must be purchased separately and are not 
included with your iPAQ Pocket...

User’s Guide 6–2
Expansion Cards
Inserting a Secure Digital (SD) 
Expansion Card
To install a Secure Digital (SD) card into the expansion slot on 
the iPAQ Pocket PC:
1. Locate the SDIO slot on the top of the iPAQ Pocket PC.
2. Before inserting an SD card into the SDIO slot, push in 1, 
then pull out 2 the plastic slot cover from the SDIO slot.
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Expansion Cards
User’s Guide 6–3
3. Insert the expansion card into the SDIO expansion slot and 
push the connection edge of the card firmly into the 
expansion slot.
✎If your expansion card is not recognized, follow the card 
manufacturer’s instructions to install it.
✎To prevent power loss, remove any expansion cards from the SD 
expansion slot before turning off the iPAQ Pocket PC.
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