Palm I705 Wireless Handheld Instructions Manual

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To select text in an application:
1.Tap the beginning of the text that you want to select.
2.Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it (in black). 
NOTEYou can also double tap to select a word, or triple tap to select a line of 
text. You can also drag across the text to select additional words, or drag down 
to select a group of lines.
The following commands may appear in an Edit menu:
NOTEIn Note Pad, the Edit menu appears only when the title of a note is selected. 
To edit a note...

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To  D o  L i s t : Delete Item
Note Pad: Delete Note
Memo Pad: Delete Memo
A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted 
item to an archive file in Palm™ Desktop software, be sure that the check box is 
checked. If you don’t want to save a copy, tap the check box to remove the check. 
(The archive check box does not appear in Note Pad because you can’t archive 
Note Pad notes.)
4.Ta p  O K .
If you choose to save a copy of the...

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Date Book: Tap the pick list and select how old a record must be to be purged. 
Purge deletes repeating events if the last of the series ends before the date that 
you purge records.
Date Book, To Do List: If you want to save a copy of the purged records to an 
archive file on your desktop, be sure that the check box is checked. If you don’t 
want to save a copy, tap the check box to remove the check box.
4.Ta p  O K .
If you chose to save a copy of the purged records, your handheld...

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5.Select the category for the record.
6.Ta p  O K .
NOTEIn Address Book, Note Pad, and Memo Pad you can tap the category 
name in the upper-right corner of the screen and select a new category for the 
item.
To display a category of records:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
NOTEIn the Date Book Agenda view, the pick list is in the upper right of the To 
Do list. 
2.Select the category you want to view.
The list screen now...

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To define a new category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen or list.
2.Tap Edit Categories. 
3.Ta p  N e w.
4.Enter the name of the new category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
You can assign any of your records to the new category.
To rename a category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen or list.
2.Tap Edit Categories. 
3.Select the category that you want to rename, and then tap Rename.
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4.Enter the new name for the category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
TIPYou can group the records in two or more categories into one category by 
giving the categories the same name. For example, if you change the name of 
the Personal category to Business, all records formerly in the Personal category 
appear in the Business category.
Finding information
Your handheld offers several ways to find information quickly:

All applications that reside on your handheld:...

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To look up an Address Book record:
1.Display the Address list screen.
2.Enter the first letter of the name you want to find.
The list scrolls to the first entry that begins with that letter. If you write another 
letter, the list scrolls to the first entry that starts with those two letters. For 
example, writing an “s” scrolls to “Sands,” and writing “sm” scrolls further to 
“Smith.” If you sort the list by company name, the Look Up feature scrolls to the 
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As your handheld searches for the text, you can tap Stop at any time. You may 
want to do this if the entry you want appears before your handheld finishes the 
search. To continue the search after you tap Stop, tap Find More.
4.Tap the text that you want to review.
Using Phone Lookup
Phone Lookup displays the Address list screen and lets you add the information 
that appears in this list to a record.
To use Phone Lookup:
1.Display the record in which you want to...

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Phone Lookup tips
Write the Graffiti Command stroke “/L” to activate the Phone Lookup feature. You 
can also activate it in the following circumstances:

While entering text: For example, to insert the full name and phone number for 
someone with the last name “Williams,” write the Graffiti characters for “Wi” 
and then the Phone Lookup Command stroke “/L.”
Assuming you have only one Address Book record that begins with “Wi,” your 
handheld inserts the full name “Fred Williams” (and its...

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3.Tap Options, and then tap Preferences.
4.Do one of the following:
Address Book: Tap the setting you want.
Note Pad: Tap the Sort by pick list and select Alphabetic, Date, or Manual.
Memo Pad: Tap the Sort by pick list and select Alphabetic or Manual.
5.Ta p  O K .
To sort the Note Pad or Memo list manually, tap and drag a memo or note to a 
new location in the list. 
To make the list of your memos appear in Palm Desktop software as you 
manually sorted it on your...