Palm M105 Handheld Instructions Manual

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Setting the time and date
You make changes to the time and date in the Clock application.
To set the current time and date:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the Clock icon  .
3. Tap the Set Time & Date button.
4. Tap the hour box.
5. Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour.
6. Tap each minute number, and then tap the arrows to change 
them.
7. Tap AM or PM.
Note:
Your handheld can also display the time in other 
formats. See “Formats preferences” in Chapter 6 for 
details. 
8. Tap the Set Date button.
9. Tap the arrows to select the current year. 
Tap here
Tap arrows to select year
Tap to select month
Tap to select date 
						

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10. Tap a month.
11. Tap the current date.  
						

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Chapter 2
Entering Data in 
Your Handheld
This chapter explains how to enter data into your Palm™ m100 
series handheld by writing with the stylus in the Graffiti
® writing 
area, by using the onscreen keyboard, by using the Note Pad 
application, by using the computer keyboard, by using an external 
keyboard accessory, or by importing data from another application.
Using Graffiti writing to enter data
Chapter 1 introduced Graffiti writing and briefly described how to 
use it to enter text in your applications. In this section, you learn the 
procedures for creating letters, numbers, punctuation, and 
symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.
Writing Graffiti characters
Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with 
only minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character 
you can type on a standard keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely 
resemble the uppercase letters of the regular alphabet, which 
makes Graffiti writing easy to learn. 
There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writ-
ing:
nIf you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables 
later in this chapter (like the shapes shown in the following 
diagram), you achieve 100% accuracy.
nThe heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. 
Certain characters have similar shapes, but different beginning 
and end points. Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you 
should not create the heavy dot; it is only there to show you 
where to begin the stroke). 
						

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nMost characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the 
stylus from the Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes 
and displays the text character immediately. To accomplish 
single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular 
alphabet equivalents.
nThe Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for 
writing the letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers. 
The small marks at the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing 
area indicate the two areas.
To write Graffiti letters:
1. Tap the screen where you want your text to go. 
Note:
You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and 
must see a blinking cursor before you write the text.
2. Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for 
the letter you want to create. For example, the stroke shown 
below creates the letter “n.”
Note:
There are two different stroke shapes available for 
some letters. For these letters, choose the one that’s 
easiest for you.
As you’ll see later, you use the same shape to create both the 
uppercase and lowercase version of a letter.
3. Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing 
area. 
Write letters here Write numbers here
Division marks
Start stroke 
at heavy dotLift stylus 
here 
						

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4. Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as 
it appears in the tables.
5. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, 
your handheld recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the 
letter at the insertion point on the screen.
As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the 
stroke for the next character you want to write.
Important:
You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti 
writing area. If you do not make Graffiti strokes in the 
Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not recognize 
them as text characters.
Graffiti tips
When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:
nAccuracy improves when you write large characters. You 
should draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.
nTo delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of 
the character you want to delete and make the backspace stroke 
(a line from right to left) in the Graffiti writing area.
nWrite at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate 
recognition errors.
nDo not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the 
sides of the Graffiti writing area.
nPress firmly. 
						

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The Graffiti® alphabet
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AN
B
   O   
CP    
D    Q
ER
    
F    S
G
   T
HU
IV
   
JW
KX
   
LY    
M    Z
Space Back 
Space
Carriage
ReturnPeriod
tap twice 
						

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Writing capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic 
alphabet characters. To make capital letters, you must first “shift” 
to caps — just as you press the Shift key on a keyboard — and then 
write the character strokes.
Note:
Graffiti writing includes a feature that automatically 
capitalizes the first letter when you create a new sentence or 
a new record (by tapping New or a blank line). 
To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter:
nUse the Caps Shift stroke:
Tip:
When Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol 
appears in the lower-right corner of the handheld 
screen. If you accidentally activate Caps Shift, 
backspace will cancel it.
To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
nUse the Caps Lock stroke:
Tip:
When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” 
symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the 
handheld screen. To return to lowercase, make the 
Caps Shift stroke.
Caps
Shift   
Caps
Lock   
Caps Shift
Caps Lock 
						

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Writing numbers
Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of 
the alphabet, except that you make the character strokes on the 
right-hand side (numbers side) of the Graffiti writing area.
Graffiti numbers
Writing punctuation marks
Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can 
enter from a standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with 
a single tap on the Graffiti writing area. When you make this tap, 
you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot appears to show it is 
active. The next stroke you make with the stylus creates a 
punctuation mark.
Note:
When Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol 
stroke anywhere in the Graffiti writing area (the letters or
 
numbers side).
Number Strokes Number Strokes
0
    5    
1 6
27
 
38    
4    9
Punctuation shift 
						

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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
$
Symbol
Shift
   
@     #     %     ^      &    *     <     >              +      =      | 
—
      {      }     [       ]     ~     `         ;     :            tab
Symbol  
						

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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
Use these accent strokes to write the following accented letters:
à  á  â  ã  ä  å  è  é  ê  ë  ì  í  î  ï  ò  ó  ô  õ  ö  ù  ú  û  ü  ÿ  ý  ñ
Additional non-English characters
You can write the following characters without any special 
punctuation or shifting:
Note:
You must write these non-English characters in the left side 
of the Graffiti writing area.
·       Ô       Ò       Ó      ,,, ,,
¡ ,
+
—X:=
= cY?
!¦Æ
= e
a         a       a        a        a       a
ca
e