Palm M125 Handheld Instructions Manual

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Performing a HotSync operation via a modem
After you prepare your computer and your handheld, and select your 
Conduit Setup options, you are ready to perform a modem HotSync 
operation.
To perform a modem HotSync operation:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the HotSync icon  . 
3. Tap the Modem icon   to dial the Palm Desktop modem and 
synchronize the applications.
4. Wait for the HotSync operation to complete. If you have any 
problems conducting a successful HotSync...

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name. The handheld acquires a unique user name when the new user 
performs his or her first local HotSync operation.
For example, suppose a sales organization wants to distribute two 
dozen handhelds that all have a common company phone list, a set of 
memos, and several key applications. A user profile can be created to 
install the common data before the handhelds are distributed to the 
employees who will use them. Then when the employees perform 
their first...

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7. Select the profile from the User list and create the data for the 
profile (e.g., company phone list, etc.).
To create a user profile on a Macintosh:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
2. From the User pop-up menu, choose Edit Users.
3. Click New Profile.
4. Enter a unique name for the profile and click OK.
5. Close the Users window.
6. From the User pop-up menu, choose the new profile.
7. Create the data for the profile (such as a company phone list).
8. From the HotSync menu, choose...

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Performing the first HotSync operation with 
a user profile
To use a profile for the first-time HotSync operation 
on a Windows computer:
1. Connect the new handheld to the cradle/cable.
2. Press the HotSync button   on the cradle/cable.
3. Click Profiles.
4. Select the profile you want to load on the handheld, and click OK.
5. Click Yes to transfer all the profile data to the handheld.
The next time you perform a HotSync operation, Palm Desktop 
software prompts...

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Chapter 7
Setting Preferences for 
Your Handheld
The Preferences screens enable you to customize the configuration 
options on your handheld, including the following:
Viewing preferences
To open the Preferences screens:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the Preferences icon  . 
3. Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Select the Preferences screen you want to view.
GeneralSet the auto shut-off interval, the system, alarm, and 
game sounds, and the Beam...

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Buttons preferences
The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to associate different 
applications with the buttons on the front of the handheld. 
For example, if you find that you seldom use To Do List and often use 
Memo Pad, you can assign the To Do List button to start Memo Pad.
Any changes you make in the Buttons Preferences screen become 
effective immediately; you do not have to change to a different screen 
or application.
If you assign a different...

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Pen preferences
The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to change the assignment 
of the full-screen pen stroke. By default, the full-screen pen stroke 
activates Graffiti Help.
To change the Pen preferences:
1. Tap Pen.
2. Tap the pick list and select one of the following settings for the full-
screen pen stroke:
BacklightTurns on the backlight of your handheld.
KeyboardOpens the onscreen keyboard for entering text 
characters.
Graffiti HelpOpens a series of screens that show the...

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3. Tap OK.
HotSync buttons preferences
The Buttons Preferences screen also enables you to associate different 
applications with the HotSync button on the cradle/cable and the 
HotSync button on the optional PalmModem
® accessory. Any changes 
that you make in the HotSync Buttons dialog box become effective 
immediately; you do not have to change to a different screen or 
application.
To change the HotSync buttons preferences:
1. Tap HotSync. 
2. Tap the...

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Digitizer preferences
The Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen. 
This is the same screen that appears when you start your handheld for 
the first time. 
You can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset, or if your digitizer 
drifts.
Formats preferences
Use the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the 
display format of the dates, times, and numbers on your handheld. 
Country default
The country default sets date, time, week start...

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Time, date, week start, and numbers formats
The Time setting defines the format for the time of day. The time 
format that you select appears in all applications on your handheld. 
To select the time, date, week start, and numbers format:
1. Tap the Time pick list and select a format. 
2. Tap the Date pick list and select a format.
3. Tap the Week starts pick list, and select whether you want the first 
day of the week to be Sunday or Monday. 
Note:
This...