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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 Receive feature.
Date...

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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...

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To change the Pen preferences:
1.Ta p  P e n .
2.Tap the pick list and select one of the following settings for the full-screen pen 
stroke:
3.Ta p  O K .
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...

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To change the HotSync buttons preferences:
1.Tap HotSync. 
2.Tap the pick list next to the button you want to assign.
3.Tap the application that you want to assign to each button. 
The default setting for each button is the HotSync setting, which means the 
cradle/cable and optional PalmModem accessories perform their normal 
HotSync functions.
4.Ta p  O K .
Digitizer preferences
The Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen....

General preferences
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To set the country default:
1.Tap the country name pick list.
2.Tap the setting you want to use. 
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.
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To set the Auto-off delay:
1.Tap the Auto-off pick list. 
2.Tap the setting you want to use for the automatic shutoff feature: 30 seconds, 1 
minute, 2 minutes, or 3 minutes. 
Stay on in cradle
Your handheld will stay on in the cradle, allowing you to enter data. If you do not 
want the handheld to stay on in the cradle, you can disable this feature by 
unchecking the Stay on in Cradle option.
System, alarm, and game sounds
Your handheld uses a variety...

Date and Time preferences
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Date and Time preferences
The Date and Time Preferences screen enables you to set the date, time, time zone, 
and Daylight Saving option on your handheld.
See “Customizing your handheld” in Chapter 1 for information about using this 
screen.
Connection preferences
The Connection Preferences screen enables you to define the settings used to 
connect your handheld to other devices. The screen displays a list of available 
configurations that are ready to be further defined;...

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Editing connections
The following example shows you how to edit the IR to Phone connection to adjust 
the communication speed; you can similarly edit other connections or settings. You 
can use the IR to Phone connection to perform a remote IR HotSync operation. To 
accomplish the HotSync operation, your handheld sends data through its IR port 
to a modem attached to or within a mobile phone, which then dials a modem 
attached to or within your desktop...

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Network preferences and TCP/IP software
The Network Preferences settings enable you to use the TCP/IP software that is 
included in the handheld operating system. You can use the TCP/IP software to 
connect with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or dial-in (remote access) servers. 
Because the TCP/IP software is a feature of the operating system, you configure all 
parameters relating to it from the Preferences application.
To use TCP/IP, you must create a...

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Entering a user name
The User Name setting identifies the name you use when you log into your ISP or 
dial-in server. Although this field can contain multiple lines of text, only two lines 
appear onscreen.
To enter a user name:
1.Tap the User Name field. 
2.Enter your user name.
NOTEMost dial-in servers do not accept spaces in the user name.
Entering a password
The Password box identifies the password you use to log into your ISP or dial-in 
server....