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CHAPTER 5
Using Your Basic Applications
Your handheld includes these basic applications:
nDate Book
nAddress Book
nTo  D o  L i s t
nNote Pad
nMemo Pad
nClock
nCalculator
This chapter is divided into three sections:
n“Overview of basic applications” briefly describes each application and 
explains how to open it.
n“Common tasks”gives instructions on how to do tasks that you can do in most 
or all of the basic applications. It’s easy to transfer what you learn in one 
application to the others because...

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nDisplay a monthly calendar to quickly spot days where you have morning, 
lunch, or afternoon appointments.
nDisplay an agenda showing appointments, untimed events, and your To Do 
items for the day.
nSet an alarm to notify you of the scheduled activity. 
nCreate reminders for events that are based on a particular date, rather than time 
of day. Birthdays and anniversaries are easy to track with your handheld.
nAttach notes to individual events for a description...

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To open Address Book: 
nPress the Address Book application button on the front panel of your handheld. 
Address Book opens to display the list of all your records.
NOTEPress the Address Book application button repeatedly to cycle through the 
categories in which you have records. Press and hold the Address Book application 
button to instantly beam your business card to another Palm OS
 handheld.
To  D o  L i s t
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NOTEPress the To Do List application button repeatedly to cycle through the 
categories in which you have items.
Note Pad
Note Pad provides a place to take notes in your own handwriting. You can 
use Note Pad to do everything you might do with a piece of paper and a 
pencil.
In Note Pad, you can do the following:
nTake notes, draw a sketch, or write any kind of message directly on your 
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nAssign memos to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical 
groups.
nWrite down phone numbers and other types of information. Later, you can copy 
and paste this information to other applications. 
To open Memo Pad:
1.Tap the Applications icon  . 
2.Tap the Memo Pad icon  . 
Calculator
Calculator enables you to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, 
division, and square root operations.
In Calculator, you can do the following:
nPerform basic...

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To open Clock:
1.Tap the Applications icon  . 
2.Tap the Clock icon  .
TIPYou can also tap the clock icon   in the upper-left corner of the Graffiti writing 
area to open clock.
Common tasks
The tasks described in this section use the term “records” to refer to an individual 
item in any of the applications: a single Date Book event, Address Book entry, To 
Do List item, Note Pad note, or Memo Pad memo.
Creating records
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NOTEIn Note Pad you can write anywhere on the screen. So, you will not see an edit 
line or blinking cursor. 
Entering text
For information on how to enter text using Graffiti writing, the onscreen keyboard, 
or the keyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 2. For information on 
entering text in Note Pad, see “Note Pad” later in this chapter.
Edit menu
The Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text. In general, 
commands available in the Edit menu apply to...

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Deleting records
To delete a record:
1.Select the record you want to delete.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Record, and then tap the Delete command:
Date Book: Delete Event
Address Book: Delete Address
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 
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Other ways to delete records
You can also delete records in the following ways:
nIn Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad, open the Details dialog 
box for the record, tap Delete, and then tap OK.
nIn Note Pad, open the note you want to delete, and then tap Delete.
nDelete the text of the record.
NOTEIn Date Book, you can choose to delete the text of the current repeating event, 
current and future events, or all instances of that event. 
Purging records
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Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations
The HotSync process automatically synchronizes — that is, exchanges and updates 
— data between your handheld and Palm Desktop software. Changes you make 
on your handheld or Palm Desktop software appear in both places after a HotSync 
operation. HotSync technology synchronizes only the needed portions of files, 
thus reducing synchronization time. 
You can synchronize your data either directly or indirectly....