Palm M500 Handheld Instructions Manual

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Tip:To restore all of the buttons to their factory settings, tap 
Default.
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...

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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 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 pick...

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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...

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To change the cradle setting:
nTap the Stay on in Cradle check box to leave your handheld on 
when it is in the cradle. 
System, alarm, and game sounds
Your handheld uses a variety of sounds. The System, Alarm, and 
Game Sound settings enable you to turn the sounds on or off, and to 
adjust the volume level.
To set the system and alarm sounds:
1. Tap the System Sound pick list and select the sound level. 
Note:When you turn off the System Sounds, you also turn off 
the “chime” tones...

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Beam Receive
You can choose to turn off the Beam Receive feature. This prohibits 
anyone from beaming information to your handheld. It also results in 
a slight saving of battery power.
To change the Beam Receive setting:
nTap the Beam Receive pick list and select On or Off.
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...

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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 computer, to synchronize 
with...

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2. Tap Details.
3. Tap the Speed pick list and select the appropriate speed.
4. Enter the initialization string supplied by the documentation for 
the modem attached to your mobile phone, if necessary.
5. Tap OK, and then tap OK again to save the configuration.
After you create the configuration, you need to set up the HotSync 
Manager of your Desktop application and the HotSync application of 
your handheld to perform a modem HotSync operation. 
Tap here  

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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 configuration in Connection...

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2. Tap the predefined service template you want to use.
Entering a user name
The User Name setting identifies the name you use when you log into 
your Internet Service Provider or your 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.
Note:Most dial-in servers do not accept spaces in the user name.
Entering a password
The...