Palm M500 Handheld Instructions Manual

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Product Regulatory Information
FCC Statement
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Note:This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a 
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are 
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a 
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the 
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. 
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or 
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off 
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more 
of the following measures:
nReorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
nIncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver.
nConnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the 
receiver is connected.
nConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The use of shielded I/O cables is required when connecting this equipment to any and
all optional peripheral or host devices. Failure to do so may violate FCC rules.
Caution:Changes or modifications not covered in this manual must be approved in 
writing by the manufacturer’s Regulatory Engineering Department. Changes 
or modifications made without written approval may void the user’s 
authority to operate this equipment.
Palm™ m500 series Product 
Family
   
Tested to Comply 
With FCC 
Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USEResponsible Party:
Palm, Inc. 
5470 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, California 95052
United States of America
(408) 326-9000 
						

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Canadian ICES-003 Statement
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-
Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le
matériel brouilleur du Canada.
CE Compliance Statement
This product was tested by Palm, Inc. and found to comply with all the requirements of
the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as amended.
This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for In-
terference from Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio
or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install
and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.
Battery Warning
Do not mutilate, puncture, or dispose of batteries in fire. The batteries can burst or ex-
plode, releasing hazardous chemicals. Discard used batteries according to the manufac-
turer’s instructions and in accordance with your local regulations.
Varning 
Eksplosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte. Använd samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent
typ som rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren. Kassera använt batteri enligt fabrikan-
tens instruktion.
Advarsel! 
Lithiumbatteri—Eksplosionsfare ved fejlagtig håndtering. Udskiftning må kun ske med
batteri af samme fabrikat og type. Levér det brugte batteri tilbage tilleverandøren.
Varoitus 
Paristo voi räjähtää, jos se on virheellisesti asennettu. Vaihda paristo ainoastaan valm-
istajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin. Hävitä käytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaises-
ti. 
						

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Advarsel 
Eksplosjonsfare ved feilaktig skifte av batteri. Benytt samme batteritype eller en tils-
varende type anbefait av apparatfabrikanten. Brukte batterier kasseres i henhold til fab-
rikantens instruksjoner.
Waarschuwing! 
Bij dit produkt zijn batterijen geleverd. Wanneer deze leeg zijn, moet u ze niet weggoo-
ien maar inleveren als KCA.
Uwaga  
						

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Index
A
ABA (Address Book archive file) 39
Accented characters
Graffiti writing 35
onscreen keyboard 38
Add-on applications 46–51
Address Book
*If Found Call* entry 113
adding custom fields 116
archive files (.aba) 39
business card for beaming 167
categorizing records 83
conduit for synchronizing 178
creating records 73, 111–113
deleting records 75
dialing 115
displaying category 116
displaying data in the Address 
list 114
finding records 86–87
fonts 95
menus 115
notes for records 94–95
opening 69
overview 68
private records 94
sorting records 91
Agenda (Date Book view) 108
Alarm
LED setting 205
lists 96
preset 111
setting in Clock 130
setting in Date Book 101
setting in Note Pad 123
sound 111, 132, 205, 236
vibrate setting 205
Alphabet
Graffiti writing 31
onscreen keyboard 16, 22
Application buttons 6, 17, 68, 69, 70, 
71, 200
Applications
Address Book 68beaming 167–168
Calculator 71
categories 43–44
Clock 72
Date Book 67
Expense 72
font style 96
installing 46–50
Launcher 17–18, 43–45
Memo Pad 71
Note Pad 70
opening 18
plug-in 221
preferences for 45
removing 50
security 52
size in kilobytes 248
To Do List 69
version of 248
viewing as icons 44
viewing as list 44
See also Add-on applications
Archive files
importing data from 39
for main applications 39
saving deleted records 76
saving purged records 77
Automatic fill, in Expense 142
Auto-off delay 204
Autotext. See Graffiti ShortCuts
B
Backlight 5, 201
Battery
conserving power 204
gauge 18
life and use 228
recharging 11
recycling 228
warning 262–263
BCC (blind carbon copy) 152
Beaming
information 167–169
location of IR port 5
pen stroke to activate 202
problems with 246 
						

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See also Infrared
Bold font for text 95
Business card for beaming 167
Buttons preferences 200
C
Calculator
buttons explained 128–129
memory 128
opening 72
overview 71
recent calculations 71, 129
Calibration 15, 203, 237
Call Waiting, disabling 190, 213
Calling card, using in phone settings 
190, 214
Capital letters (Graffiti writing) 32
Card. See Expansion Card
Caring for the handheld 227
Categories
application 43–44
assigning records to 82–83
beaming 167–168
creating 84–85
default 82
displaying 84, 116, 238
folders for e-mail 158
merging 86
renaming 85
using in Applications Launcher 
44
cc:Mail 144
Chain calculations 129
Characters, Graffiti 29
Check boxes 17
Clearing Calculator entries 128
Clock
alarm 130
alarm preferences 132
display options 132
menus 131
opening 73, 130
Combining categories 86
Comma delimited files, importing 
data from 39
Command
buttons 17equivalents (Graffiti writing) 20
toolbar 20
Command stroke 20, 89, 150, 169
Compressing Day view 110
Computer keyboard, entering data 
with 24
Conduits
for connecting to PIMs 14
for modem HotSync operations 
190
for synchronizing applications 
240, 178–179, 231, 232
for synchronizing applications, 
Macintosh 179–180
Confirming e-mail 154
Conflicting events 107
Connecting
service templates 215
to server or ISP 214
Connection
preferences 209
selecting for network 211
Continuous events
deleting from Date Book 76
scheduling 103
Contrast control 16
Copying
notes into other applications 70
text 75
Country default setting 203
Cradle
connecting to computer 9
for local HotSync operations 78, 
185
viewing data from 204
Creating
Address Book entries 111–113
categories 43–44, 84–85
currency symbols 136
custom fields in Address Book 
116
Date Book events 97
e-mail 147–149
Expense items 132
expense reports in Excel 138–141
memos 125
notes for records 94
records 73 
						

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To Do List items 117
Currency
default 135
defining 136
for Expense items 134, 135
Current date 238
Current time 18
Custom
currencies and symbols 136
expense reports 249–258
fields in Address Book 116
Customizing. See Preferences
Cutting text 75
Cycling through views 68, 69, 70, 71
D
Data entry. See Entering data
Date
displaying in Clock 132
setting current 25, 238
Date and Time preferences 25
Date Book
adding Address Book data to 
records 88–89
Agenda view 108
alarm 101
archive files (.dba) 39
changing event time 101
changing event to untimed 101
conduit for synchronizing 178
conflicting events 107
continuous events 103–105
creating records 73, 97–101
Day view 105
deleting records 75
display options 110
displaying current time 105
end time for Day view 111
fonts 95
menus 109
Month view 107
notes for records 94–95
opening 68
overview 67
private records 94
purging records 76–77
repeating events 76, 103–105scheduling events 97–101
selecting dates 99
start time for Day view 111
Sunday or Monday to start week 
204
switching views 105
untimed events 97, 100
Week view 105, 204, 238
Dates
Expense item 133
showing in Mail list 158
To Do List record due 119
Day
displaying in Clock 132
Day (Date Book view) 97, 110
DBA (Date Book archive file) 39
Decimal point 204
Default
categories 82
currency in Expense 135
settings. See Preferences
Deleted
data, saving in archive files 76
e-mail, recovering 157
Deleting
applications 46, 50
Desktop software 51
e-mail 157
Graffiti characters 31
passwords 53
records 75
service templates 221
text 75
See also Purging records
Delivering e-mail 151, 154
Desktop E-Mail application
applications supported 144
managing 143–166
support of Mail features 151
Desktop software 12–13
configuring mail 144–146
displaying euro 138
for entering data 24
linking to external files 195
removing 51
saving deleted data to an archive 
file 76
system requirements 4 
						

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See also PIM
Dialing 115
Digitizer 15, 203, 237
DNS (Domain Naming System) 217
Double-booked events 107
Draft e-mail 155
Dragging
memos into other applications 
71
stylus to activate features 201
using the stylus 15
E
Editing
records 73–75
unsent e-mail 154
E-mail addresses
in Address Book 113, 114
looking up 150–151
E-mail items. See Mail
Entering data 21–24
importing from other 
applications 39–41
problems with 237
using Graffiti writing 29–37
using Note Pad 38
using the computer keyboard 38
using the onscreen keyboard 37
Entries. See Address Book
Eudora 144
Euro
displaying on desktop computer 
138
in Expense 135, 136
in Graffiti writing 35
in onscreen keyboard 22
printing 138
problems with 238
Events. See Date Book
Excel, transferring Expense data to 
137–141
Exchange 144
Exchanging data. See HotSync
Exclamation marks in To Do List 121
Expansion
adding hardware 9, 59
using cards 59–65Expansion Card
applications 60
copying applications 61
deleting applications 62
formatting 64
inserting 59
removing 60
renaming 64
Expense
adding Address Book data to 
records 89–90
categorizing records 83
conduit for synchronizing 178
creating records 73, 132
currency 134, 135
date of item 133
defining new currency 136
deleting records 75, 104
menus 141
notes for records 94–95
opening 72
overview 72
purging records 76–77
receipt details 134
reports in Excel 138–141, 
249–258
sorting records 90
templates for reports 139
type 134, 142
vendor 135
External keyboard 25
F
FCC Statement 261
Files, linking to external 195
Filing e-mail 156
Filters for e-mail 161–165
Finding
applications, using Graffiti 
writing 18
e-mail addresses 150–151
information in applications 
86–90
phone numbers 88–89
using the Find application 87
Folders for e-mail 158
Fonts 95, 96, 138 
						

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Formats preferences 203
Frozen handheld 236
G
Games 205
General preferences
alarm LED setting 205
alarm sounds 205
alarm vibrate setting 205
auto-off delay 204
system sounds 205
Glossary. See Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti
accented characters 35
alphabet 29, 31
basic concepts 29
capital letters 32
Command stroke 20
defined 23
how to write characters 30
menu commands 20
moving the cursor 36
numbers 33
online Help 75, 201
problems using 237
punctuation marks 34
ShortCuts for entering data 37, 
223–225
symbols 35
tips 31
writing 29–37
writing area 6, 30
H
Hard reset 230, 235
Hardware add-ons 9, 59
Header information (e-mail) 147, 148
Help
Graffiti 75
online tips 21
Hiding records 92
High Priority e-mail filter 164
HotSync
buttons preferences 202
conduits for synchronizing applications 178–179, 
231, 232
conduits for synchronizing 
applications, 
Macintosh 179–180
customizing 178, 179
defined 77
first-time operation 78–82, 
196–198
for managing desktop E-Mail 
145–146
HotSync Manager 77
IR operation 181–185
linking to external files 195
local operation 78, 172, 240, 241, 
242
local operation on Macintosh 81
modem operation 173, 186–191, 
242–244
modem settings 187
network operation 192–195
operations using cradle 185, 206
operations using IR port 
182–184, 207–208
options for filtering e-mail 
159–165
problems with 239–245
problems with IR 244
restoring data 230–232
setting options 171–173
for synchronizing data 12
using with another PIM 51
I
Icons
alarm 101
application 16, 44
note 95
online Tips 21
onscreen 237
repeating event 104
Idle timeout of ISP or server 
connection 216
Ignoring e-mail. See Filters for e-mail
Importing data 24, 39–41
Inbox 158 
						

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Infrared
connections 207
HotSync operations 182–184, 
207–208
port 5, 181
problems with IR HotSync 
operations 244
requirements for computer 181
Initialization string 208
Installing
applications 46–50
conduit to install applications 
178
Desktop software 13
Mail. See Mail, desktop 
configuration
International characters
Graffiti writing 35
onscreen keyboard 38
IP address 215, 217
IR port
See also  Beaming and  Infrared
IR. See Infrared
IrCOMM 181, 207
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) 181
Items. See To Do List or Expense
K
Keyboard
computer 38
external 25
onscreen 16, 37, 38, 201
L
LED alarm 205
Letters
font style 96
Graffiti 29, 31
onscreen keyboard 37
List, in Applications Launcher 44
Lithium-ion polymer battery 11
Locking the handheld with a 
password 54–56, 202, 223
Login scripts 218–221, 259
Looking up Address Book datato add to other records 88–89
scrolling in Address list 86
to add to e-mail addresses 
150–151
Lost
handheld, contact for 113
records 238
Lotus
1-2-3, for expense reports 257
cc:Mail 144
Organizer, importing data from 
39
M
Macintosh 218
Mail
adding Address Book data to 
records 88–89
address lookup 150–151
attachments 161
BCC (blind carbon copy) 151, 
152
changing setup 146
closing 147
confirm delivery 151, 154
confirm read 151, 154
creating 147–149
deleting e-mail 157
desktop configuration 144–146
draft e-mail 155
editing unsent e-mail 154
filing e-mail 156
filtering options 159–165
folders 158
HotSync options 145–146
menus 166
opening 146
overview 143–144
priority of delivery 151, 152
purging deleted e-mail 157–158
recovering deleted 157
replying to e-mail 149
sending 154
showing dates 158
signature 151, 153–154
sorting 159