Palm M500 Handheld Instructions Manual

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That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your 
handheld recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at 
the insertion point on the screen.
As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke 
for the next character you want to write.
Important:You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti 
writing area. If you do not make Graffiti strokes in the 
Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not recognize 
them as text characters.
Graffiti tips
When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:
nAccuracy improves when you write large characters. You should 
draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.
nTo delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of 
the character you want to delete and make the backspace stroke 
(a line from right to left) in the Graffiti writing area.
nWrite at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate 
recognition errors.
nDo not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the 
sides of the Graffiti writing area.
nPress firmly.
The Graffiti® alphabet
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AN
B
   O   
CP    
D    Q
ER
     
						

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Writing capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic 
alphabet characters. To make capital letters, you must first “shift” to 
caps — just as you press the Shift key on a keyboard — and then write 
the character strokes.
Note:Graffiti writing includes a feature that automatically 
capitalizes the first letter when you create a new sentence or a 
new record (by tapping New or a blank line). 
To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter:
nUse the Caps Shift stroke:
F    S
G
   T
HU
IV
   
JW
KX
   
LY    
M    Z
Space Back 
Space
Carriage
ReturnPeriod
tap twice
Caps
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Tip:When Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol appears 
in the lower-right corner of the handheld screen. If you 
accidentally activate Caps Shift, backspace will cancel it.
To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
nUse the Caps Lock stroke:
Tip:When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” 
symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the handheld 
screen. To return to lowercase, make the Caps Shift 
stroke.
Writing numbers
Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of 
the alphabet, except that you make the character strokes on the right-
hand side (numbers side) of the Graffiti writing area.
Graffiti numbers
Caps
Lock   
Number Strokes Number Strokes
0
    5    
1 6
27
 
38    
4    9
Caps Shift
Caps Lock 
						

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Writing punctuation marks
Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter 
from a standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with a single 
tap on the Graffiti writing area. When you make this tap, you activate 
Punctuation Shift and a dot appears to show it is active. The next 
stroke you make with the stylus creates a punctuation mark.
Note:When Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol 
stroke anywhere in the Graffiti writing area (the letters or 
numbers side).
Additional Graffiti punctuation
Symbol Stroke Symbol Stroke
Period
.
 Dash
—
Comma
,Left Paren
(
Apostrophe
Right Paren
)
Question
?Slash
/
 
Exclamation
!Dollar
$
Punctuation shift
@     #     %     ^      &    *     <     >              +      =      | 
—
      {      }     [       ]     ~     `         ;     :            tab 
						

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Writing symbols and extended characters
All symbols and extended characters begin with the stroke in the 
Graffiti writing area of your handheld:
When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the 
lower-right corner of the screen. The next stroke that you make creates 
the symbol or extended character.
Writing accented characters
To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create 
the letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the 
accent to the letter.
For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to 
draw an accented “e.”
Symbol
Shift   
Symbol Shift
·       Ô       Ò       Ó      ,,, ,,
¡ ,
+
—X:=
= cY?
!¦Æ
= e 
						

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Accent strokes
Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented 
letters:
à  á  â  ã  ä  å  è  é  ê  ë  ì  í  î  ï  ò  ó  ô  õ  ö  ù  ú  û  ü  ÿ  ý  ñ
Additional non-English characters
You can write the following characters without any special 
punctuation or shifting:
Note:You must write these non-English characters in the left side of 
the Graffiti writing area.
Navigation strokes
In addition to character symbols, Graffiti writing includes special 
strokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your 
applications. 
Command Stroke
Move cursor right
 
Move cursor left
Previous field
(Address Book only)
Next Field
(Address Book only)
Open Address Record
(Address Book only)
a         a       a        a        a       a
ca
e 
						

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Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti ShortCuts make entering commonly used words or phrases 
quick and easy. ShortCuts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext 
features of some word processors. 
Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can 
also create your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters. 
For example, you might create a ShortCut for your name, or for the 
header of a memo. See “ShortCuts preferences” in Chapter 8 to learn 
about creating your own ShortCuts.
To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortCut 
characters. When you draw the ShortCut stroke, the ShortCut symbol 
appears at the insertion point to show that you are in ShortCut mode.
Your handheld includes the following predefined Graffiti ShortCuts:
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text 
or numbers on your handheld.  
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1. Open any application (such as Memo Pad). 
2. Tap any record, or tap New.
ShortCut   
Entry ShortCut
Date stamp ds
Time stamp ts
Date / time stamp dts
Meeting me
Breakfast br
Lunch lu
Dinnerdi
     
						

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3. Tap “abc” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “123” to open 
the numeric keyboard.
4. Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.
Note:The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for 
international characters. You can switch among the three 
dialogs at any time to enter the exact text you need.
5. After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and 
place the text in the record.
Using Note Pad
In addition to using Graffiti characters and the onscreen keyboard, 
you can enter data on your handheld using the Note Pad application. 
When you use Note Pad, you write quick notes directly on the 
handheld screen in your own handwriting. Later, you can enter this 
information into another application, or delete it.  See “Note Pad” in 
Chapter 5 for more information and instructions.
To use Note Pad:
1. Press the Note Pad application button   on the front panel of 
your handheld. 
2. Write the information directly on the handheld screen.
3. Tap Done.
Using your computer keyboard
If you have a lot of data to enter, or prefer to use the computer 
keyboard, you can use Palm™ Desktop software or any supported 
PIM to enter information. You can then perform a HotSync
® operation 
to synchronize the information on your computer with the 
information on your handheld. Most of the applications that came 
with your handheld are also available in Palm Desktop software and 
in most PIMs, so you don’t need to learn different applications. For 
more information on entering data on your computer, refer to the 
Tap here for alpha 
keyboardTap here for numeric 
keyboard 
						

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online Help in Palm Desktop software, the Quick Tour in Palm 
Desktop software (for Windows users), and the Palm Desktop Software 
for the Macintosh User’s Guide on the Palm Desktop software CD-ROM.
Importing data
If you have data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets 
and databases, or if you want to import data from another handheld, 
you can transfer the data to your handheld without having to key it in 
manually. Save the data in one of the file formats listed below, import 
it into Palm Desktop software, and then perform a HotSync operation 
to transfer the data to your handheld.
Importing data from a Windows computer
Palm Desktop software can import data in the following file formats: 
nComma delimited (.csv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only
nTab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only
nCSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address Book only
nvCal (.vcs): Date Book only 
nvCard (.vcf): Address Book only
nDate Book archive (.dba)
nAddress Book archive (.aba)
nTo Do List archive (.tda)
nMemo Pad archive (.mpa)
Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop software. Use 
the archive file formats to share information with other people who 
use a Palm OS
® handheld or to create a copy of your important Palm 
Desktop information.
To import data from a Windows computer:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
2. Click the application into which you want to import data.
3. If you are importing records that contain a field with category 
names, do the following:
Select All in the Category box.
Be sure that the same categories that appear in the imported file 
also exist in the application. If the categories do not exist, create 
them now; otherwise, the records are imported into the Unfiled 
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4. From the File menu, choose Import.
5. Select the file you want to import.
6. Click Open.
Note:If you are importing a vCal or vCard file, skip to step 10. 
You do not have to specify which fields correspond to the 
imported data.
7. To import data into the correct Palm Desktop fields, drag fields in 
the left-hand column so that they are opposite the corresponding 
imported field on the right.
8. If you do not want to import a field, deselect the check box for that 
field.
9. Click OK.
The imported data is highlighted in the application.
10. To add the imported data to your handheld, perform a HotSync 
operation.
See Palm Desktop online Help for more information on importing and 
exporting data.
Importing data from a Macintosh
Palm Desktop software can import data from any of the following 
applications when you export the data in the appropriate file format: 
nAddress Book Plus (text file)
nClaris Organizer (Palm Desktop software can open these files 
directly)
nClarisWorks (save under new name as ASCII text file)
nDateBook Pro (text file)
nDayMaker (text file)
nDynodex (text file)
nFileMaker Pro (tab separated text file)
nMeeting Maker (text file)
nNewton running OS 1.0 with Newton Connection Kit:
Names; Date Book Calendar; and Notepad (text file)
nNow Contact (text file)
nNow Up-to-Date (text file)
nQuickDex (text file)
nTouchBase Pro (text file)