Palm M505 Color Handhelds Instructions Manual
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Chapter 2 Page 31 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...
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Page 32 Entering Data in Your Handheld 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...
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Chapter 2 Page 33 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...
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Page 34 Entering Data in Your Handheld 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...
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Chapter 2 Page 35 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...
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Page 36 Entering Data in Your Handheld 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...
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Chapter 2 Page 37 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...
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Page 38 Entering Data in Your Handheld 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...
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Chapter 2 Page 39 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,...
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Page 40 Entering Data in Your Handheld 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...