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 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
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 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 Shift
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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, 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 category.
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 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)