Palm Tungsten T Instruction Manual

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Editing records
After you create a record, you can change, delete, or enter new text at any time. 
Two screen features tell you when your handheld is in Edit mode:
nA blinking cursor 
nOne or more dotted edit lines
NOTEIn Note Pad you can write anywhere on the screen. Therefore, you will 
not see an edit line or blinking cursor unless the cursor is in the title line. 
Entering text
For information on how to enter text using Graffiti writing, the onscreen keyboard, 
or the...

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The following commands may appear in an Edit menu:
Deleting records
To delete a record:
1.Select the record you want to delete.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select the Delete command on the Record menu. In Voice Memo, the delete 
command is on the V Memo menu:
Date Book: Delete Event
Address Book: Delete Address
To Do List: Delete Item
Note Pad: Delete Note
Voice Memo: Delete V Memo
Memo Pad: Delete Memo
Expense: Delete Item
UndoReverses the action of the last edit...

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A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted 
item to an archive file in Palm™ Desktop software, be sure that the check box is 
selected. If you don’t want to save a copy, tap the check box to deselect it. (The 
archive option is not available in Note Pad and Voice Memo.)
4.Ta p  O K .
If you chose to save a copy of the selected item, your handheld transfers it to the 
archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
To...

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Date Book, To Do List: If you want to save a copy of the purged records to an 
archive file on your desktop, be sure that the check box is selected. If you don’t 
want to save a copy, tap the check box to deselect it.
Expense: Select the category you want to purge. All data in the selected category 
will be purged and there is no archive option.
4.Tap OK, or in Expense, tap Purge.
If you chose to save a copy of the purged records, your handheld transfers them to 
an...

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4.Tap the Category pick list to display the list of available categories.
5.Select the category for the record.
6.Ta p  O K .
NOTEIn Address Book, Note Pad, Voice Memo, and Memo Pad you can select 
the category name in the upper-right corner of the screen to assign the item to 
a different category.
To display a category of records:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
NOTEIn the Date Book Agenda view, the pick list is in the upper right of...

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To define a new category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen or list.
2.Select Edit Categories. 
3.Ta p  N e w.
4.Enter the name of the new category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
You can assign any of your records to the new category.
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To rename a category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen or list.
2.Select Edit Categories. 
3.Select the category that you want to rename, and then tap Rename.
4.Enter the new name for the category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
TIPYou can group the records within two or more categories into one 
category by giving the categories the same name. For example, if you change 
the name of the Personal category to Business, all records formerly in...

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Looking up Address Book records
In Address Book you can use the Look Up line with the stylus or navigator to look 
up and quickly scroll to any of your Address Book entries.
To look up an Address Book record with the stylus:
1.From the Address list screen, enter the first letter of the name you want to find.
The list scrolls to the first entry that begins with that letter. If you write another 
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If there is only one possible match for a particular position, the highlight jumps 
to the next position.
4.Press Up or Down on the navigator to select the next letter of the name you want 
to find.
The list then scrolls to the first entry that starts with those two letters. For 
example, selecting s scrolls to “Sands,” and selecting sm scrolls further to 
“Smith.” If you sort the list by company name, the Quick Look Up feature 
scrolls to the matches for the company name....

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As your handheld searches for the text, you can tap Stop at any time. You may 
want to do this if the entry you want appears before your handheld finishes the 
search. To continue the search after you tap Stop, tap Find More.
4.Tap the text that you want to review.
Using Phone Lookup
Phone Lookup displays the Address list screen. You can add to a record the 
information that appears in this list.
To use Phone Lookup:
1.Display the record in which you want to insert...