Palm Tungsten T Instruction Manual

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CHAPTER 3
Entering Data on Your Handheld
This chapter explains several ways to enter data on your handheld, and it covers 
the following topics:
nUsing the onscreen keyboard
nUsing Graffiti® handwriting recognition
nBeaming data from a device that has an infrared (IR) port
nSending data from another Bluetooth-enabled device
nEntering or importing data in Palm™ Desktop software and then synchronizing 
with your handheld
nUsing Note Pad
nUsing Voice Memo
nUsing a portable keyboard accessory, sold separately and attached to the 
universal connector 
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers 
on your handheld. You can also use Graffiti writing when the keyboard is open, 
which makes it easy to switch between these two methods of entering data.
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1.Open any application (such as Memo Pad). 
2.Tap any record, or tap New.
3.Tap ABC to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap 123 to open the numeric 
keyboard.
Tap here for 
alphabetic keyboardTap here for 
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4.Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.
When a keyboard is open, you can tap the abc, 123, or Int’l boxes to open any of 
the other keyboards, including the international keyboard.
After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in 
the record.
Using Graffiti writing to enter data
In this section you learn the procedures for creating letters, numbers, punctuation, 
and symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.
Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of 
practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a standard 
keyboard. The Graffiti characters closely resemble the uppercase letters of the 
regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn. 
There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:
nIf you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this 
chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you can achieve close 
to 100 percent accuracy.
nThe heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain 
characters have similar shapes but different beginning and end points. Always 
begin the stroke at the heavy dot. (You should not create the heavy dot; it is 
there only to show you where to begin the stroke.)
Backspace
Carriage return Ta b
Caps lock
Caps shift
Tap here to display 
alphabetic keyboard 
Tap here to display 
numeric keyboard Tap here to display 
international keyboard 
Alpha
Numeric
 International 
						

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nMost characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the 
Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character 
immediately. Some single Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet 
equivalents.
nThe Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of 
the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and 
bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two areas.
To write Graffiti characters:
1.Tap the screen where you want your text to appear. 
You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and you must see a blinking 
cursor before you write the text.
2.Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you 
want to create. For example, the stroke shown below creates the letter n.
Two stroke shapes are available for some letters. Choose the one that’s easiest 
for you.
As you’ll see later in this chapter, you use the same shape to create both the 
uppercase and lowercase version of a letter.
3.Position the stylus in the left side of the Graffiti writing area. 
4.Start your stroke at the heavy dot, and draw the stroke shape as it appears in 
the tables.
5.Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
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.
NOTEYou must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. Otherwise 
your handheld does not recognize them as text characters.
Write letters hereWrite numbers here
Division marks
Start stroke 
at heavy dot
Lift stylus 
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To delete Graffiti characters:
nSet 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.
Graffiti tips
When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:
nAccuracy improves when you write large characters. Draw strokes that nearly 
fill 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.
Graffiti alphabet
The Graffiti alphabet consists of the following letters:
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AN
B
 O 
CP 
D Q
ER
 
F    S
G
   T
HU
IV
   
oror
or
or
or
or
or
or 
						

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TIPA full-screen pen stroke brings up Graffiti help on your handheld. See“Pen 
preferences” in Chapter 17 for details.
Capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet 
characters. You must first “shift” to caps—just as you press the Shift key on a 
keyboard—and then write the character strokes.
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:
nEnter the Caps Shift stroke:
TIPWhen 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.
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
JW
KX
   
LY    
M    Z
Space Backspace
Carriage
returnPe rio d
Ta p  t w i c e
or
or
or
Caps
Shift   
Caps Shift 
						

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To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
nEnter the Caps Lock stroke:
TIPWhen 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.
Graffiti numbers
Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of the alphabet, 
except that you make the character strokes on the right side (numbers side) of the 
Graffiti writing area.
Caps
Lock   
Caps Lock
Number Strokes Number Strokes
0
    5    
1 6
27
 
38    
4    9
oror
or 
						

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

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Symbol characters
All symbol characters begin with the symbol shift 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.
Accented characters
To create accented characters, draw the stroke that is 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.
You can use the following accent strokes in combination with Graffiti letters:
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
Symbol
Shift   
Symbol Shift
·       Ô       Ò       Ó      ,,, ,,
¡ ,
+
—X:=
= cY?
!¦Æ
= e
a         a       a        a        a       a 
						

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Additional non-English characters
You can write the following characters without any special punctuation or shifting:
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.
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 17 to learn about creating your own ShortCuts.
ca
e
CommandStroke
Move cursor right
Move cursor left
Previous field
(Address Book only)
Next Field
(Address Book only)
Open Address Record
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To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortCut characters. 
The ShortCut symbol appears at the insertion point to show that you are in 
ShortCut mode.
Your handheld includes the predefined Graffiti ShortCuts shown in the following 
table.
Beaming data
Your handheld is equipped with an IR port that is located at the top of the 
handheld, behind the small dark shield. The IR port supports the IrCOMM 
implementation of the standards for infrared communication established by the 
Infrared Data Association (IrDA). This means that you can beam data to any 
nearby device that supports the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA standards 
and that can read the type of data you’re beaming. For example, you can beam an 
Address Book entry to a Palm OS
® handheld, a mobile phone, or a computer that’s 
equipped with an IR port and that can read vCard data. 
You can beam the following information between devices with an IR port:
nThe record currently displayed in Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Note 
Pad, Voice Memo, or Memo Pad
nAll records of the category currently displayed in Address Book, To Do List, 
Note Pad, Voice Memo, or Memo Pad
nA special Address Book record that you designate as your business card, 
containing information you want to exchange with business contacts
ShortCut   
Entry Shortcut
Date Stamp ds
Time stamp ts
Date / time stamp ds
Meeting me
Breakfast br
Lunch lu
Dinner di