Palm Tungsten T2 Instructions Manual

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Graffiti 2 alphabet
The Graffiti 2 alphabet consists of the following letters:
TIPA full-screen pen stroke brings up Graffiti 2 Help on your handheld. See“Pen 
Preferences” in Chapter 22 for details.
Draw letters on LEFT side of Graffiti 2 writing area
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AB
 
CD 
EF    
G   H
IJ
KL
MN
O
 P 
QR 
ST
UV
WX
 
Y Z
12
1
2
1
2
1
2 

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Capital letters
Graffiti 2 writing automatically capitalizes the first letter of a new record or 
sentence but you can also write additional capital letters. 
NOTETo cancel the automatic capitalization of the first letter of a new record or 
sentence, draw two Punctuation Shift strokes before drawing the first letter. For more 
information, see “Symbols and other special characters” later in this chapter.
To write additional capital letters:
■Draw the same...

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designated side of the Graffiti 2 writing area. Punctuation marks that appear in the 
the following table must be written on the left (letter) side of the Graffiti 2 writing 
area.
Punctuation marks that appear in the following table must be written on the right 
(number) side of the Graffiti 2 writing area. 
Draw these marks on LEFT side of Graffiti 2 writing area
Mark Stroke Mark Stroke
Period
.
 Ampersand
&
Comma
,Carriage
return
Apostrophe
At
@
Space Straight...

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Accented characters
When writing letters with accent marks, first write the letter stroke on the left side 
(or aligned with the division marks for uppercase letters) of the Graffiti 2 writing 
area. Then quickly write the accent stroke on the right side of the Graffiti 2 writing 
area.
For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to draw an 
accented é.
You can use the following accent strokes in combination with Graffiti 2 letters:
Using...

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When Punctuation Shift is active, an up arrow symbol appears in the lower-
right corner of the handheld screen. If you accidentally activate Punctuation 
Shift, another Punctuation Shift stroke will cancel it.
NOTEDrawing two Punctuation Shift strokes also cancels the automatic 
capitalization of the first letter of a new record or sentence.
2.Write the symbol or other special character shown in the table that follows. You 
can make a symbol stroke anywhere in...

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Graffiti 2 Gestures
Gestures enable you to use editing commands. To use gestures, draw the following 
strokes on the left (letter) side of the Graffiti 2 writing area:
Graffiti 2 ShortCuts
Graffiti 2 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 2 writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can also create 
your own. Each...

Beaming data
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Full-screen writing area
When Writing Area Preferences are turned on and active, you do not have to write 
in the Graffiti 2 writing area. You can write letters anywhere on the left side of the 
screen, or write numbers anywhere on the right side of the screen. Capital letters 
are formed in the middle of the screen straddling the imaginary dividing line 
between the left and right sides. 
When Writing Area Preferences are turned off or inactive, you must write character 
strokes in the...

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You can beam the following information between devices:
■The record currently displayed in Date Book, Address Book, Note Pad, To Do 
List, Palm™ Photos, Palm™ Web Browser Pro, or Memo Pad
■All records of the category currently displayed in Address Book, To Do List, 
Note Pad, or Memo Pad, or all photos in the currently displayed album in Palm 
Photos
■A special Address Book record that you designate as your business card, 
containing information you want to...

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4.When the Beam Status dialog box appears, point the IR port directly at the IR 
port of the receiving device.
For best results, Palm handhelds should be between 10 centimeters 
(approximately 4 inches) and 1 meter (approximately 39 inches) apart, and the 
path between the two handhelds must be clear of obstacles. The beaming 
distance to other devices may be different.
5.Wait for the Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the transfer is complete 
before you continue working on your...

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3.(Optional) Tap the category pick list and select a category for the incoming 
information. You can also create a new category or leave the information 
unfiled.
4.Ta p  Ye s .  
Beaming tips
■You can set the full-screen pen stroke to beam the current entry. 
See“Pen Preferences” in Chapter 22 for more information. 
■You can draw the Graffiti 2 Command stroke to activate the Command toolbar, 
and then tap the beam icon. 
■You can use the Graffiti 2 Command...