Palm Tungsten T2 Instructions Manual

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Receiving alerts
You can receive alerts on your handheld and in Palm Desktop software.
Receiving alerts on your handheld
When you use certain application settings, your handheld can alert you to any of 
the following:
■An appointment set in Date Book
■A note created in Note Pad
■A voice memo created in Voice Memo
■An alarm set in World Clock
When an alert occurs, your handheld displays a reminder message. If you tap 
Snooze in response to an alert message, your handheld reminds...

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Receiving alerts from Palm Desktop software
You can also set an option to receive Date Book event alerts from Palm Desktop 
software. The feature is disabled by default, so you must enable it within Palm 
Desktop software.
To enable an event alert from Palm Desktop software:
1.Double-click the Palm Desktop icon.
2.From the Tools menu, select Options, and then select Alarms.
3.Set Alarm Configuration options, either A l w a y s  Av a i l a b l e  o r  Av a i l a b l...

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■Audio files, including MP3 (requires the audio application from the Software 
Essentials CD-ROM, and audio files must reside on an expansion card which is 
sold separately)
NOTETo install some software, you may need to download files from the 
Internet to your computer. Check the Software Essentials CD for details.
■Kinoma video files (requires the Kinoma application from the Software 
Essentials CD-ROM) 
There are a variety of third-party applications available...

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3.Drag and drop the file(s) or folder onto the Palm Quick Install icon on the 
Windows desktop.
Palm Quick Install displays a confirmation dialog box that shows whether the 
files will be installed on your handheld or on an expansion card, and you can 
choose the user name to which the files will be installed. 
4.Click OK.
The selected files are placed in the Handheld or Expansion Card file list, based 
on the file extension. 
5.Perform a HotSync operation to...

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4.Drag and drop the file(s) or folder onto the handheld or expansion card file list.
If a No symbol appears when you attempt to drag a file onto a file list, that file 
is not supported on that destination. 
The status bar shows the number of files selected and their total size. However, 
since some file types are compressed during synchronization, they may actually 
require less space than the amount shown in the file size column or status bar.
5.Perform a HotSync...

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7.If you need to change the destination of the application you are installing, drag 
the files to move applications between the handheld and expansion card file list.
The status bar shows the number of files selected and their total size. However, 
since some file types are compressed during synchronization, they may actually 
require less space than the amount shown in the file size column or status bar.
8.Perform a HotSync operation to install the selected...

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■To install files in a different location, start Palm Quick Install and drag the files 
to a different file list.
■You can also access the Palm Quick Install window by clicking Quick Install on 
the Palm Desktop Launch bar.
Installing applications and files on a Mac computer
The Install Tool makes it easy to install applications and files during a HotSync 
operation. You can specify whether to install the files on your handheld or on an 
expansion card. 
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5.Click Add To List.
If the file you want to install is not listed in the dialog box, go to the folder to 
which you copied the file. Most handheld application files have the extension 
PRC or PDB.
6.Select the application(s) you want to install.
7.Click Add File to add the selected application to the Install Handheld Files list.
TIPYou can also drag files or folders of files to the list in the Install Handheld 
Files dialog box. The files are copied to the Files To...

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Removing applications
If you run out of memory or decide that you no longer need an application you 
installed, you can remove applications from your handheld or from an expansion 
card. From your handheld, you can remove only add-on applications, patches, and 
extensions that you install; you cannot remove the applications that reside in the 
ROM portion of your handheld.
To remove an add-on application: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select...

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IMPORTANTIf you remove Palm Desktop software, you also remove the HotSync 
Manager synchronization software and can no longer synchronize with your 
computer. If you want to synchronize data with another personal information 
manager (PIM), you need to install HotSync Manager from the Desktop Software CD-
ROM after you remove Palm Desktop software. During the installation, select the 
Custom option and then choose to install only HotSync Manager.
NOTEYou may need to...