Palm Tungsten T3 Instructions Manual

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Using the status bar
The status bar gives you access to valuable tools and is accessible in all views. 
Home Tap to display the Home screen.
Tap and hold to open a list of the last six applications that were 
opened. Select an application from the list to open it.
FindTap to open the Find dialog box. See“Finding information” in 
Chapter 4.
MenuTap to open the menu for the current screen. See“Using menus” 
in Chapter 4.
System 
informationShows the current time. 
Tap to open the...

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Changing system information
Tap the time icon on the status bar to open the system information dialog box 
where you can view and change system information. Tap anywhere outside of the 
dialog box to close it.
Using Bluetooth and connecting to the network from the status bar
Tap the BlueTooth icon on the status bar to open the Bluetooth dialog box where 
you can connect to your network service provider and turn on or off your 
handheld’s Bluetooth availability. You...

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Rotating the screen
You can toggle between landscape and portrait view by tapping the screen rotation 
icon. Landscape view is useful for viewing spreadsheets, e-mail, web pages, and 
photos. 
NOTEYou can customize which way the screen rotates in landscape mode by 
choosing right- or left-handed rotation. See“Handedness Preferences” in 
Chapter 21.
Tap to open Bluetooth dialog box
Tap to connect to your network Tap to open the Bluetooth preferences screen
Tap pick list to select...

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CHAPTER 3
Entering Data on Your Handheld
This chapter explains several ways to enter data on your handheld.
Using the onscreen keyboards
You can change the input area to display the onscreen keyboard anytime you need 
to enter text or numbers on your handheld. 
TIPFull-screen Writing enables you to use Graffiti® 2 writing when the keyboard is 
open, which makes it easy to switch between these two methods of entering data. 
For information on Full-screen Writing, see “Using Full-screen Writing” later...

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You can display four different keyboards.
Using Graffiti® 2 writing
Your handheld has Graffiti 2 help that describes the characters and writing 
procedures for Graffiti 2. 
This section contains tables of all the Graffiti 2 characters.
NOTEBy default, your full-screen pen stroke is set to open Graffiti 2 help. See“Pen 
Button Preferences” in Chapter 21 for more information.
To access Graffiti 2 help from an application:
1.Tap on an editable text field. 
2.Tap...

Using Graffiti® 2 writing
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The input area has two different Graffiti 2 screens that you can access from the 
status bar.
The two Graffiti 2 screens have designated areas that recognize certain characters. 
If those characters are written in the wrong area, they are not recognized correctly 
and an incorrect character is written. For a list of characters and the designated 
Graffiti 2 area where they can be written, see “Graffiti 2 character set” later in this 
chapter.
Using Full-screen Writing
When...

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Full-screen Writing is turned on and off by tapping the Full-screen Writing button 
on the status bar.
Graffiti 2 character set
Graffiti 2 alphabet
Tap here to turn on and off Draw numerals on 
the right side Draw letters 
on the left side
Draw capital or uppercase 
letters in the middle
Draw letters on the abc and ABC writing area
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AB
 
CD 
EF    
G   H
IJ
KL
MN 

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Graffiti 2 numbers
O P 
QR 
ST
UV
WX
 
Y Z
Draw numbers on the 123 writing area
Number Strokes Number Strokes
0
 1 
23
45
67
8
 9 Draw letters on the abc and ABC writing area
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes 

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Punctuation marks
Draw these marks on the abc or ABC writing area
Mark Stroke Mark Stroke
Period
.
 Ampersand
&
Comma
,Carriage
return
Apostrophe
At
@
Space Straight quotes
“
Question
?Ta b
Exclamation
!
Draw these marks on the 123 writing area
Mark Stroke Mark Stroke
Period
.
 Backslash
\
Comma
,Slash
/
 
Tilde
~Left Paren
(
Dash
—Right Paren
)
Plus
+Equal
=
Asterisk
*