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CHAPTER 18
Using Palm™ Web Pro
Palm™ Web Pro is your gateway to the web allowing you to view and save 
Internet web pages, bookmark web pages, and download files from the 
Internet.
IMPORTANTTo use Web Pro, you must first configure and establish a connection 
with the Internet, such as through a mobile phone. For more information on 
connecting to the Internet using a mobile phone, see “Setting up a phone 
connection” in Chapter 12.
To open Web Pro:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Select All in the Category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
3.Tap the Web Pro icon  .
Web Pro may take a moment to load the first page.
IMPORTANTIf you are in another application, such as VersaMail, you can tap on a 
URL and Web Pro automatically opens and connects to the Internet to display the 
page. Depending on your preference, Web Pro also opens when you click on a 
supported file type (gif, .jpeg, .html, or .png) received as an attachment in VersaMail.
NOTEThe rest of the instructions in this chapter assume that you’re already running 
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What Web Pro looks like
The Web Pro screen has four parts:
nThe title bar displays the name of the current web page or shows the status of 
actions, such as “Requesting...”, “Receiving...”, “Formatting...”, and so forth.
nThe action icons enable you to navigate in the browser, to refresh pages, and to 
bookmark pages.
nThe URL Entry field enables you to quickly enter web page addresses.
nThe rest of the screen displays the content of the web page.
You can perform other actions by tapping items in menus. Like in other Palm OS
® 
applications, when you select the title bar, it is replaced by the menu bar. For 
information about menus, see see“Using menus” in Chapter 4.
Getting help in Web Pro
Help is available in the following locations:
nTap the Menu icon   and select Web Pro help in the Options menu for 
information about Web Pro.
nMost dialog boxes in Web Pro have help about the options in the dialog box. To 
see that information, tap the Tips icon  .
nFor help with drawing Graffiti® 2 characters, tap the Menu icon  , tap Edit, 
and then tap Graffiti 2 Help.
Disconnecting from and connecting to the Internet
While you’re working with stored information in Web Pro, such as saved pages, 
stored versions of pages, and so forth, you can disconnect from the Internet in 
order to reduce usage charges. You can connect to the Internet again when you 
need access again.
Title bar
Action icons
Web content
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To disconnect from the Internet:
1.Tap the Menu icon  .
2.Tap Disconnect in the Page menu.
To connect to the Internet:
1.Tap the Menu icon  .
2.Select Connect in the Page menu.
The Service Connection Progress dialog opens. 
3.If the connection is not established, do one of the following:
– Tap Cancel to stop the connection process. 
– Tap Change Network to select a different service to connect to.
Browsing the web on your handheld
Just like the web browser you use on your desktop computer, Web Pro lets you 
browse the web in several ways:
nVisit a web page by entering its URL.
nVisit another web page by tapping a link. 
nGo back to the pages you have already visited by using the Back and 
Forward icons. 
Visiting a web page
You can visit web pages using the Open URL dialog box or using the URL Entry 
field.
To visit a web page using the Open URL dialog box:
1.Tap the Open URL icon  .
2.Enter the URL of the web page you want to visit. 
The field in the Open URL dialog box already contains the characters “www.” 
If the web address you want to enter starts with another set of letters, just drag 
over the “www.” and backspace to erase them.
Tap buttons to enter other characters commonly used in web addresses.
(Optional) Tap buttons to 
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3.Tap Go. 
During the short delay while the new page is being downloaded, the title bar 
displays information about the download process.
To visit a web page using the URL Entry field:
1.Tap the URL Entry field at the top of the screen.
2.Enter the URL in the field.
3.Ta p  G o .
TIPIf autofill is enabled, when you enter the first few letters of a URL that you’ve 
entered before in the URL Entry field, Web Pro completes the URL for you. For more 
information on autofill, see “Enabling or disabling autofill.”
Viewing different parts of a web page
If the web page is larger than your screen, you can tap and drag the stylus to move 
the web page in any direction to view different parts of the web page.
NOTEDue to the ability to tap and drag pages to view other parts of a page, you 
must tap and hold, then drag to select text when copying from a page. 
Indicates how much data has 
been downloaded so far (in 
kilobytes)
Tells you what Web Pro is doing 
(receiving data, sending data)
Activity icon shows you that 
Web Pro is busy
Select the URL field and enter 
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Following a link
Many web pages contain links, which are text or pictures that when clicked, take 
you to another web page or to another part of the same page. Like many other web 
browsers, Web Pro highlights these links by underlining them.
To follow a link:
nTap the link. 
TIPPress Select on the Navigator to select the first link on the screen. Press Up and 
Down to navigate through the links, and then press Select to follow the link.
Returning to a web page you just visited
To go back to the last web page you visited:
nTap the Back icon  .
To go back to an earlier page:
nTap the Back icon until you return to the page you want.
The list of visited pages (which is limited by your handheld’s memory) is called 
the cache. See “Finding web pages you recently visited” for more information on 
the cache.
To go forward through the cached pages:
nTap the Forward icon  .
Returning to your home page
No matter where you navigate on the Internet, you can always return to your home 
page quickly and easily.
To return to your home page:
nTap the Home Page icon in the Web Pro action bar  .
If you want a different web page to be your home page, see “Changing your start 
and home page.”
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Downloading files and pages
You can download files and save pages to your handheld or an expansion card.
Downloading a file to your handheld
Web Pro can download any type of file for which your handheld provides native 
support, which means that your handheld contains an application that enables you 
to open and view the file in its original format. (Some handheld applications allow 
you to view files only after you perform a HotSync
® operation, during which the 
file is converted from its original format to different format. Web Pro does not 
download files that are supported only in this way.) For example, if your handheld 
contains an application that lets you open PDF documents without format 
conversion required on the desktop computer, you will be able to download PDF 
files with Web Pro. 
Popular file types that Web Pro can download (when native support is present on 
your handheld) include applications (.prc) and databases (.pdb) for Palm OS 
software, as well as documents (.doc, .txt, and .pdf), images (.jpeg and .gif), and 
music files.
Downloading a file is much like visiting a web page.
To download a file by following a link from a web page:
1.Tap the link.
The Download dialog box appears, asking you to confirm the file you want to 
download. 
If you want to download to an expansion card, select the Download to card 
check box.
2.If the file is the one you want, tap Save.
A message appears showing you the progress of the download. When the file 
download is complete, a message appears.
3.Ta p  O K .
To stop a web page from downloading:
nTap the Stop icon   in the Web Pro action bar.
To stop a file from downloading:
nTap Cancel in the Download dialog box.
You can make changes to improve the download speed, such as not downloading 
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Saving a page
You can save a web page to your handheld.
To save a web page to your handheld:
1.Open the web page you want to save.
2.Open the menus.
3.Select Save Page from the Page menu.
4.(Optional) Change the page name or category.
5.Ta p  S a v e .
Viewing and editing a saved page on the handheld
When you open a saved page, remember that you’re seeing a copy of the actual 
page. 
To open a saved page:
1.Open the menus.
2.Select View Saved Pages from the Page menu.
3.Tap the name of the saved page you want to open.
4.Tap Go. 
Shows when you saved the page. 
If you saved it today, it shows the 
time. If you saved it before today, 
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To edit information about a saved page:
1.Open the menus.
2.Select View Saved Pages from the Page menu.
3.Tap the name of the saved page you want to edit.
4.Tap Edit.
5.Edit the information about the saved page:
– Tap the Name field, and then enter a new name. 
– Tap the Category pick list to change the category or to create a new category.
6.Ta p  S a v e .
A confirmation dialog box appears.
7.Tap Yes.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
To delete a saved page:
1.Open the menus.
2.Select View Saved Pages from the Page menu.
3.Tap the name of the saved page you want to delete.
4.Tap Delete. 
A confirmation dialog box appears.
5.Ta p  O K .
6.Ta p  D o n e .
Viewing files on an expansion card
You can view saved files on an expansion card without an active internet 
connection. The following files types can be opened from an expansion card: .html, 
.htm, .gif, .jpg, and .png.
NOTEThe Open from Card option appears only when an expansion card is inserted 
into your handheld.
To view a file on an expansion card:
1.Open the menus.
2.Select Open from Card from the Page menu. 
3.Open the folder that contains the file.
4.Select the file.
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Viewing a file from another application
Web Pro also functions as a viewer, enabling you to quickly view certain files while 
working in other applications. For example, if you read an e-mail message that has 
an image file attached, tap the image file. If no other application on your handheld 
is identified to open the image file by default, Web Pro opens so that you can view 
the image.
Refreshing a page
To make sure you have the latest content, refresh the page.
To refresh a page:
nTap the Refresh icon  .
You can also view old content instead of accessing the Internet. See “Controlling 
how Web Pro accesses the Internet.”
Viewing information about a web page
Because of the limited space on the handheld screen, sometimes the current web 
address (URL) gets truncated. To find the full URL, name, and size of the current 
web page, open the Web Page Info dialog box.
To view information about the current web page:
1.Tap the Menu icon  .
2.Select Page Info in the Page menu.
Using passwords
Some web sites require that you use a password to gain access to information. 
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To enter a password:
1.Open the web page where you must enter the password. The password field 
contains the word “Unassigned.”
2.Enter your sign-in name in the appropriate field.
3.Enter your password in the appropriate field and tap OK.
The password field now contains asterisks indicating the password has been 
entered.
4.Tap the sign-in button (Enter, Go, and so forth) on the web page to gain access 
to the password-protected information.
Copying and pasting text 
To copy text, select the text and use the options from the Edit menu. For more 
information about the edit functions, see“Editing records” in Chapter 4.
When editing, note the following:
nNone of the Edit options copy images, only text.
nDue to the ability to tap and drag pages to view other parts of a page, you must 
tap and hold, then drag to select text. For more information on tap and drag to 
view other parts of a page, see “Viewing different parts of a web page” earlier 
in this chapter.
Communicating with other users
Web Pro allows you to communicate with other users in several ways:
nUse a mailto link in a web page to compose and send e-mail.
nBeam a URL to another Web Pro user. 
nE-mail a URL to another user.