Palm Tungsten T3 Instructions Manual
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Using the status bar 17 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 system information dialog box. The dialog box shows the date and time, available memory, battery level, and allows you to adjust the volume and screen brightness. See “Changing system information” later in this chapter for more information. AlertTap to display the Attention Manager dialog box. See“Receiving alerts” in Chapter 4. BluetoothTap to display Bluetooth dialog box where Bluetooth can be turned on and off, and you can connect to the network. See “Using Bluetooth and connecting to the network from the status bar” later in this chapter for more information. Full-screen WritingTap to turn Full-screen Writing on and off. See“Using Full- screen Writing” in Chapter 3. Screen rotationTap to toggle between landscape and portrait view. Landscape view is useful for viewing spreadsheets, e-mail, web pages, and photos. See “Rotating the screen” later in this chapter. Home Find Menu System information Alert Bluetooth Full-screen Writing Screen rotation Input area
Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld 18 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 can also open the Bluetooth preferences screen. For more information on the Bluetooth preferences, see“Bluetooth Preferences” in Chapter 21. Tap anywhere outside of the dialog box to close it. Input areaTap to toggle between showing and hiding the input area. Tap and hold to display the input area selection menu. You can select between three types of input areas. For information about the on-screen keyboards, see“Using the onscreen keyboards” in Chapter 3. For information about the Graffiti 2 input area, see“Writing in Graffiti 2 input areas” in Chapter 3. Shows battery charge level Shows available memory on the handheld. If an expansion card is inserted, the card’s available memory is shown also. Tap and drag the slider to adjust screen brightness Tap buttons to turn sound on and off and adjust sound level Tap to open system information dialog box
Using the status bar 19 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 the network service provider Tap turn Bluetooth on When Bluetooth is turned on, the handheld is available for discovery by and connection to a Bluetooth device Tap Rotate icon
21 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 in this ch a p t e r. Keyboards are accessible from the status bar and input areas. Tap and hold. Then select keyboard icon. Tap here to display keyboard
Chapter 3 Entering Data on Your Handheld 22 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 the Menu icon . 3.Select Graffiti 2 Help from the Edit menu. To access Graffiti 2 information from Quick Tour: 1.Tap the Home icon . 2.Tap the Quick Tour icon. 3.Select Graffiti 2. Writing in Graffiti 2 input areas You can write Graffiti 2 characters in the designated input areas, or you can turn on Full-screen Writing and write outside the input area. Backspace Carriage return Ta b Caps shift Tap here to display lowercase keyboard Tap here to display uppercase keyboard Tap here to display international keyboard abc - lowercase ABC - uppercase int. - international123 - numeric Tap here to display numeric keyboard
Using Graffiti® 2 writing 23 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 Full-screen Writing is turned on and is active, you can write outside the Graffiti 2 input area. When Full-screen Writing is turned off or is inactive, you must write character strokes in the Graffiti 2 input area for your handheld to recognize them. You can write letters or characters in the following areas: nLeft side of the screen: letters or characters that are assigned to the abc or ABC input areas nRight side of the screen: numbers or characters that are assigned to the 123 input area nMiddle of the screen straddling the imaginary dividing line between the left and right sides: capital or uppercase letters NOTEFor a brief period of time after writing a character, a quick tap on the screen is interpreted as a period character. This makes is easier to tap buttons and place the cursor without having the action interpreted as a period character. Tap and hold. Then select Graffiti 2 input area icon from menu. Uppercase letters Lowercase lettersNumeralsUppercase letters straddling line Lowercase lettersNumerals
Chapter 3 Entering Data on Your Handheld 24 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
Using Graffiti® 2 writing 25 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
Chapter 3 Entering Data on Your Handheld 26 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 *