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CHAPTER 4
Working with Applications
This chapter explains how to open and switch between applications on your 
handheld, how to change application settings so they are personalized to your 
work methods, and how to categorize applications so you view them in related 
groups.
Opening applications
You can use the Home screen to open any application installed on your handheld 
or on expansion card. You can also open Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Note Pad, and 
Voice Memo with the application buttons on your handheld.
In addition to providing a way for you to open applications, the Home screen 
displays the current time, battery level, and application category. 
Contacts Calendar
Note Pad
Ta s k s
Voice Memo
Scroll through 
applications with 
left and right 
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To open an application on your handheld:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have many 
applications installed on your handheld, tap the scroll bar to see all your 
applications. 
Opening expansion card applications
When an expansion card is properly seated in the expansion card slot, your 
handheld responds based on the contents of the card and the application that is 
active when you insert the card. In some cases the application on the card opens 
automatically upon insertion, or if you insert a card containing data from the 
current application, the application displays the data on the card. In other cases the 
Home screen switches to the card and displays its contents, and the pick list in the 
upper-right corner of the screen displays the name of the card.
Switching between applications
When working with any application, select the Home icon   or press an 
application button on your handheld to switch to another application. 
You can also press and hold Select (the center button) on the navigator to switch to 
the Home screen at any time.
When you use an expansion card, your handheld creates and displays a new 
category that matches the name of the expansion card. You can easily switch 
between applications installed on your handheld and on the expansion card.
To switch to an expansion card:
1.Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner.
2.Select the category item that matches the name of the expansion card.
3.You can also press right and left on the navigator to switch between categories, 
including the expansion card category. 
						

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Categorizing applications
You can assign an application to a category and then display a single category or 
all your applications. 
By default, your handheld includes system-defined categories, such as All and 
Unfiled, and user-defined categories, such as Games, Main, and System. 
In addition, you can create your own user-defined categories. You can have a 
maximum of 15 user-defined categories. 
To categorize an application: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Category on the App menu.
4.Tap the pick list next to each application to select a category.
TIPTo create a new category, tap Edit Categories from the pick list. Tap New, 
enter the category name, and then tap OK to add the category. Tap OK again to 
close the Edit Categories dialog box.
5.Ta p  D o n e .
To display applications by category: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Home icon   repeatedly to cycle through all your categories.
– Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen, and select the 
category you want to display.
– Press and hold Select on the navigator to open the category list, press Up or 
Down on the navigator to highlight a category, and then press Select on the 
navigator to view that category.
Copying applications to or from an expansion card
You can copy applications from your handheld to an expansion card, or from an 
expansion card to your handheld.
You can install applications to a card that is seated in the expansion card slot 
during a HotSync
® operation. See “Installing files and add-on applications” later 
in this chapter for details. 
You can also beam applications from expansion cards to your handheld or send 
applications from expansion cards to your handheld. See “Beaming data” and 
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To copy an application to or from an expansion card:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap the Copy From pick list and select Handheld or the card name.
5.If there are multiple cards available, tap the Copy To pick list and select the 
Handheld or the card name.
If you selected Handheld in the Copy from pick list, the Copy To pick list 
appears only if there are multiple cards available.
6.Tap an application to copy.
7.Tap Copy.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
NOTEIf you view your applications on the card using a Card Reader on your 
Windows or Mac computer, the actual file names may differ from those displayed in 
the Home screen.
Selecting copy settings
The copy feature enables you to copy only the application or both the application 
and its data files. 
To select copy settings:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu. 
						

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4.Tap Settings.
5.Tap the Sort By pick list and select Name or Size.
6.Tap the Copy Application Only check box to select it if you want to copy only 
the application files. Leave it deselected if you want to copy both the application 
file and its associated data file(s).
7.Ta p  O K .
NOTEThe Sort By setting is in effect each time you use the copy feature. Each time 
you want to copy an application only, you must select the Copy Applications Only 
check box.
Using menus
Menus on your handheld are easy to use. Once you have mastered them in one 
application, you can use them the same way in all other applications.
The menus of each application are illustrated in the chapter that discusses that 
application.
To open the menu bar:
1.Open an application (such as Memos).
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Menu icon   on the status bar or in the input area.
– Tap the inverted title area at the top of the screen.
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In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. The Record 
menu is selected and shows the selection.
Graffiti 2 menu commands
Most menu commands have an equivalent Graffiti 2 Command stroke, which is 
similar to the keyboard shortcuts used to execute commands on computers. The 
command letters appear to the right of the command names. 
When you draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti 2 input area, the 
Command toolbar appears below the Graffiti 2 input area to indicate that you are 
in Command mode. The Command toolbar covers the status bar.
The Command toolbar displays context-sensitive menu commands for the active 
screen. For example, if text is selected, the menu icons displayed may be Undo, 
Cut, Copy, and Paste. Tap an icon to select the command, or immediately write 
the corresponding command letter for an appropriate command in the Graffiti 2 
writing area.
For example, to select Paste from the Edit menu, draw the Command stroke, 
followed by the letter p.
Command mode is active only for a short time, so you must tap an icon or write 
the command letter immediately to select the menu command. 
Command   
Command letters Menu commands
Cut UndoCopy Paste Beam Delete 
						

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Performing common tasks
The following tasks are common to most applications.
Creating records
You can use the following procedure to create a new record in Calendar, Contacts, 
Tasks, Note Pad, Memos, and Expense.
In SMS, you use a different procedure to create a message. For more information, 
see“Creating messages” in Chapter 14.
In Palm
TM Web Browser Pro, you can either save a web page or bookmark it so you 
can return to it later. For more information, see Chapter 18.
To create a record:
1.Select the application in which you want to create a record.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.In Calendar only: Select start and end times for your appointment, and tap OK.
4.Enter text for the record.
5.(Optional) Tap Details to select attributes for the record. (In Note Pad the Details 
command is located on the Options menu.)
6.In Contacts, Note Pad, and Memos only: Tap Done.
Editing records
After you create a record, you can change, delete, or enter new text at any time. 
Two screen features tell you when your handheld is in Edit mode:
nA blinking cursor 
nOne or more dotted edit lines
NOTEIn Note Pad you can write anywhere on the screen. Therefore, you will not see 
an edit line or blinking cursor unless the cursor is in the title line. 
Edit line 
 Blinking cursor 
						

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Entering text
For information on entering text using Graffiti 2 writing, using the onscreen 
keyboards, or using the keyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 3. For 
information on entering text in Note Pad, see“Creating a note” in Chapter 11.
Using the Edit menu
The Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text. In general, 
commands available in the Edit menu apply to text that you select in an application.
To select text in an application:
1.Tap the beginning of the text that you want to select.
2.Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it (in yellow). 
NOTEYou can also double-tap to select a word, or triple-tap to select a line of 
text. In addition, you can also drag 
across the text to select additional words, 
or drag 
down to select a group of lines. 
TIPTo select text when Full-screen Writing is turned on, tap and hold briefly 
at the beginning of the text you want to select, before dragging the stylus. 
Otherwise, a quick tap or stroke may be interpreted as a Graffiti 2 character.
Deleting records
To delete a record:
1.Select the record you want to delete.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select the Delete command on the Record menu. In Voice Memo, the Delete 
command is on the V Memo menu. In Palm™ Photos, the Delete command is 
on the Photo menu: 
A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted 
item to an archive file in Palm™ Desktop software, be sure that the check box is 
selected. If you don’t want to save a copy, tap the check box to deselect it. 
The archive option is not available in Note Pad, Palm Photos, Palm Web 
Browser Pro, and Voice Memo. In SMS, you must tap Archive on the Message 
menu to archive a message.
4.Ta p  O K .
If you chose to save a copy of the selected item, your handheld transfers it to the 
archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
Purging records
Over time, as you use Calendar, Tasks, and Expense, you will accumulate records 
in these applications that have outlived their usefulness. These outdated records 
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Purge. If you think Calendar or Tasks records might prove useful later, you can 
purge them from your handheld and save them in an archive file on your 
computer.
Purging is not available in Contacts, Note Pad, Palm
TM Photos, Voice Memo, SMS, 
or Memos. You must delete outdated records manually from these applications.
In Palm Web Browser Pro, you can purge stored web pages by clearing the cache. 
See“Changing the size and content of the cache” in Chapter 18.
To purge records:
1.Open the application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Purge from the Record menu. 
A confirmation dialog box appears. 
Calendar: Tap the pick list and select how old a record must be to be purged. 
Purge deletes repeating events if the last of the series ends before the date that 
you purge records.
Calendar and Tasks: If you want to save a copy of the purged records to an 
archive file on your desktop, be sure that the check box is selected. If you don’t 
want to save a copy, tap the check box to deselect it.
Expense: Select the category you want to purge. All data in the selected category 
is purged, and there is no archive option.
4.Tap OK, or in Expense, tap Purge.
If you chose to save a copy of the purged records, your handheld transfers them to 
an archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
Categorizing records
You can categorize records in the Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Note Pad, Voice 
Memo, Memos, and Expense applications so that they are grouped logically into 
categories and are easy to review. In Palm Photos, categories are called albums. 
Throughout this section, categories refers also to albums unless otherwise noted. In 
calendar, you can add color coding to your categories. See“Using categories” in 
Chapter 5.
By default, your handheld includes system-defined categories, such as All and 
Unfiled, and user-defined categories, such as Business and Personal. In addition, 
you can create your own user-defined categories. In Palm Photos you can have a 
maximum of 14 user-defined albums, and in all other applications you can have a 
maximum of 15 user-defined categories. 
The illustrations in this section come from Contacts, but you can use the following 
procedures in all the applications in which categories are available. The only 
exception is that the procedure for moving photos into albums is slightly different. 
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To move a record into a category:
1.Select the record you want to categorize.
2.In Contacts only: Tap Edit.
3.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
4.Tap the Category pick list to display the list of available categories.
5.Select the category for the record.
6.Ta p  O K .
NOTEIn Contacts, Note Pad, Voice Memo, and Memos you can select the 
category name in the upper-right corner of the screen to assign the item to a 
different category.
To display a category of records:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
2.In the Calendar Day, Week, and Month views, the pick list can be shown or 
hidden by setting an option in the Display Options dialog box. If the pick list is 
shown, it appears in the upper-right corner below the menu bar. 
3.Select the category you want to view.
The list screen now displays only the records assigned to that category.
TIPPressing an application button on your handheld scrolls through all the 
categories of that application except for Unfiled. This feature is not available in 
Calendar.
Tap here