Palm Zire 71 Handheld Instructions Manual

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To open an application on an expansion card:
nSelect the icon of the application that you want to open.
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. Your 
handheld automatically saves your work in the current application and displays it 
when you return to that application. 
When you use an expansion card, your handheld creates and displays a new...

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Categorizing applications
The category feature enables you to manage the number of application icons that 
appear onscreen in the Applications Launcher. 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. 
You cannot modify the system-defined categories, but you...

Changing the Applications Launcher display
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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.
– When the highlight in the Applications Launcher is not active, press and 
hold Select on the navigator to open the category list, press Up or Down on 
the navigator to highlight a category, and...

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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.
To copy an application to 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.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select the card name.
The Copy To pick list appears only if there are multiple cards available.
6.Tap...

Selecting copy settings
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To copy an application 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 the card name.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select Handheld.
6.Tap the application you want to copy.
7.Tap Copy.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
You can also beam applications from expansion cards to your handheld. 
See“Beaming data” in Chapter 3 for details.
Selecting copy settings
When using the copy feature, you can set the...

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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...

Using menus
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Choosing a menu
The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the application that 
is currently open. Also, the menus and menu commands vary depending on which 
part of the application you’re currently using. For example, in Memo Pad, the 
menus are different for the Memo list screen and the Memo record screen.
To select a menu command with the stylus:
1.Open the menu bar for an application.
2.Tap the menu that contains the command you want to use.
3.Tap the command you want to...

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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...

Performing common tasks
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5.(Optional) Tap Details to select attributes for the record. (In Note Pad the Details 
command is located on the Options menu.)
6.In Address Book, Note Pad, and Memo Pad only: Tap Done.
There’s no need to save the record because your handheld saves it automatically.
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...

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The following commands may appear in an Edit menu:
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 Palm Photos, the delete 
command is on the Photo menu:
Date Book: Delete Event
Address Book: Delete Address
Palm Photos: Delete Photo
Note Pad: Delete Note
To Do List: Delete Item
Memo Pad: Delete Memo
Expense: Delete Item
UndoReverses the action of the last edit...