Palm Zire 71 Handheld Instructions Manual

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Date & Time Preferences
The Date & Time Preferences screen enables you to choose a primary location and 
to set the date, time, and time zone for that location. You can also indicate whether 
this location observes daylight saving time and the dates daylight saving time 
starts and ends. All of these settings also appear as the primary location in the 
World Clock application and are used by all the applications on your handheld. 
Although you can change the primary location settings from the Date & Time 
Preferences screen, we recommend that you use the World Clock application to 
change these settings. See“Setting the primary location” in Chapter 14 for details.
To set the location:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Date & Time.
2.Tap the Location pick list and select the location you want to use as your 
primary location. 
The location you select should be a large city in the same time zone as the one 
where you live. If an appropriate choice does not appear in the list, see“Adding 
a location” in Chapter 14 to create a new location.
3.Ta p  D o n e .
When you travel, changing the primary Location setting automatically resets 
the date and time on your handheld based on the local time zone, but it does not 
change the time of appointments set in Date Book.
To set the date:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Date & Time.
2.Tap the Set Date box.
3.Tap the arrows to select the current year.
4.Tap the current month.
5.Tap the current date.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
Tap to set date
Ta p  a r r o w s  
to select 
year
Tap to select 
month
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To set the time:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Date & Time.
2.Tap the Set Time box.
3.Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour.
4.Tap each minute number, and then tap the arrows to change them.
5.Ta p  O K .
6.Ta p  D o n e .
To set the time zone and daylight saving time:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Date & Time.
2.Tap the Location pick list.
3.Select Edit List.
4.Select the location where you want to set the time zone.
5.Tap Edit to open the Edit Location dialog box.
6.Follow the steps under “Adding a location” in Chapter 14 to select the time 
zone and daylight saving time settings.
7.Tap Done. 
Digitizer Preferences
The Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen. This is the 
same screen that appears when you start your handheld for the first time. 
You can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset or if your digitizer drifts. You may 
need to repeat this process a few times until the calibration registers.
To calibrate your handheld screen:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Digitizer.
2.Tap the targets as indicated on the screen as precisely as possible.
TIPYou can also press Left, Right, Up, and Down on the navigator to highlight 
a Preferences screen name and then press Select on the navigator to open that 
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Formats Preferences
Use the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the display 
format of the dates, times, and numbers on your handheld. 
Country default
The country default sets date, time, week start day, and number conventions based 
on geographic regions where you might use your handheld. For example, in the 
United Kingdom, time often is expressed using a 24-hour clock. In the United 
States, however, time is expressed using a 12-hour clock with an AM or PM suffix.
All your handheld applications use the Country default settings. You can, 
however, customize your own preferences as described in “Time, date, week start, 
and numbers formats” later in this chapter.
To set the country default:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Formats.
2.Tap the country name pick list.
3.Select the setting you want to use. 
4.Ta p  D o n e .
Time, date, week start, and numbers formats
The Time setting defines the format for the time of day. The time format that you 
select appears in all applications on your handheld. 
To select the time, date, week start, and numbers format:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Formats.
2.Tap the Time pick list and select a format. 
3.Tap the Date pick list and select a format.
4.Tap the Week starts pick list, and select whether you want the first day of the 
week to be Sunday or Monday. 
This setting controls the Day, Week, and Month views in Date Book and all other 
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5.Tap the Numbers pick list, and select formats for the decimal point and 
thousands separator.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
Graffiti 2 Preferences
The Graffiti 2 Preferences screen enables you select an alternate stroke shape for 
specific characters. 
To select alternate strokes:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Graffiti 2.
2.Tap the letter you want to change.
3.Tap the check box to activate the alternate stroke.
4.Ta p  D o n e .
5.Repeat steps 2 through 4 for other letters.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
Power Preferences
The Power Preferences screen enables you to set power consumption options. You 
can control when your handheld turns off and whether to receive beamed 
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Auto-off after
Your handheld has an automatic shutoff feature that turns off the power after a 
period of inactivity. This feature helps conserve battery power in case you forget to 
turn off your handheld.
If you find that your handheld shuts itself off before you finish reviewing the 
information on the screen, you can increase the time setting of the automatic 
shutoff feature. 
To set the Auto-off after interval:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Power.
2.Tap the Auto-off after pick list. 
3.Select the setting you want to use for the automatic shutoff feature: 30 seconds, 
1 minute, 2 minutes, or 3 minutes. 
4.Ta p  D o n e .
Stay on in Cradle
You can choose to leave your handheld on when it is in the cradle/cable, so that 
you can continue to view your data. By default, your handheld remains on when 
it is in the cradle/cable and is connected to a power source.
To change the cradle/cable setting:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Power.
2.Tap the Stay on in Cradle pick list.
3.Select Off to turn off your handheld when it is in the cradle/cable.
4.Ta p  D o n e .
Beam Receive
You can choose to turn off the Beam Receive feature. This prohibits anyone from 
beaming information to your handheld. It also results in a slight saving of battery 
power. By default, Beam Receive is enabled.
To turn off the Beam Receive feature:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Power.
2.Tap the Beam Receive pick list.
3.Select Off to disable receiving beamed information.
4.Ta p  D o n e . 
						

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Security Preferences
The Security Preferences help you prevent unauthorized users from viewing 
entries that you want to protect. Use the Security Preferences to do the following:
nLock and turn off your handheld so that it does not operate until you enter the 
correct password.
nMask all records that you mark as private so that the information appears as 
gray bars. 
nHide all records that you mark as private so that they do not appear on any 
screen. 
You can mask and hide private records with or without a password. Without a 
password, private records are hidden or masked until you set the Security 
Preferences to show them. With a password, you must enter the password to view 
the private entries. 
Assigning a password
You can assign a password to protect your private records and to lock your 
handheld.
To assign a password:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Password box.
3.Enter a password. 
4.Enter a hint to help you remember your password if you forget it. This is 
optional.
5.Tap OK. 
6.Enter the same password a second time, and tap OK.
7.Ta p  D o n e .
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Changing or deleting a password
Once you define a password for your handheld, you can change or delete it at any 
time. You must enter the current password before you can change or delete it.
To change or delete your password:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Password box.
3.Enter the current password. 
4.Ta p  O K .
5.Do one of the following:
– To change the password and hint, enter the new password and hint, and 
tap OK.
– To remove the password, tap Unassign.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
Locking your handheld
You can lock your handheld so that it cannot be operated until your password is 
entered. In the event that your handheld is lost or stolen, this helps protect your 
data from unauthorized use. You can set your handheld to lock automatically, or 
you can lock it manually.
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You can set your handheld to lock automatically when any one of the following 
occurs: 
nWhen you turn off the power
nAt a time you specify
nAfter a period of inactivity you specify
To set your handheld to lock when you turn it off:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Auto Lock Handheld box, and then enter your password.
3.Select On power off.
4.Ta p  O K .
5.Ta p  D o n e .
To set your handheld to lock at a preset time:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Auto Lock Handheld box, and then enter your password.
3.Select At a preset time, and then use the arrows to set the time.
4.Ta p  O K .
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To set your handheld to lock after a period of inactivity:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Auto Lock Handheld box, and then enter your password.
3.Select After a preset delay.
4.Enter the inactive period, and then select Minute(s) or Hour(s) from the pick list. 
5.Ta p  O K .
6.Ta p  D o n e .
CAUTIONIf you lock your handheld, you must enter the exact password to 
reactivate your handheld. If you forget the password, your handheld will 
present the hint you have entered to help you remember the password. If you 
still cannot remember the password, you must perform a hard reset to resume 
using your handheld. Performing a hard reset deletes all the records in your 
handheld; however, you can restore all synchronized data at the next HotSync 
operation. See“Performing a hard reset” in Appendix A for more information.
To lock and turn off your handheld manually:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap Lock & Turn Off.
3.Ta p  O f f  &  L o c k .
4.To start your handheld, turn it on and then enter the password. 
5.Ta p  D o n e .
Tap to select Minutes or Hours
Enter the amount of time
Tap Lock and 
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Recovering from a forgotten password
If you forget your password, your handheld will display the password hint, if you 
entered one, to help you remember the password. If you are still unable to 
remember the password, you can delete it from your handheld. Deleting a 
forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked Private.
IMPORTANTIf you synchronize with your computer before deleting a forgotten 
password, your handheld restores your private entries the next time you perform a 
HotSync operation, but it does not restore the password.
To delete a forgotten password:
1.From the General Preferences list, select Security.
2.Tap the Password box.
3.Tap Lost Password.
4.Tap Yes.
Making records private
In many applications, you can make individual records private. Private records 
remain visible and accessible, however, until you select the Security setting to hide 
or mask all private records. Masked records appear as gray placeholders in the 
same position in which they would appear if they were not masked, and are 
marked with a lock icon. Hidden records disappear completely from the screen. If 
you define a password for your handheld, you must enter it to display private 
records.