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 
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.
TIPWhen the highlight in the Applications Launcher is not active, you can also 
press and hold Select on the navigator to open the category pick list.
2.Select the category item that matches the name of the expansion card. 
						

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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 can rename and delete 
the user-defined categories. In addition, you can create your own user-defined 
categories. You can have a maximum of 15 user-defined categories. 
When you have an expansion card properly seated in the expansion card slot, the 
expansion card name appears as the last item in the category pick list. You can 
assign applications to the expansion card, but you cannot further categorize 
applications that reside on an expansion card.
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 . 
						

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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 then press Select on the navigator 
to view that category.
Changing the Applications Launcher display
By default, the Applications Launcher displays each application as an icon. As an 
alternative, you can choose to show a list of applications. You can also choose to 
view the same category of applications each time you open the Applications 
Launcher.
To change the Applications Launcher display:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
4.Tap the View By pick list and select List.
5.Ta p  O K .
To open the Applications Launcher to the last opened category:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
4.Tap the Remember Last Category check box to select it.
5.Ta p  O K . 
						

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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 an application to copy.
7.Tap Copy.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
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. 
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 Applications Launcher. 
						

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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 following:
nHow applications are sorted and listed
nWhether 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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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 Memo Pad).
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Menu icon  . 
– Tap the inverted title area at the top of the screen.
In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. The Record 
menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo, Delete Memo, Beam 
Memo, and Send Memo.
Tap the Menu icon
Tap the title area 
						

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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 use.
TIPAfter you open the menu bar, you can also press Right and Left on the navigator 
to select a menu, press Down on the navigator to select the command you want to 
use, and then press Select on the navigator to run the command.
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 area, the 
Command toolbar appears just above the Graffiti 2 writing area to indicate that 
you are in Command mode.
Command   
Command letters Menu commands
Cut Undo Copy Paste Beam Delete 
						

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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 time, so you must tap an icon or write 
the command letter immediately to select the menu command. 
Choosing application preferences
You can set options that affect an entire application in the application’s 
Preferences dialog box.
To change preferences for an application: 
1.Open an application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
NOTENot all applications have a Preferences command.
4.Make changes to the settings.
5.Ta p  O K .
Performing common tasks
The tasks described in this section use the term records to refer to an individual item 
in any of the applications: a single Date Book event, Address Book entry, Palm 
Photos photo, Note Pad note, To Do List item, Memo Pad memo, or Expense item.
Creating records
You can use the following procedure to create a new record in Date Book, Address 
Book, To Do List, Note Pad, Memo Pad, and Expense.
To create a record:
1.Select the application in which you want to create a record.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.In Date Book only: Select start and end times for your appointment, and tap OK.
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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 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. 
Entering text
For information on how to enter text using Graffiti 2 writing, the onscreen 
keyboard, or the keyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 3. For 
information on entering text in Note Pad, see 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. You can also drag 
across the text to select additional words, or drag 
down 
to select a group of lines.
Edit line 
 Blinking cursor 
						

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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 command. For example, if you 
used Cut to remove text, Undo restores the text you removed. Undo 
also reverses deletions you made using backspace. 
CutRemoves the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory 
of your handheld. You can paste the text you cut into another area 
of the current application or into a different application. 
CopyCopies the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory of 
your handheld. You can paste the text that you copy into another 
area of the current application or into a different application.
Pa steInserts the text that you cut or copied at the selected point in a 
record. The text you paste replaces any selected text. If you did not 
previously cut or copy text, Paste does nothing.
Select AllSelects all of the text in the current record or screen. This enables 
you to cut or copy all of the text and paste it elsewhere.
KeyboardOpens the onscreen keyboard. After you finish with the onscreen 
keyboard, tap Done.
Graffiti 2 HelpOpens screens that show all the Graffiti 2 character strokes. Use this 
command anytime you forget a stroke for a character.