Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

Customizing your handheld
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To set the time zone:
1.Tap the Set Time Zone box.
2.Tap a time zone. 
TIPWhen you travel, changing the time zone setting to a new time zone 
automatically resets the date and time on your handheld, but it does not 
change the time of appointments set in Date Book.
3.Tap OK. 
To set the daylight saving switch:
nTap the Daylight Saving pick list, and then tap Off or On.
If you live in a place where Daylight Saving time applies, set this option to On 
in the Spring, and Off in...

Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld
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CHAPTER 3
Entering Data in Your Handheld
This chapter explains how to enter data into your handheld. There are several 
ways to enter data into your handheld:
nUsing the onscreen keyboard
nUsing Graffiti® writing
nUsing Note Pad
nBeaming data from a device that has an infrared (IR) port
nEntering or importing data in Palm™ Desktop software and then 
synchronizing with your handheld
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers on 
your...

Chapter 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld
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Using Graffiti writing to enter data
Chapter 2 introduced Graffiti writing and briefly described how to use it to enter 
text in your applications. In this section, you learn the procedures for creating 
letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.
Writing Graffiti characters
Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of 
practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on...

Using Graffiti writing to enter data
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To write Graffiti letters:
1.Tap the screen where you want your text to go. 
NOTEYou need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must see a blinking 
cursor before you write the text.
2.Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you 
want to create. For example, the stroke shown below creates the letter “n.”
NOTEThere are two different stroke shapes available for some letters. For 
these letters, choose the one that’s easiest...

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nWrite at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate recognition errors.
nDo not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the sides of the 
Graffiti writing area.
nPress firmly.
The Graffiti® alphabet
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AN
B
   O   
CP    
D    Q
ER
    
F    S
G
   T
HU
IV
   
JW
KX
   
LY    
M    Z
Space Back Space
Carriage
ReturnPe rio d
tap twice 

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Writing capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet 
characters. To make capital letters, you must first “shift” to caps—just as you press 
the Shift key on a keyboard—and then write the character strokes.
NOTEGraffiti writing includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first letter 
when you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a blank line). 
To draw the first letter of a word as a...

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Graffiti numbers
Writing punctuation marks
Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter from a 
standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with a single tap on the Graffiti 
writing area. When you make this tap, you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot 
appears to show it is active. The next stroke you make with the stylus creates a 
punctuation mark.
NOTEWhen Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol stroke anywhere in...

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Additional Graffiti punctuation
Writing symbols and extended characters
All symbols and extended characters begin with the Symbol Shift stroke in the 
Graffiti writing area of your handheld:
When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the lower-right 
corner of the screen. The next stroke that you make creates the symbol or extended 
character.
Writing accented characters
To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create...

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Accent strokes
Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented letters:
à  á  â  ã  ä  å  è  é  ê  ë  ì  í  î  ï  ò  ó  ô  õ  ö  ù  ú  û  ü  ÿ  ý  ñ
Additional non-English characters
You can write the following characters without any special punctuation or shifting:
NOTEYou must write these non-English characters in the left side of the Graffiti 
writing area.
Navigation strokes
In addition to character symbols, Graffiti writing includes...