Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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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, and Beam 
Memo.
Choosing a menu
After you open the menu bar for an application, tap the menu that contains the 
command you want to use.
The menus and menu commands that are...

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Draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti area. When you draw the 
Command stroke, the Command toolbar appears just above the Graffiti writing 
area to indicate that you are in Command mode.
The command toolbar displays context-sensitive menu commands for the current 
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...

Common tasks
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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, 
To Do List item, Note Pad note, 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....

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Entering text
For information on how to enter text using Graffiti 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.
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...

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Deleting records
To delete a record:
1.Select the record you want to delete.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Record, and then tap the Delete command:
Date Book: Delete Event
Address Book: Delete Address
To Do List: Delete Item
Note Pad: Delete Note
Memo Pad: Delete Memo
Expense: Delete Item
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,...

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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 Address Book, Note Pad, or Memo Pad; you must delete 
outdated records manually from these applications.
To purge records:
1.Open the application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Record, and then tap Purge. 
A confirmation dialog box appears. 
Date Book: Tap the pick list and select how old a record must be to be purged. 
Purge...

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Address Book contains the QuickList user-defined category, in which you can 
store the names, addresses, and phone numbers you might need in emergencies 
(doctor, fire department, lawyer, etc.).
Expense contains two user-defined categories, New York and Paris, to show how 
you might sort your expenses according to different business trips.
NOTEThe illustrations in this section come from Address Book, but you can use 
these procedures in all the applications in which categories are...

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2.Select the category you want to view.
The list screen now displays only the records assigned to that category.
TIPPressing an application button on the front panel of the handheld toggles 
through all the categories of that application.
To define a new category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
2.Tap Edit Categories. 
3.Ta p  N e w.
4.Enter the name of the new category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
You can assign any of...

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To rename a category:
1.Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the list screen.
2.Tap Edit Categories. 
3.Select the category that you want to rename, and then tap Rename.
4.Enter the new name for the category, and then tap OK.
5.Ta p  O K .
TIPYou can group the records in two or more categories into one category by 
giving the categories the same name. For example, if you change the name of 
the Personal category to Business, all records formerly in the Personal...

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Using Find
You can use Find to locate any text that you specify, in any application that resides 
on your handheld.
To use Find:
1.Tap the Find icon  .
TIPIf you select text in an application before you tap Find, the selected text 
automatically appears in the Find dialog box.
2.Enter the text that you want to find. 
Find is not case-sensitive. For example, searching for the name “davidson” also 
finds “Davidson.”
Find locates any words that begin with the text you...