Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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The list scrolls to the first record in the list that starts with the first letter you 
enter. Continue to spell the name you’re looking for, or when you see the name, 
tap it. 
5.Tap Add.
The name you selected, along with the other information associated with it, is 
pasted into the record you selected in step 1.
Phone Lookup tips
Write the Graffiti Command stroke “/L” to activate the Phone Lookup feature. 
You can also activate it in the following circumstances:
nWhile entering text:...

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To look up an Address Book record:
1.Display the Address list screen.
2.Enter the first letter of the name you want to find.
The list scrolls to the first entry that begins with that letter. If you write another 
letter, the list scrolls to the first entry that starts with those two letters. For 
example, writing an “s” scrolls to “Sands,” and writing “sm” scrolls further to 
“Smith.” If you sort the list by company name, the Look Up feature scrolls to the 
first...

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3.Tap Who.
4.Tap Lookup.
The Attendees Lookup screen displays all the names in your Address Book that 
have data in the Company field.
5.Select the name you want to add, and then tap Add.
The name appears in the Attendees screen.
6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more names.
7.Ta p  D o n e .
8.Ta p  O K .
Sorting lists of records
You can sort lists of records in various ways, depending on the application. Sorting 
is available in applications that have list screens: Address Book, To Do List,...

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Address Book:
Note Pad:
Memo Pad:
5.
Do one of the following:
Address Book: Tap the setting you want.
Note Pad: Tap the Sort by pick list and select Alphabetic, Date, or Manual.
Memo Pad: Tap the Sort by pick list and select Alphabetic or Manual.
6.Ta p  O K .
To sort the Note Pad or Memo list manually, tap and drag a memo or note to a new 
location in the list. 
NOTETo make the list of your memos appear in Palm Desktop software as you 
manually sorted it on your...

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3.Ta p  D e t a i l s .  
4.Ta p  N o t e .
5.Enter your note.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
A small note icon appears at the right side of any item that has a note.
To review or edit a note:
nTap the Note icon  .
To delete a note:
1.Tap the Note icon  .
2.Tap Delete.
3.Tap Yes.
Choosing fonts
In many applications, you can change the font style to make text easier to read. You 
can choose a different font style for each application.
Note icon
Small fontLarge font
Bold font 

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To change the font style:
1.Open an application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Options, and then tap Font.
4.Tap the font style you want to use.
5.Ta p  O K .
Reviewing Reminders
You can set alarms to notify you of appointments, notes, and alarms in Date Book, 
Note Pad, and Clock. When an alarm occurs, your handheld displays a reminder 
message. If you tap Snooze in response to an alarm message, your handheld 
reminds you of the alarm again in five minutes. The...

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Receiving reminders from Palm Desktop software
You can also set an option to receive Date Book event alerts from Palm Desktop 
software. The feature is disabled by default, so you must enable it within 
Palm Desktop software.
To enable an event alert from Palm Desktop software:
1.Double-click the Palm Desktop icon.
2.From the Tools menu, select Options, and then select Alarms.
3.Set Alarm Configuration options, either Always Available or Available only 
when the...

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To install add-on software on your handheld using a Windows computer:
1.On your computer, copy or download the application you want to install into 
the Add-on folder in your Palm Desktop directory on your computer.
NOTEIf the software you download is compressed, you need to decompress 
it into this folder. If you prefer to place the application into another folder, you 
need to navigate to that folder before you complete step 5.
2.Double-click the Palm Desktop icon...

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NOTEReview the list of applications you selected in the Install Tool dialog box. 
If you do not want to install an application, select it, and then click Remove. 
(This does not remove the application from your computer; it simply removes 
it from the list of applications to install.)
8.Click Done to close the Install Tool window.
9.Perform a HotSync operation to install the selected application(s). 
See“Performing HotSync
® Operations” in Chapter 14 for details....

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6.Select the Add-on folder from the pop-up menu.
7.Select the application you want to install.
If the file you want to install is not listed in the dialog box, go to the folder where 
you copied the file. Most Palm™ application files have the extension PRC, PDB, 
PQA, or SCP.
8.Click Add File to add the selected application to the Install Handheld Files list.
TIPYou can also drag files or folders to the list in the Install Handheld Files 
dialog box. The files are...