Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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Current time
displaying in Date Book 85
setting 20
Custom fields, in Address Book 68
Customizing. See Preferences
Cutting text 44
Cycling through views 63, 78
D
Data entry. See Entering data
Date
displaying in Clock 75
setting current 20, 177
To Do List record due 120
Date and Time preferences 19
Date Book
adding Address Book data to 
records 50–51
Agenda view 88
alarm 82
archive files (.dba) 34
changing event time 81
changing event to untimed 81
conduit for synchronizing 125
conflicting events 89
continuous events 83–85
creating records 43, 78–81
Day view 85
deleting records 45
display options 90
displaying current time 85
end time for Day view 90
fonts 55
menus 89
Month view 87
notes for records 54–55
opening 77
overview 77
private records 116
purging records 45–46
repeating events 45, 83–85
scheduling events 78–81
selecting dates 80
start time for Day view 90
Sunday or Monday to start week 148
switching views 85
untimed events 78, 80
Week view 85, 148, 177Day
displaying in Clock 75
in Date Book view 78, 90
DBA (Date Book archive file) 34
Decimal point 148
Default
categories 46
currency in Expense 95
settings. See Preferences
Deleted data, saving in archive files 45
Deleting
applications 57, 60
Desktop software 61
Graffiti characters 25
passwords 110
records 45
service templates 161
text 44
See also Purging records
Desktop software
displaying euro 97
for entering data 18
linking to external files 139
removing 61
saving deleted data to an archive file 45
system requirements 5
upgrading 6
Digitizer 15, 147, 176
DNS (Domain Naming System) 158
Double-booked events 89
Dragging
stylus to activate features 145
using the stylus 16
E
Editing records 43–44
Entering data 16–19, 23–36
importing from other applications 34–36
problems with 176
using Graffiti writing 24
using Note Pad 31
using the computer keyboard 34
using the onscreen keyboard 23
Entries. See Address Book
Euro
displaying on desktop computer 97
in Expense 94, 95
in Graffiti writing 29 
						

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in onscreen keyboard 17
printing 97
problems with 177
Events. See Date Book
Exclamation marks in To Do List 121
Expense
adding Address Book data to 
records 52–53
categorizing records 47
conduit for synchronizing 125
creating records 92
currency 94
date of item 93
defining new currency 95
menus 97
overview 91
printing reports 97
purging records 45
receipt details 93
type 93, 98
vendor 94
F
FAQ 173–183
FCC Statement 187
Files, linking to external 139
Finding
information in applications 49–51
phone numbers 50–51
using the Find application 50
Fonts 55, 56, 97
Formats preferences 147
Frequently asked questions 173–183
Frozen handheld 176
G
Games 150
General preferences
alarm sounds 150
auto-off delay 149
system sounds 150
Glossary. See Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti
accented characters 29
alphabet 24, 26
basic concepts 24
capital letters 27Command stroke 42
defined 17
Giraffe game for practicing 17
how to write characters 25
menu commands 41
moving the cursor 30
numbers 27
online Help 44, 144
problems using 176
punctuation marks 28
ShortCuts for entering data 30, 164–165
symbols 29
tips 25
writing 24
writing area 10, 24
H
Hard reset 169, 175
Help
Graffiti 44
online tips 15
Hiding records 114
HotSync
conduits for synchronizing 
applications 125–126, 170, 171
conduits for synchronizing applications, 
Mac 126–127
customizing 125, 126
first-time operation 127–132, 140–142
IR operation 132
linking to external files 139
local operation 128, 178, 179
local operation on Mac 131
modem settings 136
operations using cable 139, 146
operations using IR port 133–134, 146–
147
problems with 178–181
problems with IR 180
remote operation 135–139, 179–180
restoring data 170–171
setting options 123–124
using with another PIM 61 
						

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I
Icons
alarm 82
application 13, 39
note 55
online Tips 15
onscreen 176
repeating event 84
Idle timeout of ISP or server connection 157
Importing data 19, 34–36
Infrared
connections 146
HotSync operations 133–134, 146–147
port 12, 132
problems with IR HotSync 
operations 180
requirements for computer 132
Initialization string 147
Installing
applications 57
conduit to install applications 125
International characters
Graffiti writing 29
onscreen keyboard 23
IP address 157, 159
IR port 12, 132
See also Beaming and Infrared
IR to phone HotSync operations 135–139, 
179–180
IR. See Infrared
IrCOMM 132, 146
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) 132
Items. See To Do List or Expense
K
Keyboard
computer 34
onscreen 14, 23, 145
L
Letters
font style 56
Graffiti 24, 26
onscreen keyboard 23
List, in Applications Launcher 39
Lithium-ion battery 168Locking the handheld with a password 111–
113, 145, 163
Login scripts 159, 185
Looking up Address Book data
to add to other records 50–51
scrolling in Address list 51
Lost
handheld, contact for 65
records 177
Lotus Organizer, importing data from 34
M
Maintenance information 167
Masking records 114
Memo Pad
adding Address Book data to 
records 50–51
archive files (.mpa) 34
categorizing records 46
conduit for synchronizing 125
creating records 43, 99
deleting records 45, 84
fonts 55
menus 71, 101
opening 99, 103
overview 99
private records 116
reviewing memos 100
sending memos into other 
applications 99
sorting records 53, 177
Memory
amount of free 183
for beaming 182
calculator 70
regaining 45, 175
Memos. See Memo Pad
Menus 40–42, 176
Address Book 67
choosing 41
command equivalents (Graffiti 
writing) 41
command toolbar 42
Date Book 75, 89
Edit menu 44
Expense 97
Memo Pad 71, 101, 106
menu bar 13, 41 
						

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Network Preferences 162
Note Pad 106
To Do List 121
Microsoft Outlook, connecting to 13, 178
Modem initialization string 147
Monday, to start week 148
Month (Date Book view) 87, 90
Moving the cursor (Graffiti writing) 30
MPA (Memo Pad archive file) 34
N
Network
connecting 156
connection type 157
idle timeout 157
login scripts 159–161
password 152
phone settings 153
preferences 150–163
primary DNS 158
secondary DNS 158
selecting connection 152
selecting service 151
TCP/IP 150
user name 151
Note Pad
alarm 105
clearing notes 44, 105
conduit for synchronizing 125
copying notes into other 
applications 103
entering data 31
menus 106
opening 31, 103
overview 103
private records 116
reviewing notes 104
Notes, attaching to records 54–55
Numbers
decimal point and thousands 
separator 148
Graffiti writing 27
onscreen keyboard 14, 23
O
Onscreen keyboard 16, 23, 44
Opening
Address Book 63
applications 37
Calculator 69
Clock 73, 74
Date Book 77
Expense 91
Memo Pad 99, 103
Note Pad 31, 103
onscreen keyboard 145
Security 109
To Do List 117
Organizer (Lotus PIM) 34
Outlook, connecting to 13, 178
Overlapping events 89
Owner preferences 163
P
Passwords 109–113
changing 110
creating 109
deleting 110
for network 152
forgotten 113, 182
Pasting
notes into other applications 103
text 44
Payment, Expense item 94
Pen stroke, full-screen 144–145
Personal information managers. See PIM
Phone
Phone Lookup 50–51
selecting phone numbers for Address 
list 66
selecting types of phone numbers 65
settings for ISP or dial-in server 153–155
Pick lists 14
PIM (personal information manager)
using HotSync Manager with 61
using with handheld 13
See also Desktop software
Ports, IR on handheld 132
Power button 10
PPP 157
PQA (query application file extension) 58
PRC (application file extension) 58 
						

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Preferences 19
applications 42
Buttons 144
Connection 150
Date and Time 19
Digitizer 147
Formats 147
General 148
Network 150–163
On while charging setting 149
Owner 163
ShortCuts 164
Primary DNS 158
Prioritizing To Do List records 118, 121
Private records
displaying and creating 114–116, 177
lost with forgotten password 113
See also Security
Profiles 140
Punctuation marks
Graffiti writing 28
onscreen keyboard 23
Purging
records 45–46
See also Deleting
R
Range of times in Day view 90
Receipts, recording in Expense 93
Receiving data. See Beaming information
Recharging the handheld 3, 149, 168
Records
Address Book 64
beaming 32–33
choosing categories 46
creating 43
Date Book 78
defined 43
deleting 45, 84
displaying a category of 47
editing 43–44
Expense 92
fonts 55
hiding private 109, 114
lost 177
masking private 109, 114
Memo Pad 99
notes for 54–55number of 183
private 114–116
purging 45–46
sorting 53–54
To Do List 117
unmasking individual 115
Reminder lists 56
Remote HotSync operations 179–180
Removing
applications 60
Desktop software 61
Renaming categories 49
Repeating events
deleting from Date Book 45
scheduling 83
Rescheduling events 81
Resetting handheld
hard reset 169, 175
location of reset button 11, 168
soft reset 168
Restoring data
from a Mac 171
from a Windows computer 170
S
Saving data 38, 43, 45
Scheduling events 78–81
Screen
blank 175
calibrating 15, 147
caring for 167
touching with your finger 10
Scroll
bar 14
buttons 10
Searching. See Finding
Secondary DNS 158
Security 109–113
changing password 110
deleting password 110
displaying owner’s name 163
forgotten password 113
private records 114–116
setting a password hint 110
unmasking individual records 115 
						

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Selecting
date for event 80
phone numbers in Address Book 65
text 44
Sending data. See Beaming information
Service
selecting for network 151
templates 156, 161
Settings. See Preferences
ShortCuts
backing up 125
managing 164–165
menu commands 41
predefined 31
preferences 164–165
using 30
Soft reset 168
Sorting
applications 38
records 53–54, 177
Sounds. See Alarm and System sounds
Stylus
dragging with 16
pen stroke to activate a feature 144
tapping with 15
writing with 11, 23
Sunday, to start week 148
Symbols
for currency 94
in Graffiti writing 29
System
conduit 125
requirements for Desktop software 5
sounds 150
T
Tab delimited files, importing data from 34, 
36
Tapping 15, 176
TCP/IP 143, 150, 162
TDA (To Do List archive file) 34
Technical Support 173, 183
Text
copying 44
cutting 44
entry. See Entering data
files, importing data from 34, 35fonts for 55
selecting all 44
Thousands separator 148
Time
alarm setting 82
format 148
setting current 20
setting event 78
start and end for Date Book Day view 90
Tips, online 15
To Do List
adding Address Book data to 
records 50–51
archive files (.tda) 34
categorizing records 46, 121
checking off items 119
completed items 121
completion date 121
conduit for synchronizing 125
creating records 43
deleting records 45, 84
due date 120–121
fonts 55
menus 121
notes for records 54–55
opening 117
overview 117
prioritizing records 118, 121
private records 116
purging records 45–46, 121
sorting records 53
Today. See Current date
Transmitting data. See Beaming information
Troubleshooting 183
Turning off handheld
automatically 149
pen stroke for 145
problems with 175
Turning on handheld
application buttons 11
displaying owner’s name 163
power button 10
problems with 175
U
Undoing actions 44
Uninstalling Desktop software 61
Unresponsive handheld 176 
						

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Untimed events 78, 80, 81, 83
USB 12
cable 168, 178
connector 4, 12
HotSync configuration 178, 179
port 6, 12, 146, 178
User name
for ISP 151
identifying handheld 163
User profiles 140
HotSync operation with 141–142
Mac computer 141
V
VCal 34, 36
VCard 34, 36
Vendor for Expense item 94
W
Web sites 13
Week (Date Book view) 85–87, 148, 177
Writing area 10
Writing. See Entering data 
						

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