Palm Zire Handheld Instructions Manual

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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 the Fall. 
						

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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 handheld. 
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1.Open any application (such as Address Book). 
2.Tap any record, or tap New.
3.Tap “ABC” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “123” to open the numeric 
keyboard.
4.Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.
NOTEThe onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international 
characters. You can switch among the three dialog boxes at any time to enter 
the exact text you need.
5.After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in 
the record.
Tap here for 
alphabetic keyboardTap here for numeric 
keyboard 
						

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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 a standard 
keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the uppercase letters of the regular 
alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn. 
There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:
nIf you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this 
chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you achieve 100% 
accuracy.
nThe heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain 
characters have similar shapes, but different beginning and end points. Always 
begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you should not create the heavy dot; it is only 
there to show you where to begin the stroke).
nMost characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the 
Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character 
immediately. To accomplish single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of 
the regular alphabet equivalents.
nThe Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of 
the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and 
bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two areas.
Write letters here
Write numbers here
Division marks 
						

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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 for you.
As you’ll see later, you use the same shape to create both the uppercase and 
lowercase version of a letter.
3.Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area. 
4.Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it appears in the 
tables.
5.Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your handheld 
recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at the insertion point on 
the screen.
As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke for the next 
character you want to write.
IMPORTANTYou must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. If you 
do not make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not 
recognize them as text characters.
Graffiti tips
When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:
nAccuracy improves when you write large characters. You should draw strokes 
that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.
nTo delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of the character 
you want to delete and make the backspace stroke (a line from right to left) in 
the Graffiti writing area.
Start stroke 
at heavy dotLift stylus 
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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 capital letter:
nUse the Caps Shift stroke:
TIPWhen Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol appears in the 
lower-right corner of the handheld screen. If you accidentally activate Caps 
Shift, backspace will cancel it.
To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
nUse the Caps Lock stroke:
TIPWhen Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol appears in 
the lower-right corner of the handheld screen. To return to lowercase, make the 
Caps Shift stroke.
Writing numbers
Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of the alphabet, 
except that you make the character strokes on the right-hand side (numbers side) 
of the Graffiti writing area.
Caps
Shift   
Caps
Lock   
Caps Shift
Caps Lock 
						

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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 
the Graffiti writing area (the letters 
or numbers side).
Number Strokes Number Strokes
0
    5    
1 6
27
 
38    
4    9
Symbol Stroke Symbol Stroke
Period
.
 Dash
—
Comma
,Left Paren
(
Apostrophe
Right Paren
)
Question
?Slash
/
 
Exclamation
!Dollar
$
Punctuation shift 
						

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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 the letter, 
followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the accent to the letter.
For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to draw an 
accented “e.”
@     #     %     ^      &    *     <     >              +      =      | 
—
      {      }     [       ]     ~     `         ;     :            tab
Symbol
Shift   
Symbol Shift
·       Ô       Ò       Ó      ,,, ,,
¡ ,
+
—X:=
= cY?
!¦Æ
= e 
						

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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 special strokes that you 
can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications. 
Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti ShortCuts make entering commonly used words or phrases quick and 
easy. ShortCuts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext features of some word 
processors. 
Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can also create 
your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters. For example, you 
a         a       a        a        a       a
ca
e
CommandStroke
Move cursor right
 
Move cursor left
Previous field
(Address Book only)
Next Field
(Address Book only)
Open Address Record
(Address Book only)