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    							Handbook
    for the 
    Palm III
    ™ Organizer 
    						
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    Copyright
    Copyright © 1998 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the
    3Com logo, Palm Computing, Palm Modem, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trade-
    marks, and PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm OS, Palm, the Palm Computing Platform logo,  the
    Palm III logo, and the HotSync logo are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com
    Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or
    registered trademarks of their respective owners.
    Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
    3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss
    resulting from the use of this handbook.
    3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any loss or claims
    by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. 3Com Corporation
    and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion
    of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup cop-
    ies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss.
    Important: Please read the 3Com End User Software License Agreement contained in
    this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of
    the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License
    Agreement.
    3.5 Software Diskettes Available
    Palm™ Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a
    CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software from
    http://www.palm.com. Alternatively, you can order 3.5 diskettes by completing and
    mailing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm III™ organizer product package,
    or call to order the diskettes. See the Worldwide Customer Support card for the appro-
    priate phone number.
    P/N: 405-0448A
    A/N: 423-0241 
    						
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    Contents
    About This Book
    ......................................................................................... 1
    Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm III™ Organizer
    Getting to know your Palm III organizer ..........................................3
    What is a Palm III organizer?  ..........................................................3
    System requirements  ........................................................................4
    Upgrade information ........................................................................4
    Palm III components  .........................................................................5
    Installing the batteries ..........................................................................9
    Tapping and typing ............................................................................10
    Tap with the stylus to get things done  .........................................10
    Elements of the organizer interface  ..............................................11
    Opening applications  .....................................................................12
    Using menus  ....................................................................................13
    Three ways to enter data  ................................................................15
    Customizing your organizer..............................................................19
    Palm Desktop organizer software  ................................................20
    Connecting the cradle  .....................................................................21
    Using your organizer with another PIM  .....................................22
    Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm III™ Organizer
    Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................23
    Writing Graffiti characters  .............................................................23
    Graffiti tips  .......................................................................................25
    The Graffiti alphabet .......................................................................26
    Writing capital letters  .....................................................................27
    Writing numbers  .............................................................................27
    Graffiti numbers  ..............................................................................28
    Writing punctuation marks  ...........................................................28
    Writing symbols and extended characters  ..................................29
    Writing accented characters  ..........................................................30
    Accent strokes ..................................................................................30
    Additional non-English characters  ...............................................30
    Navigation strokes  ..........................................................................31
    Graffiti ShortCuts  ............................................................................31
    Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................33
    Using your computer keyboard ........................................................33
    Importing data .....................................................................................34 
    						
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    Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications
    Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 37
    Selecting applications ..................................................................... 37
    Switching between applications  ................................................... 37
    Categorizing applications .............................................................. 37
    Changing the Applications Launcher display ............................ 38
    Choosing preferences ......................................................................... 39
    Installing and removing applications .............................................. 40
    Installing add-on applications  ...................................................... 40
    Installing games  .............................................................................. 42
    Removing applications  .................................................................. 43
    Removing Palm Desktop software ............................................... 43
    Security ................................................................................................. 44
    Assigning a password .................................................................... 44
    Changing or deleting a password  ................................................ 45
    Locking your organizer  ................................................................. 45
    Recovering from a forgotten password ....................................... 46
    Chapter 4: Using Your Basic Applications
    Overview of basic applications ......................................................... 48
    Date Book  ......................................................................................... 48
    Address Book  .................................................................................. 49
    To Do List ......................................................................................... 50
    Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 51
    Calculator ......................................................................................... 51
    Expense ............................................................................................ 52
    Common tasks ..................................................................................... 53
    Creating records .............................................................................. 53
    Editing records ................................................................................ 53
    Deleting records  .............................................................................. 55
    Purging records ............................................................................... 56
    Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations  ............... 56
    Categorizing records  ...................................................................... 59
    Finding records  ............................................................................... 62
    Sorting lists of records .................................................................... 66
    Making records private .................................................................. 67
    Attaching notes  ............................................................................... 69
    Choosing fonts  ................................................................................ 70
    Application-specific tasks .................................................................. 71
    Date Book  ......................................................................................... 71
    Address Book  .................................................................................. 84
    To Do List ......................................................................................... 89
    Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 94 
    						
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    Calculator .........................................................................................97
    Expense .............................................................................................99
    Chapter 5: Communicating Using Your Organizer
    Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk .........................109
    Setting up Mail on the desktop  ...................................................110
    Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application  ..................112
    Opening the Mail application on your organizer .....................112
    Viewing e-mail items  ....................................................................112
    Creating e-mail items ....................................................................113
    Looking up an address  .................................................................116
    Adding details to e-mail items  ....................................................117
    Storing e-mail to be sent later ......................................................120
    Editing unsent e-mail  ...................................................................120
    Draft e-mail  ....................................................................................121
    Filing e-mail  ...................................................................................122
    Deleting e-mail  ..............................................................................123
    Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder .................................123
    Purging deleted e-mail  .................................................................124
    Message List options  ....................................................................124
    HotSync options  ............................................................................126
    Creating special filters  ..................................................................127
    Truncating e-mail items  ...............................................................131
    Mail menus .....................................................................................132
    Beaming information ........................................................................133
    Chapter 6: Advanced HotSync® Operations
    Selecting HotSync setup options .....................................................135
    Customizing HotSync application settings ...................................138
    Conducting a HotSync operation via modem...............................140
    Preparing your computer  ............................................................140
    Preparing your organizer .............................................................141
    Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation  .........143
    Performing a HotSync operation via a modem  ........................144
    Conducting a HotSync operation via a network ..........................144
    Connecting to your company’s dial-in server ...........................144
    Using File Link ...................................................................................146
    Creating a user profile ......................................................................147
    Chapter 7: Setting Preferences for Your Organizer
    Viewing preferences .........................................................................149
    Buttons preferences ...........................................................................150
    Pen preferences ..............................................................................150
    HotSync buttons preferences .......................................................152 
    						
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    Digitizer preferences ........................................................................ 152
    Formats preferences ......................................................................... 152
    Country default ............................................................................. 153
    Time, date, week start, and numbers formats  .......................... 153
    General preferences .......................................................................... 154
    Auto-off delay  ............................................................................... 154
    System, alarm, and game sounds  ............................................... 155
    Modem preferences .......................................................................... 156
    Network preferences and TCP/IP software ................................. 157
    Selecting a service  ......................................................................... 157
    Entering a user name  ................................................................... 158
    Entering a password  .................................................................... 159
    Adding telephone settings  .......................................................... 160
    Connecting to your service .......................................................... 163
    Creating additional service templates  ....................................... 163
    Adding detailed information to a service template ................. 164
    Creating a login script .................................................................. 167
    Deleting a service template  ......................................................... 168
    Network preferences menu commands  .................................... 169
    TCP/IP troubleshooting  .............................................................. 169
    Owner preferences............................................................................ 171
    ShortCuts preferences ...................................................................... 172
    Creating a ShortCut ...................................................................... 172
    Editing a ShortCut  ........................................................................ 173
    Deleting a ShortCut  ...................................................................... 173
    Appendix A: Maintaining Your Organizer
    Caring for your organizer................................................................ 175
    Battery considerations ...................................................................... 176
    Resetting your organizer ................................................................. 177
    Performing a soft reset  ................................................................. 177
    Performing a hard reset  ............................................................... 178
    Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
    Software installation problems ....................................................... 181
    Operating problems.......................................................................... 182
    Tapping and writing problems ....................................................... 183
    Application problems....................................................................... 184
    HotSync problems ............................................................................ 185
    Beaming problems ............................................................................ 189
    Password problems .......................................................................... 190
    Technical support ............................................................................. 191 
    						
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    Appendix C: Creating a Custom Expense Report
    About mapping tables ......................................................................193
    Customizing existing sample templates ........................................194
    Determining the layout of the Expense Report.............................195
    Labels ..............................................................................................195
    Sections ...........................................................................................196
    Analyzing your custom Expense Report .......................................197
    Programming the mapping table ....................................................198
    Using applications other than Microsoft Excel .............................202
    Expense file details ............................................................................203
    Appendix D: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
    Use of ^char .......................................................................................205
    Carriage return and line feed ..........................................................205
    Literal characters ...............................................................................206
    Warranty and Other Product Information
    Limited warranty...............................................................................207
    3Com end user software license agreement ..................................210
    FCC Statement ...................................................................................213
    Canadian RFI Statement ...................................................................213
    Index
    ........................................................................................................ 215 
    						
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    							About This Book Page 1
    About This Book
    Welcome to the Palm III™ connected organizer. This handbook is 
    designed to help you get up and running quickly on your organizer. 
    It describes all you need to know about how to use your Palm III 
    organizer and the applications that come with it. 
    It walks you through:
    nLocating all the parts of your organizer
    nViewing and entering data
    nUsing your organizer with your computer
    nPersonalizing your organizer with your own preference settings
    After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your Palm III 
    organizer, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less 
    common tasks, for maintaining your Palm III organizer, and also as a 
    source of information if you have problems operating it. 
    						
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