Palmone IIIx Handheld Handbook

							Chapter 4 Page 103
5. Tap OK to close the Currency Properties dialog box.
6. Tap OK.
Note:If you want to use your custom currency symbol as the default 
for all Expense items, select the symbol in the Preferences 
dialog box. If you want to use your custom currency symbol 
only for a particular Expense item, select the symbol in the 
Receipt Details dialog box associated with that item.
Show Options
Show Options define the sort order and other settings that relate to 
your Expense items.
To open the Show Options dialog box:
1. In the Expense List, tap Show.
2. Select any of the options.
3. Tap OK.
Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel
After you enter your expenses into the Expense application on your 
organizer, Palm Desktop software enables you to view and print the 
data with your computer. Sort by
Enables you to sort expense items by date or 
type.
Distance
Enables you to display Mileage entries in miles 
or kilometers.
Show currency
Shows or hides the currency symbol in the 
Expense List.
Tap Show 
						

							Page 104  Using Your Basic Applications
Note:You need Microsoft Excel version 5.0 (or later) to view and 
print your Expense data using one of the provided templates. 
Microsoft Excel is not included with the Palm III organizer 
package. The procedures in this section also assume that you 
have installed Palm Desktop software. See “Connecting the 
cradle” in Chapter 1 for more information.
Creating or printing an expense report
Palm Desktop software makes it quick and easy to view and print 
your Expense data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. 
To create or print an expense report:
1. Perform a HotSync operation to transfer your latest Expense data 
to your computer. 
2. Click Expense in Palm Desktop software to open Microsoft Excel 
and the Expense Report configuration dialog box. 
Note:If you launch Expense from the Start menu instead of 
Palm Desktop software, you must first choose your 
organizer user name.
3. Click the expense category that you want. 
Tip:You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple categories. To 
print the expenses associated with all of your Expense 
categories, select All in the Categories group.
4. If you want to define an end date for the expense report, enter the 
date in the End Date box.
Note:If you do not specify an end date, all expense entries for 
the selected categories appear — up to the date of the last 
HotSync operation.
Click to select 
Categories 
						

							Chapter 4 Page 105
5. Do one of the following:
Click Print to display the expense report in the Print Preview 
window, and then click Print in the Microsoft Excel window to 
print your expense report.
Click Create to display a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet contain-
ing your expense data. Your data appears in Microsoft Excel 
spreadsheet form. You can enter information, make formatting 
changes, and save and print the file in the normal manner.
Using expense report templates
Palm Desktop software includes several expense report templates. 
When you use one of these templates, you can edit your expense data 
in Microsoft Excel. 
The templates have the extension .xlt and are stored in the template 
folder in the Palm Desktop software directory on your computer. To 
see what a template looks like before you use it, open the template in 
Microsoft Excel. For example, the template Sample2.xlt looks like this: 
						

							Page 106  Using Your Basic Applications
If you want to streamline or customize your expense reports, you can 
change these templates. For example, you can add your company 
name to a template. See Appendix C for information on changing 
templates. 
						

							Chapter 4 Page 107
To view your expense data using a Microsoft Excel template:
1. Display your expense data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as 
described in the previous procedure.
2. Click Options.
3. Enter name, department, and other information as necessary for 
your expense report.
4. Click the Templates menu; then select an expense template.
Note:If you want to create your own custom expense template 
and have it appear in the Templates menu, see Appendix 
C for more information.
5. Click OK.
Expense menus
Expense menus are shown here for your reference, and Expense 
features that are not explained elsewhere in this book are described 
here.
See “Using menus” in Chapter 1 for information about choosing menu 
commands.
Record menu
Choose expense 
template
Enter name and 
other information 
						

							Page 108  Using Your Basic Applications
Options menu
Preferences
nUse automatic fill. Lets you select an expense 
type by writing the first letter of an expense 
type in the Graffiti writing area. For example, 
if you write the letter “T,” it enters the “Taxi” 
expense type. Writing “T” and then “E” enters 
“Telephone” which is the first expense type 
beginning with the letters “TE.” 
nDefault currency. Sets the default currency 
symbol for Expense. 
About Expense
Shows version information for Expense. 
						

							Chapter 5 Page 109
Chapter 5
Communicating Using 
Your Organizer
The previous chapter described the features of your Palm III™ 
organizer that help you stay organized. This chapter describes the 
features that help you stay connected.
nManaging desktop E-Mail: Using your organizer, you can read, reply 
to, compose, and delete e-mail from your desktop E-Mail 
application while you’re away from your desk.
nIR beaming: The infrared port located at the top of your organizer 
lets you send data from your organizer — including entire 
applications — to any other Palm Computing
® connected 
organizer that’s close by and also equipped with an IR port.
Managing desktop E-Mail 
away from your desk
Mail lets you manage the e-mail that you send and receive 
through the E-Mail application on your desktop computer. You 
can read, reply to, compose, and delete e-mail on your 
organizer. To send or receive e-mail, you must perform a 
HotSync
® operation either locally, using the organizer cradle, or 
remotely, using a modem. 
The key to Mail is that it truly synchronizes the mail in the Inbox of 
your desktop E-Mail application with the mail on your organizer. For 
example, if you delete e-mail items from Mail, your next HotSync 
operation also deletes the e-mail items from your desktop E-Mail 
application, so you never have to delete e-mail items twice. Similarly, 
if you read an e-mail item on your organizer and leave it in your 
Inbox, your next HotSync operation marks it as read in your desktop 
E-Mail application. 
						

							Page 110  Communicating Using Your Organizer
In Mail, you can do the following:
nView, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail.
nCreate outgoing e-mail items and drafts of e-mail items.
nCreate simple or complex filters, which allow you to decide the 
type of e-mail that your organizer retrieves from your desktop 
E-mail application.
nUse your organizer in its cradle to send and retrieve e-mail items 
from your desktop E-Mail application.
Setting up Mail on the desktop
Before you use Mail for the first time, make sure your desktop E-Mail 
application is up and running. You must also set up Palm™ Desktop 
software for use with your desktop E-Mail application. 
Your organizer supports a number of desktop E-Mail applications, 
such as Microsoft Exchange (version 4.0 or higher), Eudora (version 
3.0.3 or higher), and Lotus cc:Mail (versions 2.5, 6.0, and 7.0). You can 
see the full list of the supported applications when you set up Mail.
If your desktop E-Mail application does not appear on the list, you 
may still be able to manage your desktop E-Mail application from 
your organizer by means of special connection software, called a 
conduit, that lets you synchronize your desktop E-Mail application 
and your organizer. Contact the vendor of your E-Mail application or 
visit the web site http://www.palm.com for more information.
Note:The following instructions assume that you have already 
installed Palm Desktop software on your computer and that 
you did not set up Mail during the installation. If you have not 
yet installed the Palm Desktop software, the installation 
procedure prompts you to set up Mail as part of the Palm 
Desktop software installation.
To set up Mail:
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar.
2. Highlight Programs, highlight Palm Desktop software, and then 
click Mail Setup to begin setup.
3. Follow the instructions onscreen to set up your organizer for use 
with your desktop E-Mail application. 
						

							Chapter 5 Page 111
To select HotSync options:
1. Click the HotSync icon Ô
 in the Windows system tray (bottom-
right corner of the taskbar). 
2. Choose Custom.
Tip:You can also choose Custom from the HotSync menu in 
Palm Desktop software.
3. Select Mail in the list box.
4. Click Change.
5. Click one of the following settings:
Synchronize 
the filesSynchronizes the mail on your organizer and 
your desktop E-Mail application.
Desktop 
overwrites 
handheldReplaces the mail on your organizer with the 
mail in your desktop E-Mail application. You 
should use this option only if, for some reason, 
the two inboxes get out of sync. This setting 
applies for only one HotSync operation and 
then reverts back to the default setting.
Do Nothing
Turns off communication between your 
organizer and desktop E-Mail application. This 
setting applies for only one HotSync operation 
and then reverts back to the default setting.
Set As 
DefaultChanges the default setting on an ongoing basis. 
(When you first set up Mail, Synchronize the 
files is the default setting.) 
						

							Page 112  Communicating Using Your Organizer
Tip:To turn off Mail, select Do Nothing and then select the Set As 
Default check box.
To change your Mail setup options:
1. Click the HotSync icon   in the Windows system tray. 
2. Choose Custom.
Tip:You can also choose Custom from the HotSync menu in 
Palm Desktop software.
3. Select Mail in the list box.
4. Click Change.
5. Modify your settings as needed.
6. Click OK.
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application
After you enable and configure Mail, you need to perform a HotSync 
operation to synchronize Mail with your desktop E-Mail application. 
For a complete explanation of HotSync technology, see Chapter 6.
Opening the Mail application on your organizer
To open Mail:
1. Tap the Applications icon  .
2. Tap the Mail icon  .
Viewing e-mail items
The Message List displays a list of your incoming e-mail items, who 
sent them, and the date they were received. E-mail items you’ve read 
have a check next to them. High-priority e-mail items appear in bold.
Previously read