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CHAPTER 4
Working with Applications
This chapter explains how to open and switch between applications on your 
handheld, how to change application settings so they are personalized to your 
work methods, and how to categorize applications so you view them in related 
groups.
Opening applications
You can tap the Home icon   to see a list of all applications installed on your 
handheld or an expansion card. Tap the application icon to open it. You can also 
open Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Note Pad...

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To open an application on your handheld:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have many 
applications installed on your handheld, press Down on the navigator to see all 
your applications. 
Opening expansion card applications
When an expansion card is properly seated in the expansion card slot, your 
handheld responds based on the contents of the card and the application that is 
active when you insert the card. In...

Categorizing applications
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To switch to an expansion card:
1.Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner.
TIPWhen the highlight on the Home screen is not active, you can also press 
and hold Select on the navigator to open the category pick list.
2.Select the category item that matches the name of the expansion card.
Categorizing applications
You can assign an application to a category and then display either a single 
category or all your applications. 
By default, your handheld includes...

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4.Tap the pick list next to each application to select a category.
TIPTo create a new category, tap Edit Categories from the pick list. Tap New, 
enter the category name, and then tap OK to add the category. Tap OK again to 
close the Edit Categories dialog box.
5.Ta p  D o n e .
To display applications by category: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Home icon   repeatedly to cycle through all your categories.
– Press Right on the...

Copying applications to or from an expansion card
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3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap the Copy From pick list and select Handheld.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select the card name.
The Copy To pick list appears only if there are multiple cards available.
6.Tap the application you want to copy.
7.Tap Copy, and then tap Done.
You can install applications to a card that is seated in the expansion card slot 
during a HotSync
® operation. See “Installing files and add-on applications” 
later in this...

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Selecting copy settings
When using the copy feature, you can set how applications are sorted and listed, 
as well as whether to copy only the application or both the application and its data 
files. 
To select copy settings:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap Settings.
5.Tap the Sort By pick list, and then select Name or Size.
6.Tap the Copy Application Only check box to select it if you want to copy only 
the...

Using menus
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To open the menu bar:
1.Open an application (such as Memos).
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Menu icon  . 
– Tap the title area (white text on black background) at the upper-left corner of 
the screen.
Graffiti 2 menu commands
Most menu commands have an equivalent Graffiti 2 Command stroke, which is 
similar to the keyboard shortcuts used to execute commands on computers. The 
command letters appear to the right of the command names. 
Tap the Menu icon
Tap the title area
Command...

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When you draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti 2 input area, the 
Command toolbar appears below the Graffiti 2 input area to indicate that you are 
in Command mode. The Command toolbar covers the status bar.
The Command toolbar displays context-sensitive menu commands for the active 
screen. For example, if text is selected, the menu icons displayed may be Undo, 
Cut, Copy, and Paste. Tap an icon to select the command, or immediately write 
the...

Performing common tasks
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4.Enter text for the record.
5.(Optional) Tap Details to select attributes for the record. (In Note Pad, the 
Details command is located on the Options menu.)
6.In Contacts, Note Pad, and Memos only: Tap Done.
Editing records
After you create a record, you can change, delete, or enter new text at any time. 
Two screen features tell you when your handheld is in Edit mode:
nA blinking cursor 
nOne or more dotted edit lines
NOTEIn Note Pad, you can write anywhere on the screen....

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The following commands may appear in an Edit menu:
Deleting records
You can delete any records that you no longer need in an application.
To delete a record:
1.Select the record you want to delete.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select the Delete command on the Record menu. In Palm Photos, the Delete 
command is on the Photo menu.
A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted 
item to an archive file in Palm™ Desktop software, be sure that...