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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 with the application buttons on your 
handheld.
In addition to providing a way for you to open applications, the Home screen 
displays the current time, battery level, and application category. 
Home icon
Contacts CalendarTa s k sNote 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 some cases, the application on the card opens 
automatically upon insertion, or if you insert a card containing data from the 
current application, the application displays the data on the card. In other cases, 
the Home screen switches to the card and displays its contents, and the pick list in 
the upper-right corner of the screen displays the name of the card.
Switching between applications
When working with any application, tap the Home icon   or press an application 
button on your handheld to switch to another application. Your handheld 
automatically saves your work in the current application and displays it when you 
return to that application. 
When you use an expansion card, your handheld creates and displays a new 
category that matches the name of the expansion card. You can easily switch 
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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 system-defined categories, such as All and 
Unfiled, and user-defined categories, such as Games, Main, and System. 
You cannot modify the system-defined categories, but you can rename and delete 
the user-defined categories. In addition, you can create your own user-defined 
categories. You can have a maximum of 15 user-defined categories. 
You cannot categorize applications that reside on an expansion card.
To categorize an application: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
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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 navigator to cycle through the categories.
– Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen, and then select the 
category you want to display.
– When the highlight on the Home screen is not active, press and hold Select 
on the navigator to open the category list, press Up or Down on the navigator 
to highlight a category, and then press Select on the navigator to view that 
category.
Copying applications to or from an expansion card
You can copy applications from your handheld to an expansion card, or from an 
expansion card to your handheld.
To copy an application to an expansion card:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
						

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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 chapter for details. 
NOTEIf you view your applications on the card using a Card Reader on your 
computer, the actual file names may differ from those displayed in the Home screen.
To copy an application from an expansion card:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap the Copy From pick list and select the card name.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select Handheld.
6.Tap the application you want to copy.
7.Tap Copy, and then tap Done.
You can also beam applications from expansion cards to your handheld. 
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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 application files. Leave it deselected if you want to copy both the application 
file and its associated data file(s).
7.Ta p  O K .
NOTEThe Sort By setting is in effect each time you use the copy feature. Each time 
you want to copy an application only, you must select the Copy Applications Only 
check box.
Using menus
Menus on your handheld are easy to use. Once you have mastered them in one 
application, you can use them the same way in all other applications.
The menus of each application are illustrated in the chapter that discusses that 
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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
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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 corresponding command letter for an appropriate command in the Graffiti 2 
writing area.
For example, to select Paste from the Edit menu, draw the Command stroke, 
followed by the letter p.
Command mode is active only for a short time, so you must tap an icon or write 
the command letter immediately to select the menu command. 
Performing common tasks
The tasks described in this section use the term records to refer to an individual item 
in any of the applications: a single Calendar event, Contacts entry, Palm™ Photos 
photo, Note Pad note, Tasks task, Memos memo, or Expense item.
Creating records
You can use the following procedure to create a new record in Calendar, Contacts, 
Tasks, Note Pad, Memos, and Expense.
To create a record:
1.Select the application in which you want to create a record.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.In Calendar only: Select start and end times for your appointment, and then tap 
OK.
Command   
CutUndo
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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. Therefore, you will 
not see an edit line or blinking cursor unless the cursor is in the title line. 
Entering text
For information on how to enter text using Graffiti 2 writing, the onscreen 
keyboard, or the keyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 3. For 
information on entering text in Note Pad, see Chapter 10.
Using the Edit menu
The Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text. In general, 
commands available in the Edit menu apply to text that you select in an application.
To select text in an application:
1.Tap the beginning of the text that you want to select.
2.Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it (in yellow). 
NOTEYou can also double-tap to select a word, or triple-tap to select a line of 
text. You can also drag 
across the text to select additional words, or drag 
down 
to select a group of lines.
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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 the check box is 
selected. If you don’t want to save a copy, tap the check box to deselect it. (The 
archive option is not available in Palm Photos and Note Pad.)
4.Ta p  O K .
If you chose to save a copy of the selected item, your handheld transfers it to the 
archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotSync operation.
UndoReverses the action of the last edit command. For example, if you 
used Cut to remove text, Undo restores the text you removed. Undo 
also reverses deletions you made using backspace. 
CutRemoves the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory 
of your handheld. You can paste the text you cut into another area 
of the current application or into a different application. 
CopyCopies the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory of 
your handheld. You can paste the text that you copy into another 
area of the current application or into a different application.
Pa steInserts the text that you cut or copied at the selected point in a 
record. The text you paste replaces any selected text. If you did not 
previously cut or copy text, Paste does nothing.
Select AllSelects all of the text in the current record or screen. This enables 
you to cut or copy all of the text and paste it elsewhere.
KeyboardOpens the onscreen keyboard. After you finish with the onscreen 
keyboard, tap Done.
Graffiti 2 HelpOpens screens that show all the Graffiti 2 character strokes. Use this 
command anytime you forget a stroke for a character.