Pcs Phone Handspring Treo 300 User Guide

Section 7
Setting Preferences for Your Phone 213
Setting 
Preferences
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Note: When you select a ringer sound, the sound plays once. To avoid 
playing the sound, move the ringer switch to the silent position before 
selecting a new ringer sound.
3.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
ShortCuts Preferences
The ShortCuts Preferences screen enables you to define abbreviations for 
entering text. This section describes how to create, edit, and delete a 
ShortCut. See page 30 for information on the use...

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4.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Ti p :  To use a ShortCut, enter the ShortCut symbol followed by the ShortCut characters. See page 30 for details.
Editing a ShortCut
After you create a ShortCut, you can modify it at any time.
To edit a ShortCut:
1.
Tap the ShortCut you want to edit.
2.Tap Edit.
3.Make the changes you want.
4.Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Deleting a ShortCut
If you no longer need a ShortCut, you can delete it...

Section 8
Advanced HotSync® Operations 215
HotSync 
Operations
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Advanced HotSync® Operations
otSync® Manager enables you to synchronize data between one or 
more Palm OS
® devices and Palm™ Desktop software or another 
PIM such as Microsoft Outlook. To synchronize data, you must connect 
your PCS Phone Handspring
® Treo™ 300 and your desktop software 
either directly, by connecting your phone to the HotSync cable attached to 
your computer or using infrared communication, or indirectly, using the 
a...

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Selecting HotSync setup options
You can choose when you want HotSync Manager to run. If necessary, 
you can adjust the local and modem HotSync settings as well.
To set the HotSync options:
1.
Click the HotSync Manager icon Ô
 in the Windows system tray.
2.Choose Setup.
3.Click the General tab and select one of the following options:
Ti p :  If you’re not sure which option to use, keep the default setting: Always available.
Always 
availableAdds HotSync Manager...

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HotSync 
Operations
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4.Click the Local tab to display the settings for the connection between 
your computer and the HotSync cable, and adjust the following 
options as needed.
5.If you are attached to a network, click the Network tab to display the 
network settings and adjust the options as needed. See page 225 for 
more information.
6.Click OK.
Serial PortIdentifies the port that your desktop software uses to communicate with 
the optional serial HotSync...

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Customizing HotSync application settings
For each application, you can define a set of options that determines how 
records are handled during synchronization. These options are called a 
“conduit.” By default, a HotSync operation synchronizes all files between 
the phone and your desktop software. 
In general, you should leave the settings to synchronize all files. The only 
reason you might want to change these settings is to overwrite data on 
either your...

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HotSync 
Operations
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5.Click Change.
6.Click the direction in which you want to write data, or click Do 
Nothing
 to skip data transfer for an application.
Note: Changing the HotSync setting from the default affects only the next 
HotSync operation. Thereafter, the HotSync Actions revert to their default 
settings. To use a new setting on an ongoing basis, select the 
Set As 
Default box. Thereafter, whatever you selected as the default setting is used when you...

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Preparing your computer for infrared communication
To perform an IR HotSync operation, the computer you want to 
synchronize with must have an enabled infrared port or be connected to 
an infrared device that supports the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA 
standards.
Desktop computers are likely to require an infrared device attached to a 
physical COM port. Laptops are likely to have a built-in IR port. Your 
computer must also have an installed infrared...

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The COM port displayed on this screen is the port associated with your 
infrared device. It should be different from the port currently defined for 
cable synchronization.
5.Write down the port listed as “Providing application support” so you can 
configure HotSync Manager for infrared communication. 
This port is the simulated port. It is the channel through which the 
actual infrared communication takes place between your computer and...

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6.Click OK.
7.Disable any other application that opens the IR port. 
Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication
Next you need to go to the HotSync Manager and configure it for infrared 
communication. In Windows 98 and Me, you need to specify the 
simulated port used for infrared communication. In Windows 2000, you 
simply need to activate the infrared menu item.
To configure HotSync Manager for infrared communication with
Windows 98 and Me:
1.
Click...