Pcs Phone Handspring Treo 300 User Guide

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his chapter explains how to enter data into your PCS Phone 
Handspring
® Treo™ 300 using each of the following methods:
©Using the PCS Treo 300 keyboard
©Using the onscreen keyboard
©Using your computer keyboard
©Importing data
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Using the PCS Treo 300 keyboard
The PCS Treo 300 keyboard is the primary method you’ll use to enter 
data into your phone. Each letter key on the keyboard has three 
functions:
©Normal: Types a lowercase letter.
©Shift: Types an uppercase letter.
©Option: Types the number/symbol, or activates the function, that 
appears in blue on the key.
Typing capital letters
To type capital letters, you must first “shift” to caps and then type the 
character.
Note: Your phone includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first 
letter when you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a blank line). 
To type a single capital letter (Caps Shift):
1.
Press Shift :
When Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol appears in the 
lower-right corner of the PCS Treo 300 screen. If you accidentally 
activate Caps Shift, press Shift   twice to cancel it, or if you do 
nothing for five seconds, it reverts to lowercase.
2.Type the letter you want to capitalize.
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Space
Shift/Find
Backspace
Return
ListType
Menu/
Applications
Caps Shift 
						

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To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
1.
Press Shift   twice.
When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol appears 
in the lower-right corner of the phone screen. 
2.Type the text you want to capitalize.
3.Press Shift   to turn off Caps Lock.
Typing numbers and symbols
Typing numbers and symbols with your phone is similar to typing 
symbols on a computer keyboard. You must first “shift” to option mode 
and then type the number or symbol strokes. 
To enter a single number or symbol (Option Shift):
1.
Press Option .
When Option Shift is active, a dot appears in the lower-right corner of 
the PCS Treo 300 screen. If you accidentally activate Option Shift, 
press Backspace   to cancel it.
2.Press the key where the number or symbol appears in blue.
To enter only numbers or symbols (Option Lock):
1.
Press Option   twice.
2.Press the keys where the numbers or symbols appear in blue.
When Option Lock is active, an underlined dot appears in the lower-
right corner of the PCS Treo 300 screen. 
3.Press Option   to turn off Option Lock.
Caps Lock
Option Shift
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Typing accented characters
The ListType feature enables you to enter accented characters. You can 
enter the following accented letters:
à  á  ä  â  ã  å  ç è  é  ë  ê  ì  í  ï  î  ñ  ò  ó  ö  ô  õ  ù  ú  ü  û  ý  ÿ 
To enter accented characters:
1.
Type the letter (uppercase or lowercase) to which you want to add an 
accent.
2.Press ListType  . 
3.Use the scroll buttons to select the accent you want to apply.
4.Press Space   to insert the accented character.
Ti p :  You can also select the accented character you want to insert by repeatedly pressing ListType  . 
Typing extended characters
The ListType feature also enables you to enter many extended characters 
that are not on the keyboard, such as currency symbols and emoticons. 
Extended characters are often found under related characters. For 
example, the 
£ symbol is located under $. 
To enter extended characters:
1.
Position the cursor where you want to insert the extended character.
2.Type the base character associated with the extended character you 
want to insert:
Ti p :  To view a list of available accented and symbol characters, press Menu   and under Edit select Keyboard Help (/G). 
						

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3.Press ListType  . 
4.Use the scroll buttons to select the extended symbol you want to 
insert.
5.Press Space   to insert the extended character.
Base character Symbols Base character Symbols
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Ti p :  To enter a tab, press Shift   and then press Space  .
Navigation keystrokes
In addition to character symbols, your phone includes special keystrokes 
that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications. 
Note: Some applications may not support these navigation keystrokes.
Using menus
Menus on your phone 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 and menu commands that are available depend on the 
application. Also, the menus and menu commands vary depending on 
which part of the application you’re using. For example, in Memo Pad, 
the menus are different for the Memo list screen and the Memo edit 
screen.
The menus of each application are illustrated in the section on that 
application in Section Chapter 6. The Edit menu is described in the 
section that begins on page 59. 
Command Keystrokes
Move cursor right
Hold Option   while pressing the bottom scroll button.
Move cursor left
Hold Option   while pressing the top scroll button.
Previous field Press the top scroll button.
Next field Press the bottom scroll button.
Affirm an action 
Hold Option   and press Return  . Use these keys 
instead of tapping the following onscreen buttons: OK, 
Done, Yes, Next, Accept, Send, and Dial.
Annul an action 
Hold Option   and press Backspace  . Use these keys 
instead of tapping the following onscreen buttons: 
Cancel, No, Previous, and Reject.
Open or dial the selected item
Press Space   or press Return  . 
						

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To use the menu bar:
1.
Open an application (such as Memo Pad).
2.Press Menu   to open the menu bar. 
Ti p :  You can also open the menu bar by tapping the inverted tab at the top of any application’s screen (except Calculator). 
In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. 
The Record menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo, 
Delete Memo, and Beam Memo.
3.Press the top scroll button to switch between menus.
4.Press the bottom scroll button to select a command within a menu.
5.Press Space   to run the selected command.
Ti p :  To close the menus without running a command, press Menu   again.
Keyboard shortcut menu commands
Most menu commands have an equivalent keyboard shortcut. The 
shortcut letters appear to the right of the menu command names. 
Throughout this guide, the shortcut letters appear in parentheses (/C) 
next to menu selection instructions.
Inverted 
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To use keyboard shortcuts for menu commands:
1.
Press Menu   to open the menu bar. 
2.Type the menu command shortcut letter.
For example, to choose 
Copy in the Edit menu, press Menu   
followed by the letter “c.”
Ti p :  When the menu bar is open, you can enter a shortcut letter for any 
menu item in the current application view, not just the ones that appear on 
the current menu. 
Using text ShortCuts
ShortCuts make entering commonly used words or phrases quick and 
easy. ShortCuts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext features of some 
word processors. 
Your phone comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can also 
create your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters. For 
example, you might create a ShortCut for your name, or for the header of 
a memo. See the section that begins on page 213 to learn about creating 
your own ShortCuts.
Your phone includes the following predefined ShortCuts:
Entry ShortCut
Date stamp ds
Time stamp ts
Date / time stamp dts
Meeting me
Breakfast br
Lunch lu
Dinner di   
Shortcut letters Menu commands 
						

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To use a ShortCut:
1.
Type the letter s.
2.Press ListType  . 
3.Use the scroll buttons to select the ShortCut symbol  .
Note: The ShortCut symbol appears by the cursor to show that you are in ShortCut mode.
4.Type the ShortCut characters. 
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or 
numbers on your phone. When used in conjunction with the backlight, 
the onscreen keyboard is especially useful for typing in the dark.
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1.
Open a record in an application that requires you to enter data (such 
as Memo Pad).
2.Press Menu  .
3.Under Edit, select Keyboard (/K). 
4.Tap the characters to enter text, numbers, and international 
characters.
Backspace
Carriage return Ta b
Caps lock
Caps shift
Tap here to display 
alphabetic keyboard 
Tap here to display 
numeric keyboardTap here to display 
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Note: The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international 
characters. You can switch among the three dialogs at any time to enter 
the exact text you need.
5.After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place 
the text in the record.
Using your computer keyboard
Many of the applications on your phone are available in Palm Desktop 
software and in most Personal Information Manager (PIM) applications. 
If you have a lot of data to enter, or prefer to use the computer keyboard, 
you can use Palm™ Desktop software, or any supported PIM such as 
Microsoft Outlook, to enter information. You can then perform a 
HotSync
® operation to synchronize the information on your computer 
with the information on your phone. See the section that begins on page 
76 for details on HotSync operations. 
Refer to Palm Desktop online Help or the documentation that came with 
your PIM software for more information on entering data on your 
computer.
Importing data
If you have data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets 
and databases, or if you want to import data from another Palm OS
® 
handheld, you can transfer the data to your phone without having to key 
it in manually. Save the data in one of the file formats listed below, 
import it into Palm Desktop software, and then perform a HotSync 
operation to transfer the data to your phone.
Palm Desktop software can import data in the following file formats: 
©Comma delimited (.csv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only
©Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only
©CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address only
©vCal (.vcs) Date Book only
©vCard (.vcf) Address only
©Date Book archive (.dba)
©Address archive (.aba)