Psion Revo Palmtop Computer Instructions Manual

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Navigating between files & folders
·To open a file, tap on it twice, or highlight it and
press Enter. If the filename is displayed in bold,
the file is already open; tapping on it will switch
to the program the file is open in. 
·To open a folder, tap on the folder’s icon 
twice, or highlight it and press Enter.
·To close the folder you are in, tap on the Close
folder icon 
.
See the ‘Files, folders & programs’ chapter for more
information about files and folders.
Starting programs
When you open a file, the program used to open the
file is started automatically. You can also start
programs by tapping on the appropriate “program
icon”, the icon in the row of pictures at the bottom
edge of the screen.
·Tap the System icon 
 at any time to move to
the System screen.
·Tap the Extras icon  to display the “Extras
bar”, which contains more program icons.
You don’t have to close one program before opening
another, just tap on another program icon, and that
program will open too.
Title barOpen folderFolder
File icon & nameOpen file (bold)Toolbar button
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You can see what files and programs are open from
the System screen by using the List open files
command from the File menu, or by tapping on the
program or file name displayed in the top right corner
of the screen.
Programs & files
When you tap on a program icon, it will create a new
file, or display the currently open file, or the file that
you last looked at. If you want to write a new letter,
create a new database, etc.; you’ll need to create a
new file for the appropriate program.
·To create a new file from a program: select the
command on the File menu. The new file is
displayed in the program, and the previous file
will be saved and closed.·To create a new file from the System screen:
select Create new then File, from the File menu.
Note: New files you create from inside a program
use the same settings and preferences of the file
previously open, e.g. when you create a new Data file,
it will have the same labels as the file previously open.
It is a good idea to keep related files together in a
folder, to make the files easier to find later. See the
‘Files, folders & programs’ chapter for details of how
to manage your files and folders.
For more information about using programs, see the
‘Which program to use?’ section later in this chapter.
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Using menus
Most program tasks are normally listed in menus.
Each menu contains a list of tasks, called “commands”.
·To display the available commands on the “Menu
bar”, press the Menu key or tap on the menu
command icon. Alternatively, press the arrow
keys to move around menu commands.
·To select a command or display a different
menu, tap on the command or menu heading. To
display a sub-menu (marked with a 
4), tap on
the command or press the right arrow key.
·To move around menus, press the arrow keys.
Note: You can press the shortcut key combinations
shown next to the commands as a quick way of
selecting them, e.g. ‘Ctrl+M’ means hold down the
Ctrl key and press the M key at the same time.
·A menu command with three dots (…) at the
end means that selecting the command will
display a “dialog”, which is a box where you enter
information.
·If a menu command is grey, it means that it is not
currently available; e.g. you cannot paste text
until you have first cut or copied it to the
clipboard. 
Menu bar
Sub-menu
Menu
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Using dialogs
A “dialog” is a box which appears when you need to
make selections and enter further information.
Dialogs contain one or more of the following items:
·Text box: where you just type in your
information, e.g. a filename.
·List box: where you select from a number of
options. You will see left and right arrows around
the current selection; you can change the
selection by tapping on the arrows, by pressing
the left and right arrow keys, or by typing the first
letter, or number, of the option you want. You
can usually tap in the box or press the Tab key
to see a list of the available options.
·Check box: where you make a choice between
selecting an option or not selecting it. To select
(tick) or deselect a check box, tap on it or press
the left and right arrow keys.·Radio buttons: where you make one choice
from a number of options. Just tap on an option,
or use the left and right arrow keys to make a
selection.
·Pages (or ‘tabs’): Some dialogs comprise of a
number of “pages”, each page has a “tab” at the
top. To move to a page, tap on the tab or move
the highlight to the tab name.
You can move a dialog around the screen by holding
the pen on the dialog title bar and dragging it across
the screen.
Note: If a dialog line is grey, it is currently not
available, usually because you have to select a related
item first. For example, if you have not ticked the box
to set an alarm for an Agenda entry, the lines to set
the alarm time and date are grey. Some dialog items
are not visible until another item has been selected.Note: Move a dialog around the screen by holding
the pen on the dialog title bar and dragging it across
the screen.
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Entering dates using the calendar
In most dialogs in which you can type a date, move to
the date line then tap again or press Tab to display a
calendar.
Today’s date is circled, and the date currently displayed
in the dialog is highlighted. To select another date, move
to the date you want and press Enter. Use the buttons
on the top line, or further presses of the Tab key, to
display a three month calendar. Use the “dog ears” to
move between the pages of the calendar.
You can also display a calendar from the Agenda
program. See the ‘Agenda’ chapter for more details.
Dialog buttons
All dialogs contain buttons. To select a button, tap on
the button, or use the keypress combination under it
(if present). 
·If you want to save information or settings you’ve
entered in a dialog, you can usually tap the OK
(or Done) button, or press the Enter key.
·If you don’t want to save the information or
settings you’ve entered in a dialog, you can
usually tap the Cancel button or press the Esc
key.
Dialog pageList box
(selected)
Dialog page tabRadio button
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Inserting information from other programs
You can insert information created in one program
into a different program. This is known as inserting an
“object”.
For example, to add a graph to a letter you are
writing; write the letter as normal using the Word
program, then select the menu command in Word to
insert a graph. This will start the Sheet program,
where you can create the graph. Close Sheet when
you have finished and the graph will be inserted in
your letter.
Sometimes the object you insert can be displayed as
an icon, e.g. a Word document in an Agenda entry.
Alternatively, you may prefer to see the actual
information added, e.g. a spreadsheet to view in the
Word file.
Displaying Help
You can display help at any time, and from any
program. Help information is contained on a series of
“help cards”. Help is not specific to the program that
you are using; wherever you are, you can just type a
“clue” to search for the information you need.Note: The on-line help contains more detailed
information than is included in this manual.
·To display help: Hold down Fn and press ‘,’
(comma); the key has “Help” printed on it.
·To search for help about something: type a clue
in the Find: box and press Enter. The display will
show a list of Help “cards” that contain this word,
and the first occurrence is highlighted. To move
between cards, tap on the 
 or 
 buttons,
press Enter, or use the left and right arrow keys.
· ·· ·
·To type in another search word: press Esc, and
then type in the word to search for as before. To
use one of the last five search words again, tap
on the history button (next to the Find: box), or
press Tab and select the word you want to use.
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·To show help for a particular program: type the
program name followed by an exclamation mark,
e.g. type ‘Agenda!’ or ‘Contacts!’ to only show
help for these programs.
· ·· ·
·To look through the help text: drag the scroll bar
on the side of the Help card, or use the up and
down arrow keys.· ·· ·
·To print the current Help card: select Print from
the File menu.
· ·· ·
·To return to the program you were using: tap
the Go back button on the Toolbar, or tap the
program’s icon. You can return to the Help card
you were viewing by pressing Fn and ‘,’ (comma)
again.
Text found
in searchSearch ‘clue’Help card
Help topics in
card browser
Return to program
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Things to do first!
This section describes what you need to do to set up
your Revo, including how to:
·Set the current time and date, so that you can
use the Agenda programs and set alarms.
·Set your “Home city”, so that your Revo can
display the correct time differences and dialling
codes for other places in the World.
·Enter owner information, so that your Revo can
be returned if you lose it.
·Set a password for your machine, so that other
people cannot access your information.
Setting the time, date & the Home city
1.In the System screen, tap on the Control panel
button on the Toolbar, or select the command
from the Tools menu.
2.Tap on the Time & date icon 
 twice, or move
the highlight to it using the arrow keys and press
Enter.
3.In the Time & date dialog, tap the Time & date
button. Move the highlight in the Time and Date
lines by tapping on the part you want to change,
or by using the arrow keys. Type the date or
time, press P for p.m. or A for a.m.
4.To set the time and date, tap on the OK button,
or press the Enter key.
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Time & date
Control panel
icon
Time & date dialog
5.Tap the Home button. 
6.Select your Home city and country. To do this:
·Start typing in the name of your home city, or
tap on the arrow symbols or press the left and
right arrow keys until you find the city you want.
·If your home city is not listed, select a city that is
nearby for now (adding a city is described in the
‘Time’ chapter).7.Tap on the OK button or press the Enter key,
and your home city is saved. Tap Close or press
Enter to remove the dialog and return to the
Control panel. Press Esc to return to the System
screen.
Note: Your Revo can use a 12 hour clock (midnight is
12:00:00 a.m.) or a 24 hour clock. Refer to the ‘Time’
chapter for details of how to change these settings,
and how to adjust the clock for summer time.
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Entering owner information
It is a good idea to type your own contact details as
“owner information”, so that if you lose your Revo, it
can be returned when found:
1.Open the Password icon 
 from the Control
panel in the System screen, and
2.In the dialog, tap the Owner info button and
enter your details. The labels provided are
suggestions only, you can change them if you
want to. It’s best not to put your home address,
in case you loose your house keys and Revo at
the same time. Tap Done when you have
finished.3.Set when you wish to display owner information;
select:
·‘At switch on’, if you always want to display the
screen when switching the machine on.
·‘Once per day’, if you only want to see the
screen once a day, the first time you switch your
machine on each day.
·‘Never’, if you never want to display the screen
when you switch on.
Display the owner information at any other time by
selecting Owner from the Information menu in the
System screen.
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