handheld PDA Manual s10
Table Of Contents
- About this Manual
- First things first
- Contents
- 1 Getting started
- 2 Entering data in your Acer s10
- 3 Managing your applications
- 4 Working with your basic applications
- Overview of basic applications
- Date Book
- Address Book
- To Do List
- Memo Pad
- Calculator
- Expense
- Common applications tasks
- Creating records
- Editing records
- Deleting records
- Purging records
- Categorizing records
- Finding records
- Sorting records
- Making records private
- Attaching notes
- Choosing fonts
- Getting information on an application
- Application-specific tasks
- Using Date Book
- Using Address Book
- Using To Do List
- Using Memo Pad
- Using Calculator
- Using Expense
- Creating an Expense item
- Changing the date of an Expense item
- Entering receipt details
- Adding attendees’ names to an Expense item
- Filling in the expense type automatically
- Changing the Expense List display
- Changing the currency and symbols display
- Customizing currency symbols
- Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel
- Using expense report templates
- Expense menus
- 5 Working with your supplementary applications
- 6 Working with your PC-end utilities
- 7 Using expansion features
- 8 Using the Attention Manager
- 9 Managing your desktop email
- 10 Beaming information
- 11 Exchanging and updating data using HotSync operations
- 12 Setting preferences for your Acer s10
- 13 Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix — Creating a custom Expense Report
- Index
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Contents
About this Manual iii
First things first v
Your guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Maintaining your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Proper care and usage of your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Resetting your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Battery considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Assigning security options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
1 Getting started 1
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Acer s10 tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elements of the Acer s10 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Command interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preparing to use your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting the cradle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Charging your Acer s10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Installing Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Using your Acer s10 with another personal information manager. . . . . . .14
Setting up your Acer s10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Synchronizing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Performing the first HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tapping versus clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Calibrating your Acer s10 screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Opening applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Using menus and menu commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Using Graffiti to execute commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Displaying online tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
2 Entering data in your Acer s10 23
Entering data using Graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Writing Graffiti characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
The Graffiti alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
The Graffiti numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
The Graffiti punctuation marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
The Graffiti symbols and extended characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
The Graffiti accented characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28