User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Handbook for Palm™ Tungsten™ T m550 Handhelds
- Contents
- About This Book
- Setting Up Your Palm™ Tungsten™ T Handheld
- Exploring Your Handheld
- Entering Data on Your Handheld
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Using Graffiti writing to enter data
- Beaming data
- Sending data
- Using your computer keyboard
- Importing data
- Using Note Pad
- Using Voice Memo
- Using a portable keyboard
- Working with Applications
- Opening applications
- Switching between applications
- Categorizing applications
- Changing the Applications Launcher display
- Copying applications to or from an expansion card
- Selecting copy settings
- Using menus
- Choosing application preferences
- Performing common tasks
- Creating records
- Editing records
- Deleting records
- Purging records
- Categorizing records
- Finding information
- Sorting lists of records
- Attaching notes
- Choosing fonts
- Receiving and alerts
- Hiding or masking private records
- Installing and removing applications
- Using Address Book
- Using Calculator
- Using Card Info
- Using Date Book
- Using Expense
- Using Memo Pad
- Using Note Pad
- Using Phone Link
- Using To Do List
- Using Voice Memo
- Using World Clock
- Performing HotSync® Operations
- Selecting HotSync setup options
- Customizing HotSync application settings
- Conducting cradle/cable HotSync operations
- Conducting IR HotSync operations
- Conducting modem HotSync operations
- Conducting Bluetooth HotSync operations
- Conducting network HotSync operations
- Using File Link
- Creating a user profile
- Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
- Setting General Preferences
- Setting Communication Preferences
- To open the Communication Preferences screens:
- Bluetooth Preferences
- Connection Preferences
- Network preferences
- Creating and selecting network service profiles
- Entering a user name
- Entering a password
- Selecting a connection
- Adding telephone settings
- Entering a prefix
- Disabling Call Waiting
- Using a calling card
- Connecting to your service
- LAN access points
- Accessing the Internet with a Bluetooth phone or LAN access point
- Adding detailed information to a network service profile
- Idle timeout
- Defining primary and secondary DNS
- IP address
- Login scripts
- Creating a login script on your handheld
- Plug-in applications
- Deleting a network service profile
- Network preferences menu commands
- Service menu
- Options menu
- TCP/IP troubleshooting
- Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages
- Viewing the Network Log
- Adding a DNS number
- Phone Preferences
- Setting Personal Preferences
- Maintaining Your Handheld
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Product Regulatory Information
- Index

Appendix A Maintaining Your Handheld
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4. Wait for the Palm Powered™ logo to appear; then release the power button.
5. When a message appears on the handheld screen warning that you are about to
erase all the data stored on your handheld, do one of the following:
– Press Up on the navigator to complete the hard reset and display the
Digitizer screen.
– Press any other button to perform a soft reset.
NOTE
With a hard reset, the current date and time are retained. Formats
Preferences and other settings are restored to their factory default settings.
To restore your data from a Windows computer after a hard reset:
1. Click the HotSync icon ™ in the Windows system tray (bottom-right corner
of the taskbar).
You can also click the HotSync command on the Palm Desktop software
menu bar.
2. From the HotSync Manager menu, select Custom.
3. Select the appropriate user name from the list.
4. Select an application in the Conduit list.
5. Click Change.
6. Select Desktop overwrites handheld for each conduit.
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 click the Default
button in the Custom dialog box.
7. Click OK.
8. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to change conduit settings for other applications.
9. Click Done to activate your settings.
10. Perform a HotSync operation.
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