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
Tapping and typing
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■ Select options in dialog boxes.
■ Open the onscreen keyboards.
Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer,
you can drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the slider
of any scroll bar.
Elements of the handheld interface
There are many common elements in the handheld interface. These elements are
described in this section.
Menu bar
Use the menu bar to access a set of application-specific
commands. Not all applications have a menu bar.
Icons
Tap the icons to open applications , menus , and a
favorite application , and to find text anywhere in your
data .
See “Opening applications,” “Using menus,” and “Finding
information” in Chapter 4, and “Buttons Preferences” in
Chapter 17 for more information about using these icons.
Brightness control
Tap the Brightness icon to open the Adjust Brightness
dialog box. See “Using the backlight” earlier in this chapter
for instructions on adjusting the brightness.
Clock
Tap the Clock icon to display the current time and date.
The display closes automatically after two seconds.
ABC
With the cursor in an input field, tap ABC to activate the
alphabetic keyboard.
123
With the cursor in an input field, tap 123 to activate the
numeric keyboard.
Menu
bar
Icons
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