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If you do not have access to a CD drive for your computer, you can download Palm Desktop software from www.palm.com/support/ Palm® T|X Handheld ii Table of Contents About This Guide ..................................................................xx Tips for viewing this guide ........................................................................xx What's in this guide? ................................................................................xxi Step-by-step instructions ...................................................................xxi Links .....................................................................................................xxi Sidebars .............................................................................................xxii Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Handheld and Your Computer ..................................................................1 What's in the box? .......................................................................................2 System requirements ..................................................................................2 Step 1: Connecting and charging your handheld .....................................4 What you should know about your handheld's battery .....................5 Step 2: Setting up your handheld for the first time ..................................6 Step 3: Installing your software ..................................................................7 Synchronizing your handheld and your computer ...................................8 Switching to another desktop software application ...............................10 Using user profiles .....................................................................................11 Creating a user profile .........................................................................12 Synchronizing with a user profile ......................................................14 Related topics .............................................................................................17 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Handheld........................18 What's on my handheld? ..........................................................................19 Front .....................................................................................................19 Top ........................................................................................................21 Back ......................................................................................................22 What software do I have? ..........................................................................23 Personal information ...........................................................................23 Productivity ..........................................................................................24 Multimedia and entertainment ...........................................................24 Palm® T|X Handheld iii Connectivity .........................................................................................25 Customization ......................................................................................26 Desktop .................................................................................................27 Using the status bar ...................................................................................29 Rotating the screen ....................................................................................30 Do's and don'ts ..........................................................................................31 Do's .......................................................................................................31 Don'ts ...................................................................................................31 Conserving battery power ..................................................................32 Related topics .............................................................................................33 Chapter 3: Moving Around in Applications.........................34 Opening applications .................................................................................35 Using Favorites View ..........................................................................35 Using Applications View .....................................................................36 Switching between applications ........................................................36 Using the 5-way navigator ........................................................................37 Moving around with the 5-way ..........................................................37 Moving around in Favorites View ......................................................39 Moving around in Applications View ................................................39 Moving around in list screens and entry screens .............................40 Moving around in dialog boxes .........................................................40 Moving around in menus ...................................................................41 Using menus ..............................................................................................42 Using the Command stroke ................................................................43 Using the Command toolbar ..............................................................43 Finding information ...................................................................................44 Related topics .............................................................................................45 Chapter 4: Entering Information on Your Handheld ...........47 How can I enter information on my handheld? .......................................48 Entering information with Graffiti® 2 writing ..........................................48 Writing in the input area .....................................................................48 Using full-screen writing .....................................................................49 Learning Graffiti 2 writing ...................................................................51 Writing Graffiti 2 characters ...............................................................51 Palm® T|X Handheld iv Graffiti 2 alphabet ................................................................................54 Graffiti 2 numbers ...............................................................................55 Graffiti 2 gestures ................................................................................59 Writing Graffiti 2 symbols and other special characters ..................60 Graffiti 2 symbols and special characters .........................................61 Writing a Graffiti 2 ShortCut ...............................................................62 Graffiti 2 ShortCuts ..............................................................................63 Using the onscreen keyboard .............................................................64 Entering info from Contacts into another application ............................66 Editing information ....................................................................................68 Selecting information ..........................................................................68 Copying and pasting information ......................................................69 Deleting information ...........................................................................70 Related topics .............................................................................................71 Chapter 5: Moving Info Between Your Handheld and Your Computer ................................................................72 Why synchronize information? .................................................................73 What information is synchronized? ...................................................74 How to synchronize .............................................................................75 When would I use each method? .......................................................76 Synchronizing with a cable or IR port ......................................................78 Synchronizing with a cable .................................................................78 Synchronizing using the IR port .........................................................80 Synchronizing using wireless technology ...............................................84 Synchronizing using Wi-Fi wireless technology ...............................84 Setting up a connection for Bluetooth® synchronization ................89 Synchronizing using Bluetooth Wireless Technology .....................94 Synchronizing by dialing in to a network ................................................95 Synchronizing by connecting to a computer on the network ................99 Customizing your synchronization settings ..........................................102 Choosing how your computer responds to synch requests ..........102 Setting synchronization options ......................................................104 Choosing whether application information is updated ..................106 Installing applications to your handheld ...............................................111 Using Quick Install .............................................................................111 Palm® T|X Handheld v Using the Send To Handheld droplet ..............................................112 Entering information with your computer .............................................112 Importing information from other applications ....................................117 Installing the additional software from the CD .....................................120 Checking space and version numbers .............................................122 Removing an application ........................................................................124 Removing an application from your handheld ...............................124 Removing Palm® Desktop software from your computer .............125 Restoring archived items on your computer ..................................127 Related topics ...........................................................................................128 Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts ..................................129 Adding a contact ......................................................................................130 Entering additional contact information ..........................................133 Selecting a ...