Handbook for the Palm VIITM Organizer Palm.Net Discontinued: The Palm.Net service is discontinued as of August 31, 2004. Any information in this manual pertaining to Palm.Net, PQAs (web clipping applications), MyPalm and the WAP Browser is not applicable after that date. For wireless email and web browsing, we recommend you migrate to a palmOne smartphone. We can help you do this: Click here to learn how to upgrade to a new solution. Copyright Copyright © 1998 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the 3Com logo, Palm Computing, Palm Modem, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trademarks, and Palm, PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm VII, Palm OS, Palm.Net, iMessenger, More Connected., the Palm Computing Platform logo, the PalmPilot logo, Palm VII logo, and the HotSync logo are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 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If you do not have access to a CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software from http://www.palm.net. Alternatively, you can order 3.5" diskettes by completing and mailing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm VIITM connected organizer product package, or call to order the diskettes. See the Getting Started guide for the appropriate phone number. P/N: 405-0406A A/N: 423-0233 Page ii Contents About This Book ......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm VIITM Organizer Getting to know your Palm VII organizer.........................................3 What is a Palm VII organizer?..........................................................3 System requirements .........................................................................4 Palm VII components ........................................................................5 Installing the batteries .......................................................................9 Replacing batteries.............................................................................9 Setting up your organizer and charging the transmitter ...........10 Upgrade information .......................................................................10 Palm Desktop organizer software .................................................12 Using your organizer with another PIM ......................................14 Palm.Net wireless features .............................................................14 Tapping and typing ............................................................................18 Tap with the stylus to get things done..........................................18 Elements of the organizer interface ...............................................19 Opening applications ......................................................................20 Using menus .....................................................................................23 Three ways to enter data.................................................................25 Customizing your organizer .............................................................29 Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm VIITM Organizer Using Graffiti writing to enter data..................................................31 Writing Graffiti characters ..............................................................31 Graffiti tips ........................................................................................33 The Graffiti alphabet........................................................................34 Writing capital letters ......................................................................35 Writing numbers ..............................................................................35 Graffiti numbers ...............................................................................36 Writing punctuation marks ............................................................36 Additional Graffiti punctuation.....................................................37 Writing symbols and extended characters ...................................37 Writing accented characters ...........................................................38 Accent strokes...................................................................................38 Additional non-English characters................................................38 Navigation strokes ...........................................................................39 Graffiti ShortCuts .............................................................................39 Using the onscreen keyboard............................................................41 Using your computer keyboard........................................................41 Importing data.....................................................................................42 Contents Page iii Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications Using the Applications Launcher .................................................... 45 Selecting applications...................................................................... 45 Switching between applications.................................................... 45 Categorizing applications............................................................... 45 Changing the Applications Launcher display............................. 46 Choosing preferences......................................................................... 47 Installing and removing applications.............................................. 48 Installing add-on applications ....................................................... 48 Installing games ............................................................................... 50 Removing applications ................................................................... 51 Removing Palm Desktop software................................................ 52 Security................................................................................................. 53 Assigning a password..................................................................... 53 Changing or deleting a password ................................................. 54 Locking your organizer .................................................................. 54 Recovering from a forgotten password........................................ 55 Chapter 4: Using Your Basic Applications Overview of basic applications ........................................................ 58 Date Book.......................................................................................... 58 Address Book ................................................................................... 59 To Do List.......................................................................................... 60 Memo Pad......................................................................................... 61 Calculator.......................................................................................... 61 Expense ............................................................................................. 62 Common tasks .................................................................................... 63 Creating records............................................................................... 63 Editing records................................................................................. 63 Deleting records............................................................................... 65 Purging records................................................................................ 66 Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations ................ 67 Categorizing records ....................................................................... 69 Finding records ................................................................................ 73 Sorting lists of records..................................................................... 77 Making records private................................................................... 79 Attaching notes ................................................................................ 80 Choosing fonts ................................................................................. 81 Page iv Handbook for the Palm VIITM Organizer Application-specific tasks ..................................................................83 Date Book ..........................................................................................83 Address Book....................................................................................96 To Do List ........................................................................................101 Memo Pad .......................................................................................106 Calculator ........................................................................................109 Expense............................................................................................111 Chapter 5: Query Applications and the iMessengerTM Application Your organizer is a wireless device ................................................121 Web clipping: query applications ................................................121 Wireless Internet messaging: the iMessenger application .......124 The Palm.Net wireless communication service.........................124 Improving signal strength ............................................................127 Using query applications .................................................................128 Opening query applications .........................................................129 Working with query applications................................................130 Query application menus..............................................................137 Using the iMessenger application ..................................................138 The iMessenger application differs from the Mail application138 Opening the iMessenger application ..........................................139 Checking for and viewing messages ...........................................140 Opening and reading messages ...................................................141 Creating messages..........................................................................146 Rerouting replies to your messages ............................................150 Adding a signature to your message ..........................................151 Sending messages ..........................................................................151 Editing an unsent message ...........................................................152 Draft messages................................................................................153 Filing a message .............................................................................154 Deleting messages..........................................................................155 Removing a message from the Deleted folder...........................155 Purging deleted messages ............................................................155 Options for the iMessenger List screen.......................................156 Your Palm.Net mailbox.................................................................157 The iMessenger application and HotSync operations ..............159 iMessenger menus .........................................................................159 Chapter 6: Managing Desktop E-Mail and Beaming Information Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk ........................163 Setting up Mail on the desktop ....................................................164 Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application ...................166 Opening the Mail application on your organizer......................166 Viewing e-mail items .....................................................................166 Contents Page v Creating e-mail items ............................. ...