User manual PALM ZIRE

Handbook for PalmTM ZireTM Handheld Copyright Copyright © 2002 Palm, Inc. All rights reserved. Graffiti, HotSync, and Palm OS are registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. The HotSync logo, Palm, Palm Powered, the Palm logo, and Zire are trademarks of Palm, Inc. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this guide. Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss. IMPORTANT Please read the End User Software License Agreement with this product before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the End User Software License Agreement. Software Download Available PalmTM Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. Check www.palm.com for updates and new versions of the software. PN: 406-4455A-US Contents About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Step 1: Charge your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Step 2: Set up your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Step 3: Connect the HotSync cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Step 4: Install Palm Desktop software and perform a HotSync operation . . . . 5 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Upgrading from another Palm OS handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chapter 2: Exploring Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Zire handheld components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Locating front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Locating back panel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Locating top components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Using the protective flip cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Using your handheld with a PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Elements of the handheld interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Displaying online tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Tapping and typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Onscreen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Graffiti writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Importing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Customizing your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 3: Entering Data in Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using the onscreen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using Graffiti writing to enter data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Writing Graffiti characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Graffiti tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 iii Contents The Graffiti® alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Writing capital letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Writing numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Graffiti numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Writing punctuation marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Additional Graffiti punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Writing symbols and extended characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Writing accented characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Accent strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Additional non-English characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Navigation strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Graffiti ShortCuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Beaming data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using your computer keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Importing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Importing data from a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Importing data from a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 4: Working with Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Opening applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Switching between applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Categorizing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Changing the Applications Launcher display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Choosing application preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Common tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Creating records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Editing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Deleting records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Purging records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Categorizing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Finding information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Sorting lists of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Attaching notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Choosing fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Reviewing Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Hiding or masking private records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 iv Contents Installing and removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Installing add-on applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Removing Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 5: Using Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Creating an Address Book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Selecting types of phone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Changing address entry details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Address Book menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Record menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 6: Using Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Performing Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Recent Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Calculator menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 7: Using Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Viewing the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Setting an alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Clock menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 8: Using Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Scheduling an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Rescheduling an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Setting an alarm for an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Setting an alarm for an untimed event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Scheduling repeating or continuous events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Changing repeating or continuous events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Considerations for repeating or continuous events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Changing the Date Book view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Working in Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Working in Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Working in Agenda View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Spotting event conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Date Book menus, preferences, and display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 v Contents Chapter 9: Using Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Adding expense items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Changing the date of an Expense item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Entering receipt details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Customizing the Currency pick list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Defining a custom currency symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Working with Expense data on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Displaying the euro on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Printing the euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Expense menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Record menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Chapter 10: Using Memo Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Creating memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Reviewing memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Memo Pad menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Record menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter 11: Using Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Creating a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Reviewing notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Clearing a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Setting an alarm for a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Note Pad menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Record menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Chapter 12: Using Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Assigning a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Changing or deleting a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Locking your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Recovering from a forgotten password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Making records private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hiding or masking private records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 vi Contents Chapter 13: Using To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Creating list items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Setting priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Checking off a To Do List item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Changing To Do List item details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Setting a due date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 To Do Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 To Do List menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Record menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Chapter 14: Performing HotSync® Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Selecting HotSync setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Customizing HotSync application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Performing cable HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 IR HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Preparing your computer for infrared communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication . . . . . . . . . . 133 Performing an IR HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Remote HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Preparing your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Preparing your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Selecting the conduits for a remote HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Performing a remote HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Returning to cable HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Using File Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Creating a user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Performing the first HotSync operation with a user profile . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Chapter 15: Setting Preferences for Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Buttons preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Pen preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Connection preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Configuring an IR to phone connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Date and Time preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Digitizer preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Formats preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Country default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Time, date, week start, and numbers formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 vii Contents General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Auto-off delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 On while charging settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 System, alarm, and game sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Beam Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Network preferences and TCP/IP software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Selecting a service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Entering a username . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Entering a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Selecting a connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Adding telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Connecting to your service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Creating additional service templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Adding detailed information to a service template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Login scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Creating a login script on your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Deleting a service template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Network preferences menu commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 TCP/IP troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Owner preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 ShortCuts preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Creating a ShortCut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Editing a ShortCut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Deleting a ShortCut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Appendix A: Maintaining Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Caring for your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Battery considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Resetting your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Performing a soft reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Performing a hard reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Software installation problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Operating problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Tapping and writing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Application problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 HotSync problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Beaming problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 viii Contents Password problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Appendix C: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Use of ^char . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Carriage return and line feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Literal characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Product Regulatory and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 ix Contents x About This Book Welcome to the PalmTM ZireTM handheld. This handbook is designed to help you get up and running quickly on your handheld. It describes all you need to know about how to use your handheld and the applications that come with it. It walks you through: s s s s Identifying your handheld's features Viewing and entering data Using your handheld with your computer Personalizing your handheld with your own preference settings After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your handheld, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less common tasks, for maintaining your handheld, and also as a source of information if you have problems operating your handheld. 1 About This Book 2 CHAPTER 1 Setting Up Your Handheld This chapter explains how to charge and set up your handheld, install PalmTM Desktop software on your desktop computer, and perform a HotSync® operation. It also lists system requirements. If you are upgrading from another Palm OS® handheld, see "Upgrading from another Palm OS handheld" later in this chapter. Step 1: Charge your handheld Plug the power adapter into an electric outlet, and connect the adapter to your handheld. Charge the handheld for three hours. Then connect it to the power adapter for a few minutes each day to recharge the battery to full capacity. See "Battery considerations" in Appendix A for more information. 3 Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Handheld Step 2: Set up your handheld Detach the power adapter from the handheld. Press the power button. Remove the stylus and use it to complete Setup on your handheld. Step 3: Connect the HotSync cable Connect the HotSync cable to your handheld and your computer. To connect the HotSync cable: 1. 2. Plug the USB connector on the cable into a USB port on your computer. Plug the other end into the connector on the handheld. 4 Step 4: Install Palm Desktop software and perform a HotSync operation Step 4: Install Palm Desktop software and perform a HotSync operation To install software: s Put the Palm Desktop CD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD drive and follow the onscreen installation instructions. Windows: If the CD does not start automatically, double-click the autorun.exe file found on the CD. Some systems may require administrator rights to install software. Mac: Double-click the CD-ROM icon that appears on the desktop. Then double-click the Palm Desktop Installer. To perform a HotSync operation: s Tap the Favorite icon when prompted by the Install program. System requirements To install and operate Palm Desktop software on the enclosed CD-ROM, your computer system must meet the following requirements: Minimum requirements: Windows s s s Windows 98/Me/2000 Professional/XP Home/XP Professional 50MB available hard disk space VGA monitor or better (the Quick Tour requires video resolution of 800x600 and 256-color video display; for best results, use High Color:16 bit) 5 Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Handheld s CD-ROM or DVD drive (Palm Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. Check www.palm.com for updates and new versions of the software.) One available USB port Mouse or equivalent s s Minimum requirements: Mac s s Apple Macintosh or compatible with a PowerPC processor Mac OS version 9.0 or higher with 12MB RAM or Mac OS X, version 10.1.2 or higher 25MB available hard disk space CD-ROM or DVD drive (you can also download the Palm Desktop software from www.palm.com) One available USB port Mouse or equivalent s s s s Upgrading from another Palm OS handheld If you already own a Palm OS handheld: 1. Perform a HotSync operation using your old handheld and cradle/cable. This ensures all data on your handheld is on your desktop computer. (Optional) You may want to create a copy of your old Palm Desktop software folder and its contents before installing your new Palm Desktop software. For information on how to do this, see www.palm.com/support. Follow the directions earlier in this chapter to set up your new handheld. You must install the version of Palm Desktop software that comes with your new handheld. After you perform a HotSync operation using your new handheld, rename your old handheld. To prevent unexpected results during HotSync operations, each handheld must have a unique name. We recommend that you perform a hard reset on your old handheld and then rename it. See "Performing a hard reset" in Appendix A for details. 2. 3. 4. 6 Congratulations! Congratulations! You've set up your handheld and installed Palm Desktop software. For comprehensive information about using your handheld, continue reading this electronic Handbook. For more information about using Palm Desktop software, see the following: s The Windows tutorial for Palm Desktop software, Quick Tour. To access this tutorial, go to the Help menu in Palm Desktop software and choose Quick Tour. The online help for Palm Desktop software. To access the online help, go to the Help menu in Palm Desktop software. The electronic Palm Desktop software for the Macintosh User's Guide. To access this guide, open the Palm folder, and then open the Documentation folder. Double-click the file Handbook.pdf. s s For more information about using your handheld, see the Basic Skills tutorial. To open the Basic Skills tutorial: 1. 2. 3. 4. Tap the Home icon Tap the Welcome icon . . Follow the onscreen instructions to complete Setup. Tap Basic Skills. 7 Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Handheld 8 CHAPTER 2 Exploring Your Handheld PalmTM ZireTM handhelds will help you stay organized and on time, and keep up with daily tasks while you are away from your desk. Use your new handheld to do the following: s s s s s s Enter your schedule in Date Book Keep all your contact names, addresses, and phone numbers in Address Book Prioritize and assign your tasks a due date in To Do List Jot quick notes directly on the screen in Note Pad Keep track of expenses using Expense Set alarms from Clock, Date Book, and Note Pad, to keep yourself on schedule and remind yourself of appointments and notes Synchronize your data with PalmTM Desktop software on your Windows or Mac computer to keep your data safe Beam information to another device that has an IR (infrared) port. s s 9 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld Zire handheld components Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the features of your handheld. Locating front panel controls Screen Scroll buttons/ Clock control Graffiti® writing area Power button Application buttons Screen Scroll buttons/ Clock control Displays the applications and information stored in your handheld. It is touch-sensitive and responds to the stylus. Displays text and other information that extends beyond the handheld screen area. When your handheld is on, pressing the lower button scrolls down to view information below the viewing area, and pressing the upper button scrolls up to view information above the viewing area. When your handheld is off, pressing the upper button displays the time. The area where you write letters and numbers using the Graffiti® alphabet. See Chapter 3 to learn how to write Graffiti characters. Turns your handheld on or off. If your handheld is turned off, pressing the power button turns the handheld on and returns you to the last screen you viewed. If your handheld is turned on, pressing the power button turns the handheld off. Graffiti® writing area Power button 10 Zire handheld components Application buttons Activates the individual handheld applications that correspond to the icons on the buttons: Date Book and Address Book. If your handheld is turned off, pressing either application button activates the handheld and opens the corresponding application. This is the fastest way to open an application. TIP See "Buttons preferences" in Chapter 15 for details on reassigning these buttons to activate any application on your handheld. Locating back panel components Stylus Reset button Stylus Reset button Serves as a pointing and writing device for navigating through applications and entering data on your handheld. To use the stylus, slide it out of the storage slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. Under normal use, you should not have to use the reset button. See "Resetting your handheld" in Appendix A for information about when and how to use the reset button. 11 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld Locating top components AC power connector USB connector IR port IR port USB connector AC power connector Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and receive data from other Palm OS® handhelds, and to perform HotSync® operations. See "Beaming data" in Chapter 3 and see "IR HotSync operations" in Chapter 14 for more information. Connects your handheld to the cable which connects to the USB port of your computer. This allows you to update the information between your handheld and computer using HotSync technology. Connects your handheld to an electric outlet so you can charge your handheld. Using the protective flip cover The flip cover protects your handheld screen when it is not in use. You can open the cover so that it rests on the back of your handheld, or remove it altogether. To attach the cover: s Align the rail with the groove on the back of your handheld, and slide the cover into place. 12 Using your handheld with a PIM To remove the cover: 1. 2. Open the cover and grasp the back flap. Gently slide the cover to one side until the rail slides out from the groove on the back of your handheld. Do not pull the rail out of the groove. Using your handheld with a PIM Your handheld comes with a personal information manager (PIM), Palm Desktop software. If you prefer to use another personal information manager (PIM), such as Microsoft Outlook, you still need to install Palm Desktop software in order to add HotSync Manager, connection software, and other features of Palm Desktop software to your computer. The connection software, called a conduit, lets you synchronize the data between your handheld and your PIM. The conduit for Microsoft Outlook is included on the Palm Desktop software CD-ROM (Windows only). For information on the availability of conduit software for the PIM you use, contact the vendor of your PIM or visit the web site www.palm.com. Elements of the handheld interface Menu bar Contrast control Clock Icons Menu bar Icons A set of commands that are specific to the application. Not all applications have a menu bar. Tap the icons to do the following: s s s s Open applications Open menus Perform a HotSync operation Find text anywhere in your data 13 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld Contrast control Clock ABC 123 Tap the Contrast icon to open the Adjust Contrast dialog box. Tap to the left or right of the slider to adjust the contrast in small increments or drag the slider to change the contrast in large increments. You can also press the up and down scroll buttons to adjust the contrast. Tap the Clock icon to briefly display the time and date. With the cursor in an input field, tap "ABC" to activate the alphabetic keyboard. With the cursor in an input field, tap "123" to activate the numeric keyboard. Previous/next arrows Check box Pick list Command button Scroll bar When a check mark appears in a check box, the corresponding option is active. If a check box is empty, tapping it inserts a check mark. If a check box is checked, tapping it removes the check mark. Command buttons Tap a button to perform a command. Command buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of application screens. Next/previous arrows Tap the left and right arrows to display the previous and next record; tap the up and down arrows to display the previous and next page of information. Pick list Tap the arrow to display a list of choices, and then tap an item in the list to select it. Scroll bar Drag the slider, or tap the top or bottom arrow, to scroll the display one line at a time. To scroll to the previous page, tap the scroll bar just above the slider. To scroll to the next page, tap the scroll bar just below the slider. Check box You can also scroll to the previous and next pages by pressing the upper and lower scroll buttons on the front panel of your handheld. 14 Tapping and typing Displaying online tips Many of the dialog boxes that appear on your handheld contain an online Tips icon in the upper-right corner. Online tips anticipate questions you have in a dialog box, provide shortcuts for using the dialog box, or give you other useful information. To display an online tip: 1. 2. Tap the Tips icon . After you review the tip, tap Done. Tapping and typing Like using a mouse to click elements on a computer screen, using the stylus to tap elements on your handheld screen is the basic action that gets things done. The first time you start your handheld, setup instructions appear on the screen. These instructions include a calibration screen. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your handheld with its touch-sensitive screen so that when you tap an element on the screen, the handheld can detect exactly which task you want to perform. IMPORTANT Always use the point of the stylus for tapping or making strokes on the handheld screen. Never use an actual pen, pencil, or other sharp object to write on the handheld screen. With your handheld turned on, you can tap the handheld screen to do many operations, such as the following: s s s Open applications Choose menu commands Initiate a Find operation to search through applications installed on your handheld for specific text 15 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld s s 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 also drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the slider of any scroll bar. Entering data There are several ways to enter data into your handheld: s s s s Using the onscreen keyboard. Using Graffiti writing. Using Note Pad. Entering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then synchronizing with your handheld. Beaming data from another device that has an infrared port. See "Beaming data" in Chapter 3 for details. s Onscreen keyboard When you create or edit a record in an application such as Address Book, you can open the onscreen keyboards to enter data. Tap here for alphabetic keyboard Tap here for numeric keyboard 16 Entering data After a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other keyboards, including the international keyboard. See "Using the onscreen keyboard" in Chapter 3 for more information. Alpha Tab Caps lock Caps shift Tap here to display alphabetic keyboard Backspace Carriage return Numeric International Tap here to display numeric keyboard Tap here to display international keyboard Graffiti writing Your handheld includes Graffiti writing software as the primary system for entering text and numbers. With Graffiti writing, you write simple strokes with the stylus and they are instantly recognized as letters or numbers. Write letters here Write numbers here Division marks The Palm Desktop software CD-ROM includes Giraffe, a game you can use to practice Graffiti writing. See "Installing and removing applications" in Chapter 4 for installation instructions. The Memo Pad application is ideal for practicing Graffiti writing. This section explains how to open Memo Pad and use it to practice Graffiti writing. To open Memo Pad: 1. 2. 3. Tap the Home icon . . Tap the Memo Pad icon Tap New. 17 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld NOTE A blinking cursor appears on the first line of the new memo to indicate where the new text will appear. New memo cursor Tap New Write in Graffiti area See "Using Graffiti writing to enter data" in Chapter 3 for details. Note Pad The Note Pad application provides a place where you can write a quick note in your own handwriting directly on your handheld screen. Think of Note Pad as a virtual "sticky pad" for short notes. Later, you can transfer your "sticky" notes to a more permanent place by entering the information in the appropriate application, or throw them away by deleting them. See "Using Note Pad" in Chapter 11 for more information. Using Palm Desktop software If you have new records you want to add to your handheld and prefer to use the computer keyboard rather than Graffiti writing or the onscreen keyboard, enter the data in Palm Desktop software or the PIM you have installed to use with your handheld. For details on entering information in Palm Desktop software, refer to the online Help in Palm Desktop software, the Quick Tour in Palm Desktop software (for Windows users), and the Palm Desktop Software for the Macintosh User's Guide located in the Documentation folder in the Palm folder. 18 Customizing your handheld After the information is in Palm Desktop software, perform a HotSync operation to synchronize your handheld with your computer. See "Performing cable HotSync operations" in Chapter 14 for more information. Importing data If you already have data in a database on your computer, you can import it into Palm Desktop software. You can import data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets and databases, or from another Palm OS handheld. When you import data, you transfer the records to your handheld without having to enter them manually. See "Importing data" in Chapter 3 for more information. Customizing your handheld You can customize your handheld by using the Preferences application. You can enter personal information such as your name and address; change the time, date, and time zone; view different date and time formats when you travel; turn off sounds; and configure your handheld to work with a modem. See Chapter 15 for details. To open the Preferences screens: 1. 2. 3. 4. Tap the Home icon . . Tap the Preferences icon Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen. Tap the Preferences category you want to view. The following procedures for setting the date give you an example of how to customize your handheld. You make changes to the date and time in Date and Time preferences. 19 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld To set the date: 1. 2. Tap the Set Date box. Tap the arrows to select the current year. Tap arrows to select year Tap to select month Tap to set date 3. 4. Tap to select date Tap a month. Tap the current date. To set the time: 1. Tap the Set Time box. 2. 3. 4. Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour. Tap each number of the minute, and then tap the arrows to change them. Tap OK. 20 Customizing your handheld To set the time zone: 1. Tap the Set Time Zone box. 2. Tap a time zone. TIP When you travel, changing the time zone setting to a new time zone automatically resets the date and time on your handheld, but it does not change the time of appointments set in Date Book. 3. Tap OK. To set the daylight saving switch: s Tap the Daylight Saving pick list, and then tap Off or On. If you live in a place where Daylight Saving time applies, set this option to On in the Spring, and Off in the Fall. 21 Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld 22 CHAPTER 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld This chapter explains how to enter data into your handheld. There are several ways to enter data into your handheld: s s s s s Using the onscreen keyboard Using Graffiti® writing Using Note Pad Beaming data from a device that has an infrared (IR) port Entering or importing data in PalmTM Desktop software and then synchronizing with your handheld Using the onscreen keyboard You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers on your handheld. To use the onscreen keyboard: 1. 2. 3. Open any application (such as Address Book). Tap any record, or tap New. Tap "ABC" to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap "123" to open the numeric keyboard. Tap here for alphabetic keyboard 4. Tap here for numeric keyboard Tap the characters to enter text and numbers. NOTE The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international characters. You can switch among the three dialog boxes at any time to enter the exact text you need. 5. After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in the record. 23 Chapter 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld Using Graffiti writing to enter data Chapter 2 introduced Graffiti writing and briefly described how to use it to enter text in your applications. In this section, you learn the procedures for creating letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks. Writing Graffiti characters Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a standard keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the uppercase letters of the regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn. There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing: s If you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you achieve 100% accuracy. s The heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain characters have similar shapes, but different beginning and end points. Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you should not create the heavy dot; it is only there to show you where to begin the stroke). Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character immediately. To accomplish single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet equivalents. The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two areas. Write letters here Write numbers here s s Division marks 24 Using Graffiti writing to enter data To write Graffiti letters: 1. Tap the screen where you want your text to go. NOTE You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must see a blinking cursor before you write the text. 2. Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you want to create. For example, the stroke shown below creates the letter "n." NOTE There are two different stroke shapes available for some letters. For these letters, choose the one that's easiest for you. Lift stylus here Start stroke at heavy dot As you'll see later, you use the same shape to create both the uppercase and lowercase version of a letter. 3. 4. Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area. Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it appears in the tables. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape. 5. That's all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your handheld recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at the insertion point on the screen. As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke for the next character you want to write. IMPORTANT You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. If you do not make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not recognize them as text characters. Graffiti tips When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind: s Accuracy improves when you write large characters. You should draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area. To delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of the character you want to delete and make the backspace stroke (a line from right to left) in the Graffiti writing area. s 25 Chapter 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld s s Write at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate recognition errors. Do not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the sides of the Graffiti writing area. Press firmly. s The Graffiti ® alphabet Letter A B C D Strokes Letter N O P Q Strokes E F G H R S T U I V J K L M W X Y Z Space Carriage Return Back Space Period tap twice 26 Using Graffiti writing to enter data Writing capital letters You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet characters. To make capital letters, you must first "shift" to caps--just as you press the Shift key on a keyboard--and then write the character strokes. NOTE Graffiti writing includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first letter when you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a blank line). To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter: s Use the Caps Shift stroke: Caps Shift TIP When Caps Shift is active, an "up arrow" symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the handheld screen. If you accidentally activate Caps Shift, backspace will cancel it. Caps Shift To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock): s Use the Caps Lock stroke: Caps Lock TIP When Caps Lock is active, an underlined "up arrow" symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the handheld screen. To return to lowercase, make the Caps Shift stroke. Caps Lock Writing numbers Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of the alphabet, except that you make the character strokes on the right-hand side (numbers side) of the Graffiti writing area. 27 Chapter 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld Graffiti numbers Number 0 1 2 3 4 Strokes Number 5 6 7 8 9 Strokes Writing punctuation marks Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter from a standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with a single tap on the Graffiti writing area. When you make this tap, you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot appears to show it is active. The next stroke you make with the stylus creates a punctuation mark. Punctuation shift NOTE When Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol stroke anywhere in the Graffiti writing area (the letters or numbers side). Symbol Period . Comma , Apostrophe ' Question ? Exclamation ! Stroke Symbol Dash -- Left Paren ( Right Paren ) Slash / Dollar $ Stroke 28 Using Graffiti writing to enter data Additional Graffiti punctuation @ # % ^ & * < > -- + = | \ { } [ ] ~ ` ; : " tab Writing symbols and extended characters All symbols and extended characters begin with the Symbol Shift stroke in the Graffiti writing area of your handheld: Symbol Shift When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the screen. The next stroke that you make creates the symbol or extended character. Symbol Shift X : = c Y = Writing accented characters To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create the letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the accent to the letter. For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to draw an accented "e." =e ? + -- ,, , · TM ® © , ,, ° ! 29 Chapter 3 Entering Data in Your Handheld Accent strokes a a a a a a Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented letters: àáâãäåèéêëìíîïòóôõöùúûüÿýñ Additional non-English characters You can write the following characters without any special punctuation or shifting: c ae NOTE You must write these non-English characters in the left side of the Graffiti writing area. Navigation strokes