Handspring Visor Handheld Desktop manuals

Handspring Visor Handheld Desktop User Manual (264 pages)

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English

Table of contents

Handheld

1

User Guide

1

Copyright

2

Software download available

2

Contents

3

Page vii

7

About This Guide

9

Introduction to Your

11

Visor Handheld

11

System requirements

12

Upgrade information

12

Chapter 1 Page 5

13

Visor components

14

Using the backlight

15

Protective cover

16

Installing the batteries

18

Tapping and typing

19

Opening applications

21

Using menus

22

Choosing a menu

23

Graffiti menu commands

23

Command toolbar

24

Displaying online tips

24

Four ways to enter data

25

Onscreen keyboard

26

Using Palm Desktop software

27

Customizing your handheld

28

To set the current time:

29

To set the current date:

29

Palm Desktop software

30

Connecting the cradle

30

To connect the cradle:

31

Entering Data in Your

33

To write Graffiti letters:

34

Graffiti tips

35

The Graffiti alphabet

36

Writing capital letters

37

Writing numbers

37

Graffiti numbers

38

Writing punctuation marks

38

Chapter 2 Page 31

39

Symbol Shift

39

Writing accented characters

40

Accent strokes

40

Navigation strokes

41

Graffiti ShortCuts

41

Using the onscreen keyboard

42

Using your computer keyboard

43

Importing data

43

Using an external keyboard

44

Managing Your

45

Applications

45

Choosing preferences

47

Visor handheld

49

5. Click Add to List

49

7. Click Add File

49

Installing games

50

Removing applications

50

Chapter 3 Page 43

51

Security

52

Chapter 3 Page 45

53

Locking your handheld

54

Chapter 3 Page 47

55

Chapter 4

57

Date Book

58

To open Address:

60

To open Expense:

65

Common Tasks

67

Editing records

68

Chapter 5 Page 61

69

Deleting records

70

Purging records

71

HotSync operations

72

Categorizing records

74

Chapter 5 Page 67

75

To define a new category:

76

Finding records

77

Looking up Address records

78

Using Find

79

Using Phone Lookup

80

Chapter 5 Page 73

81

Sorting lists of records

82

Making records private

83

Page 76 Common Tasks

84

Attaching notes

85

Choosing fonts

86

Application Specific Tasks

87

To schedule an untimed event:

91

Rescheduling an event

92

Setting an alarm for an event

92

Chapter 6 Page 85

93

Tap the

94

Chapter 6 Page 87

95

Changing the Date Book view

96

Working in Week View

96

Tips for using Week View

97

Working in Month View

98

Working in Agenda view

98

Spotting event conflicts

99

Date Book menus

100

Chapter 6 Page 93

101

Date Book Plus

103

Working in Year View

104

Working in List View

105

Working with floating events

105

To create a floating event:

106

Working with To Do items

107

Using the Daily Journal

108

Using templates

109

Using snooze alarms

110

Date Book Plus menus

110

Record menu

111

Options menu

111

Creating an Address entry

119

Duplicating an entry

120

Chapter 6 Page 113

121

Address menus

122

Chapter 6 Page 115

123

To Do List

124

Checking off a To Do item

125

Changing To Do item details

125

Setting a due date

126

To Do Show Options

127

To Do List menus

128

Memo Pad

129

Memo Pad menus

130

Calculator

131

Primary buttons

133

Math buttons

133

Trigonometry buttons

134

Finance buttons

135

Logic buttons

137

Statistics buttons

137

Weight/Temp buttons

138

Length buttons

139

Area buttons

140

Volume buttons

141

Creating a custom view

142

Calculator menus

143

CityTime

144

Selecting remote cities

145

Adding cities

145

CityTime menus

146

To create an Expense item:

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Entering receipt details

148

Chapter 6 Page 141

149

Tap Edit

150

Tap a Country

150

Show Options

151

Expense menus

152

Communicating Using

153

Your Handheld

153

Viewing e-mail items

154

To open an e-mail item:

155

To close an e-mail item:

155

Creating e-mail items

156

To reply to an e-mail item:

157

Looking up an address

158

Chapter 7 Page 151

159

Tap to select

159

Setting a priority

160

Sending a blind carbon copy

160

To create a signature:

161

Editing unsent e-mail

162

Draft e-mail

163

Filing e-mail

164

Deleting e-mail

165

Purging deleted e-mail

166

Message list options

166

Date column

167

Sorting the Message list

167

HotSync options

168

Creating special filters

169

Ignoring or receiving e-mail

170

Defining filter strings

171

High-priority e-mail

172

Truncating e-mail items

173

Mail menus

174

Beaming information

175

To beam an application:

176

Tips on beaming information

177

Advanced HotSync

179

Operations

179

IR HotSync operations

183

Infrared

184

Chapter 8 Page 177

185

Preparing your computer

186

Chapter 8 Page 179

187

Preparing your handheld

188

Chapter 8 Page 181

189

Creating a user profile

190

Chapter 8 Page 183

191

Setting Preferences for

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Buttons preferences

194

Chapter 9 Page 187

195

Drag to top of screen

195

Connection preferences

196

Connection Types

197

Setting modem configurations

197

Chapter 9 Page 191

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Digitizer preferences

200

Formats preferences

200

General preferences

201

Auto-off delay

202

Selecting a service

203

Entering a user name

204

Entering a password

205

Selecting a connection

206

Adding telephone settings

206

Entering a prefix

207

Disabling Call Waiting

208

Using a calling card

208

Connecting to your service

209

To select a connection type:

210

Idle timeout

211

IP address

212

Creating a login script

213

Tap here

214

Deleting a service template

215

TCP/IP troubleshooting

216

Owner preferences

217

ShortCuts preferences

218

Editing a ShortCut

219

Deleting a ShortCut

219

Maintaining Your Handheld

221

Battery considerations

222

Resetting your handheld

223

Performing a warm reset

224

Performing a hard reset

224

Appendix A Page 217

225

Troubleshooting Tips

227

Operating problems

228

Tapping and writing problems

229

Application problems

230

HotSync problems

231

Appendix B Page 225

233

Beaming problems

235

Password problems

236

Technical support

237

Non-ASCII Characters

239

Literal characters

240

Warranty and

241

Other Product Information

241

Page 234

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Handspring, Inc

244

Page 238

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Page 240

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Page 244

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FCC Statement

253

Canadian RFI Statement

253

Acknowledgments

254

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