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Visor Handheld
User Guide
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Copyright Copyright © 1999-2000 Handspring, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions copyright © 1998- 2000 Palm Computing, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Handspring, Spring- board, Visor, the Handspring logo, and the Springboard logo are trademarks of Hand- spring, Inc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions. Palm Computing, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo, Palm OS, Palm, and the Palm Computing Platform logo, are trademarks of Palm Computing
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Contents About This Guide ....................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Visor Handheld Getting to know your Visor handheld ...............................................3 What is a Visor handheld? ...............................................................3 System requirements ........................................................................4 Upgrade information ...............................................
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Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 37 Selecting applications ..................................................................... 37 Switching between applications ................................................... 37 Categorizing applications .............................................................. 37 Changing the Applications Launcher display ............................ 38 Choosing preferences.....
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Sorting lists of records ........................................................................73 Making records private ......................................................................74 Hiding private records ...................................................................74 Attaching notes....................................................................................76 Choosing fonts .....................................................................................77 Chapte
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Calculator........................................................................................... 123 Selecting the Calculator mode .................................................... 123 Using the Basic Calculator buttons ............................................ 123 Displaying Recent Calculations .................................................. 124 Using the Advanced Calculator mode ...................................... 124 Using the Advanced Calculator buttons .....................
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Chapter 8: Advanced HotSync® Operations Selecting HotSync setup options.....................................................177 Customizing HotSync application settings ...................................180 Conducting a HotSync operation via modem...............................182 Preparing your computer ............................................................182 Preparing your handheld .............................................................183 Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSy
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Appendix A: Maintaining Your Handheld Caring for your handheld................................................................ 217 Battery considerations......................................................................218 Resetting your handheld .................................................................219 Performing a soft reset .................................................................219 Performing a hard reset ...............................................................
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About This Guide Welcome to the Visor™ handheld computer. This guide 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 Visor handheld and the applications that come with it. It walks you through: ■ Locating all the parts of your handheld ■ 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 functiona
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Visor Handheld This chapter explains the physical buttons and controls on your Visor handheld computer, how to use your Visor handheld for the first time, ® and how to use HotSync technology to synchronize your Visor handheld and Palm™ Desktop software. Getting to know your Visor handheld What is a Visor handheld? With your Visor handheld, you will no longer have trouble getting to meetings and appointments on time, remembering people’s names and personal det
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System requirements To install and operate Palm Desktop software, your computer system must meet the following requirements: Windows minimum requirements ■ Windows 98 or later (for USB cradle) --or-- Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (for serial cradle) ■ IBM-compatible 486 (or higher) computer ■ 8 MB RAM (memory) minimum, 16 MB recommended ■ 25 MB available hard disk space ■ VGA monitor or better ■ CD-ROM drive (you can also download the Palm Desktop software from http://www.handspring.com, or o
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Upgrade information If you already own a handheld that is compatible with the Palm ® Computing platform, Handspring recommends that you install the version of Palm Desktop software that comes with your Visor handheld into the same folder as your current Palm Desktop software. When you install the new version in the same folder as the previous version, all your data is preserved. If you use another personal information manager (PIM), you still need to install Palm Desktop software in order
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Each handheld must have a unique name After you complete the upgrade process described above, you have two handhelds with the same name. This is an undesirable situation. Each handheld must have a unique name in order to prevent unexpected results during HotSync operations and other complications. We strongly recommend that you perform a hard reset on your old handheld. See “Performing a hard reset” in Appendix A for details. A hard reset not only erases all data from the old handheld; i
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Application Activates the individual applications that correspond buttons to the icons on the buttons: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad. See “Buttons preferences” in Chapter 9 for details on reassigning these buttons to activate any application on your Visor handheld. Tip: If your Visor handheld is turned off, pressing any application button activates the handheld and opens the corresponding application. Scroll Displays text and other information that extends buttons beyo
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Using the backlight If you have difficulty seeing the information on your Visor handheld, you can use the backlight to illuminate your screen. To activate the backlight: ■ Press the power button and hold it down for about two seconds. Release the button when the backlight turns on. Tip: In addition, you can assign the full-screen pen stroke to activate the backlight. See “Pen preferences” in Chapter 9 for more information. To turn off the backlight: ■ Press and hold the power button for abo
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Locating back panel components Springboard expansion slot IR port protector Reset button Stylus Battery door USB and serial connector Springboard Slides in and out of the Springboard expansion expansion slot slot. You can replace the slot protector with a protector Springboard expansion module to add features to your handheld. Stylus Slides in and out of the slot in the back panel of the handheld. To use the stylus, remove it from the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. IR port
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Installing the batteries To use your Visor handheld, you must install two AAA alkaline batteries. The batteries fit behind the battery door on the back of the handheld. See “Battery considerations” in Appendix A for more information. To install the batteries: 1. Press the latch on the battery door and lift the battery door away from your handheld. 2. Install the two AAA alkaline batteries supplied with your handheld into the battery compartment. Note: A diagram in the interior of the batter
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Tapping and typing Tap with the stylus to get things done 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 on your handheld. The first time you start your Visor handheld, setup instructions appear on the screen. These instructions include a calibration screen, or digitizer. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your handheld with its touch-sensitive screen so that when you tap
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Elements of the handheld interface Menu Pick list bar Check box Command Icons buttons Menu bar A set of commands that are specific to the application. Not all applications have a menu bar. Command Tap a button to perform a command. Command buttons buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of application screens. Icons Tap the icons to open applications , menus , Calculator , and to find text anywhere in your data . abc With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to activate th
