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Handbook for
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Palm Zire Handheld
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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 fo
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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 . . . . . . .
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Contents ® The Graffiti alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Writing capital letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Writing numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Graffiti numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Writing punctuation marks
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Contents Installing and removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Installing add-on applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Removing Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 5: Using Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 . . . . . . . .
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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 d
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Contents General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Auto-off delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 On while charging settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 System, alarm, and game sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Beam Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 . . . . .
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Contents x
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About This Book Welcome to the Palm™ Zire™ 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: ■ 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
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About This Book 2
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CHAPTER 1 Setting Up Your Handheld This chapter explains how to charge and set up your handheld, install ® Palm™ 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
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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. Plug the USB connector on the cable into a USB port on your computer. 2. Plug the other end into the connector on the handheld. 4
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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: ■ 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
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Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Handheld ■ 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 Minimum requirements: Mac ■ 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
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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: ■ 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 h
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Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Handheld 8
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CHAPTER 2 Exploring Your Handheld Palm™ Zire™ 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: ■ 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
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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 ® Graffiti writing area Scroll buttons/ Clock control Power button Application buttons Screen Displays the applications and information stored in your handheld. It is touch-sensitive and responds to the stylus. Scroll buttons/ Displays text and other information that extends beyond the Clock control handheld screen ar
