3Com Palm V Organiser Instructions Manual

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FCC Statement
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Note:This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a 
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are 
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a 
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the 
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. 
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or 
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off 
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more 
of the following measures:
nReorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
nIncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver.
nConnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the 
receiver is connected.
nConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The use of shielded I/O cables is required when connecting this equipment to any and
all optional peripheral or host devices. Failure to do so may violate FCC rules.
Caution:Changes or modifications not covered in this manual must be approved 
in writing by the manufacturer’s Regulatory Engineering Department. 
Changes or modifications made without written approval may void the 
user’s authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian RFI Statement
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-
Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le
matériel brouilleur du Canada.
Palm V Product Family
   
Tested to Comply 
With FCC Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
Responsi ble Party:
Palm Computing, Inc., 
a subsidiary of 3Com Corporation
5400 Bayfront Plaza
PO Box 58007
Santa Clara, California 95052-8007
United States of America
(408) 326-5000 
						

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CTICK Certification
The supplier code for CTICK certification is N151.
This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for In-
terference from Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio
or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install
and use the equipment according to the instruction manual. 
						

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Index
A
ABA (Address Book archive file) 35
AC adapter for recharging battery 10
Accented characters
Graffiti writing 32
onscreen keyboard 34
Add-on applications 40–43
Address Book
*If Found Call* entry 85
adding custom fields 88
archive files (.aba) 35
business card for beaming 135
categorizing records 59
conduit for synchronizing 142
creating records 53, 84–85
deleting records 55
displaying category 87
displaying data in the Address 
List 86
finding records 63
fonts 71
menus 87
notes for records 70
opening 49
overview 49
pressing button to beam 
information 137
private records 69
sorting records 67
Alarm
preset 83
setting 76
sound 83, 167, 196
for untimed events 77
Alphabet
Graffiti writing 28
onscreen keyboard 15, 20
Application buttons 7, 16, 48, 49, 50, 
51, 137, 162
Applications
Address Book 49
beaming 135–136Calculator 51
categories 37–38
Date Book 48
Expense 52
font style 71
installing 40–42
Launcher 16–17, 37–39
Memo Pad 51
opening 17
plug-in 183
preferences for 39
removing 43
security 44
size in kilobytes 206
To Do List 50
version of 206
viewing as icons 38
viewing as list 38
See also Add-on applications
Archive files
importing data from 35
for main applications 35
saving deleted records 55
saving purged records 56
Automatic fill, in Expense 109
Auto-off delay 166
Autotext. See Graffiti ShortCuts
B
Backlight 6, 163
Battery
conserving power 166
gauge 17
life and use 190
recharging 10
recycling 190
BCC (blind carbon copy) 120
Beaming
information 135–137
location of IR port 8
pen stroke to activate 163
problems with 204
See also Infrared
Bold font for text 71
Business card for beaming 135
Buttons preferences 162 
						

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C
Calculator
buttons explained 97
memory 97
opening 52
overview 51
recent calculations 51, 97
Calibration 14, 164, 197
Call Waiting, disabling 152, 175
Calling card, using in phone settings 
152, 176
Capital letters (Graffiti writing) 29
Caring for the organizer 189
Categories
application 37–38
assigning records to 59–60
beaming 135–136
creating 61
default 59
displaying 60, 87, 198
folders for e-mail 126
merging 62
renaming 62
using in Applications Launcher 
38
cc:Mail 112
Chain calculations 97
Channels for cover and stylus 8
Characters, Graffiti 25
Check boxes 15
Clearing Calculator entries 97
COM port 145, 146
See also Serial port
Combining categories 62
Comma delimited files, importing 
data from 35
Command
buttons 15
equivalents (Graffiti writing) 18
Compressing Day view 83
Computer keyboard, entering data 
with 22
Conduits
for connecting to PIMs 13
for modem HotSync operations 
152for synchronizing applications 
199, 142–143, 193
Confirming e-mail 122
Conflicting events 80
Connecting
service templates 177
to server or ISP 176
Connection
preferences 171
selecting for network 173
Continuous events
deleting from Date Book 55
scheduling 77
Contrast control 6
Copying text 54
Country default setting 165
Cover for organizer 8
Cradle
connecting to computer 9
for local HotSync operations 57, 
148
viewing data from 166
Creating
Address Book entries 84–85
categories 37–38, 61
currency symbols 103
custom fields in Address Book 
88
Date Book events 72
e-mail 115–117
Expense items 99
expense reports in Excel 105–108
memos 94
notes for records 70
records 53
To Do List items 89
Currency
default 102
defining 103
for Expense items 101, 102
Current date 24, 198
Current time 17
displaying in Date Book 79
setting 23
Custom
currencies and symbols 103
expense reports 207–216 
						

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fields in Address Book 88
Customizing. See Preferences
Cutting text 54
Cycling through views 48, 49, 50, 51
D
Data entry. See Entering data
Date Book
adding Address Book data to 
records 65
alarm 76
archive files (.dba) 35
changing event time 76
changing event to untimed 75
conduit for synchronizing 142
conflicting events 80
continuous events 77–78
creating records 53, 72–76
Day view 78
deleting records 55
display options 82
end time for Day view 83
fonts 71
menus 82
Month view 81
notes for records 70
opening 48
overview 48
private records 69
purging records 56
repeating events 55, 77–78
scheduling events 72–76
selecting dates 74
start time for Day view 83
Sunday or Monday to start week 
165
switching views 78
untimed events 72, 75
Week view 79, 165, 198
Dates
Expense item 100
setting current 24, 198
showing in Mail list 127
To Do List record due 91
Year 2000 warranty 220
Day (Date Book view) 72, 83DBA (Date Book archive file) 35
Decimal point 165
Default
categories 59
currency in Expense 102
settings. See Preferences
Deleted
data, saving in archive files 55
e-mail, recovering 125
Deleting
applications 40, 43
Desktop software 43
e-mail 125
Graffiti characters 27
passwords 45
records 55
service templates 183
text 54
See also Purging records
Delivering e-mail 119, 122
Desktop E-Mail application
applications supported 112
managing 111–134
support of Mail features 119
Desktop software 11–12
configuring mail 112–114
displaying euro 105
for entering data 22
linking to external files 157
removing 43
saving deleted data to an archive 
file 55
system requirements 4
upgrading 4
See also PIM
Digitizer 14, 164, 197
DNS (Domain Naming System) 179
Double-booked events 80
Draft e-mail 123
Dragging
memos into other applications 
51
stylus to activate features 163
using the stylus 14
Driver for infrared communication 
on Windows 95 145 
						

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E
Editing
records 53–55
unsent e-mail 122
E-mail addresses
in Address Book 85, 86
looking up 118–119
E-mail items. See Mail
Entering data 20–22
importing from other 
applications 35–36
problems with 197
using Graffiti writing 25–34
using the computer keyboard 35
using the onscreen keyboard 34
Entries. See Address Book
Eudora 112
Euro
displaying on desktop computer 
105
in Expense 102
in Graffiti writing 31
in onscreen keyboard 20
printing 105
problems with 198
Events. See Date Book
Excel, transferring Expense data to 
104–108
Exchange 112
Exchanging data. See HotSync
Exclamation marks in To Do List 93
Expense
adding Address Book data to 
records 66
categorizing records 59
conduit for synchronizing 142
creating records 53, 99
currency 101, 102
date of item 100
defining new currency 103
deleting records 55
menus 108
notes for records 70
opening 52
overview 52
purging records 56
receipt details 100reports in Excel 105–108, 
207–216
sorting records 67
templates for reports 107
type 101, 109
vendor 101
F
FCC Statement 225
Files, linking to external 157
Filing e-mail 124
Filters for e-mail 129–133
Finding
applications, using Graffiti 
writing 17
e-mail addresses 118–119
information in applications 
62–66
phone numbers 64–65
using the Find application 64
Folders for e-mail 126
Fonts 71, 105
Formats preferences 164
Front cover, inserting in a side 
channel 8
Frozen organizer 196
G
Games 42, 167
General preferences
alarm sounds 167
auto-off delay 166
system sounds 167
Glossary. See Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti
accented characters 32
alphabet 25, 28
basic concepts 25
capital letters 29
Command stroke 19
defined 21
Giraffe game for practicing 42
how to write characters 26
menu commands 18
moving the cursor 33 
						

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numbers 29
online Help 55, 162
problems using 197
punctuation marks 30
ShortCuts for entering data 33, 
186–187
symbols 31
tips 27
writing 25–34
writing area 7, 26
H
Hard reset 192
Header information (e-mail) 115, 117
Help
Graffiti 55
online tips 19
Hiding records 68
High Priority e-mail filter 132
HotSync
buttons preferences 164
conduits for synchronizing 
applications 142–143, 
193
customizing 142
defined 56
first-time operation 57–58, 
158–159
for managing desktop E-Mail 
113–114
HotSync Manager 57
IR operation 144–149
linking to external files 157
local operation 58, 140, 200
Manager 145, 147
modem operation 141, 149–153, 
201–202
modem settings 150
network operation 154–157
operations using cradle 148, 168
operations using IR port 
147–148, 169–170
options for filtering e-mail 
128–133
problems with 199–203problems with IR 202
setting options 139–141
for synchronizing data 11
using with another PIM 43
I
Icons
alarm 76
application 15, 38
note 70
online Tips 19
onscreen 197
repeating event 78
Idle timeout of ISP or server 
connection 178
Ignoring e-mail. See Filters for e-mail
Importing data 22, 35–36
Inbox 126
Infrared
connections 168
HotSync operations 147–148, 
169–170
installing Windows 95 driver 
145
port 8, 144, 146
problems with IR HotSync 
operations 202
requirements for computer 144
Installing
applications 40–42
conduit to install applications 
142
Desktop software 12, 195
Mail. See Mail, desktop 
configuration
International characters
Graffiti writing 32
onscreen keyboard 34
IP address 177, 179
IR port
See also  Beaming and  Infrared
IR. See Infrared
IrCOMM 144, 168
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) 144
Items. See To Do List or Expense 
						

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K
Keyboard
computer 35
onscreen 15, 34, 163
L
Letters
font style 71
Graffiti 25, 28
onscreen keyboard 34
List, in Applications Launcher 38
Lithium-ion battery 10
Locking the organizer with a 
password 45–46, 163, 185
Login scripts 180–183, 217
Looking up Address Book data
to add to other records 64–65
scrolling in Address List 63
to add to e-mail addresses 
118–119
Lost
organizer, contact for 85
records 198
Lotus
1-2-3, for expense reports 216
cc:Mail 112
Organizer, importing data from 
35
M
Macintosh 4, 105, 144, 180
Mail
address lookup 118–119
attachments 129
BCC (blind carbon copy) 119, 
120
changing setup 114
closing 115
confirm delivery 119, 122
confirm read 119, 122
creating 115–117
deleting e-mail 125
desktop configuration 112–114
draft e-mail 123editing unsent e-mail 122
filing e-mail 124
filtering options 128–133
folders 126
HotSync options 113–114
menus 134
opening 114
overview 111–112
priority of delivery 119, 120
purging deleted e-mail 126
recovering deleted 125
replying to e-mail 117
sending 122
showing dates 127
signature 119, 121–122
sorting 127
synchronizing 114
truncating 133
viewing e-mail 114
Main applications 16
Maintenance information 189
Memo Pad
adding Address Book data to 
records 65
archive files (.mpa) 35
categorizing records 59
conduit for synchronizing 142
creating records 53, 94
deleting records 55
dragging memos into other 
applications 51
fonts 71
menus 95, 98
opening 51
overview 51
private records 69
reviewing memos 94
sorting records 67, 198
Memory
amount of free 206
for beaming 204
Calculator 97
regaining 56, 196
Memos. See Memo Pad
Menus 17–19, 197
Address Book 87
choosing 18