3Com Palmone V Organiser Instructions Manual
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Page ii Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Copyright Copyright © 1998 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the 3Com logo, Palm Computing, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trademarks, and PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm OS, Palm, the Palm Computing platform logo, the PalmPilot logo, Palm V logo, and the HotSync logo are trademarks of Palm Computing Inc., 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries assume 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 3Com End User Software License Agreement contained in this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License Agreement. 3.5 Software Diskettes Available Palm™ Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software soft- ware from http://www.palm.com. Alternatively, you can order 3.5 diskettes by com- pleting and mailing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm V™ organizer product package, or call to order the diskettes. See the Worldwide Customer Support card for the appropriate phone number. P/N: 405-0345-01A A/N: 423-0223-01
Contents Page iii Contents About This Book ......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm V™ Organizer Getting to know your Palm V organizer............................................3 What is a Palm V organizer? ........................................................... 3 System requirements ........................................................................ 4 Information for upgraders ............................................................... 4 Palm V components .......................................................................... 5 Recharging the battery ................................................................... 10 Palm Desktop organizer software ................................................ 11 Using your organizer with another PIM ..................................... 13 Tapping and typing ............................................................................14 Tap with the stylus to get things done .........................................14 Elements of the organizer interface .............................................. 15 Opening applications ..................................................................... 16 Using menus .................................................................................... 17 Three ways to enter data ................................................................ 19 Customizing your organizer..............................................................23 Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm V™ Organizer Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................25 Writing Graffiti characters ............................................................. 25 Graffiti tips ....................................................................................... 27 The Graffiti alphabet ....................................................................... 28 Writing capital letters ..................................................................... 29 Writing numbers ............................................................................. 29 Graffiti numbers .............................................................................. 30 Writing punctuation marks ........................................................... 30 Additional Graffiti punctuation .................................................... 31 Writing symbols and extended characters .................................. 31 Writing accented characters .......................................................... 32 Accent strokes .................................................................................. 32 Additional non-English characters ............................................... 32 Navigation strokes .......................................................................... 33 Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................ 33 Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................35 Using your computer keyboard ........................................................35 Importing data .....................................................................................36 Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications Selecting applications .........................................................................39
Page iv Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Switching between applications ....................................................... 39 Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 39 Categorizing applications.............................................................. 39 Changing the Applications Launcher display............................ 40 Choosing preferences ......................................................................... 41 Installing and removing applications .............................................. 42 Installing add-on applications ...................................................... 42 Installing games .............................................................................. 44 Removing applications .................................................................. 45 Removing Palm Desktop software............................................... 45 Security ................................................................................................. 46 Assigning a password .................................................................... 46 Changing or deleting a password ................................................ 47 Locking your organizer ................................................................. 47 Recovering from a forgotten password ....................................... 48 Chapter 4: Survey of Basic Applications Overview of basic applications ......................................................... 50 Date Book ......................................................................................... 50 Address Book .................................................................................. 51 To Do List ......................................................................................... 52 Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 53 Calculator......................................................................................... 53 Expense ............................................................................................ 54 Common tasks ..................................................................................... 55 Creating records.............................................................................. 55 Editing records ................................................................................ 55 Deleting records .............................................................................. 57 Purging records............................................................................... 58 Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations ............... 58 Categorizing records ...................................................................... 61 Finding records ............................................................................... 65 Sorting lists of records.................................................................... 69 Making records private.................................................................. 70 Attaching notes ............................................................................... 72 Choosing fonts ................................................................................ 73 Application-specific tasks .................................................................. 74 Date Book ......................................................................................... 74 Address Book .................................................................................. 87 To Do List......................................................................................... 92 Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 97 Calculator....................................................................................... 100 Expense .......................................................................................... 102
Contents Page v Chapter 5: Communicating Using Your Organizer Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk .........................113 Setting up Mail on the desktop ................................................... 114 Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application .................. 116 Opening the Mail application on your organizer..................... 116 Viewing e-mail items .................................................................... 116 Creating e-mail items.................................................................... 117 Looking up an address .................................................................120 Adding details to e-mail items .................................................... 121 Storing e-mail to be sent later ...................................................... 124 Editing unsent e-mail ................................................................... 124 Draft e-mail .................................................................................... 125 Filing e-mail ................................................................................... 126 Deleting e-mail .............................................................................. 127 Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder................................. 127 Purging deleted e-mail ................................................................. 128 Message List options .................................................................... 128 HotSync options ............................................................................ 130 Creating special filters .................................................................. 131 Truncating e-mail items ............................................................... 135 Mail menus..................................................................................... 136 Beaming information ........................................................................137 Chapter 6: Advanced HotSync® Operations Selecting HotSync setup options .....................................................139 Customizing HotSync application settings ...................................142 Conducting a HotSync operation via modem...............................144 Preparing your computer ............................................................ 144 Preparing your organizer............................................................. 145 Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation ......... 146 Performing a HotSync operation via a modem ........................ 147 Conducting a HotSync operation via a network ..........................148 Connecting to your company’s dial-in server........................... 148 Using File Link ...................................................................................150 Creating a user profile ......................................................................150 Chapter 7: Setting Preferences for Your Organizer Viewing preferences .........................................................................153 Buttons preferences ...........................................................................154 Pen preferences.............................................................................. 154 HotSync buttons preferences....................................................... 156 Digitizer preferences .........................................................................156
Page vi Handbook for the Palm V™ Organizer Formats preferences ......................................................................... 156 Country default............................................................................. 156 Time, date, week start, and numbers formats .......................... 157 General preferences .......................................................................... 158 Auto-off delay ............................................................................... 158 Cradle settings............................................................................... 158 System, alarm, and game sounds ............................................... 159 Beam Receive................................................................................. 159 Modem preferences .......................................................................... 160 Network preferences and TCP/IP software ................................. 161 Selecting a service ......................................................................... 161 Entering a user name ................................................................... 162 Entering a password .................................................................... 163 Adding telephone settings .......................................................... 164 Connecting to your service.......................................................... 167 Creating additional service templates ....................................... 167 Adding detailed information to a service template................. 168 Creating a login script .................................................................. 171 Deleting a service template ......................................................... 172 Network preferences menu commands .................................... 173 TCP/IP troubleshooting .............................................................. 173 Owner preferences............................................................................ 175 ShortCuts preferences ...................................................................... 176 Creating a ShortCut...................................................................... 176 Editing a ShortCut ........................................................................ 177 Deleting a ShortCut ...................................................................... 177 Appendix A: Maintaining Your Organizer Caring for your organizer................................................................ 179 Battery considerations ...................................................................... 180 Resetting your organizer ................................................................. 181 Performing a soft reset ................................................................. 181 Performing a hard reset ............................................................... 182 Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions Software installation problems ....................................................... 183 Operating problems.......................................................................... 184 Tapping and writing problems ....................................................... 185 Application problems....................................................................... 186 HotSync problems ............................................................................ 187 Beaming problems ............................................................................ 191 Recharging problems ....................................................................... 191 Password problems .......................................................................... 192 Technical support ............................................................................. 193
Contents Page vii Appendix C: Creating a Custom Expense Report About mapping tables ......................................................................195 Customizing existing sample templates ........................................196 Determining the layout of the Expense Report.............................197 Labels .............................................................................................. 197 Sections ........................................................................................... 198 Analyzing your custom Expense Report .......................................199 Programming the mapping table ....................................................200 Using applications other than Microsoft Excel .............................204 Expense file details ............................................................................205 Appendix D: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts Use of ^char .......................................................................................207 Carriage return and line feed ..........................................................207 Literal characters ...............................................................................208 Warranty and Other Product Information Limited warranty...............................................................................209 3Com end user software license agreement ..................................212 FCC Statement ...................................................................................215 Canadian RFI Statement ...................................................................215 Index ........................................................................................................ 217
About This Book Page 1 About This Book Welcome to the Palm V™ connected organizer. This handbook describes all you need to know about how to use your Palm V organizer and the applications that come with it. It walks you through viewing and entering data, using your Palm V organizer with your computer, and personalizing the organizer with your own preferences. This book is designed to help you get up and running quickly on your organizer. The beginning chapter explains the following: nAll the parts of your organizer nThe Palm V interface nEntering data nSetting up security and other preferences After you become familiar with the basic functionality, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less common tasks and for maintaining your Palm V organizer, and also as a source of information if you have problems operating it.