Handspring Visor Handheld Platinum User Guide

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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...

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Elements of the handheld interface
Menu bar
A set of commands that are specific to the application. 
Not all applications have a menu bar.
Command 
buttonsTap a button to perform a command. Command 
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 the alphabetic...

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Opening applications
You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application 
installed on your handheld. You can also open the four main 
applications — Date Book Plus, Address, To Do List, and Memo Pad 
— with the application buttons on the front panel of your handheld.
Tip:When you press an application button on the front panel, you 
have instant access to the selected application. You don’t even 
need to turn on your handheld first. 
In addition to providing a way for you to...

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To open an application:
1. Tap the Applications icon  . 
2. Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have 
many applications installed on your Visor handheld, tap the scroll 
bar to see all of your applications. 
Tip:To find an application quickly, you can write the Graffiti 
character for the first letter of its name. The Applications 
Launcher scrolls to the first application with a name that 
begins with that letter. You can also assign...

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In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. 
The Record menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo, 
Delete Memo, and Beam Memo.
Choosing a menu
After you open the menu bar for an application, tap the menu that 
contains the command you want to use.
The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the 
application. Also, the menus and menu commands vary depending on 
which part of the application you’re using. For example, in Memo Pad, 
the...

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To use the Graffiti menu commands:
1. In the Graffiti text area, draw a diagonal line from the lower left to 
upper right. 
The Command toolbar appears for about four seconds.
2. Immediately write the corresponding command letter in the 
Graffiti letter area.
For example, to choose Select All in the Edit menu, draw the 
Command stroke, followed by the letter “s.”
Tip:If you wait more than three seconds to write the menu 
command, you need to redraw the...

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To display an online tip:
1. Tap the Tips icon  . 
2. After you review the tip, tap Done.
Four ways to enter data
There are four ways to enter data into your Visor handheld:
nUsing Graffiti writing
nUsing the onscreen keyboard
nEntering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then 
synchronizing with your handheld
nUsing an external keyboard
Graffiti writing
Your Visor handheld includes Graffiti writing software as the primary 
system for entering text and numbers. With Graffiti...

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To open Memo Pad:
1. Press the Memo Pad application button  . 
2. Tap New.
Note:A blinking cursor appears on the first line of the new memo to 
indicate where new text will appear. 
 
See “Using Graffiti writing to enter data” in Chapter 2 for more 
information.
Onscreen keyboard
When you create or edit a record in an application such as Address, 
you can open the onscreen alphabetic and numeric keyboards to enter 
data.
 
After a keyboard is open, you can tap...

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Using Palm Desktop software
If you have new records you want to add to your Visor handheld and 
prefer to use the computer keyboard rather than the onscreen 
keyboard, enter the data in Palm Desktop software or the PIM you 
have installed to use with your handheld. 
After the information is in Palm Desktop software, perform a HotSync 
operation to synchronize your handheld with your computer. See 
“Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations” in Chapter 5 for 
more information....

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Importing data
If you already have data in a database on your computer, you can 
import it into Palm Desktop software. You can import data stored in 
computer applications such as spreadsheets and databases, or data 
from another Palm OS handheld. When you import data, you transfer 
the records to your Visor handheld without having to enter them 
manually. See “Importing data” in Chapter 2 for more information.
Using an external keyboard
You can connect an...