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To attach a note to a record:
1.Display the entry to which you want to add a note. 
2.In Address Book only: Tap Edit.
3.Ta p  D e t a i l s .  
4.Ta p  N o t e .
5.Enter your note.
6.Ta p  D o n e .
A small note icon appears at the right side of any item that has a note.
To review or edit a note:

Tap the Note icon  .
To delete a note:
1.Tap the Note icon  .
2.Ta p  D e l e t e .
3.Ta p  Ye s .
Choosing fonts
In many applications, you can change the font style to make text easier to read. You 
can choose small, large, or bold fonts in each application that allows you to change 
font style.
Note icon 
						

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To change the font style:
1.Open an application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Options, and then tap Font.
4.Tap the font style you want to use.
5.Ta p  O K .
Reviewing alerts
When you use certain application settings, your handheld can alert you to any of 
the following:

An appointment set in Date Book

A note created in Note Pad

An alarm set in Clock

E-mail received by your Palm wireless or business e-mail accounts
Small fontLarge font
Bold font
Tap here for small fontTap here for large fontTap here for bold font 
						

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When an alert occurs, your handheld displays a reminder message. If you tap 
Snooze in response to an alert message, your handheld reminds you of the item 
again in five minutes. The Reminder screen displays alerts that await attention.
 To respond to alerts, do one of the following:

Select an item’s check box to clear the item.

Tap an item (either the icon or the text description) to open the application 
where the alarm was set. The application opens to the entry associated with the 
alarm.

Tap Done to close the reminder list and return to the current screen. An 
attention indicator will blink in the upper-left corner of the screen; tap it to view 
the alert list again.

Tap Snooze to see the list again in five minutes.
If you tap Done or Snooze and view the reminder list later, the current time 
displays in the Reminder bar and the original alert time displays with each list 
item. 

Tap Clear All to dismiss all alerts in the list.
Hiding or masking private records
You can use the Security application to set a password and select whether to mask 
your private records or hide them completely. See Chapter 14 for details.
Installing and removing applications
This section explains how to install and remove applications on your handheld or 
on an expansion card, and how to remove Palm Desktop software from your 
computer.
Installing add-on applications
Your handheld comes with applications installed and ready to use, but you can 
also install additional applications, such as games and other software, on your 
handheld or on a card that is seated in the expansion card slot. Applications or 
games that you install on your handheld reside in RAM memory, and you can 
delete them at any time. 
						

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The Install Tool makes it easy to install software during a HotSync operation. There 
are a variety of third-party applications available for your handheld. To learn more 
about these applications, go to the web site: 
www.palm.com.
To install add-on software on your handheld using a Windows computer:
1.On your computer, copy or download the application you want to install into 
the add-on folder in your Palm Desktop directory on your computer.
2.Double-click the Palm Desktop icon on your desktop.
3.Click Install.
TIPYou can also access the Install Tool dialog by selecting Install Tool from 
the Palm Desktop program group or by double-clicking any file with a PRC, 
PDB, PQA, PNC, or SCP file extension.
4.In the User drop-down list, select the name that corresponds to your handheld.
5.Click Add.
6.Select the application(s) that you want to install.
7.Click Open. 
						

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8.If you need to change the destination of the application you are installing, click 
Change Destination on the Install Tool window, and then use the arrows to 
move applications between your handheld and an expansion card.
9.Click OK to close the Change Destination window.
10 .Click Done to close the Install Tool window.
11 .Perform a HotSync operation to install the selected application(s). See 
“Performing cradle HotSync operations” in Chapter 16 for details.
NOTEFiles that remain in the list after you perform a HotSync operation did 
not install. This can happen if the file type was not recognized during the 
HotSync operation. Expansion cards may hold applications that use files other 
than the Palm™ application files. In order for your handheld to recognize such 
a file, you must launch the application that uses these files at least once.
To install add-on software on your handheld using a Mac computer:
1.On your Mac computer, copy or download the application you want to install 
into the add-on folder in your Palm folder.
2.Double-click the HotSync Manager icon in the Palm folder. 
						

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3.From the HotSync menu, choose Install Handheld Files.
4.From the User pop-up menu, select the name that corresponds to your 
handheld.
5.Click Add to List.
6.Select the Add-on folder from the pop-up menu.
7.Select the application(s) you want to install.
8.Click Add File to add the selected application to the Install Handheld Files list.
9.If you need to change the destination of the application you are installing, click 
Change Destination on the Install Handheld Files window, and then use the 
arrows to move applications between your handheld and an expansion card.
10 .Click OK to close the Change Destination window.
11 .Close the Install Handheld Files window. 
						

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12.Perform a HotSync operation to install the selected application(s) on your 
handheld. See “Performing cradle HotSync operations” in Chapter 16 for 
details.
NOTEFiles that remain in the list after you perform a HotSync operation did 
not install. This can happen if the file type was not recognized during the 
HotSync operation. Expansion cards may hold applications that use files other 
than the Palm application files. In order for your handheld to recognize such a 
file, you must launch the application that uses these files at least once. 
Removing applications
In the event that you run out of memory or decide that you no longer need an 
application you installed, you can remove applications from your handheld or 
from an expansion card. From your handheld, you can remove only add-on 
applications, patches, and extensions that you install; you cannot remove the 
applications that reside in the ROM portion of your handheld.
To remove an add-on application: 
1.Tap the Applications icon  . 
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Tap Delete on the App menu.
4.Tap the Delete From pick list and select either Handheld or Card. To delete 
applications from a card, the card must be seated in the expansion card slot.
5.Tap the application that you want to remove.
6.Ta p  D e l e t e .
7.Ta p  Ye s .
8.Ta p  D o n e .
Removing Palm Desktop software
If you no longer want to use Palm Desktop software, you can remove it from your 
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To remove Palm Desktop software from a Windows computer: 
1.From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings, and then Control Panel.
2.Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 
3.Click the Change or Remove Programs button.
4.Select Palm Desktop.
5.Click Change/Remove.
6.Click Yes in the Confirm File Deletion box.
7.Click OK.
8.Click Close.
NOTEYou need to install the HotSync Manager from the installation CD if you 
want to synchronize data with another PIM.
To remove Palm Desktop software from a Mac computer: 
1.Locate the Palm Desktop Installer icon and double-click this icon.
2.From the Easy Install screen, choose Uninstall from the pop-up menu.
3.Select the software you want to remove.
4.Click Uninstall.
5.Select the folder that contains your Palm Desktop software files.
6.Click Remove.
This process removes only the application files. The data in your Users folder 
remains untouched. 
7.Restart your computer. 
						

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CHAPTER 7
Using Address Book
Address Book enables you to keep names, addresses, phone numbers, and 
other information about your personal or business contacts. Use Address 
Book to do the following: 

Quickly look up or enter names, addresses, phone numbers, and other 
information.

Enter up to five phone numbers (home, work, fax, mobile, etc.) or e-mail 
addresses for each name.

Define which phone number appears in the Address list for each Address Book 
entry. 

Attach a note to each Address Book entry, in which you can enter additional 
information about the entry.

Assign Address Book entries to categories so that you can organize and view 
them in logical groups.

Create your own digital business card that you can beam to other Palm OS® 
handhelds.
To open Address Book: 

Press the Address Book application button on the front panel of your handheld. 
Address Book opens to display the list of all your records.

Press the Address Book application button repeatedly to cycle through the 
categories in which you have records. 

Press and hold the Address Book application button to instantly beam your 
business card to another Palm OS
 handheld.
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Creating an Address Book entry
A record in Address Book is called an “entry.” You can create entries on your 
handheld, or you can use Palm™ Desktop software to create entries on your 
computer and then download the entries to your handheld with your next 
HotSync
® operation.
Palm Desktop software also has data import capabilities that enable you to load 
database files into Address Book on your handheld. 
See “Importing data” in Chapter 3 and Palm Desktop online Help for more 
information.
To create a new Address Book entry:
1.Press the Address Book application button   on the front of your handheld to 
display the Address list.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your Address Book. 
The handheld automatically capitalizes the first letter of each field (except 
numeric and e-mail fields). You do not have to use the Graffiti
® capital stroke to 
capitalize the first letter of the name.
4.Use the Next Field Graffiti stroke to move to the First Name field.
TIPYou can also move to any field by tapping it directly.
5.Enter the first name of the person in the First Name field.
6.Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry.
As you enter letters in the Title, Company, City, and State fields, text appears for 
the first logical match that exists in your Address Book. As you enter more 
   Next Field    
Tap New
Cursor 
at Last 
name