Palm M130 Handheld Instructions Manual

Tapping and typing
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NOTEA blinking cursor appears on the first line of the new memo to indicate 
where the new text will appear. 
 
See “Using Graffiti writing to enter data” in Chapter 2 for details.
Note Pad
The Note Pad application provides a place where you can write a quick note in 
your own handwriting directly on your handheld screen. Think of Note Pad as a 
virtual “sticky pad” for short notes. Later, you would transfer your “sticky” notes 
to a more permanent place by entering the information...

Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Handheld
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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.
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 from another Palm OS handheld. When...

Customizing your handheld
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You make changes to the date and time in Date and Time preferences.
To set the date:
1.Tap the Set Date box.
2.Tap the arrows to select the current year.
3.Tap a month.
4.Tap the current date.
To set the time:
1.Ta p  t h e  S e t  Ti m e  b o x .
2.Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour.
3.Tap each number of the minute, and then tap the arrows to change them.
4.Ta p  O K .
To set the time zone:
1.Ta p  t h e  S e t  Ti m e  Z o n e  b o x .
2.Ta p  a  t i m e  z o n e...

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TIPWhen you travel, changing the time zone setting to a new time zone 
automatically resets the date and time on your handheld, but it does not 
change the time of appointments set in Date Book.
3.Ta p  O K .  
To set the daylight saving switch:
nTap the Daylight Saving pick list, and then tap Off or On. 

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CHAPTER 2
Entering Data in Your Handheld
This chapter explains how to enter data into your handheld by writing with the 
stylus in the Graffiti
® writing area, by using the onscreen keyboard, by using the 
computer keyboard, or by importing data from another application.
Using Graffiti writing to enter data
Chapter 1 introduced Graffiti writing and briefly described how to use it to enter 
text in your applications. In this section, you learn the procedures for creating 
letters, numbers, punctuation,...

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nMost characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the 
Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character 
immediately. To accomplish single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of 
the regular alphabet equivalents.
nThe Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of 
the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and 
bottom of the Graffiti...

Using Graffiti writing to enter data
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That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your handheld 
recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at the insertion point on 
the screen.
As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke for the next 
character you want to write.
IMPORTANTYou must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. If you 
do not make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not...

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The Graffiti alphabet
Letter Strokes Letter Strokes
AN
B
    O   
CP    
D     Q
ER
    
F     S
G
    T
HU
IV
   
JW
KX
   
LY    
M     Z
Space Back Space
Carriage
ReturnPe rio d
     tap twice 

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Writing capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet 
characters. To make capital letters, you must first “shift” to caps — just as you press 
the Shift key on a keyboard — and then write the character strokes.
NOTEGraffiti writing includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first letter 
when you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a blank line). 
To draw the first letter of a word as a...

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Graffiti numbers
Writing punctuation marks
Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter from a 
standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with a single tap on the Graffiti 
writing area. When you make this tap, you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot 
appears to show it is active. The next stroke you make with the stylus creates a 
punctuation mark.
NOTEWhen Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol stroke anywhere in...