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    Chapter 2
    Entering Data in Your
    Palm III
    ™ Organizer
    This chapter explains how to enter data into your Palm III™ 
    organizer, 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, and symbols as 
    well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.
    Writing Graffiti characters
    Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only 
    minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can 
    type on a standard keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the 
    uppercase letters of the regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing 
    easy to learn. 
    There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:
    nIf you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later 
    in this chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), 
    you achieve 100% accuracy.
    nThe heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. 
    Certain characters have similar shapes, but different beginning 
    and end points. Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you 
    should not create the heavy dot; it is only there to show you where 
    to begin the stroke). 
    						
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    nMost characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the 
    stylus from the Graffiti writing area, your organizer 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 writing area indicate 
    the two areas.
    To write Graffiti letters:
    1. Tap the screen where you want your text to go. 
    Note:You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must 
    see a blinking cursor before you write the text.
    2. Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for 
    the letter you want to create. For example, the stroke shown below 
    creates the letter “n.”
    Note:There are two different stroke shapes available for some 
    letters. For these letters, choose the one that’s easiest for 
    you.
    As you’ll see later, you use the same shape to create both the 
    uppercase and lowercase version of a letter.
    3. Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area. 
    Write letters here Write numbers here
    Division marks
    Start stroke 
    at heavy dotLift stylus 
    here 
    						
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    4. Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it 
    appears in the tables.
    5. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
    That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your 
    organizer 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.
    Important:You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti 
    writing area. If you do not make Graffiti strokes in the 
    Graffiti writing area, your organizer does not recognize 
    them as text characters.
    Graffiti tips
    When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:
    nAccuracy improves when you write large characters. You should 
    draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.
    nTo delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of 
    the character you want to delete and make the backspace stroke 
    (a line from right to left) in the Graffiti writing area.
    nWrite at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate 
    recognition errors.
    nDo not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the 
    sides of the Graffiti writing area.
    nPress firmly. 
    						
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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
    ReturnPeriodtap 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.
    Note:Graffiti 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 capital letter:
    nUse the Caps Shift stroke:
    Tip:When Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol appears in 
    the lower-right corner of the organizer screen. If you 
    accidentally activate Caps Shift, backspace will cancel it.
    To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
    nUse the Caps Lock stroke:
    Tip:When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol 
    appears in the lower-right corner of the organizer screen. To 
    return to lowercase, make the Caps Shift stroke.
    Writing numbers
    Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of 
    the alphabet, except that you make the character strokes on the right-
    hand side (numbers side) of the Graffiti writing area.Caps
    Shift
       
    Caps
    Lock   
    Caps Shift
    Caps Lock 
    						
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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.
    Note:When Punctuation Shift is active, you can make a symbol 
    stroke anywhere in the Graffiti writing area (the letters or 
    numbers side). Number Strokes Number Strokes
    0
        5    
    1 6
    27
     
    38    
    4    9
    Punctuation Shift 
    						
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    Additional Graffiti punctuation
    Writing symbols and extended characters
    All symbols and extended characters begin with the stroke in the 
    Graffiti writing area of your organizer:
    When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the 
    lower-right corner of the screen. The next stroke that you make creates 
    the symbol or extended character.Symbol Stroke Symbol Stroke
    Period
    .
     Dash
    —
    Comma
    ,Left Paren
    (
    Apostrophe
    Right Paren
    )
    Question
    ?Slash
    /
     
    Exclamation
    !Dollar
    $
    Symbol
    Shift
       
    @     #     %     ^      &    *     <     >      –     +      =      | 
          {      }     [       ]     ~     `         ;     :            tab
    Symbol Shift 
    						
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    Writing accented characters
    To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create 
    the letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the 
    accent to the letter.
    For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to 
    draw an accented “e.”
    Accent strokes
    Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented 
    letters:
    à  á  â  ã  ä  å  è  é  ê  ì  í  î  ï  ò  ó  ô  õ  ö  ù  ú  û  ü  ÿ  ý  ñ
    Additional non-English characters
    You can write the following characters in the lowercase alphabet 
    mode without any special punctuation or shifting:
    Note:You must write these non-English characters in the left side of 
    the Graffiti writing area.
    ·       Ô       Ò       Ó      ,,, ,,
    . ,
    +
    ±X:=
    = cY? !
    ¦Æ
    = e
    a         a       a        a        a       a
    ca
    e 
    						
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    Navigation strokes
    In addition to character symbols, Graffiti writing includes special 
    strokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your 
    applications. 
    Graffiti ShortCuts
    Graffiti ShortCuts make entering commonly used words or phrases 
    quick and easy. ShortCuts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext 
    features of some word processors. 
    Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can 
    also create your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters. 
    For example, you might create a ShortCut for your name, or for the 
    header of a memo. See “ShortCuts preferences” in Chapter 7 to learn 
    about creating your own ShortCuts.
    To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortCut 
    characters. When you draw the ShortCut stroke, the ShortCut symbol 
    appears at the insertion point to show that you are in ShortCut mode.Command Stroke
    Move cursor right
     
    Move cursor left
    Previous field
    (Address Book only)
    Next Field
    (Address Book only)
    Open Address Record
    (Address Book only)
    ShortCut
        
    						
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    Your organizer includes the following predefined Graffiti ShortCuts:
        Entry ShortCut
    Date stampds
    Time stampts
    Date / time stampdts
    Meetingme
    Breakfastbr
    Lunchlu
    Dinnerdi 
    						
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