Pcs Phone Handspring Treo 300 User Guide

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his chapter explains how to enter data into your PCS Phone 
Handspring
® Treo™ 300 using each of the following methods:
©Using the PCS Treo 300 keyboard
©Using the onscreen keyboard
©Using your computer keyboard
©Importing data
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Using the PCS Treo 300 keyboard
The PCS Treo 300 keyboard is the primary method you’ll use to enter 
data into your phone. Each letter key on the keyboard has three 
functions:
©Normal: Types a lowercase letter.
©Shift: Types an uppercase letter.
©Option: Types the number/symbol, or activates the function, that 
appears in blue on the key.
Typing capital letters
To type capital letters, you must first “shift” to caps and then type the 
character.
Note: Your phone...

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To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock):
1.
Press Shift   twice.
When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol appears 
in the lower-right corner of the phone screen. 
2.Type the text you want to capitalize.
3.Press Shift   to turn off Caps Lock.
Typing numbers and symbols
Typing numbers and symbols with your phone is similar to typing 
symbols on a computer keyboard. You must first “shift” to option mode 
and then type the number or...

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Typing accented characters
The ListType feature enables you to enter accented characters. You can 
enter the following accented letters:
à  á  ä  â  ã  å  ç è  é  ë  ê  ì  í  ï  î  ñ  ò  ó  ö  ô  õ  ù  ú  ü  û  ý  ÿ 
To enter accented characters:
1.
Type the letter (uppercase or lowercase) to which you want to add an 
accent.
2.Press ListType  . 
3.Use the scroll buttons to select the accent you want to apply.
4.Press Space   to insert the accented character.
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3.Press ListType  . 
4.Use the scroll buttons to select the extended symbol you want to 
insert.
5.Press Space   to insert the extended character.
Base character Symbols Base character Symbols
a
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bßX×
Bßy¥
c¢ © ^ ˆY¥
C¢ © ^ ˆ0‰ º
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D† ‡ Ð2²
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Ti p :  To enter a tab, press Shift   and then press Space  .
Navigation keystrokes
In addition to character symbols, your phone includes special keystrokes 
that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications. 
Note: Some applications may not support these navigation keystrokes.
Using menus
Menus on your phone are easy to use. Once you have mastered them in 
one application, you can use them the same way in all other 
applications. 
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To use the menu bar:
1.
Open an application (such as Memo Pad).
2.Press Menu   to open the menu bar. 
Ti p :  You can also open the menu bar by tapping the inverted tab at the top of any application’s screen (except Calculator). 
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.
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To use keyboard shortcuts for menu commands:
1.
Press Menu   to open the menu bar. 
2.Type the menu command shortcut letter.
For example, to choose 
Copy in the Edit menu, press Menu   
followed by the letter “c.”
Ti p :  When the menu bar is open, you can enter a shortcut letter for any 
menu item in the current application view, not just the ones that appear on 
the current menu. 
Using text ShortCuts
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To use a ShortCut:
1.
Type the letter s.
2.Press ListType  . 
3.Use the scroll buttons to select the ShortCut symbol  .
Note: The ShortCut symbol appears by the cursor to show that you are in ShortCut mode.
4.Type the ShortCut characters. 
Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or 
numbers on your phone. When used in conjunction with the backlight, 
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Note: The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international 
characters. You can switch among the three dialogs at any time to enter 
the exact text you need.
5.After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place 
the text in the record.
Using your computer keyboard
Many of the applications on your phone are available in Palm Desktop 
software and in most Personal Information Manager (PIM) applications. 
If you have a lot of data to...