Sony Clie Peg N710c Handheld User Manual

							Chapter 5
Customizing your Sony CLIE Handheld
(Preferences)
This chapter describes how to customize your CLIE handheld by changing the
Preferences settings.
Contents
What you can do with Preferences ..................................................... 162
Changing the Buttons preferences ............................................................ 164
Assigning applications to buttons ........................................................ 164
Changing the full-screen pen stroke activities ....................................... 165
Assigning applications to HotSync® buttons ........................................ 166
Changing the Jog Dial™ navigator preferences ........................................ 167
Setting the display format of the time, date, and numbers (Formats) ........ 168
Selecting a country default .................................................................. 168
Selecting the time, date, and numbers formats ..................................... 169
Setting the General preferences ................................................................ 170
Setting the time ................................................................................... 170
Setting the date .................................................................................. 171
Setting the automatic shut-off time ...................................................... 172
Setting sounds .................................................................................... 173
Turning on or off the Beam Receive feature .......................................... 174
Entering owner information ...................................................................... 175
Creating Graffiti® ShortCuts ..................................................................... 176
Setting the High Resolution Assist function ............................................... 178 
						

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 What you can do with Preferences
The Preferences screen enables you to customize the configuration options
on your CLIE handheld.
•Buttons
Assign different applications to the buttons on the front panel of your
CLIE handheld and the HotSync
® button on the cradle, and reassign the
full-screen pen stroke command.
•Connection
Configure serial, modem, and infrared communication settings.
•Digitizer
Calibrate the screen on your CLIE handheld. The same digitizer
calibration screen is displayed when you start your CLIE handheld for
the first time. You can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset or if your
find that “tapping” does not work as expected. For details, see “Step 2:
Turning on your Sony CLIE Handheld for the first time” in the Read This
First manual.
•Formats
Set the country default and the formats for dates, times, calendar, and
numbers.
•General
Set the current date and time, the auto shut-off interval, the “Stay on in
Cradle” feature, the Beam Receive feature, system, alarm, and game
sounds.
•Jog
Enable or disable the JogAssist feature.
•Network
Configure your CLIE handheld for use with a network.
•Owner
Assign your name, phone number, and other owner information.
•ShortCuts
Define a list of Graffiti
® abbreviations. 
						

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Viewing Preference
1Rotate the Jog Dial™ navigator to select Prefs and then press
the Jog Dial navigator. Or tap the Prefs 
 icon on the
Application Launcher screen.
The Preferences screen appears.
2Tap the arrow V in the upper right on the screen and then
select the Preferences screen you want to view from the
drop-down list.
 What you can do with Preferences 
						

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Changing the Buttons preferences
Assigning applications to buttons
The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to assign different applications
to the buttons on the front panel of your CLIE handheld.
For example, you can assign the To Do List button to start Expense.
1Tap Buttons from the drop-down list on the Preferences
screen.
The Buttons Preferences screen is displayed.
2Tap the arrow V next to a button and then tap the
application that you want to assign to the button.
To launch the original applications
When you have assigned another application to the button, you can start the
original application using the Application Launcher.
To reset to the default settings
Tap Default in step 2. All application buttons are reset to their factory settings.
Applications buttons 
						

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Changing the full-screen pen stroke activities
The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to change the assignment of the
full-screen pen stroke. By default, the full-screen pen stroke activates the
Graffiti
® Help.
1Tap Buttons from the drop-down list on the Preferences screen.
The Buttons Preferences screen is displayed.
2Tap Pen.
3Tap the arrow V and then select one of the following settings
for the full-screen pen stroke.
•Frontlight: Turns on the frontlight of your CLIE handheld without
using the POWER button.
•Brightness: 
Opens the brightness adjustment screen.
•Keyboard: Opens the onscreen keyboard for entering text.
•Graffiti Help: Opens a series of screens that show the complete
Graffiti character set.
•Turn Off & Lock: Turns off and locks your CLIE handheld. To lock
your CLIE handheld, assign a password. When locked, you need to
enter the password to use your CLIE handheld.
•Beam Data: Beams the current record to another Palm OS
® PDA.
4Tap OK.
Changing the Buttons preferences
Drag the stylus from the
bottom of the writing area
to the top on the screen. 
						

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Assigning applications to HotSync® buttons
The Buttons Preferences screen also enables you to assign different
applications to the HotSync® buttons on the cradle and the modem.
1Tap Buttons from the drop-down list on the Preferences
screen.
The Buttons Preferences screen is displayed.
2Tap HotSync.
The HotSync Buttons dialog box appears.
3Tap the arrow V next to each button and then select the
application you want to assign to the button.
The HotSync button assignment is changed.
4Tap OK.
Any changes that you make in the HotSync Buttons screen become
effective immediately. You can activate the selected application by
pressing the HotSync button.
Changing the Buttons preferences 
						

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Changing the Jog Dial™ navigator preferences
The Jog Preferences screen enables you to change the Jog Dial™ navigator
and BACK button functions. With the JogAssist feature, you can use the Jog
Dial navigator to operate a third-party application that is not designed to use
Jog Dial navigator operations.
You can use the Jog Dial navigator and the BACK button to:
• Scroll the screen with the Jog Dial navigator.
• Select an item from a pop-up list with the Jog Dial navigator.
• Move back and forth between screens with the BACK button.
You can also change the BACK button function so that you can turn your
CLIE handheld on or off by keeping this pressed.
Notes
• The functions activated by the JogAssist feature differ depending on the application
you use.
• In some applications with the Jog Dial navigator mark, part of the functions may
change when the JogAssist feature is enabled.
• The JogAssist feature does not support menu operations.
1Tap Jog from the drop-down list on the Preferences screen.
The Jog Preferences screen is displayed.
2To enable the JogAssist function, select Use JogAssist.
3In order to set to turn off the power by keeping the BACK
button pressed, select Enable Power Control.
The Jog Dial navigator and BACK button functions change.
On the default settings
Use JogAssist is selected (
) and Enable Power Control is not selected (). 
						

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Setting the display format of the time, date,
and numbers (Formats)
The Formats Preferences screen enables you to set the country default, and
the display format of dates, times, and numbers on your CLIE handheld.
Selecting a country default
When you select the country where you use your CLIE handheld, the
display format of the time, date, the week start day, and numbers is
adjusted. For example, in England, time is expressed using a 24-hour clock;
in the United States, time is expressed using a 12-hour clock with an AM or
PM suffix.
All your CLIE applications use the Country default settings. However, you
can customize your own settings for time, date, week start day, or numbers.
1Tap Formats from the drop-down list on the Preferences
screen.
The Formats Preferences screen is displayed.
2Tap the arrow V next to “Preset to” and then select a country
name.
3Tap OK. 
						

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Selecting the time, date, and numbers formats
You can select the desired formats for the time, date, week start day, and
numbers. The selected formats apply to all your CLIE applications.
1On the Formats Preferences screen, tap the arrow V next to
Time and then select the desired format from the drop-down
list.
2Tap the arrow V next to Date and then select the desired
format from the drop-down list.
3Tap the arrow V next to Week starts and then select whether
you want the first day of the week to be Sunday or Monday.
This setting controls the Day, Week, Month, and Agenda views in Date
Book and all other aspects of your CLIE handheld that display a calendar.
4Tap the arrow V next to Numbers and then select formats for
the decimal point and thousands separator.
Setting the display format of the time, date, and numbers
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Setting the General preferences
The General Preferences screen enables you to set the time, date, auto shut
off interval, and sounds for your CLIE handheld.
Setting the time
1Tap General from the drop-down list on the Preferences
screen.
The General Preferences screen is displayed.
2Tap Set Time.
The Set Time screen appears.
3Tap the arrow V or v to set the hour.
4Tap the minute box and then tap the arrow V or v to set the
minute.
5Tap AM or PM.
6Tap OK.