Palm Handhelds m500 - Manual (Page 5)

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Contents
About This Book: .............................................................1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Handheld ......................3
Getting to know your Palm m500 series handheld ..........................3
What is a Palm m500 series handheld?...........................................3
System requirements .........................................................................4
Palm m500 series components ........................................................ 5
Upgrading from another Palm OS handheld....................................9
Preparing to use your handheld .........................................................9
Connecting the HotSync cradle..................................................... 10
Charging your handheld................................................................ 11
Palm™ Desktop software .............................................................. 12
Using your handheld with another PIM ..................................... 14
Tapping and typing ............................................................................15
Tap with the stylus to get things done......................................... 15
Elements of the handheld interface .............................................. 16
Opening applications ..................................................................... 17
Using menus .................................................................................... 19
Entering data.................................................................................... 21
Customizing your handheld..............................................................25
Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Handheld ..................29
Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................29
Writing Graffiti characters ..............................................................29
Graffiti tips .......................................................................................31
The Graffiti® alphabet ....................................................................31
Writing capital letters .....................................................................32
Writing numbers .............................................................................33
Graffiti numbers ..............................................................................33
Writing punctuation marks ...........................................................34
Additional Graffiti punctuation ....................................................34
Writing symbols and extended characters ..................................35
Writing accented characters ..........................................................35
Accent strokes ..................................................................................36
Additional non-English characters ...............................................36
Navigation strokes ..........................................................................36
Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................37
Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................37
Using Note Pad....................................................................................38
Using your computer keyboard ........................................................38
Importing data .....................................................................................39