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Bas ic Handbo ok for the Pa lm II I ™ Org a ni ze r.
Page ii Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Copyrigh t Copyright © 1998 3Com C orporat ion or its subsidia ries. All ri ghts r eserved. 3Com, the 3Com lo go, Palm Com puting, Graffit i and Ho.
Con ten t s Page iii Con t ents Chapter 1: Ge tting Started W ith Your Palm III™ O rganizer L oca tin g Fr on t P an el C o nt ro ls .... .. ... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... ... .. 2 Pr o tec tiv e F li p C ov er .... .
Page iv Basic Handboo k f or the Pa lm III Org an izer Cha pter 6 : Mai nta ini n g Y our Pal m III™ Orga nize r Carin g for Your Palm III O rganizer . .............. . ................ ..... ....... .... 6 1 L im ited W a rr an ty .. ..... .. ... .
Chap ter 1 Page 1 Chapte r 1 Get ting Star te d With Y our Palm III ™ Orga n i z e r Congr atulat ions on yo ur pur c has e of t h e P alm III ™ co nne c ted or gani ze r.
Page 2 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Locating Front Panel Controls Pal m I II organ izer sc ree n Displa ys the applic ations a nd info rmat ion s tored in your P alm III o rganiz er. It is touch-se nsitive and re sp o nds to the st ylus or y ou r fi n g er.
Chapter 1 P ag e 3 Protective Flip Cover The cover protects the Palm III o rganiz er screen when it is not in us e and he lps r e duce glar e while you use your Palm III organize r.
Page 4 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Locating Back Panel Components Stylu s Slides i n and out of th e slot on the ba ck s ide of the Palm III organizer. To us e the stylus, rem ove i t from the sl ot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil.
Chapter 1 P ag e 5 Installing the Bat teries To use your Palm III organize r, you must inst all two AAA alkalin e batt eries . Th e b atterie s fit behi nd the batt ery door on the ba ck of th e Palm III o rganizer. To install the batte ries in your Palm III: 1.
Page 6 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Not e: A diagr am in the in terior of th e batte ry com partmen t shows the ori e nt ation o f th e + and - e nds o f the ba t teri e s. Whe n corre ctly installe d , the clips in the battery compartment secure the batteries in place.
Chapter 1 P ag e 7 Not e: If necess ary, adj ust the con trast con trol loca ted on the s i de of the Palm III organ izer, so the align ment screen is c lear and readable. 2. Rem ove the stylu s from its storage slot on the back of t he Palm III org anize r.
Page 8 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Setting the Time The Gener al Preferences screen is the first screen to appear after you alig n the d igitizer on your Palm III or ganizer.
Chapter 1 P ag e 9 Setting t he Current Date The Set Date box in the General Preferences screen is used to set the current date fo r your Palm III organizer. To s et the cur rent d a te: 1. T ap th e Set D a t e bo x to op e n the S e t D a te di a l o g .
Page 10 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Connecting the Cradle The cradle that comes with your Palm III organizer enables you to synchr onize th e information on yo ur Palm III or ganizer and t he Palm Desk top softwa re usi n g HotSy n c ® tech nology.
Chapter 1 Page 11 ■ Back up the d ata stored on your Palm III orga nizer with H otSync te chnolog y and sy nc h ronize th e dat a with Pa lm Deskt op. Synchronization i s a one-step procedure that en sures your data is alwa ys safe an d up-to- d at e.
Page 12 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer Softw are In stalla tion The fo llow ing ins tructions guide yo u through installin g Palm Desk top softwa re. Afte r you in st all the so ftwa re , re f er to the He l p menu fo r complete i n fo rmation ab ou t how to use Pal m Desk top.
Chap ter 2 Pa g e 13 Chapte r 2 Work ing with Your Palm III ™ Orga n i z e r This chapter explai ns how to open a pplicatio ns, use the on -screen k ey bo ard, wri te with the sty lus and use comm on features on your Palm III ™ conne cted org anize r.
Page 14 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer To open applications: 1. Ta p the icon o n the Pa lm III or ganizer screen to open the Ap plicatio ns L auncher.
Chapter 2 Page 15 4. Ta p t he Vi e w By pic k lis t an d se l ect the List op t ion. 5. Ta p t he OK butt on to close th e Prefe re n ces dialog and displ a y th e Ap plicat io ns Launc her in list form at. Display ing Applicati ons by Ca tegory The category feature enables you to limit the number of applications that appear on th e screen.
Page 16 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer 4. Tap the p i ck list next to eac h applic ation to as sign it to a cate g ory. Tip: To c reat e a new ca tegory , tap Edit Ca tegor y from th e pick list to open the Edit C ategories dialog. Tap the N ew butto n, ente r th e cate g ory name, and th en tap the OK butto n to add the ca tegory .
Chapter 2 Page 17 4. Ta p t h e char acter s of th e on- screen keyboa rd to ent e r text and number s. Not e: The on-screen keyboard also includes a dialog for intern ational char acters . You can switch among the three dialogs at any time to ent er the exact text you need.
Page 18 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Ope nin g th e M em o Pad Ap plicatio n The Memo Pad applicati on is ideal f or practicing the Graffit i alphabet.
Chapter 2 Page 19 Ther e are fo ur basic conc epts fo r succ ess with G r af fiti: ■ If you d ra w the ch ara c te r s ha pe ex ac tl y as sh ow n in th e tabl e s la te r in this ch apter (lik e th e shapes shown i n the fol lowing di ag ram) , you achieve 10 0% accurac y.
Page 20 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer As yo u’l l see later, you use these s hapes to create both upper- and low erc ase lett ers. 3. Posi tio n th e st ylus in th e le ft-h and si de of t he Gra ff iti wr i ting are a. 4. Start y our stroke at th e h e avy d o t , and d raw the s troke shape as it appears in the table.
Chapter 2 Page 21 Th e G raff iti A lpha bet Lette r Stro kes Lette r Stro kes AN B O CP D Q ER F S G T HU IV JW KX LY M Z Spac e Back Sp ace Carri age Re turn Perio d ta p tw i c e.
Page 22 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer W riting Capital Letters With Graffiti You make cap i tal lett ers with th e same str oke shape s as th e basic alphabet char acters. To make capi tal l etters, you must firs t “sh ift” to caps — jus t as you pr ess the Shift key on a keyboard — and th en write the char ac te r st r okes .
Chapter 2 Page 23 Graffiti Num bers Wri ting Pun ctua tion Ma rks With Graffiti G ra f f it i can cre a te a n y pu nctu a ti o n sy mb o l th at yo u ca n e nte r fr om a stan dard ke yboar d. All pun ctua tion marks beg in with a single tap on the Gra ffiti writi ng ar ea.
Page 24 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Addition al Graffiti Punctua tion Not e: When Punctuation Shift is ac tive, y o u can m ake a symbo l strok e anywhere i n the Gr affiti wr itin g ar e a (th e let ters or number s side).
Chapter 2 Page 25 Writing Accen ted Characters To create acc en ted ch aracters, dr aw the stroke nor m ally used to c r eate the lette r, fo llowed by an ac cent st rok e. Graf fiti then adds the a c cent to t he l ett er. For example, the following diagram shows t he strokes requi red to draw an accented “e.
Page 26 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer N avigation Strok es In add iti on to c haracte r sy mbols, Gr affi ti in clu des sp eci al str oke s that you can u se to naviga te within text or field s in your Palm III orga nizer applic ations .
Chapter 2 Page 27 Your Palm III organize r includes the following predefined Gr affiti Shor tCuts: Fo r e xa m p le , if you wa nt to ent e r th e cu rre n t da te a nd ti m e , you wo uld dr aw the foll owing strok es: Usi n g Ap pl ic atio n C ont ro ls Palm III ap plications includ e sever al ty pes of controls.
Page 28 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Using Menus Menus are a spe cial set of commands that are availabl e in most of your Pal m III or gani zer appli ca tions (Memo P ad, D ate B ook, etc. ). The exact commands that appear in the menus depend on the application tha t is current ly runnin g on your P alm III o rganizer.
Chapter 2 Page 29 In this example, three menus are avai lable: Record, Edit and Options. The Record menu is s el e cte d and contai ns th e “New Memo,” “Delet e Memo” and “Beam Memo” commands.
Page 30 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer To use th e Gra ffiti menu comma n ds, draw th e Comm and stroke followed by the c orrespond ing command letter. When you d raw the Command stroke, the Command symbol appears just above the Gr af fi ti w r itin g are a to in dic ate th at y ou are in C om m a nd mo d e.
Chapter 2 Page 31 The f ollow ing commands may appear i n an Edi t me nu: Und o Revers es th e act ion of the l ast edit comman d. For example, if you used the Cut c ommand to remove t ex t, the U ndo comman d replaces the te xt you remo ved.
Page 32 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer Choosing Font s In m ost of yo ur Palm III organizer applications , you can ch ange the font style to m ake the text on the screen easier to read. You c an even choos e a d iffer en t fo nt style f or eac h app lic ation that su ppo rts t his feature.
Chapter 2 Page 33 Using Cat egories Categ ories can hel p y ou grou p Ad dr ess entri es, To Do items or Memos for e asy r eview . You ca nnot , h owever, assig n cat egorie s t o Date Bo ok eve n ts. Whe n yo u first c reate an entry, it is “Unfile d,” w hich means it does not belong to an y partic ular categ ory.
Page 34 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Using C ategories in Li sts After you assig n categories t o your entries, you ca n easily d isplay lis ts of you r e n tries by ca tegory . T o us e c ateg ori e s in a List scr een : 1. Tap the ca tegor y pick list in the upper-right corner of the List screen.
Chapter 2 Page 35 To def ine a new Address B ook ca tegory: 1. Tap the c a tegory pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen. 2. Tap the E dit Categori es item to open the Edit Cat egories dialog. 3. Ta p t he New button to open anoth e r E d it Ca tegori e s di al og.
Page 36 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Rena ming Ca tegories Yo u ca n als o use the Edi t C ate go r ie s dia lo g to c ha nge the na m es of a ny existing c ategory. To chang e the name o f an Addres s Boo k cate gory: 1. Tap the ca tegor y pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Chapter 2 Page 37 Attachi ng No tes Palm III organizer applicat i ons (except the Memo P ad) enable you t o atta c h a note to an en try . A note i s anyt h ing that you want to wr ite, an d c an b e u p to se ve ra l t ho usa nd cha r act ers lon g .
Page 38 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Beam ing I nform ation to O ther 3Com ® Connected Organizers Your Palm III o rganizer is equip ped with an IR (infrared ) port th at you can use to “bea m” inform ati on from on e 3Com ® connecte d organizer to anot h er.
Chap ter 2 Pa g e 39 4. Wait fo r the B eam St atus d ialog to indicate that the transfer is complet e before y ou continue w orking o n yo ur Palm III organi zer.
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Chapter 3 Page 41 Chapte r 3 Finding Informatio n With Your Palm III ™ Orga n i z e r This chapter explains how to locate inform ati on on your Pa lm III ™ con necte d org an iz er with th e Fin d co mmand and t he Ph one L ookup com mand.
Page 42 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Not e: As your Palm III or ganize r searches for t he text, you can tap t he S top but ton at any t ime. You may want to d o this if the entry you w a nt appears before y our Palm III orga nizer f inish es the sear ch.
Chapter 3 Page 43 4. Tap the phone number you want to us e. Not e: To find a phone number more quickly, yo u can en ter the firs t lett er of the na me you wan t t o f in d in th e Look U p li ne at the bot tom of the scree n. Th e li st a utomati call y sc rol ls to th e f irs t na m e th a t sta rt s w ith th at l ett e r.
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Chapter 4 Page 45 Chapte r 4 Install ing and Removing Applic ations This chap ter exp lains how to install and rem o ve applic ations on your Palm III ™ co nnec ted org ani zer and how to remov e the Palm ™ Desk to p softw are fr om y ou r comput e r .
Page 46 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer 3. Click th e Install button to op e n the P alm Ins tall Tool d i a lo g. Tip: You can also acce s s th e Inst all Tool dial o g by se l ecting In st a ll To o l fr om th e Pa lm De sk to p p rog ra m g ro up or by do uble-clicking a ny file with a PRC file extens ion.
Chapter 4 Page 47 4. Select t he name that corr esponds to your Pa lm III organize r in the User d rop- d own list. 5. Clic k the Ad d butt on to open th e Ope n dial o g. 6. C lick t he applica tion(s) that you w ant to install on yo ur Palm III org anize r.
Page 48 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Removing Applicat ions In th e even t that y ou ru n out of memory or de ci de t ha t you n o l onger ne ed an applicat io n you installed , you can remove a pp licatio ns from your Palm I II organi zer.
Chapter 4 Page 49 Removing Palm D eskt op Soft ware If yo u no lon ger want to use th e P alm Desktop sof tware, you ca n rem ove it fr om your co mpute r . To re move the P alm D eskt op sof tware: 1. Sele ct Sett ings a nd then Contr ol Pa nel f rom t he St ar t me nu to open the W ind ows C ontro l Panel.
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Chapter 5 Page 51 Chapte r 5 Ge tti ng He lp Wit h Yo ur Palm III ™ Orga n i z e r There are s evera l ways to get help w ith your Palm III ™ co nnected organize r.
Page 52 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Troubleshooti ng If you encoun ter a problem w ith your Palm III orga nizer, look in this sec ti on f or the descr iption that most cl o sely ma tc hes the sym p toms you obse rv e and try the su g gestio n s lis ted.
Chap ter 5 Pa g e 53 ■ M ak e s ure the mo d e m co n ne c ted to yo ur co m p u t er is tu r n e d on and is co n nec ted to the ou tg oi ng phone l ine .
Page 54 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer ■ If the teleph one line you are using has Call Wait ing, make sure you selec ted the Disable call wa iting op tion under M odem Sy nc Phone Setup on yo ur Palm III o rganizer and entered the correct co de.
Chap ter 5 Pa g e 55 Pal m III organiz er does n’t re cogni ze my h andw ritin g: ■ For your Palm III organizer to recognize handwr iting input with the st yl us, you need t o use t he Graffiti ® charac ter s trokes. See “Writin g W ith th e S tyl us” for infor m at io n about how to writ e Gr af fiti ch ar a ct er stro k es .
Page 56 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer When re ceiving be amed data an out o f memory me ssage appears : ■ Your Palm III organizer requires at least twice amount of memory availa ble as the d a ta you ar e re ceiving. For ex ample, if you are receiv ing a 30K applicatio n, you mus t have at least 60K free.
Chap ter 5 Pa g e 57 Memo Pa d application: ■ If y ou c annot m anua lly ar r ange the or der of the mem os i n t he List screen, check the Mem o Prefer ences settin g.
Page 58 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer Technical Support Uni t ed S ta te s Web si te: htt p : / /www.pa l m.co m Email: support@palm.com Phone: 847 676 1441 Canada Web si te: htt p : / /www.pa l m.co m Email: support@palm.com Phone: 905 305 6530 Fax: 905 479 3032 La tin A mer ica Web si te: htt p : / /www.
Chap ter 5 Pa g e 59 Asia Pa cific Web site : htt p :/ /www.3c om.co m Email: a siasup port@ palm .com Phone: 180 0-678-515 Informa tion and Acce ssorie s To ord er 3.
Page 60 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer Corporate Offices The fol lowing is a li st of ou r c or porate of f ic es. Do not contac t these offi ces for tech nical su pport or ot her ques tions re gard i n g th e us e of your Pa lm I II organi zer.
Chap ter 6 Pa g e 61 Chapte r 6 Maint ai ning Yo ur Palm III ™ Orga n i z e r This chap ter pr ovides in for mation t o help yo u take proper care of your Palm I II ™ con ne c te d org an iz e r an d pr olo n g ba tt e ry li f e . It a l so d is cu s s e s h o w to reset yo ur Pa lm III organize r.
Page 62 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer Battery Cons ideration s Please note the following considerations when replacing the batteries in yo ur Pa lm III organize r: ■ Under norma l condit ions, your Palm III organizer batteries sho uld provide several months o f use.
Chap ter 6 Pa g e 63 Re setting Y our P alm III Org ani zer U nder n orm a l cir cum s tanc e s, y ou wil l ne v er ha ve to us e t he re se t button. Howev er, on rare occasions your Palm III organizer may “hang ” (no longer respon d t o button s or the scr een).
Page 64 Basic Handbook for the Pal m III Organi zer To per f orm a hard reset: 1. Hold down th e gre e n power button on th e f r ont p an el o f t he Pal m III organizer . 2. While holding down the pow er button, use the tip of an unfolded pa pe r cl ip ( or si mil ar o bj ect without a sharp ti p) t o gently press t he res et button.
Chap ter 6 Pa g e 65 Limi ted W arranty HARDWARE: Palm C o mpu ting, I nc. , a 3Com co mpan y ( collect ive ly, “3Com” ) , war- rants to the origin al purchase r (“Custom er ”) that this produ.
Page 66 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer Produc ts or par ts shipped by Custo mer m ust be se nt prepai d a nd packaged a ppropr i- ately for sa fe shipm ent; obtai ning insura nce for pac kages is advi sable.
Chap ter 6 Pa g e 67 GOVER NIN G LAW : Th is Lim ited W arran ty s hall be go ver ned by the law s of th e St ate of Ca lifor nia, U .S.A. S ome c oun tries, st ates, or provi nces d o not a llo w th .
Page 68 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer NO ASSIGNM ENT; NO REVERS E E NGINE E RIN G: You m ay trans fer th e S oftw are and this License Agreement to another party if th e other party agrees in writing to ac- cept the t er ms a n d con d itio ns of thi s Licens e Agreement.
Chap ter 6 Pa g e 69 SEV ERABILITY: In the event any pr ovision of this Licens e Agreement is fo und to be inval id, i lleg al o r unen forc eable, the valid ity, legalit y a nd en forc eabilit y of a.
Page 70 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Or gani zer FCC Statement This d evice c omplie s with par t 15 of th e FCC rule s. Opera tio n is subje ct to the f ollowi ng two c ond ition s: (1) This de vi.
Index Page 71 Ind ex A Accented Charac ters Graffiti 25 on-screen keyboard 17 Ap plicatio ns beaming 38 butt ons 2 co ntro ls 2 7 finding text 41 font style 32 insta lling 45 Launcher 13, 14 menu s 28.
Page 72 Basic Handboo k f or the Pa lm III Org an izer shor tc u ts 26 symbol s 24 tips 20 writ ing ar ea 2 writing char acters 19 H Hard Rese t procedure 63 res et button 4 Hel p Graffiti 31 no tes 5.
Ind ex Page 73 private records 37 res et butt on 63 saf ety t ips 61 screen 2 scro ll butt on 2 se a rch fo r te x t 41 ser ial po rt 5 start ing 6 start in g appli cat ions 14 styl us 4 te ch n i ca .
Page 74 Basic Handboo k f or the Pa lm III Org an izer T ou bl esh oot ing infr ared co mmuni ca t ions 5 5 Tran smit Data 38 Troubl eshooti ng 52 applic ations 56 Da te B oo k 57 gene ral 54 Graffiti.
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