Lexibook TAB108, TAB102 User Manual

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Chapter 1 General Information

Congratulations on the purchase of your TAB100 series PDA.
The TAB100 series is a range of PDA’s which contain many useful features designed to help organise

your everyday life. Data can be synchronised with a Personal Computer and with a secure web site,
ensuring your data is safe and protected at all times.

This instruction manual is designed to ensure that you get the most out of the unit and enjoy the best use
of all the features and functions it will provide you with. Please read it carefully and keep it in a safe

place for future reference.
This particular chapter gives you some general information about your new handheld and this user’s

guide. It briefly introduces the keys, power supply, input methods, screen displays, virtual keyboard and
so on, so that you can use your handheld more efficiently and more easily.

Layout of the unit

Stylus

ON/Off key

Desktop area

Shortcut bar

PC Link port

Above are the essential areas and keys of the TAB100 series. Familiarise yourself with them to ensure
you understand the features and functions of this unit. More information on key usage is outlined below.

Up/Down key

Hotkeys

Power supply

The TAB100 series is powered by a single AAA alkaline battery. If the battery indicator on the main menu
shows or , it indicates a low battery. Please replace the battery immediately.

To save power, your device has an auto power-off function which switches the unit off after 3 minutes of
none use.

You may change the auto-off period in “System” setting mode.
For bat tery care and rule of battery usage please see the section at the end of this instruction manual

Shortcut Bar

The shortcut bar allows you access to several functions at the tap of one button.
There are 6 shortcut icons at the bottom of screen as follows:-

(Main) Return to main menu

(Lock) To enable or disable Record Password.

(Find) Keyword Search entry

(Back-light) Switch on or off the back-light

(Sycronisation) Syncronise with a PC using SyncMan® Software

(Exit) Exit without save or Return to previous screen

To use one of the functions tap on the iconised button.

Hotkeys

There are 4 Hot Keys on the front of the unit, just below the Shortcut Bar. These are called the Hot Keys.
Hot Keys can be configured to perform one touch actions. Such as run the calculator feature without

having to use the desktop area. They can also be configured to turn the PDA on when touched and go
straight to an application.

When shipped the Hot Keys are configured as follows:-

•Hotkey 1 – Phonebook

•Hotkey 2 – To do

•Hotkey 3 – Calculator

•Hotkey 4 – Schedule

There is also an Up/Down arrow key which allows you to scroll through records on the screen when you
are in applications.

Please see the instructions on how to set the Hot Keys later on in this manual.

Hotkey 1 Hotkey 2 Up/Down Hotkey 3 Hotkey 4
Button

Desktop Area

The Desktop Area is where you gain access to the main features of the PDA and start programs just by
tapping on one of the icons. There are also 5 Tabs at the top of the display which indicate separate
folders which further contain programs and applications.

These are:

Folder Functions

Organizer Phonebook, Schedule, Notes , Shorthand,

Drawpad, To Do, Calendar, Owner Info, Time and
Today

Office E-Mail, E-Book and Mini Text

Tools Trans, Calc and Unit conversion
System System, SIM Card, Memory, Date & Time,

Password, SyncMan®, Hotkey and My Text

Download Downloaded functions and files

1. From the desktop, tap the tab of the folder at the top of the screen to toggle between the 5 menus (see
below).

2. Tap on the desired Application Software icon to enter an application.

3. You can move an Application into another folder. Tap and hold the Application icon and drag it to
destination folder or another location in same folder.

4. The indicators on the status bar show the battery level, date and time

Battery indicator

Tapping on the date will show the weekday. Tap on the day to change back to the date.

Highlighted

Status bar

There are five levels: , , , , . representing from low power to full power
You can also tap on the battery indicator and it will show the remaining power in
percentage, tap on the percentage number to change back to the icon: .

Indicates the current date

Shows the current time. NOTE: display will vary depending if your unit is set to the 12hr

clock or the 24hr clock.

Folder icons

Application
icon

Desktop area

Indicator

Virtual Keyboard

In Edit mode, there are three kinds of keyboards available.
These are: Alpha numeric, Stylus -entry and Numeric Keyboard.

The status of Keyboard is shown in the lower left corner of virtual keyboard with the icon of the current
keyboard highlighted. As shown:-

Tap the icon to activate the pop up menu to select an one of the alpha numeric keyboards. You

can select from 5 languages including English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Tap the icon to activate Pen-entry Keyboard.

In this keyboard mode you can write directly onto the Screen, in a natural manner, to input data .

There are 4 areas to write in the Pen-entry keyboard: -

You can write alpha characters in the first 3 boxes and symbols in the last box.
There is a dotted line in the alpha character drawing box area, approximately 2/3rds of the way

from the bottom of the box. This dotted line helps the unit differentiate between upper and lower
case letters when these are the same shape. For instance: Cc, Kk, Mm, Oo, Pp, Ss, Uu, Vv, Ww,
Xx, etc. The unit can recognize these characters easily by drawing the lower case character below
the dotted line and the upper case character across the dotted line.

Above the writing area, just above the number line is an empty line. This is called the “candidate
row”. After writing a character on the screen, possible or close match characters are shown in the
candidate row. Tap the correct candidate character to input it. If a candidate character isn’t tapped,
the unit will select the first candidate and use it.

After entering a character you can edit it easily. In the top row of the display make sure the cursor
is flashing just after the character you have just entered. In the candidate row selec t the correct
character, if it is there. This will change the last character, or the character the cursor is behind, to
the character you have just chosen from the candidate bar.

Tap this icon to Activate Numeric Keyboard: -

You can switch to this keyboard at any time to enter numbers or special characters. To return to the
or keyboards tap the relevant icon.

Using icons allows you to carry out certain functions whilst editing a file or document:-

- deletes characters both before and after the cursor

- deletes character before the cursor and moves cursor backwards

- insert a line feed or new line

- confirms an action or saves a record/file

To make numeric and symbol input easier and faster you can use the My Text feature to create and save
favourite sentences or phrases. You can also store lists of words for later use as well.

Tap on the icon in the Settings folder, to start the application. See later in this manual for how to use
the My Text functions.

System Reset

If the TAB100 PDA locks up or seems to have ceased to function you can normally re -start it by invoking
a system reset.

This is an easy process and there are 2 types of reset:-

Hard Reset – this will delete all data files in the unit and reset the system clock and screen

calibration

System Reset – will allow the unit to restart but only reset the system clock and screen calibration.

Hard Reset:

Find a thin blunt instrument, such as a paper clip and:

1. Hold the ON/OFF button at the same time as inserting the blunt instrument into the reset hole on the

back of the unit, just below the product identification label. Press gently and then release. The
calibration screen will then appear.

2. Tap the centre of calibration targets on the screen sequentially.

3. After the screen calibration the login screen will display if login password is activated.

4. Enter correct login password to go to Main Menu.

System Reset:

Find a thin blunt instrument, such as a paper clip and:

1. Insert the blunt instrument into the reset hole on the back of the unit, just below the product

identification label. Press gently and then release. The calibration screen will then appear.

2. Tap the centre of calibration targets on the screen sequentially.

3. After the screen calibration the login screen will display if login password is activated.

4. Enter correct login password to go to Main Menu.

Note: The unit will take up to 1 minute to re-boot as it has to process data in the memory of the unit.
Please wait whilst this process takes place and do not be tempted to keep pressing the ON/OFF button
otherwise this will interrupt the process.

Chapter 2 Organizer Folder

The Organizer folder contains several applications for managing
information and data. In this folder are applications such as the phone
book, scheduler, notes, shorthand, drawpad, to do, calendar, owner
information, time and today.

Tap the Organizer folder icon to view the Organizer functions. To
start a function, tap it’s icon. To exit a function and return to the Desktop,
tap

General

The Organizer folder contains the following applications:-

Phone Book – stores names , telephone numbers and addresses of contacts.

Schedule – stores appointments and meeting information, which can also have alarms linked

to them.

Notes – stores short memorandums or notes.

Shorthand – stores hand written notes. You can draw notes dire ctly onto the screen instead of

typing them into the unit.

Drawpad – allows you to draw pictures and save them.

To do – stores a list of “To Do’s”, which can be prioritized and have alarms linked to them.

Calendar – will display a month to a view calendar and show and schedules at a glance.
Owner information – stores personal information of the owner. This can be displayed when

the unit is turned on.

Time – Displays the home and world time. You can set home time, alarms and world cities in

this application.
Today – shows the tasks and schedule for today and displays the owner information.

This section summarises how to create, view, edit, delete, mark, search records and how to enable or
disable record password. You may follow this guide for general operations, unless otherwise specified.

1. Mode of Display

Most Application software in the Organizer folder has 3 modes of display:

a. Index Mode

This lists out the record to quick record review. Different Application Software provides
different sorting method, for easy access.

b. View Mode

Tap particular record in Index Mode to view the detail information in this record.

c. Edit Mode

Tap the following icon to enter edit mode:

: to create a new record and enter Edit mode
Tap to save input and exit.
Tap to abort input and exit
Edit : to edit a highlighted record in index mode or a record already open in view
mode.
Tap to save input and exit.

Tap to abort edit and exit

Tapping here will reveal a drop

2. Delete : to delete a highlighted record in index mode or a record already open in view mode. Tap
on this icon and a message box will pop up to ask for delete confirmation. Tap to confirm delete
and exit. Tap to abort delete and return to previous screen.

3. Keyword searching
Tap the search icon in the shortcut bar to activate a keyword search.

This function is only va lid when an application is open.
Input the keyword and tap to start searching within this application.

This function is not available when a folder is open but no application is running.

4. Lock
In some applications you can set a password to allow you to lock the record from being viewed by

non-authorized person, as long as the record password mode is activated. (refer to Password in
Settings folder for further details)

The Lock icon in the shortcut bar provides a quick access to enable or disable the Lock
function.

Scroll Bar

If the display screen is more than one page a scroll bar will appear on the right hand side of the
screen. You may scroll up or down by tapping the up/down arrow or by dragging the scroll box.

Phone Book

Tap to open Phonebook application.

The Phone Book application allows you to store contact names, addresses,
phone numbers, email addresses and so on and manage them efficiently.

1. Category
You can group records into one of several different categories. When creating or editing a record tap
the upper right button to pull down the category menu and select the category to store records in.

You can also view groups of records already stored into categories.

2. Sorting
In index mode, there are five sorting buttons at the lower left corner. You can sort records in the order
of First Name , Last Name , Company Name , City name or Birthday to allow you to
search for record easier.

Order icons

down menu

Tap on a record to review

a) Sort by Person name

You can sort by using the First Name or Last Name of a person, in alphabetical order. You can
scroll up and down easily to locate the name you want. A phone number which is designated as
the first phone number input in this record (refer to detailed instruc tions in Edit mode input) will be
displayed on the right hand side of each record.

b) Sort by Company and Depart ment

If you cannot remember a persons name clearly but CAN remember the Company name and
department name, you can search the records using a company and department name.

Tap Company Name button to generate a list of Company names. Tapping a particular Company
name will list out the Department names in this Company. Tapping a particular Department name
will list out the people’s names and phone numbers in this Department.

c) Sort by City

This allows you to search all the people who are in a particular city. Tap the City name to display a
list of cities. Then, select the city to list the names of people who are in this city.

d) Sort by Birthday

This lists people according to their Birthday date in calendar order.

3. Viewing a record in detail
Tap a particular record to view the detail information of this record.

it’s contents.

Record details show:

Category name,
Last Name,
First Name,
8 phone numbers (Mobile , Office , Direct , Fax , Home , Pager , Other , SIM ),
e-mail address,
web site address,
Company name,
Department,
Title,
Address,
City,
State,
Zip Code (Postcode),
Country,
Birthday,
Notes and

Lock.
In this order
You can also copy information from one record to a new record. This is useful if you have several

people working for the same company and you want to copy general information such as the company

name, category, office and fax number, web site address, department and address details.

Whilst viewing a record tap on the bottom left icon to copy an entry. Tap on the confirmation
screen and then at the next editing screen carry out the entries for the new record. Office number ,
Fax number , web site address, Company name, Department, Address, City, State, Zip and Country
will be copied into the new record. This reduces the time to input the same data from a group of
persons who are from same company or department.

Tap to save and exit the entry.

4. Creating and editing records:

New records

Tap on the NEW icon button to create a new record. Tap on the drop down list icon to pick which
category name the entry should belong to. Then enter data into the relevant fields using the keypads
and when finished tap to save and exit entry.

Tap here to create a new record

Editing functions are as described in Chapter 1.

Editing records
a. Category

Tap the category arrow to select the category you want to put this

record in.

Or tap custom to create a new category name or rename a current

category. Maximum 12 category name can be created. You can also

delete a current category name but it will delete all the records in this

category too.
b. Birthday

Tap the Birthday field to generate a Calendar Keyboard to input the Month and Date of a birthday.

You may also set a pre-reminder alarm of the birthday by tapping the alarm icon.

A message box of Birthday alarm reminder with beep tone will pop up to remind you at the time

you set.
c. Lock

If the Lock box is tapped, this record will be hidden when record password is activated to protect

this record from being viewed by others. (refer to Password in Settings folder for detail)