Palm IIIxe, IIIx, IIIe, IIIc, III User Guide
Handbook
for the
Palm III™ Organizer
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 3Com, the
3Com logo, Palm Computing, Palm Modem, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trademarks, and PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm OS, Palm, the Palm Computing Platform logo, the
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of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss.
Important: Please read the 3Com End User Software License Agreement contained in
this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of
the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License
Agreement.
3.5" Software Diskettes Available
Palm™ Desktop software is supplied on a CD-ROM disc. If you do not have access to a
CD-ROM drive for your computer, you may download the Palm Desktop software from
http://www.palm.com. Alternatively, you can order 3.5" diskettes by completing and
mailing the diskette order card supplied in the Palm III™ organizer product package,
or call to order the diskettes. See the Worldwide Customer Support card for the appropriate phone number.
P/N: 405-0448A
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Contents
About This Book
Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Palm III™ Organizer
Getting to know your Palm III organizer ..........................................3
What is a Palm III organizer? ..........................................................3
System requirements ........................................................................4
Upgrade information ........................................................................4
Palm III components .........................................................................5
Installing the batteries ..........................................................................9
Tapping and typing ............................................................................10
Tap with the stylus to get things done .........................................10
Elements of the organizer interface ..............................................11
Opening applications .....................................................................12
Using menus ....................................................................................13
Three ways to enter data ................................................................15
Customizing your organizer..............................................................19
Palm Desktop organizer software ................................................20
Connecting the cradle .....................................................................21
Using your organizer with another PIM .....................................22
Chapter 2: Entering Data in Your Palm III™ Organizer
Using Graffiti writing to enter data ..................................................23
Writing Graffiti characters .............................................................23
Graffiti tips .......................................................................................25
The Graffiti alphabet .......................................................................26
Writing capital letters .....................................................................27
Writing numbers .............................................................................27
Graffiti numbers ..............................................................................28
Writing punctuation marks ...........................................................28
Writing symbols and extended characters ..................................29
Writing accented characters ..........................................................30
Accent strokes ..................................................................................30
Additional non-English characters ...............................................30
Navigation strokes ..........................................................................31
Graffiti ShortCuts ............................................................................31
Using the onscreen keyboard ............................................................33
Using your computer keyboard ........................................................33
Importing data .....................................................................................34
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Chapter 3: Managing Your Applications
Using the Applications Launcher..................................................... 37
Selecting applications ..................................................................... 37
Switching between applications ................................................... 37
Categorizing applications .............................................................. 37
Changing the Applications Launcher display ............................ 38
Choosing preferences .........................................................................39
Installing and removing applications .............................................. 40
Installing add-on applications ...................................................... 40
Installing games .............................................................................. 42
Removing applications .................................................................. 43
Removing Palm Desktop software ............................................... 43
Security................................................................................................. 44
Assigning a password ....................................................................44
Changing or deleting a password ................................................45
Locking your organizer ................................................................. 45
Recovering from a forgotten password ....................................... 46
Chapter 4: Using Your Basic Applications
Overview of basic applications.........................................................48
Date Book ......................................................................................... 48
Address Book .................................................................................. 49
To Do List .........................................................................................50
Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 51
Calculator .........................................................................................51
Expense ............................................................................................52
Common tasks..................................................................................... 53
Creating records .............................................................................. 53
Editing records ................................................................................53
Deleting records .............................................................................. 55
Purging records ............................................................................... 56
Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations ............... 56
Categorizing records ...................................................................... 59
Finding records ............................................................................... 62
Sorting lists of records .................................................................... 66
Making records private .................................................................. 67
Attaching notes ............................................................................... 69
Choosing fonts ................................................................................ 70
Application-specific tasks.................................................................. 71
Date Book ......................................................................................... 71
Address Book .................................................................................. 84
To Do List .........................................................................................89
Memo Pad ........................................................................................ 94
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Calculator .........................................................................................97
Expense .............................................................................................99
Chapter 5: Communicating Using Your Organizer
Managing desktop E-Mail away from your desk.........................109
Setting up Mail on the desktop ...................................................110
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application ..................112
Opening the Mail application on your organizer .....................112
Viewing e-mail items ....................................................................112
Creating e-mail items ....................................................................113
Looking up an address .................................................................116
Adding details to e-mail items ....................................................117
Storing e-mail to be sent later ......................................................120
Editing unsent e-mail ...................................................................120
Draft e-mail ....................................................................................121
Filing e-mail ...................................................................................122
Deleting e-mail ..............................................................................123
Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder .................................123
Purging deleted e-mail .................................................................124
Message List options ....................................................................124
HotSync options ............................................................................126
Creating special filters ..................................................................127
Truncating e-mail items ...............................................................131
Mail menus .....................................................................................132
Beaming information ........................................................................133
Chapter 6: Advanced HotSync® Operations
Selecting HotSync setup options.....................................................135
Customizing HotSync application settings ...................................138
Conducting a HotSync operation via modem...............................140
Preparing your computer ............................................................140
Preparing your organizer .............................................................141
Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation .........143
Performing a HotSync operation via a modem ........................144
Conducting a HotSync operation via a network ..........................144
Connecting to your company’s dial-in server ...........................144
Using File Link...................................................................................146
Creating a user profile ......................................................................147
Chapter 7: Setting Preferences for Your Organizer
Viewing preferences .........................................................................149
Buttons preferences...........................................................................150
Pen preferences ..............................................................................150
HotSync buttons preferences .......................................................152
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Digitizer preferences ........................................................................ 152
Formats preferences ......................................................................... 152
Country default ............................................................................. 153
Time, date, week start, and numbers formats ..........................153
General preferences .......................................................................... 154
Auto-off delay ...............................................................................154
System, alarm, and game sounds ............................................... 155
Modem preferences .......................................................................... 156
Network preferences and TCP/IP software .................................157
Selecting a service ......................................................................... 157
Entering a user name ................................................................... 158
Entering a password .................................................................... 159
Adding telephone settings .......................................................... 160
Connecting to your service .......................................................... 163
Creating additional service templates ....................................... 163
Adding detailed information to a service template ................. 164
Creating a login script .................................................................. 167
Deleting a service template .........................................................168
Network preferences menu commands .................................... 169
TCP/IP troubleshooting .............................................................. 169
Owner preferences............................................................................ 171
ShortCuts preferences ......................................................................172
Creating a ShortCut ...................................................................... 172
Editing a ShortCut ........................................................................ 173
Deleting a ShortCut ......................................................................173
Appendix A: Maintaining Your Organizer
Caring for your organizer................................................................ 175
Battery considerations......................................................................176
Resetting your organizer .................................................................177
Performing a soft reset ................................................................. 177
Performing a hard reset ...............................................................178
Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
Software installation problems ....................................................... 181
Operating problems.......................................................................... 182
Tapping and writing problems....................................................... 183
Application problems....................................................................... 184
HotSync problems ............................................................................ 185
Beaming problems ............................................................................ 189
Password problems .......................................................................... 190
Technical support ............................................................................. 191
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Appendix C: Creating a Custom Expense Report
About mapping tables ......................................................................193
Customizing existing sample templates ........................................194
Determining the layout of the Expense Report.............................195
Labels ..............................................................................................195
Sections ...........................................................................................196
Analyzing your custom Expense Report .......................................197
Programming the mapping table....................................................198
Using applications other than Microsoft Excel .............................202
Expense file details............................................................................203
Appendix D: Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts
Use of ^char .......................................................................................205
Carriage return and line feed ..........................................................205
Literal characters ...............................................................................206
Warranty and Other Product Information
Limited warranty...............................................................................207
3Com end user software license agreement..................................210
FCC Statement ...................................................................................213
Canadian RFI Statement...................................................................213
Index
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About This Book
Welcome to the Palm III™ connected organizer. This handbook is
designed to help you get up and running quickly on your organizer.
It describes all you need to know about how to use your Palm III
organizer and the applications that come with it.
It walks you through:
■ Locating all the parts of your organizer
■ Viewing and entering data
■ Using your organizer with your computer
■ Personalizing your organizer with your own preference settings
After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your Palm III
organizer, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less
common tasks, for maintaining your Palm III organizer, and also as a
source of information if you have problems operating it.
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Chapter 1
Introduction to Your
Palm III
This chapter explains the physical buttons and controls on your Palm
III™ connected organizer, how to use your Palm III organizer for the
first time, and how to use HotSync
Palm III organizer and Palm™ Desktop organizer software.
Getting to know your Palm III organizer
What is a Palm III organizer?
With your Palm III organizer, you will no longer have trouble getting
to meetings and appointments on time, remembering people’s names
and personal details, or keeping track of all the items on your to do list.
The Palm III organizer can help you improve your track record in all
these areas, both at work and at home.
You can enter all your schedule details in Date Book so you can view
them by the day, week, or month; you can even set an alarm to remind
you of important meetings. Keep all your contact names, addresses,
phone numbers, and other details in Address Book, so you can find
them as soon as you need them. Add your tasks to To Do List,
prioritize them so you don’t overlook them, and assign them a due
date.
™
Organizer
®
technology to synchronize your
To make sure you don’t lose any of this important information, you
can synchronize your data with Palm Desktop software on your
computer so you always have a backup copy. You can set different
levels of security for your Palm III organizer so unauthorized eyes
cannot view your data.
When you are out of the office, track your expenses for your expense
reports; then transfer the data to your computer to print it out. You can
write, edit, and view your e-mail, and then synchronize your e-mail
with your desktop E-Mail application when you return to your office.
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System requirements
To install and operate Palm Desktop software, your computer system
must meet the following requirements:
Minimum requirements
■ Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
■ IBM-compatible 486 computer or higher
■ 8 MB RAM (memory) minimum, 16 MB recommended (required
with Windows NT 4.0)
■ 20 MB available hard disk space
■ VGA monitor or better (the Palm III Quick Tour requires a 256
color video display)
■ CD-ROM drive (you can also download the Palm Desktop
software from http://www.palm.com, or order 3.5" diskettes
from 3Com)
■ Mouse
■ One available serial port
Optional equipment
■ Modem
■ Windows-compatible printer
(such as a Palm Modem
®
accessory)
Upgrade information
If you already own a Palm connected organizer, 3Com recommends
that you install the version of Palm Desktop software that comes with
your new Palm III organizer into the same folder as your current Palm
Desktop software. All your data will be preserved when you install
the new version in the same folder as the previous version. If you use
another personal information manager (PIM), such as Microsoft
Outlook, you still need to install the most recent HotSync Manager
and conduit software for your PIM from the Palm Desktop software
CD-ROM that came with your new organizer.
You can perform HotSync operations in exactly the same way, so you
can quickly synchronize your data with your new organizer. Just
remember to synchronize your old organizer with Palm Desktop
software before you synchronize with your new organizer, so you
have all your latest information. When you synchronize your new
organizer for the first time, select the Desktop overwrites handheld
option for all the conduits. See “Customizing HotSync application
settings” in Chapter 6 for more information.
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Palm III components
Locating front panel controls
Power button,
Backlight control
Screen
Graffiti writing area
Application buttons
Scroll button
Palm III
organizer
screen
Graffiti
writing
area
Application
buttons
Displays the applications and information stored in
your Palm III organizer. It is touch-sensitive and
responds to the stylus.
®
The area where you write letters and numbers using
the Graffiti
®
alphabet. See Chapter 2 to learn how to
write Graffiti characters.
Activates the individual Palm III organizer
applications that correspond to the icons on the
buttons: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and
Memo Pad. See “Buttons preferences” in Chapter 7
for details on reassigning these buttons to activate
any application on your Palm III organizer.
Tip: If your Palm III organizer is turned off,
pressing any application button activates the
Palm III organizer and opens the
corresponding application.
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Scroll
button
Displays text and other information that extends
beyond the area of the Palm III organizer screen.
Pressing the lower half of the scroll button scrolls
down to view information below the viewing area,
and pressing the upper half of the button scrolls up to
view the information above the viewing area.
Power
button
Turns your Palm III organizer on or off and controls
the backlight feature. If your Palm III organizer is
turned off, pressing the power button turns the unit
on and returns you to the last screen you viewed.
If your Palm III organizer is turned on, pressing the
power button turns the unit off. Holding the power
button down for about two seconds turns the
backlight on or off.
Using the backlight
If you have difficulty seeing the information on your Palm III
organizer, you can use the backlight to illuminate your screen.
To activate the backlight:
■ Press the power button and hold it down for about two seconds.
Release the button when the backlight turns on.
Tip: In addition, you can assign the full-screen pen stroke to
activate the backlight. See “Pen preferences” in Chapter 7 for
more information.
To turn off the backlight:
■ Press and hold the power button for about two seconds. The
backlight also turns off automatically (after a period of inactivity)
with the Auto-off feature. See “General preferences” in Chapter 7
for more information.
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Protective flip cover
The cover protects the Palm III organizer screen when it is not in use
and helps reduce glare while you use your Palm III organizer. You can
open the cover so that it is at an angle, open it fully, or remove it
altogether by pulling the cover out of the holes on the sides of the Palm
III organizer. To reattach the cover, reinsert the pegs in the holes.
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Locating back panel components
Stylus
Stylus
IR port
Reset button
IR port
Reset
button
Contrast
control
Battery
door
Serial (COM)
port door
Slides in and out of the slot in the back panel of
the organizer. To use the stylus, remove it from
the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil.
Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and
receive data from other Palm Computing
connected organizers. See “Beaming
information” in Chapter 5 for more information.
Under normal use, you should not have to use the
reset button. See Appendix A for information
about when and how to use the reset button.
®
Contrast
control
Adjusts the appearance of the screen for the
clearest screen display. Depending on the
lighting conditions or temperature of the
environment where you use your organizer, you
may need to adjust the contrast control setting.
Battery door
Serial (COM)
port door
Covers the batteries that power your organizer.
Covers the connector that connects your
organizer to the cradle, which in turn connects to
the back of your computer. This allows you to
update the information between your organizer
and computer using HotSync technology.
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Installing the batteries
To use your Palm III organizer, you must install two AAA alkaline
batteries. The batteries fit behind the battery door on the back of the
organizer. See “Battery considerations” in Appendix A for more
information.
To install the batteries:
1. Press the latch on the battery door and lift the battery door away
from your organizer.
Press tab to open
battery door
2. Install the two AAA alkaline batteries supplied with your
organizer into the battery compartment.
Note: A diagram in the interior of the battery compartment
shows + and - ends of the batteries. When correctly
installed, the clips in the battery compartment secure the
batteries in place.
3. Insert the battery door back into place so that it is flush with the
back of your organizer and “clicks” into position.
Important: Do not force the battery door. When the batteries are
correctly installed, the battery door clips smoothly into
place. If you feel resistance when replacing the door,
make sure the door is aligned with the slots on the back of
your organizer, and that the batteries are firmly seated in
the battery compartment.
Chapter 1 Page 9
Tapping and typing
Tap with the stylus to get things done
Like using a mouse to click elements on a computer screen, using the
stylus to tap elements on your organizer screen is the basic action that
gets things done on your organizer.
The first time you start your Palm III organizer, setup instructions
appear on the screen. These instructions include a calibration screen,
or digitizer. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your organizer
with its touch-sensitive screen so that when you tap an element on the
screen, the organizer can detect exactly which task you want to
perform.
Important: Always use the point of the stylus for tapping or making
strokes on the organizer screen. Never use an actual pen,
pencil, or other sharp object to write on the organizer
screen.
With your organizer turned on, you can tap the organizer screen to
perform many operations, such as the following:
■ Open applications
■ Choose menu commands
■ Initiate a global Find operation
■ Select options in dialog boxes
■ Open the onscreen keyboards
Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your
computer, you can also drag the stylus to select text. You can also use
the stylus to drag the slider of any scroll bar.
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Elements of the organizer interface
Menu
bar
Check
box
Pick list
Menu bar
Command
buttons
Icons
abc
123
Check box
Icons
Command
buttons
A set of commands that are specific to the application.
Not all applications have a menu bar.
Tap a button to perform a command. Command
buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of
application screens.
Tap the icons to open applications , menus ,
Calculator , and to find text anywhere in your data
.
With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to
activate the alphabetic keyboard.
With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to
activate the numeric keyboard.
When a check mark appears in a check box, the
corresponding option is active. If a check box is
empty, tapping it inserts a check mark. If a check box
is checked, tapping it removes the check mark.
Pick list
Tap the arrow to display a list of choices, and then tap
an item in the list to select it.
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Previous/next
arrows
Scroll
bar
Scroll bar
Drag the slider, or tap the top or bottom arrow, to
scroll the display one line at a time. To scroll to the
previous page, tap the scroll bar just above the slider.
To scroll to the next page, tap the scroll bar just below
the slider.
You can also scroll to the previous and next pages by
pressing the upper and lower portions of the scroll
button on the front panel of the organizer.
Next/
previous
arrows
Tap the up and down arrows to display the previous
and next page of information; tap the left and right
arrows to display the previous and next record.
Opening applications
You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application
installed on your organizer. You can also open the four main
applications — Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad
— with the application buttons on the front panel of your organizer.
Tip: When you press an application button on the front panel, you
have instant access to the selected application. You don’t even
need to turn on your organizer first.
In addition to providing a way for you to open applications, the
Applications Launcher displays the current time, battery level, and
application category.
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To open an application:
1. Tap the Applications icon .
2. Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have
many applications installed on your Palm III organizer, tap the
scroll bar to see all of your applications.
Tip: To find an application quickly, you can write the Graffiti
character for the first letter of its name. The Applications
Launcher scrolls to the first application with a name that
begins with that letter. You can also assign application icons to
different categories. See “Categorizing applications” in
Chapter 3.
Using menus
Menus on your organizer are easy to use. Once you have mastered
them in one application, you can use them the same way in all other
applications.
The menus of each application are illustrated in the section on that
application in Chapter 4. The Edit menu is described in “Editing
records” in Chapter 4.
To open the menu bar:
1. Open an application (such as Memo Pad).
2. Tap the Menu icon .
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Tap the Menu icon
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.
Choosing a menu
After you open the menu bar for an application, tap the menu that
contains the command you want to use.
The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the
application. Also, the menus and menu commands vary depending on
which part of the application you’re using. For example, in Memo Pad,
the menus are different for the Memo List screen and the Memo
screen.
Graffiti menu commands
Most menu commands have an equivalent Graffiti Command stroke,
which is similar to the keyboard shortcuts used to execute commands
on computers. The command letters appear to the right of the
command names.
Menu commands
Command letters
To use the Graffiti menu commands, the menu bar must be closed.
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Draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti area, and
immediately write the corresponding command letter in the Graffiti
letter area. When you draw the Command stroke, the word
“Command” appears just above the Graffiti writing area to indicate
that you are in Command mode.
Command
For example, to choose Select All in the Edit menu, draw the
Command stroke, followed by the letter “s.”
Note: Command mode is active for approximately two seconds, so
you must write the command letter immediately to choose the
menu command.
Displaying online tips
Many of the dialog boxes that appear on your organizer contain an
online Tips icon in the upper-right corner. Online tips anticipate
questions you have in a dialog box, provide shortcuts for using the
dialog box, or give you other useful information.
To display an online tip:
1. Tap the Tips icon .
2. After you review the tip, tap Done.
Three ways to enter data
There are three ways to enter data into your Palm III organizer:
■ Using the onscreen keyboard
■ Using Graffiti writing
■ Entering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then
synchronizing with your organizer
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Onscreen keyboard
When you create or edit a record in an application such as Address
Book, you can open the onscreen alphabetic and numeric keyboards
to enter data.
Tap here for
alphabetic keyboard
Tap here for numeric
keyboard
After a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other
keyboards, including the international keyboard. See “Using the
onscreen keyboard” in Chapter 2 for more information.
Note: You cannot enter Graffiti characters while using the onscreen
keyboard.
Alpha
Tab
Caps lock
Caps shift
Tap here to display
alphabetic keyboard
Numeric
Backspace
Carriage return
International
Tap here to display
numeric keyboard
Tap here to display
international keyboard
Graffiti writing
Your Palm III organizer includes Graffiti writing software as the
primary system for entering text and numbers. With Graffiti writing,
you write simple strokes with the stylus and they are instantly
recognized as letters or numbers.
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Write letters here Write numbers here
Division marks
Your Palm III organizer also includes Giraffe, a game you can use to
practice Graffiti writing. See “Installing and removing applications”
in Chapter 3 for installation instructions. The Memo Pad application
is ideal for practicing Graffiti writing. This section explains how to
open Memo Pad and use it to practice Graffiti writing.
To open Memo Pad:
1. Press the Memo Pad application button .
2. Tap New.
Note: A blinking cursor appears on the first line of the new memo to
indicate where new text will appear.
New
memo
cursor
Tap
New
Write in Graffiti area
See “Using Graffiti writing to enter data” in Chapter 2 for more
information.
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Using Palm Desktop software
If you have new records you want to add to your Palm III organizer
and prefer to use the computer keyboard rather than the onscreen
keyboard, enter the data in the Palm Desktop software or the PIM you
have installed to use with your organizer.
After the information is in Palm Desktop software, perform a HotSync
operation to synchronize your organizer with your computer. See
“Exchanging and updating data: HotSync operations” in Chapter 4 for
more information.
HotSync
button
Importing data
If you already have data in a database on your computer, you can
import it into the Palm Desktop software. You can import data stored
in computer applications such as spreadsheets and databases, or data
from another organizer based on the Palm Computing
®
platform.
When you import data, you transfer the records to your Palm III
organizer without having to enter them manually. See “Importing
data” in Chapter 2 for more information.
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Customizing your organizer
You can customize your organizer by using the Preferences
application. You can enter personal information such as your name
and address; change the time and date; view different date and time
formats when you travel; turn off sounds; and configure your
organizer to work with a modem or network. See Chapter 7 for more
information on customizing your organizer.
To open the Preferences screens:
1. Tap the Applications icon .
2. Tap the Preferences icon .
3. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Tap the Preferences category you want to view.
The following procedures for setting the time and date give you an
example of how to customize your organizer.
You make changes to the time and date in General preferences.
To set the current time:
1. Tap the Set Time box.
Tap here
2. Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour.
3. Tap each minute number, and then tap the arrows to change them.
4. Tap AM or PM.
Note: Your organizer can also display time based on a 24-hour
clock. See “Formats preferences” in Chapter 7 for more
information.
5. Tap OK.
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To set the current date:
1. Tap the Set Date box.
2. Tap the arrows to select the current year.
Tap arrows to select year
Tap to select month
Tap to select date
3. Tap a month.
4. Tap the current date.
Palm Desktop organizer software
Palm Desktop software includes the same main applications as your
Palm III organizer: Address Book, Date Book, To Do List, Memo Pad,
Expense, and desktop e-mail connectivity. You can use the HotSync
feature of this software to back up and exchange data between your
organizer and your computer.
It is a good idea to back up your data in case something happens to the
data on your Palm III organizer. Changes you make on your Palm III
organizer or Palm Desktop software appear in both places after you
synchronize.
With Palm Desktop software, you can do the following:
■ Work with your Palm III organizer applications on your
computer. Palm Desktop software duplicates the Date Book,
Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad applications on your
organizer, so you can view, enter, and modify any data stored on
your organizer.
■ Back up the data stored on your organizer with HotSync
technology and synchronize the data on your Palm Desktop
software. Synchronization is a one-step procedure that ensures
your data is always safe and up-to-date. See “Exchanging and
updating data: HotSync operations” in Chapter 4 for more
information.
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■ Import and export data, so you can easily transfer data from other
desktop applications into any of your main applications. See
“Importing data” in Chapter 2 for more information.
■ Print your Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad
information on any printer.
Connecting the cradle
The cradle that comes with your Palm III organizer enables you to
synchronize the information on your Palm III organizer with the Palm
Desktop software using HotSync technology.
To connect the cradle:
1. Turn off your computer and plug the cable from the Palm III
organizer cradle into the serial (COM) port on your computer.
Note: Your Palm III organizer requires a dedicated port. It cannot
share a port with an internal modem or other device. If you are
unsure about the exact location of the serial port on your
computer, refer to the manual supplied with the computer.
Installing Palm Desktop software
The following instructions guide you through installing Palm
Desktop software. After installation, refer to the online Help in Palm
Desktop software for information about how to use the software.
To ensure a safe and uninterrupted installation of Palm Desktop
software, please do the following before installing:
■ Turn off your computer and connect the cradle to it. Do not place
your organizer in the cradle until instructed.
■ If you are installing from diskettes (rather than the CD-ROM
included in the box), make sure the original Palm Desktop
software diskettes are write-protected, and then make backup
copies of them. When you finish, use the copies to install the
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software, and store the original diskettes in a safe place. Refer to
your computer’s manual or operating system documentation if
you need information about locking or copying diskettes.
■ Do not simply copy the Palm Desktop software files to your
computer’s hard disk. You must use the installer to place the files
in their proper locations and to decompress the files.
To install Palm Desktop software:
1. Exit any open programs, including those that run at startup such
as Microsoft Office, and disable any virus-scanning software.
2. Insert the Palm Desktop software CD-ROM into the computer’s
CD-ROM drive (or insert the Setup diskette into the diskette drive).
3. When the Palm Desktop Installer Menu screen appears, click the
Install button to begin the installation procedure.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Insert
your organizer into the cradle when prompted.
Using your organizer with another PIM
If you prefer to use another personal information manager (PIM), such
as Microsoft Outlook, you can use it instead of installing Palm
Desktop software. All you need to install are HotSync Manager and
the connection software for your PIM, called a conduit, that lets you
synchronize the data between your organizer and your PIM. For
information on conduit software, go to this web site: http://
www.palm.com.
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