Palm M series GETTING STARTED GUIDE

Getting Started with

Palm

™

m100 Series

Handhelds

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Contents

Front panel of Palm™ m100 series handhelds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Back panel of Palm m100 series handhelds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Graffiti

Graffiti writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Applications on your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Expansion card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Beaming information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Removing and reattaching the flip cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Changing the faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Palm™ Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

writing area and surrounding icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Basic Graffiti characters (there are many more). . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

I don’t see anything on my handheld screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

I can’t complete a HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Troubleshooting communication problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Troubleshooting data synchronization problems . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Contents

Front panel of Palm™ m100 series handhelds

Power button

Press it to turn on your handheld. Hold it down for two seconds to turn on the backlight. Press it again to turn it off.

Date Bo ok

Address Book

Application buttons

Press each one to turn on the handheld and start an application.

Note Pad

To D o L i s t

Back panel of Palm m100 series handhelds

Stylus

The tool for everything you do on the handheld. Use it to write Graffiti characters, tap icons and buttons and menu items, select text, drag the scroll bar, and so on.

Graffiti® writing area

See the next page for details. Gr affiti writing is a simple method of writing letters, numbers, and symbols.

Scroll buttons

Press to scroll through screens, go from day to day in Date Book. When your handheld is off, press the Up button to display the Clock.

Faceplate tab

See page 12 to learn how to change the faceplate.

IR port

Beam data from your handheld to another Palm O S handheld. See page 11 for details.

Universal connector

Your handheld’s connection to the HotSync cable, and also to a modem, portable keyboard, and other accessories that are sold separately.

cradle/

Expansion card slot

Increase the space available for data and appli cations. See page 10 for details.

Graffiti® writing area and surrounding icons

Ta p Clock to see the time, set an alarm, change the time and date.

When writing Graffiti characters, write letters

Tap to open the

Applications Launcher. All your

applications are listed there.

Tap to see menus in applications that have them.

Tap here to display alphabetic keyboard.

on the left, numbers on the right.

Ta p abc and 123 to display onscreen keyboards. Then tap characters to enter text.

Ta p Contrast to improve screen contrast using slider.

Tap to open the Calculator.

Tap to find text in all applications.

Tap here to display numeric keyboard.

Tap here to display international keyboard.

Graffiti writing

The best way to learn is to practice. To take the Graffiti tutorial on your handheld, tap the Graffiti icon in the Applications Launcher.

Most Graffiti characters are made with a single stroke of the stylus.

1. Start the stroke where the heavy dot is. Don’t try to make the dot; just start there.

Basic Graffiti characters (there are many more)

2. Don’t lift the stylus until you reach the end of the stroke.

Some characters require a preliminary stroke. For example, to write a quotation mark, tap once and then make the Graffiti stroke for n.

Tip s

Characters do not show up in the Graffiti writing area, but on the

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handheld screen, wherever the blinking cursor is located in the record you’re working on.

Write Graffiti characters BIG, and write at normal speed.

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Press firmly with the stylus.

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You can see tables displaying all Graffiti characters simply by

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drawing the pen stroke: starting from the bottom center of the Graffiti writing area, drag the stylus to draw a straight, imaginary line to the top of the screen.

Applications on your handheld

In the Applications Launcher, the category All shows you all the applications on your handheld. Tap All to select another category from the pick list that drops down. Select Edit Categories to create a new category.

Use the stylus to drag the d ark bar of the scroll bar so that you can see the rest of the icons on the screen. Or press the Down scroll button.

Tips

To start an application, tap its icon.

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Tap the Welcome icon in the Applications Launcher to go through

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the Basic Skills and Graffiti tutorials.

Complete descriptions of the applications are in the electronic

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Handbook.

For help on a task, tap the Tips icon on your handheld.

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Address Book.

Keep names, addresses, phone numbers, and other information about your personal and business contacts. Enter a last name on the Look Up line to jump to that name.

Applications on your handheld

Calculator. Perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root operations. In the Options menu, tap Recent Calculations to see the calculations you made in the current session.

Card Info. Name expansion cards, format them, and review general information about a card and its contents.

Clock. View the current time and date. Set a wake-up alarm here. In the Options menu, tap Alarm Preferences to select Reveille, Bumble Bee, or another sound.

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