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Your personal information organizer

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Say good-bye to paper calendars and throw away those scribbled to-do lists. Your Treo you need to organize your personal information and keep it with you wherever you go.

You never lose your information, even if your battery is completely drained. All your personal information is backed up each time you synchronize, and your information is kept private when you use the security features available on your smartphone. Also, you can easily share info with others electronically.

Benefits

• Track current, future, and past

appointments

• Make to-do lists that get done

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Pro Smartphone by Palm is all

• Set reminders for appointments,

birthdays, important tasks, and more

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Contacts

Adding a contact 1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey).

2 Press New (left softkey).

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If you have set up a Windows Live account (see Using Windows Live contact as a Windows Live contact. A Windows Live contact synchronizes with your Windows Live contacts list but not with Microsoft Outlook on your computer.

3 Use the 5-way navigator to move

between fields as you enter information.

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Take some time to scroll down through all the fields in a new contact. There are fields for multiple addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and much more.

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Be sure to enter mobile numbers and email addresses in the correct fields so that Messaging can find this info when you address a message and Calendar can find your contacts when you want to invite them to meetings.

Here are some helpful tips for entering info:

• To enter complete name or address

(work, home, or other) information,

tap the arrow on the right side of the

line and enter the information in the

box that appears. When finished, tap

outside the box to accept the

information and close the box.

• To add a caller ID picture that is

displayed when that person calls,

select Picture, and then select

Camera and take a picture, or select

an existing picture from Thumbnail

View.

• To assign a ringtone to the entry,

select Ring tone and select a tone.

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• To assign the entry to one or more

categories, select Categories and then check the categories under which you want this entry to appear. To add a new category, press New (left softkey), enter the category name, and press OK .

4 (Optional) To add a note to an entry,

select the Notes tab.

5 After you have entered all the

information, press OK .

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contact that shares information with an existing contact—for example, they both work at the same company—you can make a copy of the first contact and then edit only the fields you need to change for the new contact. In the contacts list, highlight the first contact, press Menu (right softkey), and then select

Copy Contact.

If you want to create a new

Viewing or changing contact information 1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey).

2 In the Contacts list (viewed by name),

begin entering any combination of letters from the contact’s first and/or

last name. If you use both first- and last-name letters, separate them by a space.

You can type letters from the last name first. For example, entering SM finds both Smilla Anderson and John Smith. Entering SM AN finds both Smilla Anderson and Ann Smith.

3 Select the entry you want to open.

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You can also find a contact by tapping the first letter of the first or last name in the alphabetical index at the top of the Contacts list screen.

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entry, you are presented with several options for contacting the person, depending on what information you have entered for the contact. For example, you may see options for calling a number associated with the contact, sending an email to the contact’s email address, or calling the last number you dialed to call the contact. Select a phone number to dial, or select a messaging option to create a new message addressed to the contact.

When you select a contact

4 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit.

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5 Make changes to the entry as

necessary.

6 Press OK .

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company name. Open Contacts, press Menu (right softkey), and select View By > Company. Select a company name to see the contacts who work there.

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To view a particular group of contacts, press Menu (right softkey), select Filter, and then select the category you want to view.

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You can quickly send a text message to a contact from within the Contacts application. Select the contact name, press Menu (right softkey), and select Send Text Message.

You can find a contact by

Deleting a contact 1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey).

2 In the Contacts list, highlight the

contact you want to delete.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete Contact.

4 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

Customizing Contacts 1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey). 2 Go to the Contacts list. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options. 4 Set any of the following options:

Show alphabetical index: Displays the

alphabet at the top of the Contacts list.

You can use this index to find a contact.

Show contact names only: Enables

you to fit more names on the Contacts

list by hiding everything but the

contact’s name.

Area code: Specifies the default area

code for new contact entries.

5 Press OK .

Finding a contact in an online address book

In addition to having contacts on your device, you can also access contact information from your organization’s online address book or Global Address List (GAL).

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN Do the following:

• Make sure you are accessing Exchange

Server 2007, or Exchange Server 2003 upgraded to Service Pack 2.

• Add access to the online address book

to your smartphone. See Adding an online address book.

• After adding the online address book,

you must synchronize with the Exchange server in order for the

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

one of the following options: Beam a contact to a nearby device:

Select Send Contact > Beam, and then select the receiving device.

Send a multimedia message containing the contact information:

Select Send as vCard. Address the multimedia message and press Send (left softkey).

Company Directory option to appear.

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1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey).

2 Press Menu (right softkey), select

Company Directory, enter the name of

the contact, and select Search.

You can also send a message to the highlighted contact. Press Menu (right softkey) and select Send video message by mobile or Send picture message by mobile. These options appear only if the contact you select has a mobile telephone number associated with it.

Sending a contact

Your smartphone provides multiple options for sending a contact’s information to someone else.

1 Go to your Today screen and press

Contacts (left softkey).

2 In the Contacts list, highlight the

contact you want to send.

Calendar

Displaying your calendar 1 Press Calendar . 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

View.

3 Select one of the following views:

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Agenda: Shows your daily schedule in list format. Upcoming appointments are bold; past appointments are dimmed. Agenda View displays a horizontal time strip at the top to show at a glance when you have an appointment.

Day: Shows your daily schedule in day-planner format.

Week: Shows your schedule for an entire week.

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conflict—two appointments that overlap—you can see the conflict in both Day View and Week View.

If your schedule contains a

Month: Shows your schedule for a whole month.

A morning appointment An afternoon appointment Both morning and afternoon

appointments

An all-day event

Year: Shows a calendar for a six-month period.

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To switch views, press the left softkey. Don’t confuse the view name displayed above the left softkey with the current view. The left softkey displays the name of the next view you see when you press the key.

4 Use the 5-way to move to another day,

week, month, or year (depending on the current view).

Creating an appointment 1 Press Calendar . 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

New Appointment.

3 Enter a subject (description) and a

location.

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4 Select Starts and select the starting

date and time.

5 Select Ends and select the ending date

and time.

6 Press OK .

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To “pencil in” an appointment, open the

appointment, select Status, and then select

Te n t a t i v e .

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You can display your appointments on your Today screen (see Selecting which items appear on your Today screen).

Adding an alarm reminder to an event 1 Create an event and then select it. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit.

3 Select Reminder, and then select

Remind me.

4 Enter the number of minutes, hours,

days, or weeks before the event you would like to receive the alarm.

1 Number of time units 2 Type of time units

5 Press OK .

Creating an untimed event

An untimed event, such as a birthday, anniversary, or vacation, does not occur at a particular time of day. These events appear as banners at the top of your calendar; they don’t occupy blocks of time. For example, “Submit Final Draft” in the following illustration is an untimed event.

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longer than a day.

An untimed event can last

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1 Press Calendar .

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

New Appointment. 3 Enter a subject (description). 4 Select the starting and ending dates. 5 Select All Day, and then select Ye s . 6 Press OK .

Scheduling a repeating appointment 1 Create an appointment or untimed

event and then select it.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit. 3 Select Occurs, and then select a repeat

pattern. To create a repeat pattern,

select Edit pattern and follow the

onscreen instructions.

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To enter a birthday or an anniversary, create an untimed event that repeats every year.

4 Press OK .

Sending a meeting request

You can email meeting invitations to contacts who use Outlook or Outlook Mobile.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Create contact

entries with email addresses for the people you want to invite to a meeting (see Adding a contact). You cannot access contact entries without email addresses from your calendar.

1 Create an event and then select it. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit. 3 Select Attendees. 4 Select Add Required Attendee, and

then select the name of the contact you

want to invite. To invite other attendees,

select Add Required Attendee, and

then select the names.

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5 (Optional) To invite optional attendees,

select Add Optional Attendee, and then select the names.

Marking an event as sensitive

If other people have access to your Outlook calendar on your computer and you don’t want them to see an

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Server 2007, or Exchange Server 2003 SP2, you can use your corporate Global Address List to find contact information for an attendee. Select Attendees, select Add

Required Attendee or Add Optional Attendee, press Menu (right softkey), and

then select Company Directory. Enter the name of the attendee and select Find.

If you are using Exchange

appointment, you can mark that appointment as private to hide it from other Outlook users.

1 Create an event and then select it. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit.

3 Select Sensitivity, and then select one

of the following:

6 Press OK . The next time you synchronize, the

meeting request is sent to the attendees. When attendees accept your request, the meeting is automatically added to their schedules. When you receive their response, your calendar is updated as well.

Pers onal: Displays the event on your smartphone and on your computer. Meeting attendees or recipients see “Please treat this as Personal” near the top of an open appointment.

Private: Displays the event on your smartphone and on your computer. Meeting attendees or recipients see

Replying to a meeting request

You receive and reply to meeting requests in the Messaging application (see Working with meeting invitations). If you accept or tentatively accept an invitation, it shows up as an appointment in your Calendar.

“Please treat this as Private” near the top of an open appointment. If you sync with an Exchange server, other users who can access your folders can’t see your private events; they see private events as unavailable time slots.

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Confidential: Displays the event on your smartphone and on your computer. Meeting attendees or recipients see “Please treat this as Confidential” near the top of an open appointment.

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If you don’t see an option on the screen, press Down on the 5-way to scroll to other options. For example, when editing an event, you don’t see the Sensitivity option until you scroll toward the bottom of the entry.

4 Press OK .

Organizing your schedule

Use categories to view various types of events.

1 Create an event and then select it. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit.

3 Select Categories and check the

categories that apply to this event. To add a new category, press New (left softkey), enter the category name, and press OK .

4 Press OK two more times. 5 After you assign events to categories,

press Menu (right softkey) and select Filter.

6 Select the type of events you want to

view.

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Wonder why you’re not seeing all the events in your day? Check to make sure that the filter is set to All Appointments.

Deleting an event 1 Highlight the event you want to delete. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete Appointment.

3 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

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Customizing Calendar 1 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Tools > Options.

2 On the General tab, set any of the

following options:

Start in: Specifies which view is displayed when you open Calendar.

1st day of week: Specifies Sunday or Monday as the first day of the week for all Calendar views.

Week view: Specifies whether five, six, or seven days appear in Week View.

Show half hour slots: Specifies whether time slots appear in hour or

Show week numbers: Specifies whether week numbers (1 through 52) appear in Week View.

3 Select the Appointments tab and set

any of the following options:

Set reminders for new items: Specifies whether a reminder is automatically added to new events and how long before the event the reminder appears. You can override this setting for individual events.

Show icons: Specifies which icons appear next to events.

The event has a reminder.

half-hour increments in Day View and Week View.

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The event repeats in a specified

pattern.

The event has a note attached.

A location has been assigned to the

event.

The event is a meeting. The event is marked private.

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Not all icons appear in all Calendar views.

Send meeting requests via: Specifies the email account used to send meeting requests.

4 Press OK .

Sending an appointment 1 Press Calendar . 2 Highlight the appointment you want to

send.

3 Select one of the following:

Beam an appointment to a nearby device: Press Menu (right softkey) and

select Beam Appointment. Select the receiving device.

Send a multimedia message containing the appointment: Press Menu (right softkey) and select Send as vCalendar. Address the multimedia

message and press Send (left softkey).

Tasks

You can use Tasks to remind you of tasks you need to complete and to keep a record of completed tasks.

Adding a task 1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Ta s k s . 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

New Ta s k .

4 Enter a description of the task in the

Subject field.

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5 Set any of the following:

Reminder: Sets an alarm for this task

and indicates when you want to be reminded.

Categories: Assigns the task to one or more categories. To add a new category, press New (left softkey), enter the category name, and press OK .

Sensitivity: Marks this task as Normal, Personal, Private, or Confidential (see

for

Priority: Specifies the priority level for this task. Later you can arrange your tasks based on the importance of each task.

Status: Indicates whether the task is now completed.

Starts: Specifies when the task begins. Due: Specifies the due date for the

task. Occurs: Indicates if the task repeats at

regular intervals and how often it repeats.

Marking an event as sensitive descriptions of these terms).

6 (Optional) Select the Notes tab and

enter additional text for the task.

7 Press OK .

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You can also add a task by selecting the Tasks entry bar at the top of the task list screen, entering the task description, and pressing Center on the 5-way. Select the icons to the left of the bar to set the task as high or low priority.

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You can display your tasks on your Today screen (see Selecting which items appear on your Today screen).

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Checking off a task 1 Highlight the task you want to check off.

2 Press Complete (left softkey).

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You can also mark a task complete by tapping the check box next to the task on the Tasks list.

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Overdue tasks appear in red.

Organizing your tasks 1 In the Tasks list, press Menu (right

softkey) and select Filter.

2 Select which tasks you want to view:

All Tasks, Recently Viewed, No Categories, Active Tasks, Completed Tasks, or a specific

category, such as Business or Personal.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Sort By.

4 Select the sort method: Status,

Priority, Subject, Start Date, or Due Date.

Deleting a task 1 Highlight the task you want to delete. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete Task.

3 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

Customizing Tasks 1 Go to the Tasks list. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options.

3 Set any of the following options:

Set reminders for new items:

Automatically adds a reminder to new tasks. The default reminder is set to 8:00 on the morning the task is due. You can override this setting for individual tasks by using the Reminder field on the task entry screen.

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Show start and due dates: Displays

task start and due dates in the Tasks list.

3 Press New (left softkey). 4 Do one of the following:

Show Tasks entry bar: Displays the

Tasks entry bar at the top of the Tasks list.

4 Press OK .

Notes

Notes are a great way to capture thoughts, questions, and meeting notes on your smartphone. You can also create a voice note or add a recording to an existing note.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN On a Windows XP

computer, to take advantage of all the sync features available in the Notes application, install ActiveSync desktop software from your smartphone (see Installing Desktop Sync Software: Windows XP and Windows Vista).

Creating a note 1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Notes .

• Type the text by using the keyboard.

• If you turned on writing mode (see

Customizing Notes

), write the text

with the stylus.

• Press Menu (right softkey), select

Draw, and draw a sketch with the stylus, crossing at least three ruled lines.

5 Press OK .

Creating a voice note 1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Notes . 3 Do one of the following:

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To create a new voice note: Press New (left softkey).

To add a voice recording to an existing note: Open the note to which

you want to add the recording.

4 If the voice note controls are not visible

at the bottom of the screen, press

Menu (right softkey) and select View Recording Toolbar.

5 Tap the Record icon.

* Voice note controls

6 Speak into the microphone on your

smartphone, or hold it close to another sound source.

7 After you finish recording, tap the

Stop icon. A Recording icon

appears in the note or note list, depending on where you recorded the note.

8 Press OK .

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notes within a single note.

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To play a recording, select the voice note in the Notes list, or open the note containing the recording and tap the Recording icon. Tap the controls at the bottom of the screen to control playback and volume.

You can add several voice

Creating a note from a template 1 Go to the Notes list. 2 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select Te m p l a t e s . If you do not see the Templates folder, select

More Folders. 3 Open the template you want to use. 4 Enter the information. 5 Press OK . 6 Rename the note and move it to the

appropriate folder. See Organizing your

notes for details.

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To create a new template, open the note you want to save as a template. Press Menu (right softkey) and select Tools > Rename/ Move. Select Name and enter a name for the template. Select the Folder list and select

Templates. Press OK.

Organizing your notes

You can rename your notes, move notes to another folder, and move notes between your smartphone and an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

6 Press OK .

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To create a new folder, go to the Notes list, tap the Show list in the upper-left corner, and select Add/Delete. Select New, enter a name for the folder, and press OK.

Deleting a note 1 Go to the Notes list and highlight the

note you want to delete.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete.

3 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

1 Go to the Notes list and highlight a note

you want to move or rename.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Rename/Move.

3 Select Name and enter a new name for

the note.

4 Select Folder, and then select the

folder in which you want to store the note.

5 Select Location, and then select Main

memory or Storage Card. The Storage

Customizing Notes 1 Go to the Notes list. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options.

3 Set any of the following options:

Default mode: Makes the default entry

mode either Writing or Typing. The default is Typing; if you change it to Writing, you can write notes directly on the screen using the stylus.

Card option appears only if you have an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

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Default template: Specifies the default template for new notes.

Save to: Indicates the default location where new notes are stored.

Record button action: Specifies what happens when you press and hold the Side button to record a voice note while in another application: whether the Notes application opens or whether you stay in the current application. This

option applies only if you have changed the function of the Side button to open Notes (see Reassigning buttons

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Tap Global Input Options to set options for entering text in any application (see Setting input options).

4 Press OK .

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Your Microsoft Office and other document tools

You r Treo™ Pro Smartphone by Palm enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. With Microsoft Office Mobile Microsoft Word, Excel smartphone. You can also view, carry, and manage PowerPoint files on your smartphone. You can keep updated copies of the files on both your smartphone and your computer so that you can work on them in the most convenient location at any time.

You can also use Adobe Reader to view PDF files on your smartphone.

Benefits

• Manage Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

and OneNote files on your smartphone

, you can carry, create, view, and edit

, and OneNote files directly on your

• Improve productivity by taking

important docs, spreadsheets, and presentations with you

• Work with PDF files

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Synchronizing your Microsoft Office files

You can create and edit Microsoft Office files on your computer or on your smartphone and then synchronize the files so that changes you make show up on both your computer and your smartphone. How synchronization happens depends on two conditions:

Operating system: Do you use Windows XP or Windows Vista

Sync direction: Are you transferring files from your smartphone to your computer, or from your computer to your smartphone?

For information about installing desktop sync software and about synchronizing with your computer, see Installing Desktop Sync Software: Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Synchronizing files that are on your smartphone: Windows XP or Windows Vista

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Turn on the option to

synchronize files (see Changing which applications sync).

To synchronize files that you capture on or copy to your smartphone, simply follow one of the procedures for synchronizing with your computer described in Synchronizing with desktop sync software

After you synchronize, you can view and edit the items on your computer (see Where are the changes I made to my file?

Synchronizing files that are on your computer: Windows XP

1 Connect your smartphone to your

computer with the USB cable.

NOTE Most ActiveSync desktop software

options are available only when your smartphone is connected to your computer.

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2 On your computer, double-click the

ActiveSync

icon in the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your computer screen to open the ActiveSync desktop software window.

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If the ActiveSync icon does not appear in the taskbar, click Start > Programs > Microsoft ActiveSync to open the ActiveSync window.

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If Files doesn’t appear under Information

Type, open the Tools menu and select

Options. Make sure the Files box is checked.

4 Do either of the following:

• To copy a file from your computer to

your smartphone, click Add, browse to and highlight the file, and click Open.

• To delete a file from the file sync

folder on your computer and from your smartphone, highlight the file name and click Remove.

NOTE If you receive an error while

synchronizing files, make sure that all the files you’re trying to sync are closed on both your computer and your smartphone.

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If a Treo My Documents sync folder has been created on your computer, you can also synchronize by dragging files into the appropriate subfolder under that folder.

3 Under Information Type, double-click

Files to view a list of all synchronized

files.

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Synchronizing files that are on your computer: Windows Vista

1 On your computer, copy or save the file

to the Documents\Documents on username’s Smartphone folder.

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username’s smartphone folder is created when you select the option to sync Files.

The Documents on

2 Connect your smartphone to your

computer with the USB cable. Synchronization takes place automatically.

Where are the changes I made to my file?

Don’t look for the changed file in its original location on your computer. Only the synchronized version contains the changes, and that version is in the file sync folder. To find this folder, do one of the following:

Windows XP: On your computer desktop, double-click the file sync folder icon. This is a shortcut to the file sync folder.

Windows XP: In ActiveSync desktop software, double-click Files. The location of the file sync folder appears in the File

Synchronization Settings dialog box (under On this computer, synchronize the files in this folder).

Windows Vista: Open the Documents\ Documents on username’s Smartphone folder.

On your smartphone, you can find the synchronized file by doing either of the following:

• Press Start and select Office

Mobile. Select the application that opens the file: Word Mobile , Excel Mobile , PowerPoint Mobile . or OneNote Mobile .

• Press Start , select Programs, and

then select File Explorer . Tap the Show list in the upper-left corner and select My Device > My Documents.

Word Mobile

With Microsoft Office Word Mobile®, you can create and edit documents and templates and save them as DOC, RTF, TXT, and DOT files. You can also edit

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Microsoft Office Word documents and templates that you create on your computer. However, keep in mind that some of the information and formatting may be lost when you save the document on your smartphone.

The following features are partially supported in Word Mobile:

Picture bullets: Regular bullets are supported.

Revision marks: Documents appear as though all revisions were accepted; if the

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you can view the file using Adobe Reader. Press Start, select Programs, and then select

Adobe Reader (see Adobe

If you have a PDF file (.pdf),

Reader® LE).

document is saved, revision marks are lost. Table styles: Some or all of the formatting

is lost if the document is saved. Underline styles: Unsupported styles are

The following features are not supported in Word Mobile:

• Backgrounds.

• Bidirectional text.

• Document protection.

• Metafiles.

• Artistic page borders. Lined page

borders are supported.

• Password-protected files. Remove

password protection on your computer before opening the file on your smartphone.

• Shapes and text boxes.

• Smart tags.

mapped to one of the four supported styles: regular, dotted, wavy, or thick/bold/ wide.

Legacy Pocket Word files: You can open PSW files, but if you edit a file, you need to save it in DOC, RTF, TXT, or DOT format.

The following features are not supported on your smartphone, but they remain in the file so that when you open the file on your computer, they appear as expected:

Fonts and font sizes: Original fonts are listed on your smartphone and are mapped to the closest font available.

Footnotes, endnotes, headers, and footers.

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Lists: Indented lists are mapped to the closest indentation level supported by Word Mobile.

Page breaks: Although not displayed, all page breaks, except a break placed at the end of a document, are retained in the document.

Creating a document 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select Word Mobile . 3 The first time you open Word Mobile, a

new document opens. Otherwise,

press New (left softkey).

4 Enter the text of the document. 5 Press OK to save the file. When

you save a new document, it is

automatically named after the first

several words in the file.

Opening an existing document 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select Word Mobile .

3 In the document list, select the

document you want to open.

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To zoom in or out, press View (left softkey), select Zoom, and then select the zoom level.

Creating a document from a template 1 Go to the documents list. 2 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select Te m p l a t e s . If you don’t see Templates in the Show list, select More Folders to access this folder.

3 Open the template you want to use. 4 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

File > Save As.

5 Select Name and enter a new name for

the file.

6 Select the Folder list, and then select

the folder where you want to save the file.

7 Select the Ty p e list, and then select the

format in which you want to save the file.

8 Select the Location list, and then select

whether you want to store the file on

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your smartphone (Main memory) or on an expansion card (Storage card). The Storage card option appears only if you have an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

9 Select Save.

that match the text you entered in step 3.

6 Select Find to locate the first instance

of the text you entered in step 3, or select Replace and enter the replacement text.

7 Select Next to find the next instance of

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To create a new template, open the document you want to save as a template. Press Menu (right softkey) and select File > Rename/Move. Select Name and enter a name for the template. Select Folder, and then select Templates. Press OK.

Finding or replacing text in a document 1 Open the document containing the text

you want to find.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Find/Replace.

3 Select Find what and enter the text you

want to find.

4 (Optional) Check the Match case box to

find text that matches the capitalization in the text you entered step 3.

5 (Optional) Check the Match whole

words only box to find only full words

the text, or select Replace to replace it. To replace all instances of the text, select Replace All.

8 When you see a message indicating

that the search is done, press OK .

Moving or copying text 1 Open the document containing the text

you want to move or copy.

2 Highlight the text you want to move or

copy.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Copy to copy the text, or select Cut to

move the text.

4 Open the document where you want to

insert the text, and position the cursor where you want the text to appear.

5 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Paste.

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Saving a copy of a document

NOTE If a document was previously saved

on a computer, any unsupported formatting may be lost when you save the file.

1 Open the document you want to copy. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

File > Save As.

3 Select Name and enter a new name for

the file.

4 Select the Folder list, and then select

the folder where you want to save the file.

5 Select the Ty p e list, and then select the

format in which you want to save the file.

6 Select the Location list, and then select

whether you want to store the file on your smartphone (Main memory) or on an expansion card (Storage card). The Storage card option appears only if you have an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

7 Select Save.

Formatting text 1 Open the document you want to

format.

2 Highlight the text you want to format. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Font.

4 Set any of the following options for the

highlighted text:

Font: Specifies the typeface. Font color: Specifies the color. Size: Specifies the point size. Bold: Indicates whether the text

appears normal or thick. Italic: Indicates whether the text

appears upright or slanted. Underline: Indicates whether the text

appears with an underscore. Highlight: Indicates whether the text

appears with a yellow highlight. Strikethrough: Indicates whether the

text appears with a line through it.

5 Press OK to return to the

document.

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Formatting paragraphs and lists 1 Open the document you want to

format.

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You can also use the Formatting toolbar to create a list and to align text. To indent text in lists, you must use the Formatting toolbar.

2 Position the cursor in the paragraph you

want to format.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Paragraph.

4 Set any of the following options:

Alignment: Aligns the text paragraph

with the left, right, or center of the page.

List: Creates a bulleted or numbered list.

Indentation: Changes the paragraph margins.

• Left: Sets the left margin for the

entire paragraph.

• Right: Sets the right margin for the

Checking spelling in a document 1 Open the document you want to check. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

To o l s > Spelling. To check the spelling

of specific text, highlight it before you select Spelling.

3 If an unknown or misspelled word is

encountered, do one of the following:

• Select the correct word in the list if

the word is spelled incorrectly.

• Select Ignore if the word is spelled

correctly. Select Ignore All to skip all

instances of the word.

• Select Add to add a new word to the

spelling dictionary.

entire paragraph.

• Special: Lets you indent the first line

or set a hanging indent.

• By: Sets the size of the special

indentation.

5 Press OK to return to the

document.

Organizing your documents

You can rename your documents, move your documents to another folder, and move your documents between your smartphone and an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

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1 Go to the documents list. 2 Highlight a file. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Rename/Move.

4 Select Name and enter a new name for

the document.

5 Select the Folder list, and then select

the folder to which you want to move the document.

6 Select the Location list, and then select

7 Press OK .

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To create a new folder, go to the documents list, tap the Show list in the upper-left corner, and select Add/Delete. Select New, enter a name for the folder, and press OK.

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When you go to a folder, you can easily search your documents by sorting by type.

Deleting a document 1 Go to the documents list. 2 Highlight the document you want to

delete.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete.

4 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

Customizing Word Mobile 1 Go to the document list. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options.

3 Set any of the following options:

Default template: Sets the default

template for new documents. Save to: Sets the default location

where new documents are stored. Display in list view: Sets the types of

files that appear in the documents list.

4 Press OK .

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PowerPoint Mobile

With Microsoft Office PowerPoint Mobile®, you can open and view slide show presentations created on your computer. Many presentation elements such as slide transitions, animations, and URL links are also supported. Microsoft Office PowerPoint features not supported on your smartphone include the following:

• Notes written for slides

• Rearrangement or editing of slides

• Files created in PPT format earlier than

Microsoft PowerPoint 97

• HTML files in HTM and MHT formats

Playing a presentation 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select PowerPoint Mobile . 3 In the presentation list, select the

presentation you want to play. 4 Do any of the following:

• Press Right to advance to the next

slide, or Left to view the previous slide.

NOTE If a presentation is set up as a timed

slide show, the slides advance automatically. Presentations pause during zooming.

• Press Center , select Go to Slide,

and then select the slide you want to view.

• Press Center and select Next or

Previous to play animations.

• To zoom in, press Center and

select Zoom In. Tap and drag the slide to scroll it.

5 To end the slide show, press Center

and select End Show.

Setting presentation playback options 1 Highlight the presentation for which you

want to change the settings.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Set up show.

3 On the Orientation tab, select the

orientation you want. To select the orientation that best fits your smartphone screen, select Default.

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4 Select the Playback tab, and check the

Override playback options for all files

box.

5 Set any of the following options:

Show without animation: Turns off

builds and other animations. Show without slide transition: Turn s

off transition effects between slides. Use timings, if present: Enables the

timings recorded with each slide in a presentation. If a presentation is set up as a timed slide show, the slides advance automatically. Presentations pause during zooming.

Loop continuously: Advances to the first slide after playing the last slide in a presentation.

6 Press OK .

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To turn the presentation into a continuously looping slide show, check both the Use timings, if present and the Loop continuously boxes.

Excel Mobile

With Microsoft Office Excel Mobile®, you can create and edit workbooks and templates on your smartphone. You can also edit workbooks and templates that you create on your computer. However, you may lose some of the information and formatting when you save the workbook on your smartphone.

Note the following formatting considerations:

Alignment: Vertical text appears horizontal.

Borders: Appear as a single line. Cell patterns: Patterns applied to cells are

removed. Fonts and font sizes: The original font is

listed on your smartphone and mapped to the closest font available. Original fonts reappear on your computer.

Number formats: Microsoft Office Excel 97 conditional formatting is displayed in Number format.

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Formulas and functions: Unsupported

functions are removed, and only the returned value of the function appears. Formulas containing the following are also converted to values:

• An array or array argument, for example,

=SUM({1;2;3;4}).

• External link references or an

intersection range reference.

• References past row 16384 are

replaced with #REF!.

Protection settings: Most protection features are disabled but not removed. However, password protection is removed. You must remove the password protection in Microsoft Office Excel on your computer before opening the file on your smartphone.

Zoom settings: Worksheet-specific zoom settings are not retained. The zoom setting applies to the entire workbook.

Worksheet names: Names that refer to other workbooks, arrays, array formulas, or intersection ranges are removed from the name list, causing those formulas to be resolved as “#NAME?” All hidden names

AutoFilter Settings: AutoFilters that cause rows to be hidden are supported. Use the Unhide command to display hidden rows. Other AutoFilters are removed, but you can use the AutoFilter command in Excel Mobile to perform similar functions.

Chart Formatting: All charts are saved as they appear in Excel Mobile. Unsupported chart types are changed to one of these supported types: Column, Bar, Line, Pie, Scatter, and Area. Background colors, gridlines, data labels, trend lines, shadows, 3D effects, secondary axes, and logarithmic scales are turned off.

The following features aren’t supported in Excel Mobile and are removed or modified when you open a workbook on your smartphone:

• Hidden, dialog, and macro sheets

• VBA modules

• Text box es

• Drawing objects and pictures

• Lists

• Conditional formats and controls

• Pivot table data (converted to values)

are not hidden.

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Creating a workbook 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile.

2 Select Excel Mobile . If this is your

first time to open Excel Mobile, a new workbook appears, and you can go to step 4.

3 Press New (left softkey). 4 Highlight a cell where you want to enter

text or other info.

5 Enter the info into the cell and press

Return .

6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the

remaining info.

7 Press OK to save the file. When

you save a new workbook, it is automatically named and placed in the workbook list.

Creating a workbook from a template 1 Go to the workbook list. 2 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select Te m p l a t e s . If you don’t see Templates in the Show list, select More Folders to access this folder.

3 Open the template you want to use. 4 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

File > Save As.

5 Select Name and enter a new name for

the workbook.

6 Select the Folder list, and then select

the folder where you want to save the workbook.

7 Select the Ty p e list, and then select the

format in which you want to save the workbook.

8 Select Save.

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To create a new template, highlight the workbook you want to save as a template. Press Menu (right softkey), select Rename/ Move, select Name, and then enter a name for the template. Select the Folder list, and then select Templates. Press OK.

Viewing a workbook 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select Excel Mobile . 3 In the workbook list, select the

workbook you want to view.

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4 Press View (left softkey) and select any

of the following: Full Screen: Shows as much data as

possible on the screen. To return to the normal view, tap Restore in the upper-right corner.

Zoom: Sets the magnification level so that you can easily read the worksheet.

Sheet: Lets you switch to a different worksheet.

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worksheets by tapping the sheet list at the bottom of the screen.

You can also switch

To o l b a r : Indicates whether the toolbar appears onscreen.

Status Bar: Indicates whether the status bar appears onscreen.

Show: Indicates whether headings and scroll bars appear onscreen.

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To jump to a cell or region, press Menu and select Edit > Go To. Select Cell reference or name and enter the target cell info, or select Current region. Select OK.

Calculating a sum 1 Press View (left softkey) and select

To o l b a r .

Split: Divides the window into two

scrollable areas. To move the split bar, tap and drag it. To remove the split bar, press View (left softkey) and select

Remove Split. Freeze Panes: Locks rows and columns

so that they remain visible while you scroll. Highlight the cell at the point at which you want to lock before you select this command. To unlock the

2 Highlight the cell where you want to

insert the sum.

3 Tap . 4 Tap and drag the stylus across the cells

you want to add.

5 Press Return .

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For simple calculations, use the Calculator (see Calculator

rows or columns, press View (left softkey) and select Unfreeze Panes.

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Entering a formula 1 Highlight the cell where you want to

enter the formula.

2 Enter an equals sign ( = ) followed by

any values, cell references, name references, operators, and functions.

Examples:

• =(B4/25)+100

• =Revenue-Expenses

3 Press Return .

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Use the Alt key to insert an equals sign.

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To insert a symbol, place the cursor where you want the symbol. Press Menu (right softkey) and select Insert > Symbol. Highlight the symbol you want to insert, and select Insert.

Referring to a cell or range in a formula 1 Open the workbook where you want to

refer to a cell or range in a formula.

2 Begin entering a formula in a cell. 3 Navigate to the cell you want to refer to

in the formula. To refer to a range, tap and drag the stylus over the cells you want to include in the range.

4 Finish entering the formula and press

OK .

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To refer to a cell from another worksheet in your formula, enter the worksheet name followed by an exclamation point (!) and the cell, range, or name reference. Example: =Sheet1!Earnings

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To create a 3-D reference in your formula, specify two or more sheets in a workbook. Use a colon between the first and last worksheet names. Example: =SUM(Sheet2:Sheet6!$A$2:$C$5)

Inserting a function 1 Open the workbook where you want to

insert the function.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Insert > Function.

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3 Select the Category list, and then

select the type of function you want to insert.

4 Select the Function list, and then select

the specific function you want to insert.

5 Select OK.

Entering a sequence automatically 1 Tap and drag with the stylus to highlight

both the cells containing the info you want to automate and the adjacent destination cells.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Fill.

3 Select the Direction list, and then

select the direction you want to populate.

4 Select the Fill type list, and then

select Series.

5 Select the Series type list, and then

select the type of series you want. If you select Date or Number, enter a

Step value increment.

TIP

Select Autofill as the series type to quickly fill cells with repetitive data such as numbers or repeated text. Autofill takes the content of the first cell in the highlighted row or column and copies it down or across the rest of the selection.

6 Select OK.

Adding cells, rows, and columns 1 Open the workbook you want. 2 Highlight the area where you want to

insert elements.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Insert > Cells.

4 Select how you want to insert the

elements: Shift cells right: Inserts the same

number of new cells as the number of cells you highlighted horizontally in step

2. For example, if you selected an area containing two cells horizontally (A1 and B1), selecting Shift cells right inserts two horizontal cells; so the original A1 and B1 (and their contents) are now C1 and D1. The highlighted area and all cells on the right move the same

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number of columns—two in this example—to the right.

Shift cells down: Inserts the same number of new cells as the number of cells you highlighted vertically in step 2. For example, if you selected an area containing two cells vertically (A1 and A2), selecting Shift cells down inserts two vertical cells; so the original A1 and A2 (and their contents) are now A3 and A4. The highlighted area and all cells below it move the same number of rows—two in this example—down.

Entire row: Inserts the same number of new rows as the number of cells you highlighted vertically in step 2. For example, if you selected an area containing two cells vertically (A1 and A2), selecting Entire row inserts two rows; so the original rows 1 and 2 (and their contents) are now rows 3 and 4. The rows containing the highlighted area and all rows beneath it move the same number of rows—two in this example—down.

Entire column: Inserts the same number of new columns as the number

of cells you highlighted horizontally in step 2. For example, if you selected an area containing two cells horizontally (A1 and B1), selecting Entire column inserts two columns; so the original columns A and B (and their contents) are now columns C and D. The columns containing the highlighted area and all columns on the right move the same number of columns—two in this example—to the right.

5 Select OK.

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To add a new worksheet, press Menu and select Format > Modify Sheets. Select Insert, enter a name for the worksheet, and press OK. To change the order of the worksheets, highlight a worksheet you want to move, select Move Up or Move Down, and press OK.

Formatting cells 1 Open the workbook you want to format. 2 Highlight the cells you want to format. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Cells.

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4 Select any of the following tabs:

Size: Sets the row height and column

width. Number: Sets the type of information

the cells contain. Align: Sets whether text wraps within

the highlighted cells, and sets horizontal and vertical alignment position.

Font: Sets the typeface, color, size, and style attributes.

Borders: Turns borders on and off for various cell edges, and sets the border and background colors.

5 Press OK .

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To name the highlighted cell or range of

cells, press Menu and select Insert > Define

Name. Enter the name and select Add. Press OK.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Row or Format > Column.

4 Select any of the following:

AutoFit: Adjusts the size of the

highlighted rows or columns to their contents.

Hide: Hides the highlighted rows or columns.

Unhide: Displays hidden rows or columns in the highlighted area.

DID YOU KNOW

row size by tapping and dragging the right edge of the column or the bottom edge of the row. To automatically fit rows and columns to their contents, double-tap the lower edge of the row heading or the right edge of the column heading.

You can adjust the column and

Renaming a worksheet 1 Open the workbook containing the

Formatting rows and columns 1 Open the workbook you want to format. 2 Highlight the rows or columns you want

to format.

worksheet you want to rename.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Modify Sheets.

3 In the Sheets list, highlight the

worksheet you want to rename.

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4 Select Rename, enter a new name for

the worksheet, and press OK twice.

Sorting info in a worksheet 1 Highlight the cells you want to sort. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Tools > Sort.

3 Select the Sort by list, and then select

the primary sort column.

4 Check the Ascending box to sort in

ascending (A–Z or 0–9) order. Leave the box unchecked to sort in descending (Z– A or 9–0) order.

5 (Optional) Select the Then by lists, and

then select second- and third-level sorting options.

6 Check or uncheck the Exclude header

row from sort box to indicate whether

you want to sort the header row.

7 Select OK.

Filtering info in a worksheet 1 Tap and drag the stylus to highlight the

cells that contain the info you want to filter.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

To o l s > AutoFilter. In each column

containing a highlighted cell, an arrow appears on the right side of the cell nearest the top of the column.

3 Tap the arrow to open a list and select a

filter. This hides all rows that do not include the selected filter.

4 (Optional) Do any of the following:

• Open the other lists, and select other

filters.

• To display all rows again, open the

filter lists and select All.

• To turn off filtering, press Menu (right

softkey) and select To o l s > AutoFilter

again.

DID YOU KNOW

filters where you specify comparisons. Open a filter list and select Custom.

You can also create custom

Creating a chart 1 Open the workbook in which you want

to create a chart.

2 Highlight the cells you want to include

in the chart.

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3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Insert > Chart.

4 Select the type of chart, and press Next

(right softkey).

5 Confirm the area you want the chart to

include, and press Next (right softkey).

6 Select the data layout, and press Next

(right softkey).

7 Check the boxes to indicate whether

the first row and column represent labels.

8 Select whether you want the chart to

appear as a separate worksheet within the current workbook, or as part of the current worksheet.

9 Press Finish (right softkey).

Formatting or changing a chart 1 Open the workbook that contains the

chart you want to format.

2 Open the chart. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Format > Chart.

4 Select any of the following tabs:

Titles: Specifies the title of the chart

and headings, whether a legend

appears, and the placement of the legend.

Scale: Specifies the minimum and maximum scales for charts with x and y axes.

Ty p e : Specifies the chart style. You can use this setting to convert your chart to a different format.

Series: Lets you add, modify, format, or delete related data points without affecting the info in your worksheet.

5 Press OK .

Finding or replacing info in a workbook 1 Open the workbook containing the info

you want to find.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Find/Replace.

3 Select Find what and enter the info you

want to find.

4 (Optional) Check the Match case box to

find text that matches the capitalization in any text you entered.

5 (Optional)

Check the Match entire cells box to find only cells whose contents exactly match the text you entered.

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6 Select Find to locate the first instance

of the info you entered, or select Replace and enter the replacement info.

7 Select Next to find the next instance of

the info, or select Replace to replace it. To replace all instances of the info, select Replace All.

8 When you see a message that the

search is done, press OK .

Organizing your workbooks

You can rename your workbooks. You can also move them to another folder or move them between your smartphone and an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

1 Go to the workbook list. 2 Highlight a file. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Rename/Move.

4 Select Name and enter a new name for

the workbook.

5 Select the Folder list, and then select

the folder to which you want to move the workbook.

6 Select the Location list, and then select

whether you want to store the file on your smartphone (Main memory) or on an expansion card (Storage Card). The Storage Card option appears only if you have an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone.

7 Press OK .

TIP

When you go to a folder, you can easily

search your files by sorting by type.

Deleting cells, rows, and columns 1 Open the workbook containing the

elements you want to delete.

2 Highlight the area you want to delete. 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Delete Cells.

4 Select how you want to remove the

elements: Shift cells left: Deletes the highlighted

cells and moves all cells on their right to the left.

Shift cells up: Deletes the highlighted cells and moves all cells below them up.

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Entire row: Deletes the entire row(s) in

which the highlighted cells are located, and moves all rows below up.

Entire column: Deletes the entire column(s) in which the highlighted cells are located, and moves all columns on their right to the left.

NOTE Excel Mobile adjusts formulas to

reflect the new cell locations. However, a formula that refers to a deleted cell displays the #REF! error value.

3 Set any of the following options:

Template for new workbook:

Specifies the default template for new workbooks.

Save new workbooks to: Specifies where new workbooks are stored.

Files to display in list view: Specifies which types of files appear in the workbook list.

4 Press OK .

5 Select OK.

OneNote Mobile

TIP

To delete a workbook, go to the workbook list and highlight the workbook you want to delete. Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Delete. Select Ye s to confirm.

TIP

To delete a worksheet, press Menu (right softkey) and select Format > Modify Sheets. Highlight the worksheet you want to delete and select Delete. Select Ye s and press OK.

Customizing Excel Mobile 1 Go to the workbook list. 2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options.

OneNote Mobile lets you create digital notes that contain text, pictures, and audio and video. You can then synchronize these notes with Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 on your computer. During synchronization, all the notes you create on your smartphone are copied to a notebook called OneNote Mobile on your computer; you can then drag your notes to other

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locations on your computer. You can use OneNote Mobile to do any of the following:

• Take pictures of business cards and

then insert them into OneNote.

• Take pictures of flip charts and

whiteboards in conference rooms, and then insert them into OneNote.

• Create text notes and voice recordings

(for example, reminders of important events, ideas for projects, price comparisons, recommendations, blog ideas, and so on) and synchronize them with your notes.

• Prepare meeting or travel information in

OneNote on your computer and then transfer it to your smartphone so you can access the information on the road.

Creating a note 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select OneNote Mobile . 3 Press New (left softkey).

4 Begin typing your note text, or do any of

the following: Format text: Press Menu (right

softkey), select Format, and then select the formatting option you want: Bold, Italic, Underline, or Strikethrough. Enter the text you want formatted.

To resume entering unformatted text, press Menu (right softkey), select Format, and then select the formatting option again.

TIP

You can apply more than one formatting style to text. Press Menu (right softkey) and select Format for each style you want to apply to the text you are going to enter.

TIP

To clear the formatting from entered text, highlight the text with the stylus, press Menu (right softkey), and select Format > Clear All.

Enter a list: Press Menu (right softkey), select List, and then select Numbered or Bulleted. When you have finished entering the list items, press Menu (right softkey), select List, and then select the list option again to turn off list formatting.

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To remove list formatting from entered

text, highlight the text with the stylus, press

Menu (right softkey), and select List > Clear.

Create a hyperlink: Enter the website

address for which you want to create the hyperlink. For example, to create a hyperlink to the Microsoft website, enter http://www.microsoft.com.

Insert a picture: Press Menu (right softkey) and select Ta ke Pic tu re to take a picture with your smartphone’s camera or Insert Picture to insert an existing picture.

Insert an audio recording: Press Menu (right softkey) and select Insert Recording. Tap the onscreen controls

to create your recording. Tap OK to accept the recording and add it to the note.

5 When you have finished creating your

note, press Done (left softkey).

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While you are composing the note, use menu items to undo and redo your last action, and to cut, copy, and paste text. After you have completed the note and pressed Done, use menu commands to delete or rename the note.

Viewing or editing an existing note 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select OneNote Mobile . 3 In the OneNote Mobile list, select the

note that you want to open.

4 Do any of the following:

Open a hyperlink: Place the cursor

anywhere in the link, and then press

Center .

View picture detail: Highlight the

picture, press Center , and then

press Menu (right softkey) and select

Zoom In. To zoom in further, press

Menu (right softkey) and select Zoom

In again. Use the 5-way to view

different parts of the picture. To zoom

out, press Menu (right softkey) and

select Zoom Out; you can also select

Actual Size or Fit to Screen.

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Play a voice note: Highlight the voice note and press Center ,.

5 Press Done (left softkey) to close the

note.

Renaming a note 1 In the OneNote Mobile list, select the

note that you want to rename.

2 Press Menu (right softkey), and then

select Rename.

3 Enter the new name. 4 Press Done (left softkey) to accept the

new name.

Sorting your notes 1 Press Start and select Office

Mobile. 2 Select OneNote Mobile . 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options. 4 In the Sort notes by list, press Up or

Down to select Name or Date

modified. 5 Press Done (left softkey).

Deleting a note 1 In the OneNote Mobile list, select the

note that you want to delete.

2 Press Menu (right softkey), and then

select Delete.

3 Select Ye s to confirm deletion.

Adobe® Reader® LE

Adobe® Reader® LE lets you view PDF files whether they are saved to your smartphone, attached to email messages, stored on an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone’s expansion card slot, or downloaded from the web. You can customize the document display.

Viewing a file

Adobe Reader LE supports password-protected PDF files with up to 128-bit encryption. When you open a password-protected PDF file, you must enter the password to open the file.

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1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Adobe Reader . 3 Navigate to and select the file you want

to open.

5 Tap any of the following to move around

within the PDF file:

Move to the next page.

Move to the previous page.

Jump to the first page of the file.

Jump to the last page of the file.

6 To open another file, press Menu (right

softkey) and select Open. Select a recently opened file, or select Browse and navigate to the file you want.

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To open additional files, press Menu (right softkey) and select Open. Select the file you want from the list, or select Browse to navigate to and select the file.

4 Press Down to scroll to the next

page (in Single Page mode) or to scroll the display down (in Continuous mode). Press Up to scroll to the preceding page or to scroll the display up.

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To go to a specific page, press To o l s (left

softkey) and select Go To.

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bookmarks, Adobe Reader LE displays the bookmarks pane on the left side of the screen. Select a heading in the bookmarks pane to jump to that section.

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about the file you are viewing, press Menu (right softkey) and select Details.

If the file was created with

To view detailed information

Changing display options

You can change the display size, the scroll option, and more.

1 Press To o l s (left softkey), select View,

and then select any of the following: Rotate Right/Left: Rotates the page in

the selected direction. Single Page: Displays the pages so that

when you use Up or Down to scroll the file, the display jumps a page at a time.

Continuous: Displays the pages so that when you use Up or Down to scroll the file, the display scrolls continuously up or down without jumping.

2 Press To o l s (left softkey), select Zoom,

and then select one of the following options:

In: Increases the file display size to enlarge font and image size.

Out: Decreases the file display size to fit more of the file on the screen.

To % : Specifies a specific zoom level for the display.

Fit screen: Sizes the display so an entire page fits on the screen from top to bottom.

Fit width: Sizes the display so that the width of the page fills the display from side to side.

Finding text in a file 1 With the file open, press To o l s (left

softkey) and select Find > Text. 2 Enter the text you want to find. 3 (Optional) Check the Match case box to

find text that matches the capitalization

in the text you entered. 4 (Optional) Check the Whole word box

to find only full words that match the

text you entered.

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5 (Optional) Check the Backwards box to

search the file backward.

6 Press Find (left softkey). 7 To find the next occurrence of the text,

press To o l s (left softkey) and select Find > Next.

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Your application and info management tools

You r Treo™ Pro Smartphone by Palm comes equipped with a variety of tools for managing and organizing your information. Find nearby businesses and driving directions. Get the most out of your smartphone: Install some of the thousands of business, education, or leisure-time applications available. Use one of several options to share business and personal info with others. Insert expansion cards (sold separately) for a compact and virtually limitless answer to the storage dilemma. And because there’s one on your smartphone, you never need to carry a separate calculator.

Benefits

• Locate info in any application, or

locate any address on a map

• Install applications, games, and

other software

• Keep others up-to-date with

meaningful business and personal information

• Store, carry, and exchange info

• Always have a calculator with you

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Installing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Sharing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Beaming information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Using expansion cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Accessing information on a remote computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

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Finding information

Quickly find who or what you’re looking for by using one of these search features:

Search: Look through the text in all the applications on your smartphone.

File Explorer: Browse through the files and folders on your smartphone or on an expansion card.

Lookup: Find and dial your contacts by name or phone number. See Dialing by contact name for details.

Global Address List Lookup: Look up names in your online corporate address list (see Finding a contact in an online address book).

Email message search: Display only those messages whose senders, recipients, or subjects match the text you enter (see Finding messages

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For information on opening and closing

apps, see Opening and closing applications

Using Search

Search for files and other items stored in the My Documents folder on your smartphone or on an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone. You can search by file name or by words located in the item. For example, you can search for words within notes, appointments, contacts, and tasks.

1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Search .

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pressing Option + left Shift.

You can also open Search by

3 Select Search for and enter the file

name, word, or other info you want to

find.

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If you’ve looked for an item before, select the Search for list, and then select the item in the list.

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When two or more words are entered in the Search for field, the search results contains only items that contain all the words.

4 Select the Ty p e list, and then select the

kind of information you want to find.

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If you are searching for information in certain applications, such as Messaging or Word Mobile, press Advanced (right softkey) for more search options.

folder on your smartphone is named My Device. My Device is similar to My Computer (Windows XP) or Computer (Windows Vista) on your computer.

1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select File Explorer . 3 Select the folder you want to explore. If

the folder you want is not displayed, tap the Show list in the upper-left corner and select My Device to view all folders.

5 Press Search (left softkey). 6 Use the 5-way to select and view an

item from the results of the search. A storage card symbol appears next to the names of files that are located on an expansion card.

Exploring files and folders

You can use File Explorer to browse the

1 Show list 2 Sort by list

contents of folders on your smartphone or on an expansion card (sold separately) inserted into your smartphone. The root

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When the items in a folder are displayed, you can sort them by name, date, size, or type. Select the Sort by list in the upper-right corner, and then select the sort method.

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appears next to the names of files that are stored on an expansion card.

The storage card symbol

4 Do any of the following:

To open an item: Select it.

To quickly delete, rename, beam, or email an item: Highlight the item,

press and hold Center to open the shortcut menu, and then select the appropriate command.

IMPORTANT Do not delete any files that

you cannot identify. These files may be required for your smartphone to function properly.

To move a file to another folder: Highlight the item, press and hold Center to open the shortcut menu, and select Cut or Copy. Open the destination folder, press and hold Center to open the shortcut menu, and then select Paste.

To highlight multiple items: Tap and drag the stylus.

Installing applications

Your smartphone comes with several built-in and ready-to-use applications. You can also install third-party applications that are compatible with Microsoft Windows

6.1 Professional edition devices,

Mobile such as business software, games, and more.

Applications you download to your computer are likely to be in a compressed format such as ZIP. If the file is compressed, you need to decompress the file before you install the application on your smartphone. You can decompress the file on your smartphone in File Explorer or on your computer using a decompression utility such as WinZip.

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The following instructions tell you how to install basic files onto your smartphone. Some software uses an installer or wizard to guide you through the process. For details, consult the documentation that

NOTE If you encounter a problem with a

third-party application (such as an error message), contact the application’s vendor. For general troubleshooting of third-party applications, see Third-party applications

came with the software.

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If an application does not have a Microsoft Mobile to Market certificate, you see a message indicating that the application is untrusted. If this occurs, you can indicate whether you want to continue the installation.

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application that lets you run Palm OS ACCESS applications on your smartphone.

Installing applications from the Internet

You can purchase a third-party

You can use Internet Explorer Mobile to

Installing third-party applications

When installing third-party applications, note the following:

• Install only apps that are designed for

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Apps designed for other versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile may not be compatible with your smartphone.

• If you can try a free or trial version of

the software before purchasing it, you

install Windows Mobile apps in the CAB file format directly from the Internet. For files in the ZIP file format, you must unzip the files in File Explorer or on your computer before you install them. For files in any format other than CAB or ZIP, you must first download the files to your computer and then install them to your smartphone by synchronizing.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure your

phone is on and that you are in a coverage area (see Turning your phone on

). can test it first to make sure it works properly.

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1 Press Start and select Internet

Explorer.

2 Go to the page that contains the link to

the application you want to download.

3 Highlight the link to the file, and then

press Center to start the download process.

4 If prompted, select the folder where

you want to store the file.

5 When the download has finished, press

Start and select Programs. 6 Select File Explorer . 7 Go to the folder you selected in step 4.

If you did not select a folder, go to the

My Documents folder. 8 Select the file you downloaded to start

the installation program.

Installing applications from your computer

There are many applications available for your smartphone. To get started, check out the selection at palm.com/treopro

BEFORE YOU BEGIN To install an

application from your computer to your smartphone, you must first install the

desktop sync software on your computer (see Installing Desktop Sync Software: Windows XP and Windows Vista).

1 Connect your smartphone to your

computer to synchronize and install the application(s) on your smartphone.

2 Open My Computer or Windows

Explorer on your computer.

3 Double-click the icon representing your

smartphone.

4 Copy the application file(s) into the

folder.

Installing applications onto an expansion card

BEFORE YOU BEGIN To install an

application from your computer to an expansion card, you must first install the desktop sync software on your computer (see Installing Desktop Sync Software: Windows XP and Windows Vista).

1 Insert the expansion card (sold

separately) into the expansion card slot (see Inserting and removing expansion cards).

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2 Connect your smartphone to your

computer using the USB cable.

3 Open My Computer or Windows

Explorer on your computer.

4 Double-click the icon representing your

smartphone.

5 Navigate to the folder representing the

expansion card.

6 Copy the application file(s) into the

expansion card folder.

Installing Java games and applications

You can install Java application files called Midlets onto your smartphone, either from your computer or from the Internet.

1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Java . 3 Press Menu (right softkey), select

Install, and then select Local (to install

a file from your computer) or Internet.

After you install the file, press Menu (right softkey) to perform various tasks using the file.

Removing applications

To free up memory on your smartphone, you can remove applications that you no longer use. You can remove only applications, patches, and extensions that you install; you cannot remove the built-in applications that reside in the Read-Only Memory (ROM) portion of your smartphone.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Remove Programs .

3 Select the application that you want to

remove.

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cannot be deleted are not listed in the Remove Programs list.

Built-in applications that

4 Select Remove. 5 Select Ye s to confirm the deletion.

Sharing information

Your smartphone comes equipped with a variety of options for sharing information, so that you can choose the quickest, most convenient way to send your info or to receive info from another device.

• In many applications, you can send a file

or an entry by email or by beaming.

Open the app to the file or entry list and

highlight the item you want to send.

Press Menu (right softkey) and select

the Send or Beam option.

• In the Messaging application, you can

insert a picture or attach a note or other

file to an email. You can also receive

pictures and attachments (see Your

email).

• You can attach a picture, video, or sound

file to a multimedia message (see Creating and sending a multimedia message).

• You can synchronize to share info

between your smartphone and your computer or between your smartphone and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or 2007 (see Synchronizing information).

• If you are near someone, you can beam

files and applications between your smartphone and your neighbor’s device using the IR port or Bluetooth technology (see Beaming information

• You can also store files on an expansion

wireless

card and share the expansion card (see Using expansion cards

Beaming information

Your smartphone is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that enables you to beam information to another device with an IR port. The IR port is located on the side of your smartphone closest to the stylus, near

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the top. You can also beam using the Bluetooth wireless technology on your

turned on (see Entering basic Bluetooth settings).

smartphone. The normal range for beaming with IR is

about eight inches (20 centimeters). The maximum range for beaming with Bluetooth technology is about 30 feet (10 meters). Performance and range are affected by physical obstacles, radio interference from nearby electronic equipment, and other factors.

1 Highlight the entry or file you want to

beam.

2 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Beam… (the menu item changes

names based on the type of item you highlighted). In Contacts, press Menu (right softkey) and select Send Contact > Beam.

3 Select one of the following options:

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can beam depends on the type of device you are beaming to. Other Windows Mobile 6 Professional devices are always compatible with your Treo Pro smartphone.

Beaming an entry or file

BEFORE YOU BEGIN To beam using

Bluetooth technology, make sure your smartphone has the Bluetooth feature

The type of information you

Bluetooth: When the name of the receiving device appears, select it to begin the transfer. A blue icon indicates a Bluetooth connection.

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IR: Select Infrared. Point the IR port on your smartphone directly at the IR port of the receiving device. A red icon indicates an IR connection.

4 Wait for Done to appear next to the

name of the receiving device before you continue using your smartphone.

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The regional setting determines the list of characters that can be used when info is beamed between devices. If you try to send or receive a character that is not on the list, it appears as a question mark (see Setting display formats).

Turning on the option to receive beamed information

By default, the option to receive beamed information on your smartphone is turned off. You need to turn the beam option on before you can receive information being beamed from another device.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the Connections tab, and then

select Beam .

3 Check the Receive all incoming

beams box.

Receiving beamed information 1 Press End to turn on your screen if it

is not already on.

2 If you are beaming over an IR

connection, point the IR port on your smartphone directly at the IR port of the transmitting device.

3 When the Receiving Data message

appears, select Ye s to receive the beam.

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Using expansion cards

Inserting and removing expansion cards 1 With the back panel facing you, press

the lower-right corner of the panel with your right thumb. Then use both

The expansion card slot on your smartphone enables you to add microSD

thumbs and firmly slide the panel away from you to release it.

cards to extend the storage capacity of your smartphone. For example, microSD expansion cards can store the following:

• Pictures

• Videos

• MP3 audio files

• Email attachments

• Games

• Applications

• Databases

Expansion cards are sold separately.

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We recommend that you purchase preformatted expansion cards. To format a card on your own, you may need to connect a card reader (sold separately) to your computer.

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2 Insert a microSD card (sold separately)

into the expansion card slot.

1 Notch 2 Wi-Fi button

3 Push the card into the slot until you feel

the card click into place.

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The expansion card slot has a push-push mechanism: push in gently to insert a card; push in gently to remove it.

4 Replace the back panel. 5 To remove an expansion card, repeat

step 1 to remove the back panel, and then push the card in to release it.

6 Replace the back panel.

Opening applications on an expansion card

After you insert an expansion card into the expansion card slot, you can open any of the applications stored on the expansion card.

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To run an application on an expansion card, your smartphone must have enough free space in the internal memory to run the application.

1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Programs. 3 Select File Explorer . 4 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select Storage Card.

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2 Open the application from which you

want to save the info.

3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options or To o l s > Options.

4 Select the option for where to save info,

and then select Storage Card. The option name changes depending on the application you are in.

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* Show list

5 Select the application you want to open.

Saving files to an expansion card

If you don’t see a Save to option on the Options screen, look on the other tabs (if present). If you still can’t find a Save to list, the application may not support this feature.

5 Press OK .

You can save space on your smartphone by saving files to an expansion card. For example, when you create new Word Mobile documents, notes, Excel

Mobile workbooks, pictures, videos, and audio files, you can save them directly to an expansion card. Saving files to an expansion card also makes it easy to share those files with others. (Some applications may not support this feature.)

1 Insert an expansion card into the

Moving info between your smartphone and an expansion card from within an application

In certain applications—for example, Pictures & Videos and the Office Mobile applications—you can move files directly to another location. For applications that do not support this feature, see Moving info between your smartphone and an expansion card using File Explorer.

expansion card slot.

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1 Insert an expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Open the application from which you

want to move the info.

3 Go to the list view, tap the Show list in

the upper-left corner, and highlight the file or application you want to move.

4 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Rename/Move.

5 Select the Location list, and then select

where you want to move the info:

Storage card or Main memory.

6 Press OK .

Moving info between your smartphone and an expansion card using File Explorer

1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Programs. 3 Select File Explorer . 4 Highlight the file or application you want

to copy or move (see Exploring files and folders).

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Your applications are usually located in the

My Device/Program Files folder.

5 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut.

6 Go to the folder where you want to

place the selected item.

7 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Edit > Paste.

8 Press OK .

Viewing available expansion card memory

1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Settings. 3 Select the System tab, and then select

Memory . 4 Select the Storage Card tab. 5 Press OK .

Exploring files on an expansion card 1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Programs. 3 Select File Explorer . 4 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select Storage Card.

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5 Select the folder or files you want to

view.

6 Press OK .

Renaming an expansion card

If you change the contents of an expansion card, you may want to rename the card to better match its contents.

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Before copying information to or renaming the files or folders on an expansion card, or renaming the card itself, make sure the card is not write-protected. See the instructions that came with your card for details.

1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Programs. 3 Select File Explorer . 4 Tap the Show list in the upper-left

corner and select My Device.

5 Highlight the current expansion card

name (Storage Card by default).

6 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Rename. 7 Enter a new name for the card. 8 Press OK .

Encrypting an expansion card

When you encrypt an expansion card, the info on the card can be read only by your smartphone—so no one can see what’s on the card if it gets lost or stolen.

1 Insert the expansion card into the

expansion card slot.

2 Press Start and select Settings. 3 Select the System tab, and then select

Encryption.

4 Check the Encrypt files when placed

on a storage card box.

NOTE If your organization enforces an

encryption policy, you can see that the box is checked, but you cannot uncheck it.

Accessing information on a remote computer

Remote Desktop Mobile is a technology that allows you to use your smartphone to connect to a remote computer in a different location through the internet

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(using a data or Wi-Fi connection). For example, you can connect to your work computer and have access to all of your applications, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at work. You can leave applications running at work and then see your work computer’s desktop displayed on your smartphone, with the same applications running.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Do the following:

• Be sure to subscribe to data services

from your wireless service provider. This is necessary for browsing the web.

• Make sure your phone is on and that

you’re inside a coverage area (see Turning your phone on

• If you have access to a Wi-Fi network,

verify that Wi-Fi is on and gather any necessary network connection settings (see Connecting to a Wi-Fi network

• Ensure that the target computer is on

and connected to the internet.

Accessing a remote computer

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Ask the remote

computer administrator for your computer

username, password, and domain if you don’t know them.

1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Remote Desktop Mobile . 3 Enter the name of the computer you

want to access. If you are accessing a computer you’ve already entered, select the computer name from the list.

4 Enter the username, password, and

domain you use to access the remote computer.

5 Press OK .

Customizing Remote Desktop Mobile 1 Press Start and select Programs. 2 Select Remote Desktop Mobile . 3 Press Menu (right softkey) and select

Options.

4 On the Display tab, select any of the

following options: Colors: Set how to display colors from

the remote computer on your smartphone screen.

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Full screen: Set whether you want the

remote computer display to take up

your entire smartphone screen.

Fit remote desktop to screen: Set

whether you want to resize the remote

computer display so that the entire

display fits on your smartphone screen. 5 Select the Resources tab, and then

select one or both of the following

options:

Device storage: Set whether to map

your smartphone’s storage memory to

the remote computer.

Remote desktop sound: Sets whether

sounds from the remote computer are

muted completely, played on the

remote computer, or played on your

smartphone. 6 Press OK .

Calculator

You can use Calculator for basic arithmetic calculations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Performing calculations 1 Press Start and select Calculator. 2 Enter numbers and perform

calculations, including the following:

Clears the last digit in a multidigit

entry.

Clears the current calculation or the

displayed number.

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Calculates the reciprocal of a

number.

Calculates percentage. Calculates the square root of a

number.

Switches a number between

negative and positive.

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You can paste numbers into Calculator as well as copy calculation results to be pasted into another app.

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For more advanced calculations, use Excel Mobile. See Excel Mobile

for details.

Using the Calculator memory

• To store a displayed number, tap the box

to the left of the entry box. An M appears in the box.

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memory, it replaces the number that is currently stored.

• To add the displayed number to the

When you store a number in

number stored in memory, tap or press P.

• To display the number stored in

memory, tap .

• To clear the memory, tap .

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Your personal settings

Customizing is optional. But why not personalize your Treo™ Pro Smartphone by Palm to make it match your lifestyle and work even harder for you?

You can easily customize the sounds, fonts, screen colors, and more on your smartphone. Take advantage of various levels of security. Prevent making an accidental (and expensive) phone call by locking the keyboard. Some preference settings can help extend the life of your battery. There are lots of ways to make your smartphone work better for you.

Benefits

• Conserve power

• Secure your phone and your data

• Make your screen easy to read

• Streamline smartphone use

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Today screen settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

System sound settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Display and appearance settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Locking your smartphone and info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Connection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Today screen settings

Selecting your Today screen background 1 Press Start and select Settings.

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You can also open Settings from your Today screen by pressing Settings (right softkey).

2 On the Personal tab, select To d a y .

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To change the color theme for your smartphone, select a new theme from the Appearance tab in Today Settings (see Changing the system color scheme

Selecting which items appear on your Today screen

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select To d a y . 3 Select the Items tab.

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3 On the Appearance tab, check the Use

this picture as the background box. 4 Select Browse. 5 Select the picture you want to use. 6 Press OK .

4 Check the boxes next to the items you

want to appear on your Today screen, and uncheck any items that you do not want to appear.

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5 (Optional) Highlight an item and select

Move Up or Move Down to change the

order in which items appear on the Today screen.

6 (Optional) Highlight an item and select

Options (if available) to configure the

settings for the item. Press OK to return to Today Settings.

7 Press OK .

Silencing sounds 1 Slide the Ringer switch to Sound

Off . The smartphone vibrates

briefly.

2 To hear all sounds again, slide the

Ringer switch to Sound On .

When you slide the Ringer switch back to the Sound On position, it restores the previous sound settings. For example, if the smartphone ring volume is set to the

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plug-ins available for your Today screen.

There are lots of third-party

loudest setting and you slide the Ringer switch to Sound Off, you do not hear the smartphone ring. When you move the Ringer switch back to Sound On, the

System sound

smartphone ring volume is still set to the loudest setting.

settings

When you’re in a meeting, at the movies, or anywhere that silence is required, you can immediately silence all sounds on your smartphone, including Calendar notifications and system sounds. This does not mute the speaker during phone calls.

1 Sound On 2 Sound Off

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Can’t get music to play out of the built-in MP3 player? Check the Ringer switch. If it’s set to Sound Off, you won’t be able to hear music.

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silent alarm that can vibrate even when the Ringer switch is set to Sound Off.

Your smartphone includes a

Selecting Sounds & Notifications 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Sounds &

Notifications .

3 On the Sounds tab, set any of the

following options:

Events: Turns sounds on/off for system warnings and error messages.

Programs: Turns sounds on/off in the applications on your smartphone.

Notifications: Turns alarms and reminders on/off in the applications on your smartphone.

Screen taps: Turns sounds associated with tapping the screen on/off, and sets the volume level when this sound is turned on.

Hardware buttons: Turns sounds associated with pressing buttons on/off, and sets the volume level when this sound is turned on.

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To add, preview, delete, and send sounds, select the Manage tab. To add a sound, press Menu (right softkey), select Add, and navigate to the sound file. To play a sound, select it and press Play (left softkey). To delete a sound, highlight it and press Backspace. To send a sound, highlight it, press Menu (right softkey), and select Beam Sound or Send Sound.

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4 Select the Notifications tab and set

any of the following options:

Event: Specifies the action for which you want to change the settings.

NOTE The settings described here apply to

all event types except phone calls. To set notifications for the various phone call types, see Selecting ringtones and display notices.

Play sound: Lets you turn the sound on/off for the selected event. To select a different sound, select the list to the right of this setting, and then select a different sound. To preview the sound, select Play Sound, and then select

Play.

Repeat: Indicates whether the sound

plays more than once, if turned on. Display message on screen: Indicates

whether a notification message appears onscreen for the selected event.

Vibrate when ringer switch off/on: Indicates whether your smartphone vibrates to notify you about the selected event.

5 Press OK .

Display and appearance settings

Adjusting the brightness

1 Press Option and then press . 2 Press Left and Right to adjust the

brightness for when your smartphone is running on battery power and when it is running on external power.

3 Press OK .

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Changing the text size and clarity 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Screen . 3 Select the Te x t S i z e tab. 4 Press Left and Right to adjust the

text size.

5 Select the Clear Type tab. 6 To smooth the edges of screen fonts,

check the Enable Clear Type box. 7 Press OK .

Displaying the clock

You can display a clock at the top of every screen. You can also choose between a digital and an analog clock display.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Clock & Alarms . 3 Select the More tab.

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4 To display the clock, check the Display

the clock on the title bar in all

programs box. 5 Press OK . 6 To change the clock display format, tap

and hold the clock and select Analog or

Digital. If you select analog format, a

clock icon appears displaying the

time.

Setting display formats 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Regional Settings .

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Currency: Sets the currency symbol

and position, the decimal symbol and position, digit grouping symbol and group size, and negative number format.

Time: Sets the time style, separators, and AM and PM symbols.

Date: Sets the short date style, separators, and long date style.

3 On the Region tab, select a region from

5 Press OK .

the list. The region selection determines all display formats (date, time, and so on) on your smartphone unless you use another Regional Settings field to select a different format for a specific type of display item.

4 (Optional) Select any of the following

tabs to customize individual format settings:

Number: Sets the decimal symbol and number of decimal places, the digit grouping symbol and group size, list separators, negative number sign symbol and format, leading zero display, and measurement system (metric versus U.S.).

Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems

Occasionally, your screen may need to be readjusted. You know your screen needs adjustment if the wrong feature is activated when you tap the screen. To fix the problem, align the screen.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Screen .

3 On the General tab, select Align

Screen. 4 Tap the screen where indicated. 5 Press OK .

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Changing the system color scheme 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select To d a y . 3 On the Appearance tab, select a theme

in the list.

4 Press OK .

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You can also set the background for your Today screen (see Selecting your Today screen background).

Application settings

Arranging the Start menu

You can change the seven applications listed on the Start menu. You can still access the remaining applications by selecting Programs from the Start menu, and then selecting the application’s icon.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Menus .

3 Check the boxes next to the

applications you want to see in the Start menu.

4 Press OK .

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Don’t forget the six icons across the top of the Start menu. They’re the apps you opened most recently, and it’s easy to get back to them: just use the 5-way to select one of the icons.

Reassigning buttons

You can use Buttons Settings to select which applications to associate with many of the buttons and key combinations on your smartphone.

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1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Buttons .

Option + Messaging = Tasks Hold Side = Camera

4 Select the Assign a program list, and

then select the application you want to assign to the button or key combination you selected.

5 Select the Up/Down Control tab and

adjust the settings for the Up and

Down buttons on the 5-way.

6 Press OK .

3 On the Program Buttons tab, highlight

the button or key combination you want to change in the Button list. The hardware buttons are mapped to the

Setting up voice commands

IMPORTANT The Voice Command

application is available only for English, French, and German.

following items:

Start = Start menu OK = OK/Close Option + Phone/Send =

Internet Explorer

Option + Start = File Explorer Option + OK = Task Manager

Voice commands enable you to use speech to execute some commands on the Start menu and the Programs screen.

1 Assign the Hold Side button to Voice

Command. See Reassigning buttons

for

details.

2 Press Start and select Settings.

Option + Calendar = Calculator

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3 On the Personal tab, select Voice

Command .

4 Check the Enabled box. 5 Select the items you want to enable. If

an item is highlighted and the Options button is active, select Options to choose the features you want enabled for the highlighted item.

6 Select Notifications and select the

options for how you want to receive voice command notifications.

Using voice commands

IMPORTANT Do not use voice commands

in your car until you read the End user notice about this kind of usage; see the

safety and legal information included in your smartphone package for information.

1 Set the Ringer switch at the top of your

smartphone to Sound On .

2 Hold your device close to your mouth,

and press and release the assigned Voic e C om ma nd button (see Setting up voice commands). A tone plays and a microphone icon appears at the top of your screen.

3 In a clear voice, say the command. For

example: To access Help: Say “Help.” After Voice

Command finishes speaking, a microphone icon appears at the top of your screen. Say your answer. For example, say “General” to access general Help topics.

To access your Calendar: Say “Start Calendar.”

To access your music: Say “Start Windows Media.” After Voice Command finishes speaking, a microphone icon appears at the top of your screen. Say your answer.

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You can move quickly through voice commands by stopping the voice command response before it finishes. When Voice Command responds, you can press the Voi ce Command button before it completes the question. After the microphone icon is visible, you may say your answer.

Setting input options 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Input . 3 On the Input Method tab, set any of the

following options:

smartphone’s keyboard regardless of the onscreen input method you choose.

Input method: Specifies which onscreen input method you want to use:

• Block Recognizer: Use a single

stroke to write letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation, which are then converted into typed text. Use gestures to enter Return and Backspace.

• Keyboard: Tap keys on the onscreen

keyboard to enter text.

• Letter Recognizer: Write individual

letters, numbers, and punctuation, which are converted into typed text.

Large/Small keys: If you selected Keyboard, select whether to use large or small onscreen keys. If you select Large keys, check the box if you want to use gestures for the space bar and the Backspace, Shift, and Return keys.

NOTE The Input Method options you

specify apply only to entering info using the screen. You can still enter info using your

Options: If you selected Letter Recognizer, select Options and select the options you want.

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4 Select the Word Completion tab and

set any of the following options:

Suggest words when entering text: Indicates whether word suggestions appear as you enter text. You can also specify how many letters you want to enter before a suggestion appears, how many suggestions you want to see, and whether a space appears after you insert a suggested word. This option is disabled by default.

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To enter a suggested word, press Down

to highlight the suggestion, and then press

Center to accept it.

Clear Stored Entries: Deletes the

database of word suggestions.

Enable Auto Correct: Indicates whether common misspellings such as “teh” are corrected automatically.

5 Select the Options tab and set any of

the following options:

Voice recording format: Specifies the format in which you save voice notes.

Default zoom level for writing: Specifies the initial size of text entered from onscreen writing methods.

Default zoom level for typing: Specifies the initial size of text entered using the keyboard.

Capitalize first letter of sentence: Specifies whether the first letter of a sentence automatically appears in

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uppercase, without requiring you to press a Shift key.

Scroll upon reaching the last line: Specifies whether the display automatically scrolls when you select the last line of visible info.

6 Press OK .

Locking your smartphone and info

Your smartphone includes several features that help you protect it from inadvertent

Auto-Keyguard and touchscreen lockout: Automatically enables Keyguard

after a period of inactivity and lets you disable the screen’s touch-sensitive feature during an active call.

System password lock: Requires a password to see any information on your smartphone.

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To avoid accidentally pressing onscreen buttons while you’re holding your smartphone up to your ear to speak, you can disable the screen’s touch-sensitive feature during active calls. When the screen’s touch-sensitive feature is disabled, you must use the 5-way navigator to access items on the screen.

use and keep your information private. The security software lets you use your smartphone for emergency calls, such as dialing your national emergency number (such as 911, 112, or 999), even if it is locked.

Locking your keyboard (Keyguard)

By default, your keyboard locks so that you don’t accidentally press buttons or activate screen items.

To dismiss Keyguard: Press Center .

Keyguard: Manually disables all buttons

and the screen’s touch-sensitive feature to prevent accidental presses.

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To manually turn on Keyguard when your smartphone screen is on: Do one of

the following:

• Press and hold End .

• Press Option + End .

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If you’re using a headset or hands-free device, you can manually turn on Keyguard during a call to prevent accidental key presses.

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If your Today screen is displayed and you’re not on a call, you can also turn on Keyguard by pressing End.

Turning on Auto-Keyguard

Auto-Keyguard enables you to configure the Keyguard feature.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select

Keyguard .

3 Select the Auto -Keyguard list and

disable the Auto-Keyguard feature or set the period of inactivity that passes before the keyboard automatically locks.

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4 Press OK .

Locking your screen 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select

Keyguard .

3 Under Disable touchscreen, check or

uncheck the While on a phone call box to determine whether the screen’s touch-sensitive feature is disabled during a call.

4 Press OK .

Locking your smartphone

To protect your personal information, you can lock the system so that you need to enter your password to access any of your

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information or use other features of your smartphone.

IMPORTANT If you lock your system, you

must enter the exact password to unlock it. If you enter an incorrect password, you are given another chance. Each time an incorrect password is entered, you are given progressively longer time periods between your chances to enter the password. If you forget the password, you need to perform a hard reset to resume using your smartphone. Performing a hard reset deletes all the entries in your smartphone. However, you can restore all previously synchronized info the next time you sync (see Synchronizing information

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Lock . 3 On the Password tab, check the

Prompt if device unused for box to

turn on the password feature.

5 Select the Pass word type list, and then

select a format for your password: Strong alphanumeric: A strong

alphanumeric password must contain at least seven characters and must contain a combination of letters, numerals, and punctuation. You must press Option or Alt before entering numerals or punctuation.

Simple PIN: A simple PIN must contain at least four characters and includes numerals only. You do not need to press Option before entering the PIN numerals.

6 Select Password and enter your

password.

7 Select Confirm and enter the password

again.

8 (Optional) Select the Hint tab and enter

a hint to help you recall your password.

9 Press OK .

4 Select the first list, and then select how

long a period of inactivity must pass before you are prompted to enter a password to unlock the system.

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If you lock your smartphone and use a Simple PIN as the password, you can dial an emergency number by entering the number in the password field and pressing Phone/Send. You do not need to press Option before entering the number. However, if you select Strong alphanumeric as the password type, you must first press Option twice before entering an emergency number in the password field.

Entering owner information

You can enter personal information that you want to associate with your smartphone, such as your name, company name, and phone number. You can also set whether you want this information to appear when you turn on your smartphone. If you lose your smartphone, this feature can help the person who finds it return it to you.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 On the Personal tab, select Owner

Information .

3 On the Identification tab, enter any of

the information you want to include.

4 Select the Notes tab and enter any

additional text you want to include.

5 Select the Options tab and check the

boxes to indicate which info (if any) you want to appear on the screen when you turn on your smartphone.

6 Press OK .

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System settings

Setting the date and time

Use Clock & Alarms Settings to set the time zone, time, and date for your home location and a location that you visit.

To set the display format for the date and time, see Setting display formats

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Clock & Alarms .

3 On the Time tab, select Home.

4 Select the first list, and then select the

time zone for your home location.

5 Select the hour and press Up or

Down to increase or decrease the

hour setting. Repeat this process for the minute, seconds, and AM/PM settings.

6 Select the month and press Up or

Down to increase or decrease the

month setting. Repeat this process for the date and year settings

7 (Optional) Select Visiting and set the

info for a location that you visit often.

8 Press OK . 9 If prompted, select Ye s to accept your

changes.

Synchronizing the date, time, and time zone with the network

By default, your smartphone synchronizes the date, time, and time zone with your wireless service provider’s network whenever your phone is on and you are inside a coverage area.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Clock & Alarms .

3 Select the More tab.

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4 To disable this option, uncheck the

Enable local network time box.

5 If you want to keep your smartphone

date and time set for your selected location, uncheck the Use network

time zone box.

Setting system alarms

System alarms let you set alarms that are not associated with a task or appointment. For example, you can use your smartphone as an alarm clock when you travel, or set alarms to remind you when it’s time to take medication or pick up the kids.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Clock & Alarms .

3 Select the Alarms tab.

4 Check a box to turn on that alarm. 5 Select Description next to the box you

checked and enter a description for the alarm.

6 Tap the days of the week you want the

alarm to go off. You can select multiple days for each alarm.

7 Tap the time, set the time you want the

alarm to go off, and press OK .

8 Select the alarm icon and check the

boxes to select how you want the alarm to go off. You can choose a single sound, a repeating sound, a flashing light, or vibration.

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To change the alarm sound, select the alarm sound icon, select the Play Sound list, and then select the alarm sound you want to use.

9 Press OK twice. 10 If prompted, select Ye s to accept your

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Managing identity certificates

Your smartphone may include preinstalled certificates. Certificates are digital

4 To view certificate details, select the

certificate.

5 Press OK . documents that are used to authenticate and exchange information on networks. Certificates can be issued for a user, a device, or a service.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Certificates .

3 Select any of the following tabs:

Pers onal: Displays certificates that

establish your identity when you log in to a secured network, such as a corporate network.

Intermediate: Displays certificates issued from a root certificate whose purpose is to then issue personal certificates.

Root: Displays certificates that identify the computers, such as servers, to which you connect. These certificates help prevent unauthorized users from accessing your smartphone and information.

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To delete a certificate, highlight the certificate name, press and hold Center on the 5-way, and then select Delete from the shortcut menu.

Enabling error reporting

Error Reporting sends info that helps diagnose application errors for devices running Windows Mobile

software. When an error is detected, a text file is created. You can review the file and choose whether you want it delivered to Microsoft Support. The information is used by programming groups at Microsoft for quality control and is not used for tracking individual users or installations for any marketing purpose. The info that is collected is technical info about the state of your system when the error occurred. No documents (or any info contained in them) are intentionally sent with the report. To ensure further security, the report is transmitted by means of a secure

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connection and is kept confidential and anonymous in a limited-access database.

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meets the privacy regulations of the European Union (EU) as well as the Fair Information Practice Principles of the Federal Trade Commission in the United States. To view the Fair Information Practice Principles, visit the Federal Trade Commission website at ftc gov/ reports/privacy3/fairinfo htm

This error-reporting method

Your smartphone must be connected to your computer when you send the error report—provided your computer is connected to the Internet.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Error Reporting .

3 Select whether you want to enable or

disable error reporting.

4 Press OK .

How much storage space do I have left? 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Memory .

3 Select either of the following tabs:

Main: Displays the amount of memory

assigned to your applications and info, as well as the amount of memory in use versus the available memory.

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If storage memory is low, consider using an expansion card to store files (see Using expansion cards). If program memory is low, close some applications to avoid slow smartphone performance (see Closing applications). You can also tap Find at the bottom of the screen to search for large files to delete so that you free up memory

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Storage Card: Displays the amount of

memory available on an expansion card that has been inserted into the expansion slot on your smartphone.

4 Press OK .

4 Select the Advanced tab and set

whether your smartphone screen turns off automatically after a specified period of inactivity. You can assign different intervals for battery power and external power.

Optimizing power settings 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Power .

3 On the Battery tab, view the power

remaining in your battery.

5 Select the Screen Saver tab, and check

the box to enable the screen saver feature, or uncheck it to disable the screen saver.

6 Press OK .

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An easy way to check the battery level is

by tapping the battery icon in the title bar.

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To conserve additional battery power, disable the screen saver or adjust the display backlight setting. Press Start and select Settings. Select the System tab, and then select Backlight. On the Battery Power tab, set whether the display backlight turns off automatically after a period of inactivity. You can also select the External Power tab to turn off the backlight when your smartphone is connected to an external charging source.

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Turning wireless services on/off

To quickly turn all wireless services on or off, press and hold Power .

Follow these steps to turn individual wireless features on or off:

1 On the Today screen, select your

wireless service provider name, or select Phone off / Digital Roam if your wireless service provider name is not displayed.

2 Select a wireless feature to turn it on or

off. The current state of the feature, ON or OFF, appears on a gray background. The description of the feature tells you what you can change it to. In the illustration, Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi are off, and Phone and Bluetooth are on.

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To change the settings for one of the displayed wireless features, press Settings (right softkey) and select the wireless feature you want to change.

3 Press OK . You can also turn wireless services on and

off by tapping the signal-strength icon at the top of the screen and selecting Comm Manager.

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Updating the system software

Windows Update for Windows Mobile lets you download security updates and other important updates to the Windows Mobile operating system software on your smartphone.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the System tab, and then select

Windows Update.

4 Select whether you want to run

Windows Update manually or you want it to check for updates automatically, and press Next (right softkey).

5 If you selected automatic updates,

check the Use my data plan to check for and download updates box if you want to use your data plan instead of your basic wireless plan to update your smartphone. Using your data plan means that updates may occur more frequently but may result in additional

data charges. Press Next (right softkey). 6 Press Finish (left softkey). If you selected Automatic in step 4,

Windows Update periodically checks for and downloads updates automatically. If you selected Manual in step 4, you can check for updates at any time by opening Windows Update and pressing Check

3 On the Update Setup screen, press

Next (right softkey).

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Select View privacy statement to read about how using Windows Update affects the personal information on your smartphone.

Now (left softkey). To view detailed results of the last check

for updates, press Menu (right softkey) and select View details.

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To switch between manual and automatic updates, open Windows Update, press Menu (right softkey), and select Change Schedule. To select or deselect the option to use your data plan to check for and download updates, press Menu (right softkey) and select Connections.

Connection settings

Managing ISP settings

Your smartphone is already set up to connect to the Internet using a high-speed data connection on your wireless service provider’s network. To connect to the Internet, simply start Internet Explorer Mobile.

For special situations, such as connecting to your Internet service provider (ISP) or to a remote access server (RAS), you can set up another connection.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Obtain the following

information from your ISP or system administrator:

• ISP server phone number or access

point

• Username

• Password

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the Connections tab, and then

select Connections .

3 On the Tasks tab, select Manage

existing connections. 4 Select the Modem tab. 5 Highlight the connection you want to

view or change and select Edit, or

select New to create a new connection. 6 Follow the onscreen instructions to edit

or create the connection.

Connecting to a VPN

If you want to use your smartphone to access your corporate email account or other files on your corporate server, you may need to set up a VPN (virtual private network). A VPN enables you to log in to your corporate server through the company’s firewall (security layer).

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Check with your

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must purchase and install a third-party VPN client in order to use this feature.

Ask your corporate system administrator for the following information:

• Your username and password

• Your server’s domain name

• Your server’s TCP/IP settings

• Your server’s host name or IP address

1 Install your third-party VPN client (see

Installing applications

2 Press Start and select Settings. 3 Select the Connections tab, and then

select Connections .

4 On the Tasks tab, select Add a new

VPN server connection.

Setting up a proxy server 1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the Connections tab, and then

select Connections .

3 On the Tasks tab, select Set up my

proxy server.

4 Check both the This network connects

to the Internet and the This network uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet boxes.

5 Select Proxy server and enter the proxy

server name.

6 Press OK .

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To change settings such as the port number, proxy server type, or credentials, select Advanced.

5 Follow the onscreen instructions to

enter the settings provided by your corporate system administrator.

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To manually start a data connection on your wireless service provider network or another network, go to Connections

Settings, and on the Tasks tab, select Manage existing connections. Tap and hold

the connection you want to start, and then select Connect from the shortcut menu

Ending a data connection

If your service plan includes minutes-of-use fees for data connections, you can reduce costs by ending the data connection when you’ve finished browsing the web.

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1 On the Today screen, press Down to

select your wireless service provider name, and then press Center .

2 Select Data Connection.

Enrolling a domain

If your company uses Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager, you may need to use the Domain Enroll settings to register your smartphone within your company’s network.

IMPORTANT After you enroll your

smartphone in your company’s network, your system administrator can turn various

features on your smartphone on and off. If a feature, such as the camera or messaging, worked previously and this feature no longer works after enrollment, contact your system administrator to find out if this feature is disabled on your smartphone.

1 Press Start and select Settings. 2 Select the Connections tab, and then

select Domain Enroll . 3 Press Enroll (right softkey). 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to

complete the enrollment process.

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Troubleshooting

Although we can’t anticipate all the questions you might have, this chapter provides answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. For additional information and answers to other common questions, visit palm.com/treopro

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In this chapter

Transferring info from another device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Reinstalling the desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Resetting your smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Network connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Third-party applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Making room on your smartphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Voice quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

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