Targus ThumbPad PA790U User Manual

Targus ThumbPad

Portable Keyboard for Palm

and IBM® WorkPad® c3

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ThumbPad™ Portable Keyboard

Congratulations on your purchase of the Targus
ThumbPad
convenient and ultra-portable keyboard for the Palm
handheld and IBM WorkPad
computers.

With the ThumbPad keyboard you can:

• Enter text directly into your mobile computer.

• Use the function (Fn) keys to quickly execute

commands and options.

• Take a keyboard with you whenever you travel with

your mobile computer.

In addition to this user’s guide, this package contains the
Targus ThumbPad Portable Keyboard and the keyboard
software driver CD.

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Portable Keyboard. The ThumbPad is a

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c3 PC companion mobile

Installing the Software Driver

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Before installing the software driver for the ThumbPad
keyboard, make sure that:

• You synchronize your mobile computer to back up your

files.

• You disable any previously installed keyboard

software.

• Your mobile computer has at least 24K free memory.

Windows® Operating Systems

To install the software driver for the ThumbPad keyboard
on a computer with the Windows
Windows NT

1 Insert the keyboard software driver CD into your

notebook or desktop computer’s CD-ROM drive.

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4.0 operating system, do the following:

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95/98/Me/2000 or

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2 Click

Start, Run, then enter D:\ThumbPad.prc (where

D: is the path of your CD-ROM drive) and then click

OK.

The Install Tool program then installs the software
driver. When installation is complete, the Install Tool
window appears.

Sample Install Tool window

3 Click Done.

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4 To exit the Install Tool program, click

5 Connect your mobile computer to your notebook or

desktop computer and synchronize to copy the
software driver to your mobile computer.

After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard icon
appears in the Applications screen on your mobile
computer.

To use the ThumbPad keyboard you must enable the
software driver. See “Enabling and Disabling the

Keyboard” on page 5.

OK.

Macintosh® Operating System

To install the software driver for the ThumbPad keyboard
on a computer with the Macintosh 8.5.1 or greater
operating system, do the following:

1 Exit all active programs, including those in the Star-

tup folder, and disable any virus-scanning software.

2 Insert the keyboard software driver CD into your

notebook or desktop computer’s CD-ROM drive.

The ThumbPad keyboard application folder is added to
your desktop.

NOTE: You may find it more convenient to drag the ThumbPad.prc
file into the folder where you store your mobile computer
applications, such as the Add-on folder.

3 Double-click the ThumbPad.prc file to launch the

Install Tool program.

Installation automatically begins. When complete, you
will regain control of the Install Tool window.

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4 Click

5 To exit the Install Tool program, click

6 Connect your mobile computer to your notebook or

To use the ThumbPad keyboard you must enable the
software driver. See the following section.

Done.

OK.

desktop computer and synchronize to copy the
software driver to your mobile computer.

After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard icon
appears in the Applications screen on your mobile
computer.

Enabling and Disabling the Keyboard

To enable or disable the software driver:

1 Turn on your mobile computer (if it’s turned off).

2 Tap the

Applications icon.