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Intermediate Housekeeping

Digging Deeper

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Agenda for Intermediate Housekeeping

• Soft Buttons

– Find

– Calculator

– Brightness

– World Clock

• Preferences

• Palm Desktop Software

• Synchronization

– HotSync™ synchronization

– Controlling synchronization

• Test your knowledge!

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To facilitate the group environment, please turn off all cell phones and pagersduring our session.

Thank you!

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Soft buttons

Overview of the soft buttons and the Task Bar.

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In Basic Skills you learned about these Soft Buttons*

Letter view of keyboard

Number view of keyboard

Home

Menu

* For the Tungsten E2 handhelds

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In this module you'll learn about the remaining Soft Buttons*

Clock Brightness

Star

Find

* For the Tungsten E2 handhelds

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The Tungsten T|X and LifeDrive have a Task Bar*

* Usually visible unless an application turns it off temporarily

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Find is available at any time

LifeDriveT|XTungsten E2

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Enter search text… Tap found item

… then tap OK

Find looks in (almost) all applications*

Tap Find More to continue search

* except some third-party applications

Find first searches the open application

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Calculator

Open Calculator.See recent calculations.

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You can use the Calculator at any time

Use your fingers or the stylus

Tap Calc icon in the Launcher

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Calculator — Advanced Mode

Specialized buttonsSelect Advanced Mode from the Options menu

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Calculator — Advanced Type

The calculator can be specialized to many areas of mathematics and science

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Tap Brightness icon

Adjust screen Brightness

Drag slider

or use Left and Right on the Navigator

E2 Icon at this position adjusts Brightness

LifeDrive & T5 Tap Time in the Task Bar to adjust brightness

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All current smartphones and handhelds have a built-in World Clock

• World Clock is a simple travel alarm clock

• The alarm can be set to go off in the next 24 hours

• You can set the alarm sound and volume

• You can see 3 world times

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Tap Clock icon

Display the Current Time at any time using a soft button

Time shows for two seconds

Available on the E2 and some older handhelds.

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Tap Go to Clock

Or tap the World Clock inside the Launcher

Then open the full World Clock application

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World Clock has an alarm that you can set within the next 24 hours

Tap dotted box Tap alarm time

Tap OK

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Select Display Options… Make choices

Tap OK

Set Display Options

Variations

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These settings are independent of the Sounds & Alerts settings

inside the Prefs application

Select Alarm Preferences… Make choices

Tap OK

Set Alarm Preferences

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You can add custom locations

Tap locationSelect Edit List… Tap Add

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Choose a location and set preferences

Tap locationEnter city name and set preferences

Tap OKWrite or type the first letter of a city to scroll quickly to that letter

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Tap Select Time shows for two seconds

Even when your handheld is off you can display the Current Time

Tap Go to Clock to open the full application

Available on the T|X and some older handhelds.

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Prefs overview

Open Prefs applications.Review key general preferences.

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Prefs are like control panels for PCs

Select panelTap Prefs icon

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On some handhelds a scroll bar will appear in this area.

Prefs has three sections

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Each handheld has slightly different versions of Prefs

LifeDriveTungsten T|XTungsten E2

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Prefs: General

Preferences that affect all applications.

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Date & Time

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Calibrate the screen when you notice that it is difficult to tap exactly on something

Digitizer

Use the Digitizer to realign the screen to the position of your stylus

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Formats

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Power

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Sounds & Alerts

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Writing Area

Tungsten T|X and LifeDrive users should tap the On-screen Writing icon in the Task Bar

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Tap the box to temporarily disable On-Screen Writing

On-Screen Writing is ON

Writing Area

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Tap the box to temporarily disable On-Screen Writing

Writing Area

If On-Screen Writing is ON, some applications such as Note Pad require the user to hold the stylus down for one moment prior to drawing or writing.

Otherwise, you will see the pen stroke for Graffiti 2.

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Palm® Desktop Software

Tour the Palm Desktop for Windows.Tour the Palm Desktop for Mac OS.

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Select Palm Desktop from the Start menu

Double-click palm.exe inside the Palm folder

Double-click the

Palm Desktop shortcut on the desktop

PC: Three ways to open the Palm Desktop software for Windows

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PC: Palm Desktop software for Windows

Switch between users with this pop-up menu

Switch between built-in applications with these buttons

Drag a name onto the Calendar to create an appointment

Set up HotSync™ and define users

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PC: Palm Desktop software for Windows

Switch between Calendar viewswith these tabs

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Select Options… from the Tools menu

Click checkbox Require password to access the Palm Desktop data

Click OK to accept changes

PC: Password protect your data inside the desktop software

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Mac OS X or Mac OS 9

Double-click the Palm Desktop application inside the Palm folder

Mac: Two ways to open the Palm® Desktop software for Mac OS

Mac OS 9

Select Switch to Palm Desktop from the Instant Palm menu

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Mac: Palm Desktop software for Mac OS

Switch between applications with these buttons (or create new items)

Drag a name onto the Calendar to create an appointment

Switch between Calendar viewswith these tabs

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Mac: Palm Desktop software for Mac OS

Switch between users with this pop-up menu

Set up HotSync™ and define users

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HotSync™ synchronization

Start a synchronization session.Locate your data on your computer.

Decide which ports to "listen" to.

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HotSync = handheld to computer mirroring

Desktop softwareHandheld

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Your data is safely stored in two placesDesktop softwareHandheld

Calendar

Contacts

To Do

Memo

E-mail in mail client

Other…

Calendar

Contacts

To Do

Memo

E-mail in mail client

Other…

HotSync conduits synchronize data

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Setting up for desktop synchronizing

• Synchronizing cradle/cable

• Desktop software CD

• PC or Macintosh*

* May require adapters for older desktops: MacPac (serial), USB Kit or the DB-25 adapter (for PC)

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BEFORE installing desktop software

• Read the “Read Me” directions!!!

• Check for an existing Palm desktop application and user data

• If you find any user data, make a copy!!!

The most common problem is the existence of more than one Palm desktop application and redundant data sets.

Troubleshooting Tip

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To synchronize, place handheld in cradle and push the HotSync™ button or…

Use a cradle with older handhelds.

Current model handhelds and smartphones ship with cables in place of cradles.

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Multi Connector

Tungsten E2,T|X, Life Drive and others.

Zire 21, Zire31, and Zire 72

Mini USB

… connect cable to mini-USB port or Multi Connector then…

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Tap Star button

… tap the Star button

Synchronization starts

Available on the E2. Use the HotSync application if the Star button has been remapped to another application.

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Where is my user data?

• Windows

Program Files \ Palm \ <User name>

• Mac OS X

Users : <Mac user name> : Documents :Palm : Users : <Palm user name>

• Mac OS 9

Documents : Palm : Users : <Palm user name>

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Creating HotSync names

• When performing a HotSync operation for the first time you will be asked to create a NAME for your handheld.

• Make sure that your HotSync name is unique from any other user who might be performing a HotSync operation on the same machine.

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PC: HotSync™ software setupChoose Local

Set COM port settings

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Click Connection Settings

Mac: HotSync™ software setup

Adjust settings

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Controlling synchronization

Control whether the handheld or the computer has the master copy.

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…or from the HotSync™ icon in the system tray.

Select Custom… from the HotSync™ menu…

PC: Controlling synchronization via the Custom dialog

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PC: Use Custom to control synchronization

Double-click conduit name

Set preferences then click OK

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Mac: Controlling synchronization via the Conduit Settings dialog

Select Conduit Settings… from the HotSync menu

Set preferences then click OK

LaunchHotSync Manager

application

Usually found in the Palm folder inside the

Applications folder

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Mac: Use Conduit Settings to control synchronization

Double-click conduit name

Set preferences then click OK

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Test Your Knowledge!

1. Where do you go to recalibrate your screen?

2. What do you need in order to synchronize with a desktop or laptop computer?

3. How can you open the Custom or Conduit Settings dialog box?

4. How would you synchronize just your Contacts?

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Test Your Knowledge!

5. What is the quickest way to create an appointment with someone when you are using Palm desktop software?

6. How many applications can you install during one HotSync™ synchronization?

7. Can five people share the same desktop software? What is most important?