Over And Back 180 manual

Treo™ 180 Communicator User Guide Windows Edition[...]

Page 2 Windows Editi on Copyrigh t Copyright © 2001 Hand spring, Inc . All Rights Reserved. Han dspring, the Handsp ring logo, Treo, Blazer, and the Blazer logo are tradem arks of Handspring, Inc., an d may be registered in some jurisdict ions. Portions copyright © 1998-2001 Pa lm, Inc. or i ts subsidiari es. All rights rese rved. Palm OS and Hot[...]

Introduction to Your Treo™ 180 Communicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting to k now your commun icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 What is a Treo commun icator? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Page 4 Content s Managing Your Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using the Applications Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Opening app lications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Contents Page 5 Finding records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Looking up Contacts records in PhoneBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Using Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Page 6 Content s Blazer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Viewing web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Working with bo okmarks [...]

Contents Page 7 Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Changing the date of an Expe nse item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Entering rece ipt details . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Page 8 Content s Ringer Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 ShortCuts Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Creating a S hortCut . . . . . . .[...]

Contents Page 9 Password problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Technical supp ort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Creating a Custom Expense Rep[...]

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Chapter 1 Page 11 Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Treo™ 180 Communicator This chap ter explains the physical but tons and control s on your Treo™ 180 commun icator, how to use your communi cator for the first time, a nd how to in stall Palm™ D esktop software an d the HotSyn c ® Manager synchroniza tion software so you can synchron ize your c[...]

Page 12 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator System requ iremen ts To install a nd operate Pal m Desktop softwa re and the HotSync Manager synchroniz ation software, your computer sy stem must meet the followin g requirements: Minimum requirements ■ Windows 98 , Windows Me, Windows 2 000, or Window s XP with US B port, (for U SB HotSyn[...]

Chapter 1 Page 13 Each device must have a unique name After you comp lete the upgrade process described above , you have two devices wi th the same name. This is an undesi rable situation. E ach device must have a unique name in order to pre vent unexpected re sults during HotSy nc operations an d other complication s. We strongly recommen d that y[...]

Page 14 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator Speaker Functions as th e earpiece on your Treo. Headset jac k Enables you to connect a hands-free headset for use with the wire less features. U se only head sets that a re compatible wi th your communicator. Rocker swi tch Enables you to na vigate on your commu nicator with just one hand. Yo[...]

Chapter 1 Page 15 Locating top panel controls Antenn a Receives and sends wirel ess communication signal s. The antenna does not telescope out of your communicator. Stylus Serves as the instrument use d to tap options on you r communicator screen. To use the stylus, sl ide the sty lus out of t he slot, a nd hold it as you would a pen or pencil . Po[...]

Page 16 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator Locating back panel components Inserting the SIM card The SIM card is a small rectangul ar plasti c piece that contains your phone number and account informatio n. It is i ncluded with your wireless service provider’s d ocumentation and is often referred to as a “smartcard.” If a SIM car[...]

Chapter 1 Page 17 Charging the battery To use your communicator, you mus t connect the travel charger or the HotSync cable an d charge the battery. When you’re near you r computer, connect your communicator to the HotSync cable with the travel charger connected to a wall outlet a s shown in the section that begins on page 23. When travellin g, co[...]

Page 18 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator Turning your Treo on and off Your Treo co mmunicator has two operating mode s: a ha ndheld mode and a wirele ss mode. You can turn the ha ndheld mode and the wireless mod e on and off indep endent of each other. When you turn on the handhe ld mode, you can use organ izer applications su ch as [...]

Chapter 1 Page 19 Adju stin g th e contra st The contrast co ntrol screen enables you to adj ust the appe arance of your communica tor screen for the clea rest screen d isplay. Dep ending on the lighting condi tions or tempe rature of the environment where you use y our communicator, y ou may need to adjust the contrast. To adjust the co ntrast: 1.[...]

Page 20 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator Elements of the communicator interface Menu bar A set of co mmands that are s pecific to the applicatio n. Not all a pplications ha ve a menu bar. Command buttons Tap a button to perform a command. Command buttons appea r in di al og boxes and at the b o ttom of appl ic atio n scre ens. Check [...]

Chapter 1 Page 21 M ov ing arou nd the scre en You can move betw een entry fields , pick lists, check boxes, and othe r options by usi ng the stylus, the scroll buttons, or the rocker switch. To move around the s cre en d o one of the f ollow ing: ■ Tap an item with the styl us. ■ Press the scroll buttons to scroll through the items on th e scr[...]

Page 22 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator The following procedures for setting the ti me and date give you a n example of how to cus tomize your communicat or. You make changes to the time and date in General preferences. To set the cur rent time: 1. Tap the Set Ti me box. 2. Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour. 3. Tap each m[...]

Chapter 1 Page 23 Using the headset You can conne ct a headse t for hands-free op eration. Your Treo is compati ble with the included headset and other headse ts lis ted at www .ha ndsp ring.com. If you need to use your phone while driving and this is permit t ed in you r area , we reco mmend usi ng a headse t. Note: Treo is not compatible with thr[...]

Page 24 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator To connect th e HotSync cab le : 1. Connect the trav el charger cable to the short end of the Hotsync ca ble. Be sure to match the sides of the connectors lab eled “UP.” 2. Connect the USB HotSync cable to a USB port on your computer, or connect the Serial HotSync cable to a Serial port on[...]

Chapter 1 Page 25 Using desktop so ftware When you us e desktop s oftware with HotSync technology, you can do any of the followin g: ■ Work with y our communicator appl ications on your computer. Mos t deskto p software applicatio ns duplicate many of the appli cations on your communicator, so you can view, enter, and modify most of the data stor[...]

Page 26 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 180 Communicator Using your communic ator wi th Mic rosoft Outlook The software th at comes wi th your Treo communicato r includes everythi ng you need to synchronize you r communicator wi th Microsoft Outlook. If you already ha ve Microsoft Outlook installe d on your computer, the inst allation program prompt[...]

Chapter 2 Page 27 Chapter 2 Entering Data in Your Communicator This chap ter explains how to enter da ta into your Treo™ 180 communicato r using each of the followi ng methods: ■ Using the communicator keyboard ■ Using the on screen keyboard ■ Using your computer k eyboard ■ Importing data Using the communicator keyboard The communicator [...]

Page 28 Entering Dat a in Your Communicator To type a si ng le capital lett er (Caps Shif t): 1. Press Shi ft : When Caps Shift is active, an “up a rrow” symbol ap pears in the lo wer-right corner of the Treo screen. If you accidentally activate Caps Shift, pres s Backspace to cancel it. 2. Type the l etter you want to capitalize. To enter only[...]

Chapter 2 Page 29 Typing accented character s The ListType feature enables you to enter accented characters. You can enter th e following accented letters: à á ä â ã å ç è é ë ê ì í ï î ñ ò ó ö ô õ ù ú ü û ý ÿ To enter accented ch aracters: 1. Type the let ter (uppercase or lowercase) to wh ich you wa nt to add an accent.[...]

Page 30 Entering Dat a in Your Communicator 3. Press ListType . 4. Use th e scroll button s to select the extended s ymbol you wa nt to insert. 5. Press Space to insert th e extended cha racter. Tip: To enter a tab, press Shift and then press Space . Navigation keystrokes In additi on to character sy mbols, your communica tor includes s pecial keys[...]

Chapter 2 Page 31 Using me nus Menus on your communicator are eas y to use. Once you have mastered them in one app lication, you can use them the same way in a ll other appl ications. The menus and menu comma nds that are a vailable depe nd on th e application . Also, the menus and menu command s vary depend ing on which p art of the appl ication y[...]

Page 32 Entering Dat a in Your Communicator To use keyboard shortcuts for men u com man ds: 1. Press Menu to open the menu bar. 2. Type the men u command shortcut letter. For example , to choose Cop y in the Edit menu, press M enu followed by the letter “c.” Tip: When the menu bar is ope n, you can enter a shortcut letter for any menu item in t[...]

Chapter 2 Page 33 Using the onscreen keyboard You can ope n the onscre en keyboard anyt ime you need to en ter text or numbers on your communicator. When used in conjunction w ith the backl ight, the o nscreen keybo ard is esp ecially useful for typing i n the dark. To use the onscreen keyboard: 1. Open a re cord in an a pplication tha t requires y[...]

Page 34 Entering Dat a in Your Communicator Importing d ata If you have data stored in computer appl ications such as spreads heets and d atabases, or i f you want to import data from another Palm OS ® handheld, you can tra nsfer the data to your communicator with out having to k ey it in manu ally. Save the da ta in one of the file formats list e[...]

Chapter 2 Page 35 9. Click OK. The imported data is high lighted in the applicatio n. 10. To add the imported data to your communi cator, perform a HotSyn c ope ratio n. See Palm De sktop o nline Help for more information on importing and e xporting data.[...]

Page 36 Entering Dat a in Your Communicator[...]

Chapter 3 Page 37 Chapter 3 Managing Your Applications This chapt er explains how to switch betw een appli cations on y our Treo™ 180 communicator, how to change app lication settin gs so the y are personalized to you r work methods, and how to categorize app lications s o you view th em in related groups . Using the Applications Launche r Your c[...]

Page 38 Managing Your Applic ations Switching between applicati ons When worki ng in any a pplication, press Option and then pres s Menu , or press an applicati on button on t he front panel o f your communi cator to switch t o another applicatio n. Your communicator automatically save s your work in the current applicatio n and displ ays it when y[...]

Chapter 3 Page 39 Changing the App lications Launcher di splay By default, th e Applications La uncher displays each a pplication as an icon. As an alternati ve, you can choose to show a list of application s. You can also choose to view the sa me category of applicatio ns each time you open the Applications Launcher. To change th e A ppli cations [...]

Page 40 Managing Your Applic ations Choosing preferences You can s et options th at affect an entire appli cation in the applicati on’s Preferences dial og box. To chan ge pre ferences for a n appli cation: 1. Open an a pplication. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Options , select Preferences (/R). Note: Not all applica tions have a Preferences comma nd.[...]

Chapter 3 Page 41 Note: If the software you downlo ad is compressed, you need to decompress it into this folder. If yo u prefer to place th e application into another fol der, you need to navigate to that folder before you complete step 5. 2. Double-click the Palm Des ktop icon on your deskt op. 3. Click Ins tall. Tip: You can also acces s the Inst[...]

Page 42 Managing Your Applic ations 6. Select the applicati on(s) that yo u want to ins tall on y our communicator. 7. Click Op en. Note: Review th e list of applica tions you sel ected in the Install Tool dialog box. If y ou do not want to in stall an applicatio n, select it, and then click Remove . (This does not remove the applicati on from your[...]

Chapter 3 Page 43 5. Tap Delete. 6. Hold Option and press Return twice to finish. 7. Check the Backup folder (under y our user name folder in the Ha ndspring or Pal m folder) on your compute r. If you find a PRC fil e for the app lication you just removed, delete t he PRC file from the Backup folder. Tip: If yo u installed Palm Desktop software for[...]

Page 44 Managing Your Applic ations Assigning a password You can assi gn a password t o protect your priv ate records and to lock your communicator. To assign a password: 1. Press Option and th en press Menu to ac cess the Appli cations Launche r. 2. Tap the Security icon . 3. Tap the Pa ssword box. 4. Enter a pass word. 5. Hold Opti on and press R[...]

Chapter 3 Page 45 4. Do one of the following: ■ To change t he password, ente r the new pa ssword, and hol d Option and pre ss Return . ■ To delete the password , tap Delete. Locking your communicator You can al so lock your co mmunicator so th at you nee d to enter y our password to ope rate it. Important: If you lock your communicator, you mu[...]

Page 46 Managing Your Applic ations Recovering from a forgotte n password If you did not activat e the Off & Lock feature a nd you forget your password, y ou can delete t he password from your communicator. Deletin g a forgotten password also deletes al l entrie s and files marke d as Private. Important: If you synchroniz e with your compu ter [...]

Chapter 4 Page 47 Chapter 4 Applications Overview This chapte r briefly describes each appli cation and how to open i t. Your Treo™ 180 communicat or comes with these applica tions already installed: ■ PhoneBook ■ Date Book P lus ■ Blaz er ® ■ SMS Messagin g ■ To Do Li st ■ Memo Pa d ■ CityT ime ■ Calculat or ■ Expense ■ SIM [...]

Page 48 Applications Overv iew PhoneBook PhoneBoo k enables you to make and receive te lephone cal ls, and to k eep names, addresses, phone numbers, a nd other informa tion about yo ur personal or business contacts. In PhoneBook, you can do t he following: ■ Store thousa nds of names, a ddresses, phon e numbers, e-mai l addresses, and more, i n y[...]

Chapter 4 Page 49 Date Bo ok Plus Date Book Pl us lets you qui ckly and ea sily schedule appo intments or any ki nd of activity associated with a da te and/or a time. In Date Book Plus, you can do the following: ■ Enter a description of your appoi ntment an d assign it to a specific time and date. ■ Display a ch art of your appointm ents for an[...]

Page 50 Applications Overv iew Blazer Web Browser Blazer is a wireless Interne t browser that lets you bro wse your favorite web sites w hile you’re on th e go. Note: To use Blaze r, you must s ubscribe to data services from your wireless service provid er, and you mu st have an account establ ished with a n ISP (Internet Service P rovider). Ma n[...]

Chapter 4 Page 51 SMS Messaging SMS Messaging provides a wa y fo r yo u to exchange short text messages wi th other people who use GSM mobi le phon es and subscribe to an SMS service. Some wirele ss service providers a lso provide a gateway to communicate with e-mail addresses . In SMS Messaging, you can do the following: ■ Send and receive short[...]

Page 52 Applications Overv iew To Do List To Do List is a convenient pla ce to create reminders an d prioriti ze the thin gs that you have to do. In To Do List, you can do the f ollowing: ■ Make a q uick and conven ient list of thi ngs to do. ■ Assign a pr iority level to each task. ■ Assign a d ue date for any or all of you r To Do items. ?[...]

Chapter 4 Page 53 Memo Pad Memo Pad provides a p lace to take notes that are n ot associat ed with records in other applicati ons such as Da te Boo k Pl us, Phon eB ook , or To Do List. In Memo Pad, you can do t he following: ■ Take notes or any kind of message on your communicator. ■ Drag and drop memos into po pular computer a pplications l i[...]

Page 54 Applications Overv iew CityTime CityTime help s you kee p track of the time anywhere around the gl obe. In CityTime, you can do the following: ■ Select a home city as a point of reference. ■ Display th e day and ti me in fo ur other cities simultaneously . ■ Add a definition for any city tha t isn’t in the default list. ■ Display [...]

Chapter 4 Page 55 Calculato r Calculato r enables you to perform additi on, subtra ction , multiplication, divi sion and a variety o f advanced ma th and scient ific calculatio ns. In Calculator, you can do the following: ■ Select a view to p erform specific types of calculation s including: math, trigonometry, fin ance, logic, statis tics, weigh[...]

Page 56 Applications Overv iew Expense Expense lets you keep track of your exp enses and then transfer the information to a spreads heet on your computer. In Expense, you can do the following: ■ Record dates, types of expe nses , amount spe nt, payment method, and other detail s associated wi th any mo ney that you spend. ■ Assign expense i tem[...]

Chapter 4 Page 57 SIM Book SIM Book enables y ou to view a nd manage the ph one list on your SIM card . In SIM Book, you can do the following: ■ Copy entries from your speed dial list to you r SIM card so you can access your phone numbers if you move your SIM card to another phone. ■ Copy entrie s from your SIM card to your s peed dial li st. ?[...]

Page 58 Applications Overv iew SIM Services SIM Services enables you to access a pplications on your SIM card that are provi ded by your wireless servi ce provider. Note: Some wireless service provi ders do not p ut application s on the S IM card. In SIM Services, you can do the following: ■ Access applicati ons from your wireless service provide[...]

Chapter 5 Page 59 Chapter 5 Common Tasks In addition t o th e wir e le s s commu n ication a pplications, your Treo™ 180 communi cat o r also includes a full s u ite o f p e r s ona l information mana ge r (P I M ) applica tio n s: Dat e Bo o k Plus, the C o ntacts vi e w i n Pho n eBook, T o D o List , M e mo Pad, and Ex p ense. Thi s chapte r p[...]

Page 60 Common Ta sks Editing records After you create a record, you can change, dele te, or enter new text at any time. Two screen features te ll you when your communicator is in editi ng mode: ■ A blin kin g curs or ■ One or more edit lines Entering tex t For informat ion on how to enter text using the key board on yo ur communicator, the ons[...]

Chapter 5 Page 61 Deleting records To delete a rec ord in any of the PIM a pp l ications: 1. Select the record you w ant to delete. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Record, select the Dele te command (/D): Date Book Plu s: Delete Item Contacts vie w in Phon eBook: Delete Contact To Do Li st: De l ete I t em Memo Pa d: Delet e Memo Expense: Del ete Item A c[...]

Page 62 Common Ta sks Other ways to delete records You can a lso delete records in the fo llowing ways: ■ In the Details dialog box of the appl icati on, tap Delete, and then hold Optio n and press Return to fin ish. ■ Delete the text of th e record. Note: In Dat e Book Plus, if you delete the text of a repeating eve nt, you delete a ll instan [...]

Chapter 5 Page 63 Categorizing records Categorize records i n the Contac ts view in P honeBook, To D o List, Memo Pad, and Expense applicatio ns so that they are groupe d logically and are ea sy to review . (You can also ca tegorize applicatio ns. See p age 37 for details .) When you crea te a record, your commun icator automatically places it in t[...]

Page 64 Common Ta sks To display a category of records: 1. Tap the cat egory pick list in the uppe r-right corner of the li st screen. 2. Select the category you wa nt to view. The list screen now disp la ys onl y the re cord s assigned to t hat cate gory. To define a new ca teg ory : 1. Tap the cat egory pick list in the uppe r-right corner of the[...]

Chapter 5 Page 65 5. Hold Option and press Return twice to finish. You can assign any of your records to the new catego ry. To rename a category: 1. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen. 2. Tap Edit Categories. 3. Select the category that you want to ren ame, and then t ap Rename. 4. Enter the new na me for the catego [...]

Page 66 Common Ta sks ■ PhoneBook : The Insta nt Look up featu re lets you scroll immedi atel y to a Con tacts record in PhoneBook by entering the first few letters of a first or last name , or the first name initi al and the first few letters of a last name. ■ Expense: The Lookup feature displ ays the Con tacts in Ph oneBook th at have data in[...]

Chapter 5 Page 67 Using Find You can use Find to l ocate any tex t that you specify, in any application. To use Find: 1. Press Option and then press Shift to open the Fi nd dia log box. Tip: If you select text in an application before you openin g the Find dialog box, the selected text automatical ly appears i n the Find di alog box. 2. Enter the t[...]

Page 68 Common Ta sks Note: The firs t initial and last name search in the PhoneBook In stant Looku p feature is not availa ble in the Phone Number Look up feature. Phone Number L ookup dis plays records tha t begin with the letters you enter ba sed on the sort method in your Conta cts view in PhoneBook. F or example, if your Contact s are sorted b[...]

Chapter 5 Page 69 Looking up names to add to expe nse records In Expense, Lookup displays the names of Contacts ent ries in Pho nebook that have data in the Company field . You can add these n ames to a li st of attendee s associate d with an E xpense reco rd. To add names to an Expense record: 1. Open the Expense record to which you want to add na[...]

Page 70 Common Ta sks Sorting lists of records You can s ort lists of records in various wa ys, depend ing on the a pplication. S orting is avai lable in applicati ons that ha ve list scree ns: Contac ts view in Ph oneBook, To Do List, Memo Pad , and Expense. Note: You can also assign records to categories. See page 63 for detai ls. To sort records[...]

Chapter 5 Page 71 Making records private In all PIM ap plications, except E xpense, you can make i ndividual records private. Private records remain visibl e and a ccessible, how ever, until you select the Securi ty setting to hi de or mas k all private records. See the section t hat begins on pa ge 43 for details . Hidin g and masking private rec [...]

Page 72 Common Ta sks To display al l private record s : 1. Press Option and th en press Menu to ac cess the Appli cations Launche r. 2. Tap the Security icon . 3. T a p the C u rren t Priv acy pi c k list . 4. Tap Show Records. If you do not have a password, private records become visibl e. If you have a pa ssword, the Sho w Private Records dialog[...]

Chapter 5 Page 73 5. Tap Show Records. 6. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Attaching no tes In all PI M applicatio ns except Memo Pad, yo u can attach a note to a record. A note can b e up to several thousa nd characters long. For example, for an appo intment in Date Book Plus, you can attach a n ote with direction s to the location. To atta[...]

Page 74 Common Ta sks Choosing fonts In all PIM a pplications except E xpense, you can change the fo nt style to make text easier to read. You can choose a different font style for each appli c ati on. To chan ge t he font style: 1. Open an a pplication. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Opt ions, select Fon t (/F). 4. Use the scrol l buttons to select the [...]

Chapter 5 Page 75 Performi ng a HotSync operation for the fi rst ti me The first ti me you synch ronize your d ata, you nee d to enter user information on both the communicator and Palm Desktop softwa re. After you enter t his information an d synchronize, the HotSync Ma nager recognizes y our communicator a nd doesn’t ask for this in formation a[...]

Page 76 Common Ta sks 5. Wait for a message on your communicator indicating that the process is compl ete. After the HotSync process is complete, you can remove your communicator from the cable. Beaming information Your communicato r is equip ped with a n IR (infrared) port that you ca n use to b eam information to another P alm OS device that’s [...]

Chapter 5 Page 77 3. Under Record, select one of the following: The Beam comma nd for an individual record (/B) In the Cont acts view i n PhoneBook only: Beam Business Card (/M) Beam Categ ory ( /Y) 4. When the Beam Status dial og box appe ars, point the IR port directly at the IR port of the receiving communicator. Tip: For best results, Treo comm[...]

Page 78 Common Ta sks To receive bea med inf orma ti on: 1. Turn on your co mmunicator. 2. Point the IR port directly a t the IR port of the transmitti ng communicator to ope n the Beam Status d ialog box. 3. When the B eam dialog bo x appears, sel ect a category for the entry. Tip: If you do not sele ct a category the entry is placed in the Unfile[...]

Chapter 6 Page 79 Chapter 6 Application Specific Tasks This chapter is organized by application and gives instructions on how to do tasks that are specific to each of the foll owing applic ations: ■ PhoneBook ■ Date Book P lus ■ Blaz er ® ■ SMS Messagin g ■ To Do Li st ■ Memo Pa d ■ CityT ime ■ Calculat or ■ Expense ■ SIM Bo ok[...]

Page 80 Applicati on Specific Tasks PhoneBook PhoneBook is the appl ication where y ou store name and address i nformation abo ut people or businesses, and where you place an d receive teleph one calls. PhoneBook has five mai n views. You ca n place a nd receive cal ls from withi n any view, and you can also receive calls wh en the sc reen is off ([...]

Chapter 6 Page 81 Using the Speed Dial view You can store up to 50 phone numbers in the Speed Dial list. There are five pages of numbers that hold t en numbers per pa ge. Tip: You can ke ep your Spe ed Dial li st organized by storing differen t types of nu mbers on different p ages. For exampl e, create separate page s for family, busi ness, friend[...]

Page 82 Applicati on Specific Tasks Adding Contacts list entries to your Speed Dial list To save time while creating you r Speed Di al list, you can add entries from you r Conta cts list . To add an entry from your Contacts list to your Spe ed Dial list: 1. Tap a bl ank Speed D ial button. 2. T ap L oo kup . Tip: Yo u can also use the P hone Number[...]

Chapter 6 Page 83 4. Press Space to dial. Tip: You can also tap the Speed Dial button for the number y ou want to cal l, or roll the rocker switch to select the but ton and then press the rocker swit ch or Return to dial the number. Tip: Durin g a call, if you are prompted to enter a menu selectio n, tap Dial Pad and then enter the numbers you want[...]

Page 84 Applicati on Specific Tasks Deleting Speed Dial entries If your Spe ed Dial list b ecomes full, o r you no lo nger need an entry, you can delete it. Note: You cannot delete the Spee d Dial button for your wireless service provider’s voicemail service. To delete a Sp eed D ia l ent ry: 1. From the Speed Dial view, press Me nu . 2. Under Ed[...]

Chapter 6 Page 85 Using the Dial Pad view The Dial Pad view provid es access to a more traditiona l phone i nterface. You can us e this view to dial n umbers that are not in your S peed Dial or Contacts lis t. To dial a nu m b er wi th the Dial Pad: 1. Make sure wireless mod e is on. See page 18 for de tails. 2. Press PhoneBook to access the Dial P[...]

Page 86 Applicati on Specific Tasks To create a ne w Contact s entry: 1. Press Phone Book repeatedly to access the Contacts view . 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Record , select New Contact (/N). 4. Enter the l ast name of the person you want to add to your Cont acts list. 5. Press the bo ttom scroll button to move to the First Name field and then en ter[...]

Chapter 6 Page 87 Duplicating a Contacts entry You can duplicate exi sting entries, which can be helpful when you wa nt to enter multiple people from a single o rganization. When you duplica te an entry, the word Copy appears next to the name in the Fi rst Name field. To duplica te an entry: 1. From the Con tacts view, select the na me you want t o[...]

Page 88 Applicati on Specific Tasks Selecting types of phone numbers You can s elect the typ es of phone n umbers or e-mail addresses that you associ ate with a Contacts e ntry. Any changes you make apply only to the curre nt entry. To select other ty p es of p hone numb e rs in an entry: 1. Select the contact name for the entry tha t you want to c[...]

Chapter 6 Page 89 7. Select any of the followi ng settings : 8. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Using the Ca ll Histor y view The Call History view provid es qui c k access to the previou s 1,000 incoming and outgoi ng calls . If you miss a call when your Treo is on and you remain in a coverage are a, yo ur mis sed cal ls appear in the Call[...]

Page 90 Applicati on Specific Tasks Calling a number in your Call History list In additi on to viewing a list of your incoming, outgoin g, and misse d calls, you can use the Call History view to dial any number that ap pears on this view. To dial a numb er from the Call Histo ry view: 1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 18 for details . 2. U[...]

Chapter 6 Page 91 Using the Active Call view After you dial and establ ish a conne ct ion, or receive an inco ming call, the Active Call view icon appears in the lower left corner of the PhoneBook sc ree n, and the Active Call view appea rs: Note: If you dialed a Speed Dia l entry that i ncludes Extra Digits, the Dial Pa d button changes to an Ex t[...]

Page 92 Applicati on Specific Tasks To end a cal l, do a ny of the follo wing: ■ Close the l id (if the he adset is not atta ched). ■ Pres s Backspace . ■ Press the bu tton on the h eadset (i f it is attache d). ■ Tap Hang U p. Adjusting call volume You can a djust the vo lume level from the Active C all view wh en a call i s in progres s. [...]

Chapter 6 Page 93 Placing calls on hold You can pl ace an acti ve call on ho ld while yo u use ot her applications on your commun icator or complete anoth er task. To plac e a ca ll on h old: 1. Place or answe r a call. 2. Tap Hold to place the call on hold. 3. Tap Off Hold to return to the call. Handling Multiple Calls You can us e the Active Call[...]

Page 94 Applicati on Specific Tasks To di al anot her number while a ca ll is in pr ogress : 1. From the Act ive Call vie w, repeatedly pres s PhoneBook to access the view you want t o use. Tip: Yo u can also tap t he Speed D ial, Dial P ad, Contacts, or Call History view icons . 2. Dial th e number. 3. When the confi rmation messa ge appears, hold[...]

Chapter 6 Page 95 Forward in g c all s If you ne ed to turn off the wireless mo de or know you will be traveli ng outside a cove rage area, you can forwa rd your call s to another number. Keep in mind that your wireless service provider will still charge yo u for your forwarded calls . Note: Beca use call forwarding i nformation is stored by the ne[...]

Page 96 Applicati on Specific Tasks Returning a missed call When your Treo is on an d you remai n in a coverage a rea, any calls you mi ss appear in the Call History l ist and you receive a missed call alert message. When your phone is off or you travel outside a coverage area, your calls a re forwarded to voi cemail an d they do not appear in t he[...]

Chapter 6 Page 97 PhoneBook m enus PhoneBook menus are sh own here for yo ur reference, and P honeBook features that are not explained els ewhe re in this guide are described here. See page 31 for i nformation about cho osing menu comma nds. The Record and Options me nus differ dependi ng on which view is active . Record menus Options menus Phone P[...]

Page 98 Applicati on Specific Tasks Pref erenc es ■ Remember last category. Determin es how the Co nta cts list ap pea rs when you return to i t from another appl ication. If you select this check box, the Contacts l ist shows the last category yo u selected. If you clear it, the C ontacts list di splays the Al l category. ■ List By. D etermine[...]

Chapter 6 Page 99 ■ Default cou ntry. Determines if North American hyphenation conventions a re automaticall y applied to p hone numbers, an d whether the following two options are ava ilable: ■ When diali ng, add this area code to 7 digit numbers. Inse rts the area code you specify in front of 7-digit numbers be fore dial ing. ■ Always dial [...]

Page 100 Applicati on Specific Tasks Phone Info ■ Number: Displays your SIM card’s phon e number. Note: Not all w ireless service pro viders include the phone numb er on the SIM. If the phone number is not on the SIM, this field displays “No number on SIM” instead of the n umber. ■ IMEI: Display s you r communicator’s equipment ID numbe[...]

Chapter 6 Page 101 Date Bo ok Plus When you open Date Book Plus, th e screen s hows the cu rrent date and a lis t of time s for a norma l business da y. Workin g in D ay View Day View shows an hourl y cale nda r for a particular date. If there are events scheduled on that date, they ap pea r in the app ropria te time slot. To view or select a date,[...]

Page 102 Applicati on Specific Tasks You can a lso schedule eve nts that occur o n a particular date but ha ve no specific start or end times, such as birthday s, holidays , and anniversa ries. These a re referred to as “u ntimed events.” Untimed events appear at the to p of the list of time s, marked with a diamond. You ca n have more than one[...]

Chapter 6 Page 103 4. Hold Option a nd press Return so that no st art or end time s are defined for the new event. Tip: You can also cre ate a new un timed event by making sure no event is s elected and then entering a de scription. 5. Enter a description of the event. 6. Tap a blank area on the screen to deselect the unti med event. Note: If you c[...]

Page 104 Applicati on Specific Tasks Setting an alarm for an event The Alarm setti ng enables you to set an audi ble alarm for events i n Date Book Plus. You can s et an alarm to sound minutes, hou rs, or days before an e vent. The default Alarm s etting is 5 minutes before the time of the event, but you can change this to any number of minutes, ho[...]

Chapter 6 Page 105 Schedul i ng repeating or con t in uous events The Repeat functi on lets y ou schedule e vents that recur at regu lar inte rvals or extend over a period of consecutive days. A birthday is a good exa mple of an event tha t repeats ann ual ly. Another exampl e is a weekly guitar lesson that falls on the same day of the week and the[...]

Page 106 Applicati on Specific Tasks Changing and deleting repeating or c ontinuous events If you chan ge or dele te a repeating or continuous even t you can app ly the action to only th e current event, to all instances of the ev ent, or to the curre nt event and instances th at follow. To chan ge o r delete repeatin g events : 1. Select the recor[...]

Chapter 6 Page 107 Changing the D ate Book Plus vi ew In addition to displa y ing the cale ndar for a specific day , you can al so dis play a whole week in graph or tex t format, a mont h, a year, or a l ist of your appointments, as well a s the current time . To cycle throug h Da y, Week, Week w ith Text, Month, Year, a nd Lis t vi ews: ■ Repeat[...]

Page 108 Applicati on Specific Tasks ■ The Week View shows the time span defined by the S tart Time and E nd Time in the Da te Book Plus Preferences settings . If you have a n event before o r after this time span, a bar appears at th e top or bottom of that d ay's column. Use t he onscreen scroll arrows to scrol l to the event. Working in W[...]

Chapter 6 Page 109 Work in g in Month Vie w The Month V iew screen s hows which days have even ts scheduled. Dots and lines in the Month View indicate ev ents, repea tin g events, and untimed events. You can control the dots a nd lines tha t appear in the Month View . See page 114 for details. Tips for using Month View Keep the fol lowing points in[...]

Page 110 Applicati on Specific Tasks Tips for using Year View Keep the following po ints in mind: ■ Tap a da y to disp lay the date and events for that day i n the title bar. A minus sign indicates only one even t is scheduled o n that day. A plus sign indicates multi ple events are sch eduled on that d ay. ■ Use the scrol l buttons o r rocker [...]

Chapter 6 Page 111 Spotting event confl icts With the a bility to define specifi c start and end times for any event, it’s possible to sche dule events that overlap (an event that starts before a p revious even t finishes). An event conflict (time overlap) appea rs in the Week View as overla pping bars. The D ay View displays overlapping bra cket[...]

Page 112 Applicati on Specific Tasks ■ Avoid scheduling a floa ting event tha t repeats da il y. These events can accumulate quickly unless yo u complete the m each day. ■ When viewing a floa ting event in a desktop applic ation, the Note field will contain a series of characters: ##f@@@@@@ for an incomplete event and ##c@@@@@@ for a complete e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 113 Using temp la tes You can use templates to create a l ist of standard e vents. You ca n then select an event from th is list and add it to your cal endar. Since D ate Book P lus saves al l the ev ent attributes, including alarms and notes, templa tes can really save yo u time when ente ring reminder noti ces or events that recur [...]

Page 114 Applicati on Specific Tasks Date Book Plus menus Date Book Plus menus a re shown here for your reference, and Date Book Plu s features that are not expla ined elsew here in this guid e are described here. See page 31 for information about choosing menu commands . Record menu Options menu New To Do Creates a new To D o item and adds it to y[...]

Chapter 6 Page 115 Prefere nces (Day View) ■ Start/End Time . Defines the start and end times for Date B ook Plus screens. If the time sl ots you se lect do not fit on one screen, y ou can tap the scroll arrows t o scroll up and down. ■ Event Du ration. Defin es the d efault duration for new events. ■ Week Sta rt. Defines the first day of the[...]

Page 116 Applicati on Specific Tasks Display Options ■ Show Time Bars. Activates the time bars that appear in the Day View. The time bars show the du ration of an event and ill ustrate event conflicts ■ Compress Day View. C ontrols how times appear in the Da y View. When Compress Day View is off, all time slots displa y. When it is on, start an[...]

Chapter 6 Page 117 Alarm Prefere nces ■ Alarm Sound. S ets the tone of the alarm. ■ Snoo ze So und. S ets the tone of the snooze al arm. ■ Re mind Sound. S ets the tone of th e reminder al arm. The reminder alarm sou nds when the snooze al arm is not acknowledged. ■ Play So und. Defines how many tone s the alarm emits before i t stops. The [...]

Page 118 Applicati on Specific Tasks To Do Pref erenc es ■ S how Categories. Displa ys the To Do items in th e categories you select. ■ Priorities Display ed. Displ ays To D o items wit h the selected priority level. Th e choices are 1 only, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, and 1 -5. ■ Show Prio rity. Display s the priority level for To Do items. ■ Show Comp[...]

Chapter 6 Page 119 Week Prefere nces ■ Time Format. Defines the format of the time displ ay . The choices are No Time, 11p, 11:30p, 23, 23:30. ■ Displa y To Do. Defines w here To Do items w ill app ear on the Date Book Plu s screen. The choi ces are Top, Bott om, and Hi de. ■ Week Sta rt. Defines the first da y of the week for Week View with [...]

Page 120 Applicati on Specific Tasks Year Pref erenc es ■ Hide Floati ng and Done Items. Removes floating events and comple ted To Do items from the Yea r View d isplay. ■ Hide Untimed Eve nts. Removes untimed even ts from the Year View displa y. ■ Hide Zero Duration Events. Removes events without a duration from the Year View display . ■ H[...]

Chapter 6 Page 121 Blazer If you can’t hold the world in the palm of your hand, at lea st you can hold the World Wide Web when you u se Blazer to browse the Int ernet on your communicator’s screen. To use Bla zer, you must subscribe to data services fro m your wireless service provider, and you must have an accoun t established with an ISP (Int[...]

Page 122 Applicati on Specific Tasks 5. Enter the U RL you w ant to view. 6. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to fin ish. While a page is load ing, a Progress icon appears i n the lower right corner of the screen. You can ta p links to o ther pages as soon as they appear. You don’t need to wait un til a page fully loads. To s top loading a page, ta[...]

Chapter 6 Page 123 Working with bookmarks The Bookma rk view makes it easy fo r you to get to web site s you visit o ften. Viewing bookmarked pages Your communicator ma y come with a few bookmarks already in place. You can ju mp directly to any of the predefined bookmark s, or to any p ages for which you ’ve created a book mark . To view a bookma[...]

Page 124 Applicati on Specific Tasks Tip: You can als o add a bo okmark by ta pping an empty bookmark slot in the Book mark view and entering a Name, Descripti on, and URL for the page you want to bookmark. To define a bookma rk: 1. From the Bookmark view, pre ss Men u . 2. Under Bookmark , select Add Bookmark (/A). Tip: Yo u can also open the New [...]

Chapter 6 Page 125 Deleting bookmarks If your boo kmark list be comes full, or you no lon ger need a n entry, yo u can delete i t. To delete a bookmark: 1. From the Boo kmark view, press Menu . 2. Under Book mark, select Edit Boo kmark (/E). 3. Tap the entry you want to delete. 4. In the Edi t Bookmark dial og, tap De lete. 5. Hold Option and press[...]

Page 126 Applicati on Specific Tasks To rearrange bookmark pages: 1. From the Bookmark view, pre ss Men u . 2. Under Bookmark , select Edit Bookmark (/E). 3. Drag the pa ge to the sl ot where you want it to a ppear. A grey line app ears next to the page w hen it is in drag mode. Wh en dropping a page on the top row, the grey line a ppears to th e l[...]

Chapter 6 Page 127 Bookmarks menu Go menus Options menu Properties Displ ays the Page Properti es dialog box whe re you can view the Page Name, URL, Size (Bytes) and whether the page was load ed from the cache. Bookma rk view Page view Bookma rk view Bookma rk view Pag e vi ew[...]

Page 128 Applicati on Specific Tasks Pref erenc es Browser tab: ■ Home page. Displays the URL of the current ho me page selectio n. Tap this option to open th e Set Home P age dialog bo x and select a different home page. To restore the factory de fault Home Page setting, tap Restore in the Set Home Page dialo g box. Note: Some service providers [...]

Chapter 6 Page 129 Prefere nces (continued) Advanced tab: ■ Cache Size (K). Displ ays the am ount of memory that Blazer res erves to store recently viewed pages . The amount of free memory available on your communicator appears bel ow this option. ■ Clear. Erases al l the pages stored in the cache. You can not cancel or undo this action . ■ A[...]

Page 130 Applicati on Specific Tasks SMS Messaging In addition to dialin g and receiving voice calls, you can use you r Treo to send and receive sho rt text messages . These text me ssages, al so called SMS (Short Message Service) message s, are similar to e-mail messages that you send and receive from your computer, but are limited to 160 characte[...]

Chapter 6 Page 131 Receivi ng SMS me ssages When you recei ve SMS mess ages, the New SMS Messa ges alert ap pears. Note: Y ou can receive SMS messages e ven if you don’t subscribe to y our wireless service provider’s SMS service. In the New S MS Messages alert dialog bo x, you can save or respon d to the first message by tapping any of the foll[...]

Page 132 Applicati on Specific Tasks 2. Hold Shift and use the scroll buttons to page through the messages. Tips: ■ If a message is too long to fit on one screen, press the scroll buttons to view addit ional screens in th e current message. ■ If a message is longer than 160 chara cters, it is divided into sub -messages which appear as separat e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 133 5. Make sure wireless mod e is on. See page 18 for de tails. 6. Hold Option and press Return to send the message. To call the send er: 1. From the SM S Messages Inbox , select the message from the p erson you wa nt to call. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Messa ge, select Cal l Se nder (/A). Creating SM S messages SMS Messa ging enables[...]

Page 134 Applicati on Specific Tasks Tip: If yo u’re sending a message to a n e-mail address a nd your wireless service provider supports messa ge titles, you can add a title by en tering <subj ect>#<message>. Simply replace the word subject with the titl e, and the word message with the message body. 4. Enter the a ppropriate in form[...]

Chapter 6 Page 135 Creating a me ssage signatur e You can create a signatu re of up to 80 characters. Then, when you crea te a message, SMS Messaging automatica ll y inserts your signature at the end of each message you create. If necessary, you can edit the default sign ature text when you create a message. Note: The signature text you defi ne app[...]

Page 136 Applicati on Specific Tasks Copying an d forwarding messag es You can s ave time by copyin g text from your S MS messages, or forw arding messages. To copy text from an SMS message: 1. From any SMS Messagin g list view, tap the text of the message you want to copy. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under E dit, select Select All (/S). Tip: To copy only a[...]

Chapter 6 Page 137 Resendi ng mess ages You can resend any messages in the Sent category. 1. In the Sent category, sel ect the message you want to resend. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Me ssage, select Rese nd (/R). 4. If necessary, edit the message. 5. Make sure wireless mod e is on. See page 18 for de tails. 6. Hold Option and press Return to send the[...]

Page 138 Applicati on Specific Tasks Dele t in g messages You can d elete a single message or a group of messages from a pa rticular category. To delete a sin g le me ssage: 1. From any SMS Messagin g list view, select the message you want to delete . 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Mess age, select Dele te (/D). 4. If prompted, hol d Option and press R e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 139 Message menus Options menus Open Disp lays the sel ected message in s ingle message view. Prefere nces ■ SMS Messa ge Center number. Enables you to enter the nu mber for your wirele ss service provider’s SMS message center. This number is stored on y our SIM card. ■ SMS Email Cen ter number. Ena bl es you to enter the telep[...]

Page 140 Applicati on Specific Tasks To Do List To Do reminds you of tas ks you h ave to complete . A record in To Do List is called an “item.” To create a To Do item: 1. Press Option and th en press Date Book Plu s . Tip: Yo u can also access To D o List by tappi ng the To Do List icon in th e Applications Launcher. 2. Enter the text of the To[...]

Chapter 6 Page 141 Setting a d ue da te You can ass ociate a du e date wit h any To Do it em. You can a lso sort the items that appea r in the list based on their due date. To set a due date for a To D o item: 1. Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change. 2. Tap Details. 3. Tap the Due Date pick list. 4. Tap the date that you want t[...]

Page 142 Applicati on Specific Tasks 4. Tap the category that you want to assign the item. 5. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to fin ish. Tip: If you turn on the Show Cat egories option in the To D o Show options dialog, y ou can tap directly on the category in the To Do list to assign cat egories. Checking off a To Do item You can che ck off a To D[...]

Chapter 6 Page 143 2. Select any of the followi ng settings : 3. Hold Option and press Return to finish. To Do List menus To Do List menus are shown here for your reference, and To Do List features that are no t explained els ewhe re in this guide are described here. Se e page 31 for information abo ut choosing menu comma nds. Record menu Options m[...]

Page 144 Applicati on Specific Tasks Memo Pad A memo can contai n up to 4,000 chara cters. The number of memos you ca n store is dependent only on the memory availabl e on your communicator. A record in Memo Pad is calle d a “memo.” To create a new memo: 1. Press Option and th en press PhoneBook . Tip; Yo u can also access Memo Pad by tapping t[...]

Chapter 6 Page 145 Memo Pad men us Memo Pad menus are shown here for your refe re nce, and Memo Pad features that are not explained els ewhe re in this guide are described here. Se e page 31 for information abo ut choosing menu comma nds. The Record and Options me nus differ dependi ng on whethe r you’re displ aying the Memo list or an individual[...]

Page 146 Applicati on Specific Tasks CityTime CityTime enabl es you to display the day and time in your h ome city and in four other cities around the globe. W hether yo u’re travellin g or at home, now it’s easy to keep track of the be st time to reach your bu siness ass ociates, friends , and family in far away places. Note: CityTime d oes no[...]

Chapter 6 Page 147 2. Tap the remaining pick lists and sele ct the other three cities you want to display. Tip: You can tempora rily display th e day and t ime for an y other city by tapping the city’s location on the map dis p la y. Adding citi es If the city y ou want to display is n ot in the p redefined l ist, you can use the Edit Cities comm[...]

Page 148 Applicati on Specific Tasks Calculator Calculator includes two opera ting modes : Basic and Advanced. In Basic mode you can perform simple mathemat ical calculations . In Advanced mode you can access scientific functio ns and perform sophistica ted math calculati ons. This secti on explains how to select the operating mode and use t he but[...]

Chapter 6 Page 149 Displ ayin g Recent Calculatio ns The Basic Calculator’s Re cent Calculati ons command enab les you to review the l ast series of calculation s and is parti cularly use ful for confirmin g a series o f “chain” cal culations. To displ ay recent calculati ons: 1. Press Menu . 2. Under Options, select Recent Ca lculations (/I)[...]

Page 150 Applicati on Specific Tasks Primary buttons Math buttons Clears the entire calcul ation and enables you to begin a fre sh calculation. Clears the last digi t you entered. Us e this butto n if yo u make a mis take while entering a number in the middle of a calculati on. This but ton enables you to re- enter the n umber without starti ng the[...]

Chapter 6 Page 151 Trigonometry buttons Finance buttons Finance butt ons enable you to fin d an unkn own variable va lue based on a group of k nown variab le values. For exampl e, to calculate the mon thly payment for a 30-yea r home loan of $100,000 w ith an annual interes t rate of 8%, you would ente r the following variables: ■ Payments/yea r [...]

Page 152 Applicati on Specific Tasks ■ PV = 100,000 ■ FV = 0 2. Enter 12 and tap the P/Yr button to enter the number of payme nts per year. 3. Tap Edit . 4. Tap the Pmt line and erase all va lues on th e line includi ng zero. 5. T ap So lve. 6. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to fin ish. You can use a simi lar process to solve other fina ncial e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 153 Logic buttons Statistics buttons Shifts the value to the left and fills the new plac es wi th zeros. Enters D in a hexadecimal calculation. Enters E in a hexadecim al calcul ation. Enters F in a hexadecimal calculation. Calculates bit-by-bit commonalities betw een two a rguments. Calculates bit-by-b it unique occurrences in two a[...]

Page 154 Applicati on Specific Tasks Weight/Temp buttons Length button s Generates a random number between 0 and 32767 and then divides this number by 32768 to generate a rand om fraction betw een 0 and .99997. Returns the number of combination s of n items taken m at a time. Returns the number of permutations of n items taken m at a time. Indicate[...]

Chapter 6 Page 155 Area buttons Indicates th e current value is entered in nauti cal miles. When you tap thi s button after ta pping another unit of measu re, it converts the value to nautical mi les. Indicates t he current va lue is ent ered in millime ters. When yo u tap this button after tapping anothe r unit of measure, it conv erts the value t[...]

Page 156 Applicati on Specific Tasks Volume buttons Creating a cus tom view You can mo dify any existing Adva nced Calculat or view to create y our own view . While customizing a view, you ca n change the button names as well a s the button definitions. To create a cu s tom vie w : 1. From the Advanced Calculator screen, press Menu . 2. Under Progr[...]

Chapter 6 Page 157 8. From the Ad vanced Calculat or screen, press Menu . 9. Under Program, sel ect Import (/I). 10. Tap the pick list and select the view you modifi ed. 11. Tap Import. 12. Tap Replace to change an existing de finition, or t ap Add to create an additiona l definitio n. 13. Hold Option and press Return twice to finish. Calculator me[...]

Page 158 Applicati on Specific Tasks Expense Expense en ables you to record th e date, expen se type, and the amount tha t you spent. A record in Expense is cal led an “item.” You can sort your Expense items into categories or add other informa tion that you want to associa te with the item. To creat e an E xpense item: 1. Press Option and th e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 159 To chang e the date of an Ex pense it em: 1. Tap the Ex pense item you want to change. 2. Tap the date of the sele cted item. 3. Select the new date. 4. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Entering re ceipt details Expense provides a variety of options that you can associate wi th an item. These options appe ar in the Receip [...]

Page 160 Applicati on Specific Tasks 4. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to fin ish. Customizing the Curre ncy pick l ist You can s elect the currencies and symbo ls that appear in the Currency pick list. To cus tomize t he Curren cy pic k list: 1. In the Receipt Details dialog bo x, tap the Curren cy pick list an d se lect Edit curren cies. 2. Tap e[...]

Chapter 6 Page 161 4. Enter the na me of the country and the symbo l that yo u want to ap pear in E xpense. 5. Hold Option and press Return twice to finish. Note: If you want to use your custom currency symb ol as the default for all Expens e items, select the sy mbol in the Preferences dia log box. If you want to u se your custom currency symbol o[...]

Page 162 Applicati on Specific Tasks Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel After you enter your ex penses into th e Expense applica tion on you r communicator, you can view and print the data with your computer. Note: You need Micros oft Excel version 5.0 (or la ter) to view and prin t your Expense data using one of the provi ded templates. M i[...]

Chapter 6 Page 163 Using expense report templates Palm Desktop software inclu des several expense report temp lates. When y ou use one of these templates, you can edit y our expense data in Microsoft E xcel. The templates have the extension .xlt and are sto red in the template folde r in the Palm Deskt op software directory on your compute r. To se[...]

Page 164 Applicati on Specific Tasks To view your exp en se data us in g a Microsoft Excel templa te : 1. Display y our expense d ata in a Microso ft Excel sprea dsheet as describ ed in the previous procedure. 2. Click Option s. 3. Enter name, dep artment, and other information as necessary for your expense re port. 4. Click t he Templates menu; th[...]

Chapter 6 Page 165 Prefere nces ■ Use automatic fil l. Lets you se lect an expense type by en tering the first letter of an expense type. For exa mple, if you enter the le tter “T,” it enters the “Ta xi” expense ty pe. Entering “T” a nd then “E” en ters “Telephone” which is th e first expense type beginn ing with th e letters [...]

Page 166 Applicati on Specific Tasks SIM Book In addition to storing you r phone number and billing information, you r SIM card also contains a phone list where you can store names and numbe rs that are separate from your Conta cts and Speed Di al lists. By storing a p hone list on your SIM card, you have immedi ate access to your phone lis t if yo[...]

Chapter 6 Page 167 Copying en tries fr om your SIM card to you r Speed Dial li st Just as y ou can copy entries from your PhoneBook Spee d Dial li st to your SIM Book, y ou can al so copy entries from your SIM card to your PhoneBo ok Speed Dial list. To copy entries from your SIM card to you r Sp eed Dia l list: 1. Tap SIM in the pick list in the u[...]

Page 168 Applicati on Specific Tasks Dialin g entries on your SI M card In additio n to storing phone numbers o n your SIM card, you ca n also dial numbers u sing SIM Book. To dial entries from your S IM ca rd: 1. Tap SIM in the pick list in th e upper-right corner. Tip: Yo u can also dial entries from your Speed D ial list by t apping Speed D ial [...]

Chapter 6 Page 169 SIM Services The SIM Service s applicat ion provides an interfac e between your S IM card and your phone. It enables y our SIM card to store applicati ons from yo ur wireless s ervice provider that can cont rol functions on your phone. For example , your wirel ess service provider mi ght offer an app lication that provides a secu[...]

Page 170 Applicati on Specific Tasks[...]

Chapter 7 Page 171 Chapter 7 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator The Prefe rences screens enable you to customize the configuratio n options on your Treo™ 180 communicator. In the Preferences screens, you can do the following: Viewing Preferences To open the Pref erences scre ens: 1. Press Option and then press Menu to access the Applicatio[...]

Page 172 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Buttons Preferences The Buttons Preferences screen enabl es you to associate different applicati ons with the application b uttons on the fro nt of your communicator and the HotSync button on th e cable. For example, if you find that you seldo m use SMS Messaging and often use To D o List, you can[...]

Chapter 7 Page 173 Connection Preference s The Connection Preferences screen lets you create configurations for communicating with other hardware devices: PC, Modem, or Infrared. Co nfigurations, or profiles , once activated are ava ilable to application s on your commu nicator. The Conne ction Preferences screen display s a list of available confi[...]

Page 174 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Setting wireless m odem configu rations Wireless modem configura tions enable you to use yo ur communicator to communicate with your ISP or dial-in server. In most cases the confi guration software on the Handspring CD wil l set up the Connectio n and Preferences setti ngs you need to conne ct to [...]

Chapter 7 Page 175 7. Tap the Speed pick list and select 57,600. 8. Tap the Country pick list and select the country in which yo u are using your communicator. 9. Tap the Flow Control ( Flow Ctl) pick list, and select Automatic, On (Xon), or Off (Xoff) flow control for the modem connection. 10. If needed, edit the Init S tring to chan ge the mode m[...]

Page 176 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator 7. Enter the i nitializati on string ap propriate for you r communicator. 8. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn twi ce to return to the Connection Preferences scree n. Digitizer Preferences The Digitiz er Preferences scre en opens the digitizer calibratio n screen. This is the same screen that appears[...]

Chapter 7 Page 177 Time, date, week star t, and numbers formats The Time setting d efines the format for the time of d ay. The time format that you select a ppears in all applica tions on y our com municator. To select the time, date, week start, a nd numbers forma t: 1. Tap the Time pick list and select a forma t. 2. Tap the Da te pick list a nd s[...]

Page 178 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator System, alarm, and game sounds Your communicator use s a variety of sounds. Th e System, Ala r m, and Game Sound setti ngs enable you to turn the sounds on or off, and to adjust the volume level. Note: If the ringer switch is set to no sound, the ringer s etting overrides the sou nd settings an d [...]

Chapter 7 Page 179 To selec t a serv ice: 1. Tap the Service pick list. 2. Tap the predefined service template. Note: If you want to enter a name for a new service template, see pa ge 183 for details. Entering a user name The User Name setting identifi es the name y ou use when you log into your Intern et Service Provider or your di al-in server. A[...]

Page 180 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator To enter a password: 1. Tap the Pa ssword field . 2. Enter the p assword you use to lo g into your s erver. 3. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to fin ish. Note: The Password field upda tes to display the word “Assigne d.” Sele ctin g a connection The Connection Preferences settings tell your co[...]

Chapter 7 Page 181 Adding telephone settings When you select the Phone field, you r communicator opens a dialog box in which you define the telephone numb er you use to connect with your ISP or d ial-in server. In addition, you can a lso define a prefix , disable C all Waitin g, and give s pecial instruction s for usin g a calling ca rd. Note: The [...]

Page 182 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Disabling Call Waiting Call Waiting can cause y our session to terminate if you receive a call while you are con nected. If your telephon e has Call Wai ting, you need to di sable this feat ure before logging into your ISP or dial-in server. To disable Ca ll W a iting: 1. Tap the Di sable cal l wa[...]

Chapter 7 Page 183 Connectin g to your ser vice After you s et your Connectio n and Network P references, establish ing a connection t o your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or you r company’s n etwork (dial-in server) i s easy. To establ is h a co nn ection: ■ Tap Connect to dial the cu rrent service a nd display the Servic e Connection P rogr[...]

Page 184 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator To sele ct a conn ection t ype: 1. T ap th e se r vic e f iel d . 2. Tap De tails. 3. Tap the C onnection ty pe pick list and select o ne of the following connectio n types: Note: If you are not sure, try PPP; if that doesn’t wo rk, ask your Internet Service Provider or yo ur System Administrato[...]

Chapter 7 Page 185 Defining primary and secondary DNS The Domain Naming System (DNS) is a mechanism in the Internet for translating the names of host computers into IP address es. When you e nter a DNS numb er (or IP address), yo u are identifying a s pecific server that handles the tra nslation services . Each IP addre ss has four sections, se par[...]

Page 186 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator To enter a perm an en t IP address : 1. Tap the IP Address check bo x to desele ct it an d display a pe rmanent IP address field be low the check box. 2. Tap the spa ce to the left of the first period then enter the first section of the IP address. Note: Each section must be a number from 0 to 255[...]

Chapter 7 Page 187 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 un til the login script is compl ete. 5. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Deleting a ser vice template There is o nly one way to delete a service templat e: use the Del ete command from th e Service menu. To delet e a serv ice templa te: 1. Tap the Service pick list. 2. Tap the service template you [...]

Page 188 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Network Preferences menu commands The Network P references screen includes menu commands to make it fast and easy t o create and edit service templat es. TCP /IP appl ication menus are show here fo r yo ur reference. See page 31 for more information about choosing menu commands. Service menu Optio[...]

Chapter 7 Page 189 Adding a DNS number If your ISP or dial-in server require s a DNS number and you did no t enter that information in t he Network Preferences screen, it will appear that you s uccessfully lo gged into your netw ork. When you try to use an applic ati on or look up informa tion , however, the connection fails. If this occurs, try ad[...]

Page 190 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Ringer Preferences The Ringer Preferences screen controls th e behavior of the ringer on your co mmunicator. You can control the ring volume , select unique ring tones for incomi ng voice calls and SMS messa ges, and turn the vibrate opti on on and off for each of the two ringer switch positions .[...]

Chapter 7 Page 191 To create a Sho rtCut: 1. Tap New. 2. On the ShortCut name line, enter the le tters you want t o use to a ctivate the ShortC ut. 3. Tap the ShortCut Text area and enter the text that you want to appear wh en you typ e the ShortCut characters. Tip: You may w ant to add a space (space character) after the last w ord in your ShortCu[...]

Page 192 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator[...]

Chapter 8 Page 193 Chapter 8 Advanced HotSync ® Operations HotSyn c ® Manager ena bles you to s ynchronize da ta between one or more Palm OS ® devices and Palm™ Des ktop software or another PIM s uch as Mi crosoft Outlook. To synchronize data, you must connect your Treo™ 180 communicator and your desktop software eith er direct ly , by conne[...]

Page 194 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations Tip: If you’re not sure which option to use, keep the default setting: Alw ays avai la ble. 4. Click the Local tab to display the settings for the connecti on between you r computer and the HotSync cable, and adjust the following options as nee ded. 5. Click t he Modem tab t o display th e modem settings a[...]

Chapter 8 Page 195 Customizing HotSync app lication settings For each app lication, you can defi ne a set of options that d etermines how records ar e handled during sync hronization. These options a re called a “con duit.” By default, a H otSync operatio n synchroniz es all files between the communicator and y our desktop s oftware. In general[...]

Page 196 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations 6. Click the direction in whi ch you wan t to write data, or cli ck Do Nothin g to skip data transfer for an app licati o n. Note: Chan g ing the HotSy nc settin g from the default affects only the next Ho tS ync operation. Thereafter, the Ho tSync Actions revert to their default s ettings. To use a new sett[...]

Chapter 8 Page 197 4. Select Enable infrared communication. The COM po rt displaye d on this screen is the port associate d with your i nfrared device. It should be different from the port currently defined for cable synchronization. 5. Write down th e port listed as “Pro viding application support” so y ou can configure HotSync Manager for in [...]

Page 198 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations 6. Click OK. 7. Disable an y other app lication that opens the IR port. Configuri ng HotSync Manager for infrared communicati on Next you n eed to go to the HotSync Ma nager and configu re it for infrared co mmunication. I n Windows 98 and Me, you need to specify the simulated port used fo r infrared communi[...]

Chapter 8 Page 199 The HotSync Man ager is now communi cating with the simulated port de fined for infrared communication. Note: Y ou cannot use y our cable agai n until you recon figure the HotSync M anager to communicate w ith the port define d for cable synchroniza tion. To configur e HotSync Manager for infrared commu nication w ith Windows 20 [...]

Page 200 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations Retu rning to seri al cable HotS ync oper ations It’s easy to return to using the cable for HotSy nc operations. Note: If you’re usi ng a USB cable and the Local USB option is alread y selected on the HotSync Manager menu, you don’t nee d to do anything to return to cable operations. To return to seria[...]

Chapter 8 Page 201 Prepar ing your computer There are a few steps you must perform to prepare y our computer for a wireless HotSync operation. B e sure to perform th ese steps be fore you lea ve your office so that your co mputer is ready to receive a call from your communicator. To prepa re you r comput e r for a wireless HotSync opera tio n: 1. C[...]

Page 202 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations Preparin g your communi cator There are a few steps you must perform to prepare you r communicator for a wireless HotSyn c operatio n. To prepare your commu nic at or for a wirel ess Hot Sy nc opera ti o n: 1. Press Option and th en press Menu to ac cess the Appli cations Launche r. 2. Tap the H otSync icon [...]

Chapter 8 Page 203 Selecting the conduits for a wi reless HotSyn c operation The Conduit Setup dialo g box on yo ur communicator enables you to define wh ich files a nd/or applicatio ns synchroniz e during a w ireless HotSync operation. Yo u can use t hese settings to minimize the time required for wireless synch ronization. To change the Con duit [...]

Page 204 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations Conducting a HotSync operation vi a a network When you use the Network HotSync softw are, you can take ad vantage of the Local Area Ne twork (LAN) and Wi de Area Network (WAN) con nectivity availa ble in man y office environments. The Network Hot Sync software en ables you to perform a HotS ync operatio n by[...]

Chapter 8 Page 205 5. Click OK. 6. Connect you r communicator to the ca ble and pre ss the HotSync bu tton. The HotSync operation records network informa tion about your computer on your communi- cator. With this informatio n, your communicator can locate your computer when you perform a HotSy nc operation over th e network. To prepare your commun [...]

Page 206 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations To perform a dial-in net wo rk Hot Sy nc operation: 1. Press Optio n and then press Menu to access the Applications Launcher. 2. Tap the H otSync icon . 3. Tap the mode m HotSyn c icon to begin the operati on. Performing a network HotSync op eration via a LAN You are rea dy to perform a network HotS ync from[...]

Chapter 8 Page 207 Creating a user profile If you need to configure several Palm OS ® communicators with s pecific informatio n (such as a company phone list) before distrib utin g them to their actual users, you can create a user profile to load the data into a communicator witho ut associating t hat data wi th a user name. The User Profile featu[...]

Page 208 Ad vanced HotSync® Oper ations To use a profil e for th e first-ti me HotSync operation : 1. Connect the new communicator to the HotSync cable. 2. Press the H otSync button on th e cable. 3. Click P rofiles. 4. Select the profile that you want to load on th e communicator, a nd click OK. 5. Click Yes to transfer all the p ro file da ta to[...]

Appendix A Page 209 Appendix A Maintaining Your Communicator This chap ter provides information on the followi ng: ■ Proper care of your Treo™ 180 c ommunica tor ■ Maximizing ba ttery life ■ Resetting your communicator Caring for your communicator Your communicator i s designed to b e rugged and relia ble and to provi de years of tro uble-f[...]

Page 210 Maintaining Your Communicator ■ If the battery beco mes low in the course of norma l use, an a lert appears on th e communicator screen describing the low battery condition. If this alert appears, connect your communicato r to the HotSync cable or travel charger to charge the battery. ■ If the battery dra ins to the point where your co[...]

Appendix A Page 211 Performi ng a warm (or safe) reset A warm (or safe) reset bypasse s system extensions on your communicator, such as HackM aster hacks or system patches. Performing a wa rm reset ena ble s you to uninstall a third-p arty applicatio n that may be cau sing a probl em. To perform a w arm (or safe) reset: 1. Press and hold the top sc[...]

Page 212 Maintaining Your Communicator To restore your data after a hard reset: 1. Click the H otSync Manager icon  in the Wind ows sy stem tray (bottom-right corner of the taskbar). Tip: Yo u can also click the Ho tS ync command on the Palm Desktop software menu bar. 2. From the HotSync Mana ge r menu, choo se Cust om. 3. Select the appropriate[...]

Appendix B P age 213 Appendix B Troubleshooting Tips If you encounter a problem with your Treo™ 180 communicator: ■ Review this section to se e if your prob lem is listed ■ Check our w eb site at ww w.handspring. com for the lates t technical support info rmation Note: Tho usands of thi rd-party add-on a pplications have been writt en for Pal[...]

Page 214 Troubles hooting Tips Operating problems Tapping and keyboard problems Proble m Solution My communicator won’t turn on. Try each of these in turn: ■ Adjust the contrast se ttings. ■ Make sure the battery is fully charged. ■ Perform a soft reset. See pa ge 210 for details. ■ If your communicator s till does not operate, try a hard[...]

Appendix B P age 215 Wireless communication p roblems Problem Solution I can’t us e the wirele ss features ■ Make sure y our Treo battery i s charged. ■ Make sure wirele ss mode is on. To turn on wireless mode, press and hold the power button for a t least two seconds, until you hear a confirmat ion tone . An ascending tone means wi reless mo[...]

Page 216 Troubles hooting Tips My Treo won't register to the network ■ You a re probably outsi de a netwo rk coverage area . Try using anothe r GSM phone to verify whether co verage is available in you r current locat ion. ■ If coverage is availa ble in your location, try y our SIM card in another GSM phone. If it sti ll doesn’ t work, y[...]

Appendix B P age 217 The B laz er ® application wo n’t connect to the Internet ■ Confirm that you wi reless service plan includes d ata services and not ju st voice minut es. ■ Check with your Intern et Service Prov ider to confirm tha t your Network P references settin gs are properly configured. 1.Press Option and then press Menu to access[...]

Page 218 Troubles hooting Tips I get an error message when I send an S MS message t o an email addre ss Make sure y ou have subscribed to a nd enabled the SMS Email feature. You n eed to get the SMS Email Cente r number from your wi reless se rvice prov ider and ent er it in the SMS Preferences dialog. This number is different from the SMS Message [...]

Appendix B P age 219 Applicatio n problems Problem Solution I tapped the Today butto n, but it does not show the correct date. Your communicator is not set to the current date. Make sure the Set Date box in the General Preferences scre en displays the current date. See page 22 and page 177 for details. I know I entered some records, but they do not[...]

Page 220 Troubles hooting Tips HotSync problems Proble m Solution Why can’t I synchronize my communicator with my computer? Try each of these in turn. After each step, try to syn chronize to see if the proble m persists: ■ Make sure y ou instal led the software that came wi th your communicator. You must install this softwa re eve n if you upgr[...]

Appendix B P age 221 I did a HotSy nc operation, but one of my applicatio ns did not sy nchr oni ze. Click the H otSync Manager a nd choose C ustom. Make s ure that the conduit ap pears on the l ist and tha t it is set to Synchronize the files. See page 195 for de tails. I cannot launch the HotSync Manager. ■ Make sure you are no t running anot h[...]

Page 222 Troubles hooting Tips Beaming problems I tried to d o a wireless HotSync operation , but it did no t complete successfully. (continued) Check the foll owing on your co mmunicator: ■ Confirm that y ou are inside a coverage area, and th at the signal is stron g. ■ Make sure the dialin g instruction dials the correct phone number. ■ If [...]

Page 223 Password problems Technical support If you cannot solve your problem after review in g the sources listed at the beginning of this appendix, ch eck our web site www.h andspring.com for the latest technica l support in formation. Before reque sting support , please experimen t a bit to reprodu ce and i solate the problem. When you do contac[...]

Page 224 Troubles hooting Tips[...]

Appendix C P age 225 Appendix C Creating a Custom Expense Report This section e xplains h ow to modify existing Expe nse applicati on templates an d how to create your own custom expense report templates for use with the Expense appl ication. Note: Thi s section ass umes that you are familiar with Microsoft Ex cel or a s imilar spreadsheet applicat[...]

Page 226 Crea ting a Custom Expense Repor t To customi ze a sample Ex pe nse Report te mplate: 1. Make a back up copy of the conte nts of the Template folder. 2. Double- click the name of the sample template you want to mod ify to open it in Microsoft Excel. 3. Make any changes that y ou want to the names (or other information ) in the sa mple temp[...]

Appendix C P age 227 Determining th e layout of the Expense Report This section describes the la yout considerations for the Expense Repo rt and explain s the terms used for creating t he report. Labe ls There are two k inds of labels that you need to define for your repo rt: day/date and expense type. Each kind of label can be either Fixe d or Var[...]

Page 228 Crea ting a Custom Expense Repor t Analyzing your custom Expense Report If you alre ady have a custom Exce l expense report, yo u can use it with a modi fied mapping table. However, before you can crea te a Maptab le.xls file th at corresponds to your custo m Expense Report, you must first analyze the characteristi cs of your report. Perfo[...]

Appendix C P age 229 4. From the Edi t menu, choose Copy. 5. Scroll down to a blank area of the Maptable.xls fil e (below the rows used for Sample4.x lt), and click on a row number to select a blan k row. 6. From the Edit me nu, choose Past e. A copy of the rows you selected in ste p 3 is pasted into the Mapta ble.xls fil e. 7. Name the table. In t[...]

Page 230 Crea ting a Custom Expense Repor t 9. Determine the L abel settings. The orientat ion of the data fi elds (Row, Column) appea rs in the yellow section o f the table. Determine whe ther the Rows will contain expe nse or date informatio n, and place an “x” in the appropriate cell. Whe n you do this, you also define whether the label is F[...]

Appendix C P age 231 12. Define wh ether the S ection is in list f ormat. Th is settin g appears in the lig ht purple c olumns (18–19). If the Section will present the data in a list format, enter the word “yes”. Otherwi se, enter the word “no”. The followi ng diagram show s data pre sented in a list format: Only if your se ction is in li[...]

Page 232 Crea ting a Custom Expense Repor t Using applications other than Microsoft Exc el You can use appli cations othe r than Micros oft Excel (such as Lotus 1-2-3 or Quat tro Pro) to open and manip ulate the Exp ense data o n your computer. The data file is named “Exp ense.txt,” an d is stored in the Expense folder, within the folder cont a[...]

Appendix D Page 233 Appendix D Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts The following information enables you to cre ate custom login scripts that require non-ASCII characters. It is provided for advanced us ers who understa nd the use and requirements o f such characters i n a custom login script. Use of ^char You may use the caret ( ^ ) to transmit[...]

Page 234 Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts[...]

Appendix E Page 235 Appendix E Advanced Call Forwarding Options Some wireless service providers su pport advanced cal l forwarding options through the us e of GSM feature codes. These advanced call forwarding opti ons are turned o n and off and configured by dialing specific code numbe rs with you r communi cato r. Note: Not al l wireless service p[...]

Page 236 Advanced Ca ll Forwarding Opt ions Forwarding calls that you do not ans wer Forwarding calls when your communi cator i s unreach able General Commands Code What it does *61*num ber_to _ forward_to# Forwards all calls you rece ive and do not answer. This option is similar to the wa y t hat voic e mail typ ically works. *#61# Rep orts whethe[...]

Page 237 Other Product Information Limited Warr anty and End User Software Lice nse Agreement For warra nty informat ion and a co py of t he End User License Agree ment applicable to your H andspring product, please see the Handspri ng web s ite at ht tp://sup port.hands pring.com/ esupport/fo rms/hsFil eList.j sp?Type=War- rantie s. If y ou wou ld[...]

Page 238 Other Product Informati on Canadian RFI Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all req uirements of the Canadia n Interference- Causing Equipment Regula- tions. Cet appar eil numérique d e la classe B respe cte toutes les exigenc es du Régle ment sur le mat ériel brouill eur du Cana da. Safety and Gen eral Inform ation IMPORTANT[...]

Page 239 Audio Safety Some hea ring aids may be affected by some di gital w ireless ph ones. Y ou may wa nt to co nsult your docto r in t he event of y ou experience int erference with your hearing aid while using Treo. When using the sp eakerphone feat ure, it is recom mended that you p lace Treo at a safe distance from your ear. Other Medic a l D[...]

Page 240 Other Product Informati on Acknowledg ments We would like t o thank the follow ing develop ers whose contrib utions were an integral part of the Hands pring product: ■ C.E. Steuart Dewar Pimlico Software, Inc. www.gorilla-haven.org/pimlico ■ Darren Beck Code Cit y www.codeci ty.com.au ■ Rick Huebne r www.probe .net/~rhuebn er/index.h[...]

Index Numerics 3-way ca lling 94 A ABA (Address Boo k archive fil e) 34 Accented characters entering 29 onscreen key board 33 Active call 91, 93 Add-on appl ications 40 –43 Address Boo k archive files (.aba) 34 Address Boo k. See PhoneBook Adjus t ing volum e 14 Alarm preset 117 reminder 117 setting 104 sound 117, 178, 214 for untimed even ts 1 0[...]

Page 242 Index Boilerplates 135 Bold font for text 74 Bookmarks adding 123, 124 arranging 125 deleting 125 editing 124 Brightness Con tro l 14, 19 Business card for beamin g 76 Buttons power 15 ringer 15 scroll 14, 85, 132 Buttons preferen ces 172 C Cable connecting to computer 23 for local HotSync operations 74, 7 5 serial 12, 23, 194, 220 USB 1 2[...]

Index Page 243 COM p ort . See USB, port and Serial port Combining categories 65 Comma delimite d files, imp orting data from 3 4 Command buttons 20 Command equivale nts (keyboard) 31 Commu nica tor contrast control 14, 19 overview 11 turning on/off 18 Compressing Day view 116 Conduits 1 95 for connecting to PIMs 26 for modem HotSync operations 203[...]

Page 244 Index opening 49 overview 49 private records 71 purging records 62 repeating even ts 62, 10 5–106 scheduling e vents 101–103 selecting da tes 101 start time for D ay view 115 Sunday or Monday to start we ek 177 switching views 107 templates 113 To Do Lis t items 112 untimed events 102 Week view 107, 177, 219 Week View wi th Text 108 Ye[...]

Index Page 245 Expense adding Phone Book data to records 69 categorizing records 63 creating records 59, 158 currency 160, 165 date of item 158 defining new currency 160 deleting records 61 menus 164 notes for records 73 opening 56 overview 56 purging records 62 receipt details 159 reports in Exce l 162–164, 225– 232 sorting records 70 template[...]

Page 246 Index Indicators battery 15, 80 call status 93, 94 call w aiting 93 missed call 96 network service 80 signal stren gth 80 voicemail 80 wireles s mode 80 Infrared HotSync operations 196–200 port 196 requirements for co mputer 196 Infrared port. See IR port Instal ling applicati ons 40–42 conduit to i nstall appl ications 19 5 Desktop s [...]

Index Page 247 Date Book Plu s 114 Edit menu 60–61 Expense 164 Memo Pad 145, 147, 157 menu bar 20, 31 Net wor k Pr efer ences 188 PhoneBook 97 SIM Bo ok 168 SMS Messagin g 138 To Do Li st 143 Messages checking 89 missed call 96 purging SMS 138 receiving 131 replying 132, 133 sorting SMS 137 text 130, 131 Microphone 14 Microsoft Excel, transfe rri[...]

Page 248 Index P Palm Des ktop softw are. See D esk top soft- ware Passwords 44–46 changing 44 creating 44 deleting 44 for network 179 forgotten 46, 223 Pasting te xt 6 1 Payment, Expense item 1 59 Personal i nformation mana gers. Se e PI M Phone app li cati on starting 82, 96 Phone Lookup 67–68 Phone numbers selecting ty pes 88 Phone settings [...]

Index Page 249 deleting 61, 106 displayi ng a category of 64 editing 60–61 Expense 158 fon ts 74 hiding priv ate 43, 71 lost 219 Memo Pa d 144 notes for 73 PhoneBook 80, 85 private 71 purging 62 sorting 70 To Do Li st 140 Recurring events deleting 62 scheduling 105 Redialing a n umber 95 Reminder. See Alarm Removing applica tions 42 Desktop softw[...]

Page 250 Index Inbox 1 31 Preferences 13 0 purging messages 138 receiving messages 1 31 replying to messages 132, 133 resending messages 137 signature 135 sorting messages 137 SMS Me ssaging menus 138 opening 51 overview 51 Soft reset 210 Sorting applicati ons 38 records 70, 219 Sorting messages 137 Sounds. See Alarm and System sounds Speaker 14 Sp[...]

Index Page 251 Tod ay. See Curr ent da te Tracking eve nts 112 Transferring data. Se e HotSyn c Transmitting data. S ee Be a m ing inf or m a- tion Turning off communica tor automatical ly 177 problems with 214 Turning on and off 18 Turning on co mmunicator applicatio n buttons 14 displayi ng owner’s name 189 problems with 214 Typing punctuation [...]