Handspring 270 manuel d'utilisation

Treo™ 270 Communicator User Guide GPRS 1.1, Windows Edition[...]

Page 2 GPRS 1.1, Windows Edition Copyrigh t Copyright © 2002 Hands pring, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed. Handspring, Treo, and th e Treo logo are trademarks of Handspr ing, In c. and may be registe red in some juri sdictions. Blazer and t he Handspring log o are tradem arks of Handspr ing Inc. , are regist ered trad emarks in the U.S. A., and may be r[...]

Introduction to Your Treo™ 270 Communicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting to k now your commun icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 What is a Treo commun icator? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Page 4 Content s Managing Your Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Applications Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Opening app lications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Contents Page 5 Finding records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Looking up Contacts records in PhoneBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Using Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Page 6 Content s Blazer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Viewing web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Working with bo okmarks [...]

Contents Page 7 Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Changing the date of an Expe nse item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Entering rece ipt details . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Page 8 Content s ShortCuts Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Creating a S hortCut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Editing a ShortCut . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents Page 9 Creating a Custom Expense Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 About mapping tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Customizing exi sting sample templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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Chapter 1 Page 11 Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Treo™ 270 Communicator This chap ter explains the physical but tons and control s on your Treo™ 270 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™ 270 Communicator System requ iremen ts To use the w ireless featu res of you r communicator, y ou must have the following: ■ A GPRS account with your w ireless service provi der ■ A location wh ere your w ireless service provi der has good GPRS cove rage To install a nd operate Pal m Desktop softwa re and [...]

Chapter 1 Page 13 To upgrade: 1. Synchronize your old commun icator with your old Palm Desk top software. This ensures tha t the latest information from y our communicator is on your desktop comp uter. 2. (Optional ) To ensure agai nst any data loss, go to the folder th at stores Palm Desktop software (this is usually the Handspring or Palm folder)[...]

Page 14 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Treo components Locating front panel contro ls Speaker Rocker switch Headset jack Scroll buttons Microphone Screen Keyboard Applic ation buttons Contrast/ Brightness control Option key[...]

Chapter 1 Page 15 Speaker Functions as the earpiece on you r Treo. Head set jack Enable s you to connect a hands-free h eadset for use with the w ireless features. Us e only headse ts that are compatible w ith your communica tor. Rocker switc h Enable s you to navigate on your communicato r with just one hand. You can use the rocker sw itch as an a[...]

Page 16 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Locating top panel controls Antenna Receives and sends wireless commu nication signal s. The ante nna does no t telesc ope out of your communicator. Styl us Serves as the instrument used to tap options on your communi cator screen. To use the stylus, s lide the styl us out of the slot, and hol[...]

Chapter 1 Page 17 Locating back panel components Inserting the SIM card The SIM ca rd is a small rectangular plastic piece that con tains you r phone number a nd account information. It is included with you r wireless se rvice prov ider’s documentat ion and is often referred to as a “smartcard.” If a SIM card did not come with your communicat[...]

Page 18 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Charging the battery To use your communicator, yo u must connect the travel charger or the HotSyn c cable and charge the battery. When you’re nea r your computer, connect your communicator to the HotSync ca ble with the trave l charger connected to a wall outle t as shown i n the section tha[...]

Chapter 1 Page 19 Turning your Treo on and off Your Treo commun icator has two operating modes : a handheld mode and a wireless mode. You can turn the handheld mode and the wirele ss mode on and off indepen dent of each other. When you turn on the han dheld mode, you can us e organizer applicatio ns such as Date Book Plus a nd To Do Lis t. When yo [...]

Page 20 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Adjusting th e display Depending o n the lighting con ditions or te mperature of th e environment w here you use y our communicator, you may nee d to adjust the brightness a nd color saturation of the disp lay. The Adjust Di splay dial og box contai ns two sliders. The upper sli der adjusts co[...]

Chapter 1 Page 21 Elements of the communicator interface Menu bar A set of commands that are specific to the application . Not all applications have a menu bar. Comm and buttons Tap a button to perform a command. Command buttons appear i n dialog boxes and at the bottom of a pplication screen s. Check box Wh en a check mark appea rs in a check box,[...]

Page 22 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator M oving around th e screen You can move bet ween entry field s, pick list s, check boxes, and o ther options by u sing the stylus, the scroll b uttons, or the rocker switch . To move around the screen do one of the following: ■ Tap an i tem with the stylus. ■ Press the scrol l buttons to s[...]

Chapter 1 Page 23 The following proced ures for setting the time and date give you an example of how to custo mize your communi cator. You make changes to the time and date in General preferences. To set the current time: 1. Tap the Se t Time box. 2. Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour. 3. Tap each minute number, and the n tap the arrows t[...]

Page 24 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Using the headset You can con nect a head set for han ds-free operation. Your Treo is compatible with the include d headset a nd other head sets listed at www.hand spring.com. If you need to use your phone while driving and this is permi tted in your a rea, we recommend using a h eadset. Note:[...]

Chapter 1 Page 25 To conn ect the HotSyn c cable: 1. Connect the travel charger ca ble to the short end of the Hotsync cable. Be sure to ma tch the sides of the connectors label ed “UP.” 2. Connect the USB HotSync cabl e to a USB port on your computer, o r connect the S erial HotSync cable to a S erial port on y our computer. 3. Connect the lon[...]

Page 26 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator Using desktop software When you use desktop softw are with HotSync technology, you can do any of the following: ■ Work with your communicato r applications on you r computer. Most desktop software applicati ons dupli cate many of the applications on your commu nicator, so you can view, enter[...]

Chapter 1 Page 27 Using your communicator with Microsoft Outlook The software that comes with your Treo communicator i ncludes everyth ing you need to synchroniz e your communica tor with Microsoft Outlook. If you already h ave Microsoft Ou tlook installed on your computer, the i nstallation program prompts yo u to choose the Microsoft Outlook sync[...]

Page 28 Introduct ion to Your Tre o™ 270 Communicator[...]

Chapter 2 Page 29 Chapter 2 Entering Data in Your Communicator This chap ter explains how to enter da ta into your Treo™ 270 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 30 Entering Dat a in Your Communicat or To type a si ngle capit al letter (Cap s Shift): 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 S hift, press Shi ft twice to cancel it, or if you do nothing for five seconds, it reverts to l[...]

Chapter 2 Page 31 Typing accented characters 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 32 Entering Dat a in Your Communicat or 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 key[...]

Chapter 2 Page 33 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 34 Entering Dat a in Your Communicat or To use keyboard shortcuts for men u commands: 1. Press Menu to open the menu bar. 2. Type the men u command shortcut letter. For example , to choose Copy in the Edit menu, press Menu followed by the letter “c.” Tip: When the menu bar is open, you can enter a shortcut letter for any menu item i n the [...]

Chapter 2 Page 35 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 36 Entering Dat a in Your Communicat or 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 [...]

Chapter 2 Page 37 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 operation. See Palm De sktop o nline Help for more information on importing and e xporting data.[...]

Page 38 Entering Dat a in Your Communicat or[...]

Chapter 3 Page 39 Chapter 3 Managing Your Applications This chapt er explains how to switch betw een appli cations on y our Treo™ 270 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 40 Managing Your Appli cations Switching between applicati ons When worki ng in any a pplication, press Option and then press 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 41 Changing the App licatio ns Launcher display 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 Applicatio ns L[...]

Page 42 Managing Your Appli cations 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 43 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 access the Inst [...]

Page 44 Managing Your Appli cations 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 45 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 fo[...]

Page 46 Managing Your Appli cations Assigning a password You can assi gn a password t o protect your priv ate records. To assign a password: 1. Press Option and then press Men u to acce ss 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 Retu rn . 6. Enter the sam e pa[...]

Chapter 3 Page 47 4. Do one of the following: ■ To change t he password, ente r the new pa ssword, and hol d Option a nd press Return . ■ To delete the password , tap Delete. Recovering from a forgotten password If you forget your password , you can delete the password from your communicator. Deleting a forgotten p assword also deletes al l ent[...]

Page 48 Managing Your Appli cations[...]

Chapter 4 Page 49 Chapter 4 Applications Overview This chapte r briefly describes each appli cation and how to open i t. Your Treo™ 270 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 50 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 51 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 and assign it to a specific time and date. ■ Display a ch art of your appointm ents for an [...]

Page 52 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 Bla zer, you mu st subscribe to GPRS and Inte rnet servic es from your wi reless service provider. If you prefer, you can dial-in to your ISP (Int ernet Service Provider) acc[...]

Chapter 4 Page 53 SMS Messaging SMS Messaging provides a wa y for you to exchange short text messages with other people who use GSM mobi le phones and subscribe to an SMS servic e. Some wireless 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 tex[...]

Page 54 Applications Overv iew To Do List To Do List is a convenient pla ce to create reminders and prioritize the things 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 iorit y leve l to each t ask. ■ Assign a d ue date for any or all of you r To Do items. ?[...]

Chapter 4 Page 55 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 Date Book Plus, PhoneB 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 ike Mi[...]

Page 56 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 57 Calculato r Calculato r enables you to perform additi on, subtraction, multipli cation, division 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, weight/[...]

Page 58 Applications Overv iew Expense Expense lets you keep track of your expenses and then transfer the informat ion to a spreads heet on your computer. In Expense, you can do the following: ■ Record dates, types of expe nses, amount spent, payment method , and other details associated wi th any mo ney that you spend. ■ Assign expense i tems [...]

Chapter 4 Page 59 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 60 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 servi ce providers do n ot put applica tions on the SIM card. In SIM Services, you can do the following: ■ Access applicati ons from your wireless service provider[...]

Chapter 5 Page 61 Chapter 5 Common Tasks In addition to the wire less communication applicati ons, your Treo™ 270 communicato r also includes a full suite of persona l information manager (PIM) application s: Date Book Plus, the Contacts vie w in Phon eBook, To Do List, Memo P ad, and Exp ense. This chapter provides instructions on how to do task[...]

Page 62 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 cu rsor ■ 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 63 Deleting records To delete a rec ord in any of th e PIM applicati ons: 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 lete Item Memo Pa d: Delet e Memo Expense: Del ete Item A confi[...]

Page 64 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 ication, tap Delete, and then hold Option 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 ce[...]

Chapter 5 Page 65 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 39 for details .) When you crea te a record, your commun icator automatically places it in t[...]

Page 66 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 lays only the records assigned to that cate gory. To define a new category: 1. Tap the cat egory pick list in the uppe r-right corner of the screen.[...]

Chapter 5 Page 67 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 68 Common Ta sks ■ PhoneBook : The Instant Lookup feature lets you scroll immediately to a Contacts 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 the C[...]

Chapter 5 Page 69 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 dialog box. Tip: If you select text in an application before you opening the Find dialog box, the selected text automatical ly appears i n the Find di alog box. 2. Enter the tex[...]

Page 70 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 71 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 72 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 65 for detai ls. To sort records[...]

Chapter 5 Page 73 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 45 for details . Hidin g and masking private rec [...]

Page 74 Common Ta sks To display al l private record s: 1. Press Option and then press Men u to acce ss the Appli cations Launche r. 2. Tap the Security icon . 3. T ap th e Curr ent Privac y pic k lis t. 4. Tap Show Records. If you do not have a password, private records become visible. If you have a pa ssword, the Sho w Private Records dialog box [...]

Chapter 5 Page 75 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 76 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 cation. 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 fo[...]

Chapter 5 Page 77 Performi ng a HotSync oper ation for the first time 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 78 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 79 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 appears, point the IR port directly at the IR port of the receiving communicator. Tip: F or best results, the path [...]

Page 80 Common Ta sks To receive bea med information: 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 Unfiled c[...]

Chapter 6 Page 81 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 82 Application -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 four main views. You can place an d receive call s from within an y view, a nd you can also receive calls wh en the sc reen is off (b[...]

Chapter 6 Page 83 The status bar at the to p of each vie w provides i nformation abo ut wireless mode on your phone. Several of th e following common icons may appear in the status b ar: Network Name Displays the name of you r wireless service provi der. If you are outsid e a coverage area, “No s ervice” appears instead. I f you are ou tside yo[...]

Page 84 Application -Specific Tasks Using the Speed Di al view You can s tore up to 50 phone numbers i n the Speed D ial list. Th ere are five pa ges of numbe rs that hold ten numbers per page. Tip: You can keep your Speed Di al list organized by storing different type s of numbers on different pages. For example, create separate pages for family, [...]

Chapter 6 Page 85 Adding Contacts list entries to your Speed Dial list To save t ime while creati ng your Speed D ial list, you can add entries from your Con tacts list. To add an entry from your Contac ts list to your Speed Dial list: 1. Tap a blank Speed Dial bu tton. 2. Tap Lookup. Tip: You can a lso use the Pho ne Number Lookup fea ture to loca[...]

Page 86 Application -Specific Tasks Tip: Du ring a call, if you a re prompted to enter a men u selection, ent er the numbers with the keybo ard. If you defined any Extra Digits, such as an e xtension, tap Extra Digits. 5. Close th e lid to end the call. Changing a Speed Dial entry You can change any of the information associated with a Speed Dial b[...]

Chapter 6 Page 87 Deleting Speed Dial entries If your Speed Dial lis t becomes full, or you no longe r need an en try, you ca n delete it . Note: You cannot delete the Speed Dial button for your wireless service provide r’s voicemail service. To delet e a Sp eed Di al entry : 1. From the Spe ed Dial view , press Men u . 2. Under Edit, select Edit[...]

Page 88 Application -Specific Tasks Using the Dial Pad vi ew The Dial Pad view provi des access to a more tradi tional phone i nterface. You can use this vie w to dial numbers that a re not in your Speed Dial or Contacts list. To dial a number wi th the Dial Pad: 1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 19 for details . 2. Press Phone Book to acc[...]

Chapter 6 Page 89 To create a new Contacts ent ry: 1. Press PhoneBook repeatedl y to access the Contacts view . 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Record, select New Contact (/N). 4. Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your Conta cts list. 5. Press the bottom scroll button to move to the First Name field and then enter the person's fir [...]

Page 90 Application -Specific Tasks To dup licate an entr y: 1. From the Contacts view, select t he name you want to duplicate. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Reco rd, and sele ct Duplicate Contact (/T). 4. Edit the entry as necessary. 5. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. Calling a number in your Contacts list You can d ial any nu mber that you?[...]

Chapter 6 Page 91 4. Under Record, select Edit Contact (/E). 5. Tap the pick list next to the label you wan t to change. 6. Select a new label . 7. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Changing Contact entry details The Contact E ntry Details d ialog box provides a variety o f options that you can ass ociate with an entry. To open the Cont act E[...]

Page 92 Application -Specific Tasks Using the Active Call view After you dial and estab lish a connection, or receive an incoming call, the Active Call view icon appears i n the lower left corner of the P honeBook screen, and th e Active Call vi ew appears: Note: If you dialed a Speed Dial entry t hat includes predefined Extra Digits such as an ext[...]

Chapter 6 Page 93 To end a call , do an y of th e followin g: ■ Close the lid (if the headset is not attached ). ■ Press Backspace . ■ Press the button on the headset (if it is attached). ■ Tap Hang U p. Adjusting call volume You can ad just the volume level from th e Active Ca ll view when a ca ll is in progress. To adju st the ca ll volu [...]

Page 94 Application -Specific Tasks Placing calls on hold You can p lace an active call on h old whil e you use other applicatio ns on your communicator or complete another task . To place a cal l on hold: 1. Place or a nswer a call. 2. Tap Hold to place t he call on hol d. 3. Tap Off Hold to return to the call. Tip: You can also press Period to to[...]

Chapter 6 Page 95 Note: Make sure the Disable Call Waiting option on the Call Preferences screen is off. When this optio n is off the D isable Call Waiti ng check box is empty. See the secti on that begins on page 10 1 for more info rmation. To dial anot her number whil e a call is in prog ress: 1. From the Active Cal l view, repeatedly press Phone[...]

Page 96 Application -Specific Tasks To us e 3-wa y ca lling: 1. Answer or place two calls. 2. Tap 3-way Call to join th e two call s. 3. Tap Cancel 3-w ay to return to the previou s active call and to place the ot her call on h old, or tap Hang Up to end both calls. Note: When a 3-wa y call is active and the headset is attached, p ressing the but t[...]

Chapter 6 Page 97 Other ways to make a call In addition to usi ng the Speed Dial, Contacts , and Dial Pad views, yo u can also place calls in the follo wing way s: ■ Redialing t he last number ■ Returning a missed call ■ Dialing an emergency number Redialing the last number You can redi al the last number you called. To redial the last nu mbe[...]

Page 98 Application -Specific Tasks Calling an emergency number Your Treo provides easy access to emergency numbers such as 911 in the United States or 112 in Europe. You don’t n eed to unlock your SIM card or even have the SIM card i nstalled to ca ll an emergency number. To call an emer gency numb er: 1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page [...]

Chapter 6 Page 99 3. Tap the pick list at the top of the screen to display a specific type of call : Missed, Incoming, or Outgoing. Tip: To temporaril y store a number in your communicator’s memory, press Men u , under Record, sel ect Details (/E), tap Copy P hone #, and then hold Op tion and press Return to finish. You can now Paste this number [...]

Page 100 Application -Specific Tasks Purging Call History Your Treo contin ues accumulati ng Call Histo ry information fo r up to 1,000 calls until y ou purge the Call History list. To conserve storage spa ce, we recommend that you purge this list periodicall y. Note: Using the Purge function permanently removes the call s from your communi cator. [...]

Chapter 6 Page 101 4. Tap the Outgoing pick list and select wh ich type of outbound calls you want t o prevent: None, All, Internati onal, or In ternational excep t calls ho me. 5. Tap the Incoming pick li st and select which inbound calls you want to preve nt: None, All, Only when roaming. 6. Hold Option and press Return to finish. 7. Enter your p[...]

Page 102 Application -Specific Tasks Record menus Options menus Phone Pref ere nces Opens a dia log where you can lock y our SIM card to preven t unauthorized use of your commu nicator’s wireless mode features. Contacts list vi ew Contacts edit view Call History list view Contacts record view Contacts view Contacts record & edit views Call Hi[...]

Chapter 6 Page 103 Prefere nces ■ Remember las t category. De termines how th e Contacts list appears when you return to it from another applica tion. If you select this check box, the Co ntacts list sh ows the last category you selected. If y ou clear it, the Contacts li st displays the All category. ■ Enable first name lookup. Dete rmines whe[...]

Page 104 Application -Specific Tasks Dial P referenc es ■ Dial, Em ail, SMS. Provides thi rd-party applicati ons access t o PhoneBook ’s dialing functions. In most cases you do not need to change the se settings. ■ Default country. Determin es if North American hyphenation conventions a re automati cally applied to phone numbers, and whether [...]

Chapter 6 Page 105 Select Network (continued) ■ Avail able networks. Enables you to manua lly selec t a network. This is useful whe n roaming and there are multiple n etworks available. When you manual ly select a network, your Treo finds only that network until you eith er choose another ne twork, or enable Automatic Reselecti on. ■ Automat ic[...]

Page 106 Application -Specific Tasks Date Book Plus When you open Date Book Plus, the screen shows the current date and a list of times for a normal business d ay. Working in Day View Day View shows an hourly calenda r for a particular date. If there are events sched uled on tha t date, they appear in the appropriate time slot. To view or sel ect a[...]

Chapter 6 Page 107 You can also schedule event s that occur on a particular date but have no specif ic start or end times, such as birthdays , holidays, and anni versaries. These are referred to as “untimed events.” Untimed events a ppear at the top of the list of times, marke d with a diam ond. You can h ave more than one untimed even t on a p[...]

Page 108 Application -Specific Tasks 4. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn so that no start or end times are defined for t he new event. Tip: Yo u can also create a new unti med event by making sure no event is selected and then entering a descrip tion. 5. Enter a descripti on of the eve nt. 6. Tap a bl ank area on the screen to d eselect the un timed [...]

Chapter 6 Page 109 Setting an alarm f or an event The Alarm se tting enables you to set an a udible alarm for even ts in Date Boo k Plus. You ca n set an alarm to sound minute s, hours, or days before an event. The defaul t Alarm setting is 5 minutes before the time o f the event , but you can change this to any numbe r of minutes, h ours, or days.[...]

Page 110 Application -Specific Tasks Scheduling repeating or continuou s events The Repeat fun ction lets y ou schedule events that recur at regula r intervals or exte nd over a period of consecutive da ys. A birthday is a good exa mple of an event that rep eats annuall y. Another examp le is a weekly guitar les son that falls on the same day of th[...]

Chapter 6 Page 111 Changing and deleting repeating or continuous events If you change or delete a repeating or continu ous event you can apply the action to only the current event, t o all instances of the event, or to the current even t and instances tha t follow. To change or dele te repeating events: 1. Select the record you w ant to change or d[...]

Page 112 Application -Specific Tasks Changing the Date Book Plus view In additi on to display ing the cal endar for a specific day, you can also di splay a whole week in graph or text format, a month, a year, or a list of your appointments , as well as the current time. To cycle throu gh Day, Week, Week with Text, Mont h, Year, and List views: ■ [...]

Chapter 6 Page 113 ■ Tap any day or date that appears at the top of the Week View to mo ve directly to that day without selecting an even t. ■ The Week View shows the time span defined by the Start Time and End Time in the Date Book Pl us Preferences settings. If you have an event be fore or after th is time spa n, a bar appears at the top or b[...]

Page 114 Application -Specific Tasks Working in Month V iew The Month V iew screen shows which da ys have ev ents scheduled . Dots and li nes in the Month View indi cate events, repe ating events, and untimed events. You can con trol the dots and lines that appear i n the Mont h View. See p age 119 for deta ils. Tips for using Month View Keep the f[...]

Chapter 6 Page 115 Tips for using Year View Keep the fol lowing points in mind: ■ Tap a day to display the date and events for that day in the title bar. A minus sign indicates only one event i s scheduled on t hat day. A plus sign in dicates multip le events are sched uled on that day. ■ Use the scroll buttons or rocker switch to move between [...]

Page 116 Application -Specific Tasks Spotting e vent confli cts With the ability to define specific start and end times for any event, it’s possib le to schedule events that overl ap (an event th at starts before a previous e vent finis hes). An event conflict (time overlap) app ears in the Week View as overlapping bars. The Da y View displays ov[...]

Chapter 6 Page 117 ■ Avoid scheduli ng a floating e vent that repeats daily. The se events can accumulate q uickly unless you complete them each da y. ■ When viewing a floating event in a desktop applicatio n, the Note field will contain a series of character s: ##f@@@@@@ for an incomplete event and ##c@@@@@@ for a complete event. Do not remove[...]

Page 118 Application -Specific Tasks Using templates You can use templates to create a list of standard events . You can then select an event from this list and add it to your calendar. Since Date Boo k Plus s aves all the event attribute s, includin g alarms and notes, templ ates can really save you time when entering reminder notices or even ts t[...]

Chapter 6 Page 119 Date Book Plus menus Date Book Plus menu s are shown here for your reference, and Da te Book Plus features that are not explained els ewhere in this guide are described here. See page 33 for i nformation about cho osing menu comma nds. Record menu Options menu New To Do Creates a new To Do item and adds i t to your Date Book Plus[...]

Page 120 Application -Specific Tasks Pref ere nces (Day View) ■ Start/End Time. Defines the s tart and end times for Date B ook Plus screens. If the ti me slots you select do not fit on o ne screen, you can tap the scroll arrows to scroll up and do wn. ■ Event Duration. De fines the default duration for new events. ■ Week Start. Defin es the [...]

Chapter 6 Page 121 Display Options (continued) ■ Scroll Before Day Move . Determines w hether the front p anel scroll buttons wi ll scroll up and down wit hin the curren t day before s crolling to the previ ous or next day . ■ Auto-scroll Time. D isplays events based on the time of day when the Day View contai ns more than one screen of informa[...]

Page 122 Application -Specific Tasks To Do Pref ere nces ■ Show Categories. Displa ys the To Do items in th e categories you select. ■ Priori ties 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 123 Week Prefere nces ■ Time Format. Defines the format of the time display. 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 Te[...]

Page 124 Application -Specific Tasks Year Pref ere nces ■ 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 events from the Year View displa y. ■ Hide Zero Duration Events. Removes events without a duration from the Year View display . ■ Hi[...]

Chapter 6 Page 125 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. In most cases , your communicator i s pre-configured with your wireless service provider’s settings. If it is not pre-con figured, contact you r w[...]

Page 126 Application -Specific Tasks 5. Enter the U RL you w ant to view. 6. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. 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, tap[...]

Chapter 6 Page 127 Tip: You can also press the scroll buttons to scroll to other pages, and roll the rocker switch to scroll through the current pa ge. To view the se lected page, pres s the rocker switch. Adding bookmarks You can store up to 100 bookmarks and gro up them in categories by p lacing similar links on the same bookmark page. See page 1[...]

Page 128 Application -Specific Tasks 4. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. Editing bookmarks You can change the title, descrip tion, or URL associated with any of your bookmarks. To edit a bookmark: 1. From the Bookmark view, pre ss Menu . 2. Under Bookmark , select Edit Bookmark (/E). 3. Tap the pa ge icons to n avigate to t he page contain[...]

Chapter 6 Page 129 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 130 Application -Specific Tasks To rearrange bookmark pages: 1. From the Bookmark view, pre ss Menu . 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 le[...]

Chapter 6 Page 131 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. Brow ser Prefere nces Browser tab: ■ Home page. Displays th e URL of the current home page selection. Tap t his option to o pen the Se t [...]

Page 132 Application -Specific Tasks Browser Pref ere nces (continu ed) ■ Initial vie w. Determines whether the Page view or B ookmark view appears when you start the B lazer applica tion. The de fault option is Page view . ■ Images. Dete rmines dept h of color used t o display grap hic images. Y ou can also choose to not display ima ges at all[...]

Chapter 6 Page 133 SMS Messaging In addition to dialing a nd receiving vo ice calls, yo u can use your Treo to send a nd receive short text messages. These text mess ages, also cal led SMS (Sh ort Message Servi ce) messages, a re similar to e -mail messages th at you send a nd receive from your computer, but are limited to 160 characters in l ength[...]

Page 134 Application -Specific Tasks Receivi ng SMS messages When you receive SMS messa ges, the New SMS Messages alert appears. You can receive SMS messages duri ng a data sess ion, but you cannot receive a mes sage during a voi ce call. Note: You can receive SMS messages even if you don’t subscribe to your wireless servic e provider’s SMS ser[...]

Chapter 6 Page 135 Tip s: ■ To view add itional incomi ng messages, pres s SMS Messa ging . ■ You can al so dismiss the alert d ialog box by pressing the rocker sw itch or the to p scroll button. ■ In the Select Acti on dialog box , roll the rocker sw itch or press th e scroll buttons t o highlight an action, and then h old Option and press R[...]

Page 136 Application -Specific Tasks To send an SMS message reply : 1. From the S MS Messages Inbo x, selec t the message to which you w ant to reply. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Mess age, select Reply (/R). 4. Enter the me ssage text. When you reply to an SMS message, S MS Messaging fills in the To field for you. When you reply to a n SMS Emai l mess[...]

Chapter 6 Page 137 Saving c ontact informati on You can cap ture contact information from y our SMS messages and use i t to create a C ontacts entry in PhoneBook . You can capture the sender’s information, or information included in the text of the message. To save t he sender’s information: 1. From the SM S Messages Inbox , select the message [...]

Page 138 Application -Specific Tasks To crea te an SM S text mes sage : 1. From any SMS Messagin g list view, press Menu . 2. Under Mess age, select New (/N). Note: If you defined a signatu re, it automati cally appears at the end of your message. See page 139 for de tails on defini ng a signature. 3. Use the scrol l buttons to select one of the fo[...]

Chapter 6 Page 139 6. Hold Option and press Return to finish. 7. Make sure wireless mod e is on. See page 19 for de tails. 8. Hold Option and press Return to send the message. The message goes into the Pendi ng category until your phone transmi ts the message. After your message transmits, y our Treo places a cop y in the Sent category. If an error[...]

Page 140 Application -Specific Tasks Creatin g boile rplates When you crea te a message you can use the B oilerplate pi ck list to insert predefined text i n your message. Yo u can also a dd items to the list and modify any of th e items yo u add. 1. From any SMS Messagin g list view, press Menu . 2. Under Opt ions, select B oilerplate Te xt. 3. Ta[...]

Chapter 6 Page 141 To forward messages: 1. From the SMS Inbox or Sent ca tegory, tap the header of the me ssage you wa nt to forward. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Me ssage, select Fo rward (/F) . Tip: You can edit th e forwarded message b efore sending i t. 4. Address the message as described on page 137. 5. Make sure wireless mod e is on. See page 19 [...]

Page 142 Application -Specific Tasks Sortin g messages 1. From any SMS Messagin g list view, press Menu . 2. Under Opt ions, select S ort. 3. Tap the S ort by pick li st to select the sort method yo u want to use. 4. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. Dele ting message s You can d elete a single message or a group of messages from a pa rticu[...]

Chapter 6 Page 143 5. Hold Option and press Return twice to confirm deleti on. SMS Messagin g menus SMS Messaging menus are shown here for your reference, and SMS Messaging features tha t are not explained else where in this guide are described here. See page 33 for i nformation about cho osing menu comma nds. The Message and Options menus differ d[...]

Page 144 Application -Specific Tasks Options menus Pref ere nces ■ SMS Message Center number. Enabl es you to enter the number for your wirel ess service provider’s SMS messa ge center. This number is stored on your SIM card. ■ SMS Email Center number. Enables you to ent er the telephone number for yo ur wireless s ervice provide r’s e-mail[...]

Chapter 6 Page 145 To Do List To Do remi nds you of t asks you ha ve to complete. A reco rd in To Do List is ca lled an “item.” To create a To Do item: 1. Press Option and then pres s Date Book Pl us . Tip: You can also access To Do List by tappi ng the To Do List icon i n the Applications Launcher. 2. Enter the tex t of the To Do item. The tex[...]

Page 146 Application -Specific Tasks Setting a d ue date You can a ssociate a due date with a ny To Do item. You can al so sort the it ems that appe ar in the list bas ed on their d ue date. To set a due date for a To Do item: 1. Tap the tex t of the item whose detai ls you w ant to change . 2. Tap De tails. 3. Tap the Du e Date pi ck list. 4. Tap [...]

Chapter 6 Page 147 4. Tap the category that you want to assign the item. 5. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Tip: If yo u turn on the Show Categori es option in the To Do Show opti ons dialog, you can ta p directly o n the category in the To Do l ist to ass ign categories. Checking off a To Do it em You can check off a To Do item to ind icat[...]

Page 148 Application -Specific Tasks 2. Select a ny of the fol lowing settings: 3. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. To Do List me nus To Do Lis t menus are s hown here for your reference, and To Do List fe atures that are not explained elsewhere in this guide a re described here. See page 33 for information about choosing menu commands. Re[...]

Chapter 6 Page 149 Memo Pad A memo can contain up to 4,000 characters. The nu mber of memos you can store i s dependent only on th e memory avai lable on y our communicator. A record i n Memo Pad i s called a “memo.” To create a new memo: 1. Press Option and then pres s PhoneBook . Tip; You can also access Memo Pa d by tapping the Memo Pa d ico[...]

Page 150 Application -Specific Tasks Memo Pad menus Memo Pad menu s are shown here for your reference, a nd Memo Pad features that are no t explained elsewhere in this guide a re described here. See page 33 for information about choosing menu commands. The Record and Options menus differ depending on whet her you’re displayi ng the Memo list or a[...]

Chapter 6 Page 151 CityTime CityTime enables you to display the day and time in your home city and in four other cities aro und the globe. Wh ether you’re travelling or at home, now i t’s easy to keep trac k of the best time to reach you r business a ssociates, friends, and family i n far away places. Note: CityTime doe s not automatica lly upd[...]

Page 152 Application -Specific Tasks 2. Tap the remai ning pick lists and sel ect the other th ree cities y ou want to display. Tip: You can temporarily display the day and time for any othe r city by t apping the city’ s location on the map di splay. Adding cities If the city you want to displa y is not in the predefined list, you can use the Ed[...]

Chapter 6 Page 153 Calculato r Calculator in cludes two o perating modes: Bas ic and Advanced. In Basic mode yo u can perform simple mathe matical cal culations. In Advanced mo de you can access scientif ic functions and perform sophisti cated math cal culations. Th is section exp lains how to select the op erating mode and use the buttons and menu[...]

Page 154 Application -Specific Tasks Displaying Recent Cal culations The Basic Calculator’s Recent C alculations command enable s you to review the last series of calculatio ns and is particularly u seful for confirming a series of “chain ” calculations. To disp lay rece nt cal culations: 1. Press Menu . 2. Under Opt ions, select Recent Calcu[...]

Chapter 6 Page 155 Primary buttons Math buttons Clears the e ntire calc ulation and enables you t o begin a fresh calculati on. Clears the last digit you entered. Use this button if you make a mistake whil e entering a number in the middle of a calc ulation. This button enables you to re- enter the numb er without star ting the calcula tion over. E[...]

Page 156 Application -Specific Tasks Trigonometry buttons Finance buttons Finance b uttons enable y ou to find an unknown va riable val ue based on a group of know n variable values. Fo r example, to cal culate the monthl y payment for a 30-year home loan of $100,000 wi th an annual interest ra te of 8%, yo u would enter the following variables: ?[...]

Chapter 6 Page 157 ■ PV = 100,000 ■ FV = 0 2. Enter 12 and tap the P/ Yr button to e nter the number o f payments pe r year. 3. Tap Edit. 4. Tap the Pmt line and erase all val ues on the line includin g zero. 5. Tap Solve. 6. Hold Option and press Return to finish. You can use a similar process to so lve other financial equatio ns by entering f[...]

Page 158 Application -Specific Tasks Logic buttons Statistics buttons Shifts t he value to the left an d fills the new places w ith zeros. Ente rs D in a hexad ecimal ca lculation. Enters E i n a hexa decimal calcula tion. Enters F in a he xadecimal calculation. Calculate s bit-by-bit commonalities b etween two a rguments. Calculate s bit-by-bit un[...]

Chapter 6 Page 159 Weight/Temp buttons Length buttons Generates a random number be tween 0 an d 32767 and t hen divides this number by 32768 to generate a random fractio n between 0 and .99997. Returns th e number of combin ations of n items take n m at a time. Returns th e number of permutation s of n items taken m at a time. Indicates t he curren[...]

Page 160 Application -Specific Tasks Area buttons Indicates the current val ue is entered in nautical mil es. When yo u tap this button after tapping a nother unit o f measure, it converts the value to nautical miles. Indicates the current valu e is entered in milli meters. When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure, it converts[...]

Chapter 6 Page 161 Volume buttons Creating a custom vi ew You can modi fy any ex isting Advance d Calculator view to create your own view. While customizing a vie w, you can change the button names as well as the button de finitions. To create a cus tom view : 1. From the Ad vanced Calculat or screen, press Menu . 2. Under Program, sel ect Export ([...]

Page 162 Application -Specific Tasks 8. From the Advanced Calculator screen, press Menu . 9. Under Program, s elect Import (/I). 10. Tap the pi ck list a nd select the view you modified. 11. Tap Import. 12. Tap Repla ce to change a n existing definition, o r tap Add to create an a dditional defi nition. 13. Hold Option and press Return twi ce to fi[...]

Chapter 6 Page 163 Expense Expense enable s you to re cord the date, ex pense type, and t he amount that you spen t. A record in Expens e is called an “item.” You can sort your Exp ense items i nto categories or add other information tha t you want to associate with the item. To create an Expen se item: 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to a[...]

Page 164 Application -Specific Tasks To chan ge the date of an Exp ense ite m: 1. Tap the E xpense item you want to ch ange. 2. Tap the da te of the selected item. 3. Select the new date. 4. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. Entering recei pt details Expense provid es a variety of options that y ou can associate with an item. Thes e options[...]

Chapter 6 Page 165 4. Hold Option and press Return to finish. Customizin g the Currency p ick list You can sel ect the currencies and symbols th at appear in the Cu rrency pick li st. To customiz e the Currenc y pick list : 1. In the Rece ipt Details dialog box , tap the Currency pick list a nd select Edit currencies. 2. Tap each Currency pi ck lis[...]

Page 166 Application -Specific Tasks 4. Enter the n ame of the coun try and the sy mbol that you want to a ppear in Expense. 5. Hold Option and press Return twi ce to finish. Note: If you want to use your custo m currency symbol as th e default for all Expense items , select the symbol in t he Preferences dialog box. If you want to use your custo m[...]

Chapter 6 Page 167 Transfer ring your d ata to Mi crosoft Excel After you ent er your expe nses into the Expense appli cation on y our communicator, you ca n view and print the data with your computer. Note: You need Microsoft Excel versi on 5.0 (or later) to view and print your Expense data using one of the provided templa tes. Microsoft Excel is [...]

Page 168 Application -Specific Tasks Using expense report template s Palm Des ktop software includes several expense report t emplates. Wh en you use one of these templates, you can edit your expense data in Micros oft Excel. The templates ha ve the extension .xl t and are stored in the template folder in the P alm Desktop software directory on you[...]

Chapter 6 Page 169 To view your exp ense data using a Microsof t Excel template: 1. Display your expense data in a Microsoft Exce l spreadshee t as described i n the previous procedure. 2. Click Options. 3. Enter name, depa rtment, and ot her information as necess ary for your ex pense report. 4. Click the Templ ates menu; then select an expense te[...]

Page 170 Application -Specific Tasks Pref ere nces ■ Use automati c fill. Lets you select an expense ty pe by entering the first letter of an expense type . For example, if y ou enter the l etter “T,” it enters the “Taxi ” expense ty pe. Entering “T” and then “E” enters “Telephone” wh ich is the first expense type beginning wi[...]

Chapter 6 Page 171 SIM Book In addition to storing your p hone number and billing information, your S IM card also contains a phone list where you ca n store names and numbers that are separat e from your Con tacts and Speed Dial lists. By storing a pho ne list on y our SIM card, y ou have imme diate access to your phone list if you move your SIM c[...]

Page 172 Application -Specific Tasks Copying entries from you r SIM card to your Speed D ial list Just as you can copy entri es from your PhoneBoo k Speed Dial list to you r SIM Book, you can also copy entries from your SIM card to you r PhoneBook S peed Dial list. To copy entri es from your SIM ca rd to your Speed Dial list: 1. Tap SIM in the pick[...]

Chapter 6 Page 173 Dialing entries on your SIM car d In addition to storing phone nu mbers on your SIM ca rd, you can also dial numb ers using SIM Book. To dial entri es from your SIM card: 1. Tap SIM in the pick list in the upper-right corne r. Tip: You can also dial entries from your Speed Dial list by tappi ng Speed Dial instead. 2. Select the e[...]

Page 174 Application -Specific Tasks SIM Services The SIM Services app lication provides an interface between your SIM card and your phone. It enables your SIM card t o store appl ications from your w ireless service provid er that can control functions on your phone. For example, you r wireless servi ce provider might offer an applic ation that pr[...]

Chapter 7 Page 175 Chapter 7 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator The Prefe rences screens enable you to customize the configuratio n options on your Treo™ 270 communicator. In the Preferences screens, you can do the following: Viewing Preferences To open the Pref erences scre ens: 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the App licat[...]

Page 176 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Buttons Preferences The Buttons Preferences screen enabl es you to associate different app lications 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 177 Buttons 2 Preferences The Buttons 2 Preferences s creen enables you to choos e which ap plications open when you press Option i n combinatio n with the ap plication buttons on the front of your commun icator. You can also re-assi gn the applicati ons associat ed with the rocker switch an d opening the lid on your communicator. To[...]

Page 178 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Setting wirel ess modem confi gurations In most cases the preset GPRS configuration s ettings will en able you to conne ct to your wireless service provider's data servi ces. In the event that you need to manually crea te a configuration to connect to your ISP or dia l-in server, you must con[...]

Chapter 7 Page 179 The name of the current configurat ion appea rs at the top of the screen. 3. Tap the Co nnection Method p ick list and select Wirel ess Modem t o Modem. 4. Tap the Dialing pick list and select TouchTone. Note: Select Rotary only if your telephone service does not support TouchTo ne dialing. 5. Tap the Volume pick list and sele ct[...]

Page 180 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator 4. Tap the Di aling pick list and s elect TouchTone or Rotary. Note: Sele ct Rotary onl y if your telep hone service doe s not support TouchTone dial ing. 5. Tap the V olume pick list and sel ect the speaker vo lume. 6. Tap De tails. 7. Enter the i nitializati on string ap propriate for you r comm[...]

Chapter 7 Page 181 Formats Preferences Use the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the display format of the dates, times, and numbers on you r communicator. Country default The country default sets date, time, week star t day, and number conventions based on geograp hic regions where you might use y our communicator. For exam[...]

Page 182 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator General Preferences The General Preferences screen enab les you to set the time, date, auto shutoff interval, the beam receive feature, and sounds for your communi cator. See the section th at begins o n page 22 for informa tion on se tting the time and date. Auto-off de lay Your communicato r has[...]

Chapter 7 Page 183 Network Preferences Network Preferences let you choo se the network settings that the Blazer web browser an d other Internet applicati ons use to connect to the Internet. Your communicator may already be configured for use with one or more Internet service templates that are offered by your wireless service provider. You can also[...]

Page 184 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Creating additional service templates You can cre ate additiona l service templa tes by duplicati ng existing se rvice templates a nd editing informatio n or from scratch. After you duplica te or create a new servic e template, yo u can add and edit settings as descri bed in the sections that begi[...]

Chapter 7 Page 185 Entering a user name Although the User Name fiel d can contain multiple l ines of text, only two lines appear onscreen. This field identifies the name you use when you log into your wireless service provid er, your Internet Service Provider, or y our dial-in server. Ma ny wireless service providers do not req uire a user name for[...]

Page 186 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator 3. Hold Opti on and press Retu rn to finish. Note: The Password field upda tes to display the word “Assigne d.” Conf iguring GPRS set tings When you select the AP N field, your communi cator opens a dialog b ox in whic h you define the Access Point Name (APN) y ou use to conne ct a GPRS networ[...]

Chapter 7 Page 187 To select Deta ils and Ad vanced GP RS settin gs: 1. Tap Details. 2. Tap the Fa llback pick list and select the network service you wa nt to use i f the current selection fails. 3. Tap Advanced. Note: The Domain Naming System (DNS) is a mechanism in the Internet for translating the names of host computers into IP addresses. When [...]

Page 188 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Configuring dial-in, ISDN, infrared , and USB/serial settings When you s elect the Pho ne field, yo ur communicator open s a dialog box in which you define th e telephone n umber you use to connect with y our ISP or dial-in server. In addition, y ou can also define a p refix, disabl e Call Waiti n[...]

Chapter 7 Page 189 Disabling Call Waiting Call Waitin g can cause your se ssion to terminate if you recei ve a call while you are connected. If your telep hone has Call Waiting, you ne ed to disable thi s feature before logging into y our ISP or dial-in server. To dis able Ca ll Wait ing: 1. Tap the Disable call wai ting check box to select it. 2. [...]

Page 190 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator Entering Details for dial-in, ISDN, infrared and USB/serial settings If you are using a copy of a pred efined service templ ate, you probably do n ot need to enter D etails settings. If y ou are creati ng a new service template, you ma y need to provide additio nal informatio n for your ISP or dia[...]

Chapter 7 Page 191 IP address Everyone who logs on to the In ternet needs to ha ve a unique ide ntifier (an IP address), whether permanent or tempora ry. Some networks dynamically assign a t emporary IP address when clients log in. The IP Address field lets you iden tify whether your network provide s automatic (dynamic) temporary IP address ing. N[...]

Page 192 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator To enter a prim ary and second ary DNS: 1. Tap the Query DNS check box to deselect it. 2. Tap the space to th e left of the first period in th e Primary DNS fie ld, and then enter t he first section of the IP address. Note: Each section must be a number from 0 to 255. 3. Repeat step 2 for the seco[...]

Chapter 7 Page 193 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 194 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 applicatio n menus are show here for your reference. See page 33 for more information about choosing menu commands. Service menu Options [...]

Chapter 7 Page 195 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 ation or look up information, however, the connecti on fails. If this occurs, try addi[...]

Page 196 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 197 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 when you type the ShortCut characters. Tip: You may w ant to add a space (space character) after the last w ord in your ShortCut [...]

Page 198 Setting Prefe rences for Your Communicator[...]

Chapter 8 Page 199 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™ 270 communicator and your desktop software eith er directly, by connect[...]

Page 200 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations Tip: If you’re not sure which op tion to use, keep the default setting: Alw ays available. 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 needed. 5. Click t he Modem tab t o display th e modem settings and[...]

Chapter 8 Page 201 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 202 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations 6. Click the direction in whi ch you want to write data, or click Do Nothing to skip data transfer for an app licati on. Note: Chan ging the HotSync setting from the default affects onl y the next HotSync operation. Thereafter, the Ho tSync Actions revert to their default s ettings. To use a new settin g on [...]

Chapter 8 Page 203 3. Click the Options tab. 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 configu[...]

Page 204 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations 6. Click OK. 7. Disable an y other applicatio n that opens the IR port. Configuri ng HotSync Manager for infrared communi cation 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 205 The HotSync Man ager is now communi cating with the simulated port de fined for infrared communication. Note: You cannot us e your cable agai n until you recon figure the HotSy nc Manager 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 0[...]

Page 206 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations Retu rning to s erial cable HotSync operatio ns 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 serial[...]

Chapter 8 Page 207 Prepar ing your comput er 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 comp uter fo r a wireless HotSync op eration: 1. C[...]

Page 208 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations Preparin g your communi cator There are a few steps you must perform to prepare you r communicator for a wireless HotSync operatio n. To prepare your commu nicator for a wireless HotSync opera tion: 1. Press Option and then press Men u to acce ss the Appli cations Launche r. 2. Tap the H otSync icon . 3. Tap[...]

Chapter 8 Page 209 Selecting the conduits for a wirele ss HotSync operatio n 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 210 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations 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 211 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 212 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations To perform a dial-in net work HotSync operati on: 1. Press Optio n and then press Menu to access the Applicatio ns Launcher. 2. Tap the H otSync icon . 3. Tap the mode m HotSyn c icon to begin the operati on. Performing a network HotSyn c operation via a LAN You are rea dy to perform a network HotS ync from [...]

Chapter 8 Page 213 Creating a user profile If you need to configure several Palm OS ® communicators wi th specific in formation (such as a company phone list) before distributing 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 r[...]

Page 214 Ad vanced HotSync® Ope rations To use a profil e for the first -time HotS ync operat ion: 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 rofile data to t[...]

Appendix A Page 215 Appendix A Maintaining Your Communicator This chap ter provides information on the followi ng: ■ Proper care of your Treo™ 270 c ommunicator ■ 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-fr[...]

Page 216 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 217 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 enables you to uninstal l a third-party applicatio n that may be cau sing a probl em. To perform a w arm (or safe) reset: 1. Press and hold the top scro[...]

Page 218 Maintaining Your Communicator To restore your data after a hard reset: 1. Click the H otSync Manager icon  in the Wind ows system tray (bottom-right corner of the taskbar). Tip: Yo u can also click the HotSync command on the Palm Des ktop software menu bar. 2. From the HotSync Mana ger menu, choose Custom. 3. Select the appropriate user[...]

Appendix B P age 219 Appendix B Troubleshooting Tips If you encounter a problem with your Treo™ 270 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: Thousands of thi rd-party add-on applications have been written for Pa lm [...]

Page 220 Troubles hooting Tip s Operating problems Proble m Solution My communicator won’t turn on. Try each of these in turn: ■ Adjust the displa y settings. ■ Make sure the battery is fully charged. ■ Perform a soft reset. See pa ge 216 for details. ■ If your communicator s till does not operate, try a hard reset. See page 217 for detai[...]

Appendix B P age 221 Tapping and keyboard problems Wireless communication p roblems Problem Solution When I tap the buttons or screen icons, it activates the wrong feature. Calibrate the screen. See pa ge 180 for deta ils. When I pre ss Menu , nothing happe ns. Not all appl ications or screens have men us. Try changin g to a different application. [...]

Page 222 Troubles hooting Tip s I called my wireless service provider to activate my service, but wi reless mode st ill doesn’t work Some wireless service providers require 24 hours or more to activate yo ur wireless s ervice. If it has been longer tha n your wireless service provid er’s activation period, report the problem to your wirel ess s[...]

Appendix B P age 223 Some incoming call er’s names don’ t appear in Ca ll Histo ry ■ Find out if a call er has bloc ked their Caller ID. ■ Call Histo ry does not show names for records you mark ed hidden i n your Contacts list. The B laz er ® applicati on won’t connect to the Internet ■ Your Treo supports Gene ral Packet Radio Se rvice[...]

Page 224 Troubles hooting Tip s Some phone numbers don’t appear in the SMS Lookup Make sure the number you want is identifi ed as a mobi le number in your Contacts list. Onl y mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses appear when you use the SMS Message Manager Addres s by Las t Name Lookup feature. I can’t send SMS messages ■ Make sure SMS s[...]

Appendix B P age 225 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 23 and page 182 for details. I know I entered some records, but they do not[...]

Page 226 Troubles hooting Tip s HotSync problems Proble m Solution Why can’t I synchronize my communicator with my computer? Try each of these in tu rn. After each ste p, try to s ynchronize to see if the problem p ersists: ■ Make sure y ou instal led the software that came wi th your communicator. You must install this software even if you upg[...]

Appendix B P age 227 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 Cus tom. Make sure that t he conduit appears on the list and th at it is set to Synchronize the files. See page 201 for details. I cannot launch the HotSync Manager. ■ Make sure you are not running another pr[...]

Page 228 Troubles hooting Tip s 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 strong. ■ Make sure th e dialing instruction dial s the correct phone number. ■ If[...]

Page 229 Password problems Technical support If you cannot solve your problem after review ing 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 contact[...]

Page 230 Troubles hooting Tip s[...]

Appendix C P age 231 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: This section ass umes that you are familia r with Microsoft Excel or a s imilar spreadsheet applicati[...]

Page 232 Crea ting a Custom Expense Report To customi ze a sample Expense Rep ort template: 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 templa [...]

Appendix C P age 233 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 234 Crea ting a Custom Expense Report 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. Perfor[...]

Appendix C P age 235 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 236 Crea ting a Custom Expense Report 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 Fi[...]

Appendix C P age 237 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 shows data presented in a list format: Only if your se ction is in list[...]

Page 238 Crea ting a Custom Expense Report 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 ai[...]

Appendix D Page 239 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 240 Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts[...]

Appendix E Page 241 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 your communicator. Note: Not al l wireless service prov[...]

Page 242 Advanced Ca ll Forwarding Opt ions Forwarding calls that you do not ans wer Forwarding calls when your communi cator is unreachable General Commands Code What it does *61*num ber_to _ forward_to# Forwards a ll calls y ou receive and do not answer. This opt ion is simila r to the wa y that voi cemai l typi cally wo rks. *#61# Rep orts wheth[...]

Page 243 Other Product Information FCC Statement This device m ay cause TV or radio in terference if u sed in close proximit y to receiving equ ipment. The F CC can re- quire y ou to stop using the device if s uch interferen ce cannot be el iminated. If y ou need assist ance, conta ct Hand- spri ng Cust omer Care . This device compl ies with p art [...]

Page 244 Other Product Informati on Safety and Gen eral Inform ation IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFE AND EFFICIENT O PERATION. Read this information before using your in- tegrated multi-service port able radio. For the Saf e and Efficient Op eration of Your Radio , Observe These G uidelines Your radio product cont ains a transmitt er and a receive r.[...]

Page 245 Interferenc e to Other Elec tronic Devi ces RF energy may affe ct improp erly installed or ina dequately shielded e lectron ic operati ng and en tertainment syst ems in motor veh icles. Check wit h the manufacturer or rep resentat ive to determine if these systems a re adequately shielded from externa l RF energy . Also chec k with the m a[...]

Page 246 Other Product Informati on[...]

Index Numerics 3-way ca lling 96 A ABA (Address Boo k archive fil e) 36 Accented characters entering 31 onscreen key board 35 Active call 92, 94 Add-on appl ications 42–45 Address Boo k archive files (.aba) 36 Address Boo k. See PhoneBook Adjus ting volu me 15 Alarm preset 121 reminder 121 setting 109 sound 121, 182, 220 for untimed even ts 1 09 [...]

Page 248 Index Boilerplates 140 Bold font for text 76 Bookmarks adding 127 arranging 129 deleting 129 editing 128 Brightness control 15, 20 Business card for beamin g 78 Buttons power 16 ringer 16 scroll 15, 88, 126, 135 Buttons preferen ces 17 6, 177 C Cable connecting to computer 24 for local HotSync operations 76, 7 7 serial 12, 24, 200, 226 USB[...]

Index Page 249 Color control 15, 20 depth 132 COM p ort . See USB, port and Serial port Combining categories 67 Comma delimite d files, imp orting data from 3 6 Command buttons 21 Command equivale nts (keyboard) 33 Commu nica tor contrast control 15, 20 overview 11 turning on/off 19 Compressing Day view 120 Conduits 2 01 for connecting to PIMs 27 f[...]

Page 250 Index Month view 114 notes for records 75 opening 51 overview 51 private records 73 purging records 64 repeating even ts 6 4, 110–111 scheduling e vents 106–108 selecting da tes 106 start time for D ay view 120 Sunday or Monday to start we ek 181 switching views 112 templates 118 To Do Lis t items 117 untimed events 107 Week view 112, [...]

Index Page 251 Exchanging data . See Hot Sync Exclam ation ma rks in To Do List 1 48 Expense adding Phone Book data to records 71 categorizing records 65 creating records 61, 163 currency 165, 170 date of item 163 defining new currency 165 deleting records 63 menus 169 notes for records 75 opening 58 overview 58 purging records 64 receipt details 1[...]

Page 252 Index Ignoring calls 92 Importing data 36–37 Incoming calls 92–96, 98 Indicators battery 16, 83 call status 94, 95 call w aitin g 95 missed call 97 network service 83 signal stren gth 83 voicemail 83 wireles s mode 83 Infrared HotSync operation s 2 02–206 port 202 requirements for co mputer 202 Infrared port. See IR port Instal ling [...]

Index Page 253 Memos. See Me mo Pad Menus 33–34, 221 Blazer 130 choosing 33 command equiva lents (key board) 33 Date Book Plu s 119 Edit menu 62–63 Expense 169 Memo Pad 150, 152, 162 menu bar 21, 33 Net wor k Pref eren ces 19 4 PhoneBook 101 SIM Bo ok 173 SMS Messagin g 143 To Do Li st 148 Messages checking 98 –99 missed call 97 purging SMS 1[...]

Page 254 Index Passwords 46–47 changing 46 creating 46 deleting 46 for network 185 forgotten 47, 229 Pasting te xt 6 3 Payment, Expense item 1 64 Personal i nformation mana gers. Se e PI M Phone app lication starting 85, 98 Phone Lookup 69–70 Phone numbers selecting ty pes 90 Phone settings for ISP or dial-in server 188–189 PhoneBook *If Foun[...]

Index Page 255 displayi ng a category of 66 editing 62–63 Expense 163 fon ts 76 hiding priv ate 45, 73 lost 225 Memo Pa d 149 notes for 75 PhoneBook 82, 88 private 73 purging 64 sorting 72 To Do Li st 145 Recurring events deleting 64 scheduling 110 Redialing a n umber 97 Reminder. See Alarm Removing applica tions 44 Desktop software 45 Renaming c[...]

Page 256 Index purging messages 142 receiving messages 1 34 replying to messages 136, 137 resending messages 141 signature 139 sorting messages 142 SMS Me ssaging menus 143 opening 53 overview 53 Soft reset 216 Sorting applicati ons 40 records 72, 225 Sorting messages 142 Sounds. See Alarm and S ystem sounds Speaker 15 Speakerph one 93 Speed Di al [...]

Index Page 257 Transmitting data. S ee Beaming info rma- tion Turning off communica tor automatical ly 182 problems with 220 Turning on and off 19 Turning on co mmunicator applicatio n buttons 15 displayi ng owner’s name 195 problems with 220 Typing punctuation ma rks 30 Typing. See Entering data U Unblock code 221 Undoing actions 62 Uninstalling[...]