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1. W riting accented characters To create accented characters draw the stroke normally used to create the letter followed by an accent stroke Graffiti writing then adds the accent to the letter For example the following diagram shows the strokes required to draw an accented e Accent strokes Using these accent strokes you can write the following accented letters LOA eM om 0 1 RN TREY LR mou YN Page 34 Entering Data in Your Communicator Additional non English characters You can write the following characters in the lowercase alphabet mode without any special punctuation or shifting e Note You must write these non English characters in the left side of the Graffiti writing area Navigation strokes In addition to character symbols Graffiti writing includes special strokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications Command Stroke Move cursor right Move cursor left _ Previous field Contacts view in PhoneBook only Next Field Contacts view in PhoneBook only Open Contact Record Contacts view in PhoneBook only Y G raffiti S hortC uts Graffiti ShortC uts make entering commonly used words or phrases quick and easy ShortC uts are similar to the Glossary or Autotext features of some word processors Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts and you can also
2. Chapter 1 Page 25 Using your communicator with Palm Desktop software Y our communicator comes with Palm Desktop software Palm Desktop software includes many of the same applications as your communicator Date Book Address the Contacts view in PhoneB ook To Do List Memo Pad Expense and desktop e mail connectivity The following instructions guide you through installing P alm Desktop software After installation refer to the online Help in Palm Desktop software for information about how to use the software Note You must install the software that comes with your Treo communicator even if you already installed Palm Desktop software for a previous Palm OS handheld To ensure a safe and uninterrupted installation of Palm Desktop software please do notsimply copy the Palm Desktop software files to your computer s hard disk You must use the installer to place the files in their proper locations and to decompress the files To install Palm Desktop software 1 Connect the HotSync cable See page 23 for instructions 2 Exit any open programs including those that run at startup such as Microsoft Office and disable any virus scanning software 3 Insert the Handspring CD ROM into the computer s CD ROM drive 4 lf the language selection screen appears click the same language you selected on your communicator Choosing a different language may result in loss of data 5 If the model selection screen appears click the name of
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4. Note To use Blazer you must subscribe to data services from your wireless service provider and you must have an account established with an ISP Internet Service Provider Many wireless service providers also provide ISP services If ISP information is available from your wireless service provider when you configure your wireless communication settings with the Handspring CD ROM the installation program sets up Blazer for use with that provider If you already installed the desktop software from the Handspring CD ROM but didnt configure the wireless communication settings select Configure Y our Treo under Programs Handspring or Palm on the Windows Start menu and follow the instructions on the screen In Blazer you can do the following m Access the World Wide Web and display Internet content m Create up to 100 bookmarks for quick and convenient access to your favorite web sites m Navigate between web pages with familiar toolbar icons To open Blazer m Press the Blazer application button on the front panel of your communicator B lazer opens to display the Page view Note Ifa different application appears when you press the Blazer application button your wireless service provider installed another application as the default web browser To launch Blazer tap the Applications icon 43 and then tap the Blazer icon Blazer button Tip Press the Blazer application button repeatedly to toggle between the Page and Bookm
5. Help Tap either Hide Records or Mask Records Tap OK to confirm that you want to change the security setting To display all private records 1 2 3 Tap the Applications icon 42 Tap Security Tap the Current Privacy pick list security Current Privacy T Mask Records Tap here Password i Lock amp Turn Off Help 4 Tap Show Records If you do not have a password private records become visible If you have a password the Show Private Records dialog box appears Enter your password in this dialog box and tap OK Chapter 5 Page 75 To display a specific masked record 1 Open the application that contains the record you want to view 2 Tap the shaded bar that masks the record Memo fl 1 Hondheld Basics 2 Three Ways to Enter Text 3 Download Applications 4 Power Tips 5 Tap here Mew Note If you have a password you must enter your password and tap OK to view the record To display all private records in a specific application 1 Open the application in which you want to display the records 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap Options and then tap Security 4 Tap the Current Privacy pick list Change Security 1 Current Privacy Mask Records 5 Tap Show Records 6 Tap OK Attaching notes In all PIM applications except Memo Pad you can attach a note to a record A note can be up to several thousand characters lon
6. Include Week Numbers in Title Displays the selected week number in the title bar Month Preferences 11 EX Show Timed Events E Show Untimed Events E Show Doily Repeating Events Ef Include Week Numbers in Title Ef Show Zero Duration Events Show Timed Events Displays events that you assigned to a specific time Show Untimed Events Displays events that you assigned to a date but did not assign to a specific time Show Daily Repeating Events Displays events that repeat each day Include Week Numbers in Title Displays week numbers in the title bar for the first and last weeks in the month Show Zero Duration Events Displays events that have no duration in the Month View display Page 122 Application Specific Tasks Year Preferences List View Preferences About Date Book Year Preferences 11 Hide Floating and Done Items O Hide Untimed Events E Hide Zero Duration Events O Hide Events we 0 5 Hr Ol Hide Daily Repeating Events Hide Floating and Done Items Removes floating events and completed To Do items from the Y ear View display Hide Untimed Events Removes untimed events from the Y ear View display Hide Zero Duration Events Removes events without a duration from the Y ear View display Hide Events lt Removes events that are shorter than the time you specify from the Y ear View display The choices are 0 5 1 2 4 8 and 12 Hide Daily Repeating Events Removes events t
7. O ptions menu Record Edit OT Custom Currencies About Expense Chapter 6 Page 167 Preferences Preferences Li M Use automatic fill when entering data Default Currency w m Use automatic fill Lets you select an expense type by writing the first letter of an expense type in the Graffiti writing area For example if you write the letter T it enters the Taxi expense type Writing T and then E enters Telephone which is the first expense type beginning with the letters TE m Default currency Sets the default currency symbol for Expense About Expense Shows version information for Expense Page 168 Application Specific Tasks SIM Book In addition to storing your phone number and billing information your SIM card also contains a phone list where you can store names and numbers that are separate from your Contacts and Speed Dial lists By storing a phone list on your SIM card you have immediate access to your phone list if you move your SIM card to another phone The SIM Book application is a utility that enables you to view and manage the phone list on your SIM card Copying entries from your S peed Dial list to your SIM card Y ou can copy entries from your PhoneBook Speed Dial list to your SIM Book This is a great way to save time and keep your SIM Book up to date To copy entries from your S peed Dial list to your SIM card 1 2 ER Tap the Applications icon
8. R Range of times in Day view 118 Receipts recording in Expense 162 Receiving data See Beaming information Records beaming 79 80 choosing categories 67 creating 63 Date Book Plus 104 defined 61 deleting 65 109 displaying a category of 68 editing 64 65 Expense 161 fonts 77 hiding private 46 74 lost 222 Memo Pad 147 notes for 76 77 PhoneBook 84 89 private 74 75 purging 66 sorting 73 74 To Do List 143 Recurring events deleting 66 scheduling 108 Redialing a number 99 Reminder See Alarm Removing applications 44 Desktop software 45 Renaming categories 69 Repeating events deleting from Date Book Plus 66 scheduling 108 Rescheduling events 106 Reset button 16 Resetting communicator hard reset 213 location of reset button 16 212 soft reset 212 warm reset 213 Ringer settings 193 switch 15 Rocker switch 18 21 S Safety 240 Saving data 40 63 65 Scheduling events 104 106 Screen backlight 18 blank 216 brightness control 14 calibrating 19 179 caring for 211 contrast control 14 touching 14 Scroll bar 20 Scroll buttons 14 21 89 134 Searching See Finding Secondary DNS 188 Security 46 48 changing password 47 deleting password 47 displaying owner s name 192 forgotten password 48 locking the communicator 47 private records 74 75 Selecting date forevent 105 phone numbers in Contacts list 91 text 64 65 Sending data See Beaming information Serial port 12 16 196 203 223 224 Se
9. Connected to travel charger Green Fully charged Red Charging Blinking Wireless mode on Green In coverage area Red Out of coverage area Double blink red Low battery Ringer switch Controls the ringer setting See page 193 for details on changing the NR settings Note Silencing the ringer also turns off a system sounds including alarms When you silence the ringer Date Book Plus alarms vibrate Chapter 1 Page 15 Locating back panel components SIM card door SIM card door Reset button Charger and USB serial connector Reset button Charger and USB serial connector Secures your SIM Subscriber Identity Module card in your phone Under normal use you should not have to use the reset button See Appendix A for information about when and how to use the reset button The connector that connects your communicator to the travel charger and HotSync cable The HotSync cable connects to a USB port or serial port on your computer and enables you to synchronize the information between your communicator and computer using HotSync technology Inserting the SIM card The SIM card is a small rectangular plastic piece that contains your phone number and account information It is included with your wireless service provider s documentation and is often referred to as a Smartcard If a SIM card did not come with your communicator your wireless service provider will provide you with one when you subscribe to
10. Note If you plan to connect to your company s dial in server network modem instead of connecting to a computer modem see page 206 Phone Setup Li O Dial prefix 9 O Disable call waiting O Use calling card 6 Enterthe telephone number to access the modem connected to your computer 7 If needed enter a dial prefix such as 9 to access an outside line and then tap the Dial Prefix check box Tip Y ou can enter a comma in the field to introduce a pause in the dialing sequence Each comma equals a two second pause 8 Select the Disable call waiting check box to avoid an interruption during the wireless HotSync operation 9 If you want to use a calling card to place the call select the check box and enter the calling card number 10 Tap OK Page 204 Advanced HotS ync Operations Selecting the conduits for a wireless HotSync operation The Conduit Setup dialog box on your communicator enables you to define which files and or applications synchronize during a wireless HotSync operation You can use these settings to minimize the time required for wireless synchronization To change the Conduit Setup for a wireless HotS ync operation 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the HotSync icon 3 Tap the Menu icon 6 4 Tap Options and then tap Conduit Setup 5 Tapthe check boxes to deselectthe files and applications that you do notwantto synchronize during a wireless HotSync operation The default setting
11. Tap App and then tap Delete Tap the application that you want to remove Page 44 Managing Y our Applications Delete Free Memory 15668K of 16128K Blazer Cache Datebk3HDE Graffiti SMIS Messages SMS Msg Index 5 Tap Delete 6 Tap Yes 7 Tap Done 8 Check the Backup folder under your user name folder in the Handspring or Palm folder on your computer If you find a PRC file for the application you just removed delete the PRC file from the Backup folder Tip If you installed Palm Desktop software for the first time when you purchased your Treo communicator the Palm Desktop software is located in the Handspring folder If you upgraded from a previous version of Palm Desktop software these files are most likely located in the Palm folder Removing Palm Desktop software Removing Palm Desktop software also removes HotSync Manager If you remove this software from your computer you cannot synchronize your data So we highly recommend leaving Palm Desktop software on your computer To remove Palm Desktop software 1 From the Windows Start menu choose Programs Handspring or Palm and then Uninstall 2 Click Yes to uninstall the software Chapter 3 Page 45 S ecurity Y our communicator comes with a Security application so that unauthorized users cannot view the entries you wish to protect Note Toaccess the Security application you must first select either the All or System category from the Appl
12. Ty Options O ptions menu TO Options O O Help About Help Opens a dialog where you can view tips about using the SIM Book application About Opens a dialog where you can view version and copyright information for the SIM Book application Chapter 6 Page 171 SIM Services The SIM Services application provides an interface between your SIM card and your phone It enables your SIM card to store applications from your wireless service provider that can control functions on your phone For example your wireless service provider might offer an application that provides a secure connection for online banking services To use SIM Services 1 Tap the Applications icon amp on the front of your communicator 2 Tap the SIM Services icon H Wireless Services CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERNET MOVIES MEWS Que SPORTS WEATHER 3 Tap the application you want to use Note If your wireless service provider did not install any applications on your SIM card a message informs you that no services are on your SIM card 4 lf alist of options appears tap the option you want to use Page 172 Application Specific Tasks Chapter 7 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator The Preferences screens enable you to customize the configuration options on your Treo 180g communicator In the Preferences screens you can do the following Buttons Assign different applications to many of the buttons and icons on your com
13. W orking with floating events Date B ook Plus can include events that are a combination of a To Do item and a Date Book event These events are called floating events Floating events are not assigned to a specific date but can still be timed or untimed can have alarms and can repeat If a floating event is not completed by midnight it automatically advances to the next day until you mark it complete Y ou can distinguish a floating event from an integrated To Do item by the circle that appears next to the floating event in place of the To Do item priority number and check box Floating events appear in alphabetical order at the top of the Day View screen between any integrated To Do items and untimed events To create a floating event 1 Tap the Day View button 2 Tap New and select Floating Event from the list fug 31 02 TT Floating Event Tap to create a floating event o Do Daily Journal Template Appointment 3 Entera description of the event 4 Tapa blank area on the screen to deselect the floating event To mark a floating event complete m Tap the circle to the right or left of the event Page 114 Application Specific Tasks Tips for using floating events m To prioritize floating events enter a number followed by a space or dash as the first few characters of the description m To convert an existing event to a floating event select the event tap Details and select Fl
14. on the front of your communicator Tap the SIM Book icon e Tap Speed Dial in the pick list in the upper right corner Tap the entry you want to copy Tip To copy all the numbers in your Speed Dial list select Copy All from the Edit menu SIM Book Book w Speed Dial Tap S peed Dial Chris 555 2676 Greg 555 8712 Tap a name or number to select it Tap Copyto add the en try to your SIM card Copy Delete Dial SMS Tip A check mark indicates that the entry is already on both your Speed Dial list and your SIM list Tap Copy Chapter 6 Page 169 Copying entries from your SIM card to your Speed Dial list J ust as you can copy entries from your P honeB ook Speed Dial list to your SIM Book you can also copy entries from your SIM card to your PhoneBook Speed Dial list To copy entries from your SIM card to your Speed Dial list 1 Tap SIM in the pick list in the upper right corner 2 Tap the entry you want to copy Tip To copy all the numbers in your Speed Dial list select Copy All from the Edit menu SIM Book y SIM Tap SIM Chris 555 2676 Greg 555 8712 Tap a name or number to select it Tap Copyto add the entry to your Speed Dial list Copy Delete Dial SMS Tip A check mark indicates that the entry is already on both your Speed Dial and SIM list 3 Tap Copy Deleting entries from your SIM card If you find that you no longer need a phone number you can
15. 4 Tap Lookup The Attendees Lookup screen displays all the names of Contacts entries in Phonebook that have data in the Company field 5 Select the name you want to add and then tap Add The name appears in the Attendees screen 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more names 7 Tap Done and then tap OK S orting lists of records You can sort lists of records in various ways depending on the application Sorting is available in applications that have list screens Contacts view in PhoneBook To Do List Memo Pad and Expense Note You can also assign records to categories See page 67 for details To sort records in To Do List and Expense 1 Open the application to display the list screen 2 Tap Show 3 Tap the Sort by pick list and select an option 4 Tap OK Chapter 5 Page 73 To sort records in Contacts view in PhoneBook and Memo Pad 1 Open the application to display the list screen 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap Options and then tap Preferences Contacts View Preferences O Remember last category Memo Preferences i List By Sortby w Alphabetic Last Hame First Hame Memo Pad Contacts 4 Do one ofthe following Contacts view in PhoneB ook Tap the setting you want Memo Pad Tap the Sort by pick list and select Alphabetic or Manual 5 Tap OK To sort the Memo list manually tap and drag a memo to a new location in the list Note Tomake the list of your memos appear in Palm Desktop so
16. Answering calls 95 Antenna 15 Application buttons 14 18 39 50 51 52 53 174 Applications beaming 79 81 Blazer 52 124 Calculator 56 categories 40 CityTime 57 Date Book Plus 51 Expense 58 font style 77 installing 42 44 Memo Pad 55 opening 39 PhoneBook 50 preferences for 41 removing 44 security 46 SIM Phonebook 59 SIM Services 60 SMS Messaging 53 To Do List 54 viewing as icons 40 viewing as list 40 See also Add on applications Applications Launcher 39 41 Appointments See Date Book Plus Archive files importing data from 37 for main applications 38 saving deleted records 65 saving purged records 66 Automatic fill in Expense 168 Auto off delay 180 Autotext See Graffiti ShortC uts B Backlight 18 175 Backup See HotSync Battery charging 17 conserving power 180 gauge 39 84 Beaming See also Infrared Beaming information 79 81 location of IR port 15 pen stroke to activate 175 problems with 225 Beep tone 97 Birthdays See Repeating events Blazer adding bookmarks 126 Bookmark view 125 deleting bookmarks 127 editing bookmarks 126 menus 128 opening 52 organizing bookmarks 127 overview 52 Preferences 130 Properties 129 Web Page view 124 Boilerplates 138 Bold font for text 77 Bookmarks adding 126 arranging 127 deleting 127 editing 126 Brightness Control 14 Business card for beaming 80 Buttons power 15 ringer 15 scroll 14 89 134 Buttons preferences 174 C Cab
17. Delete Note 4 Tap the date that you want to assign the item Today Assigns the current date Tomorrow Assigns tomorrow s date One week later Assigns the date exactly one week from the current date No Date Removes the due date from the item Choose date Opens the date selector where you can choose any date that you want for the item 5 Tap OK Tip If you turn on the Show Due Dates option in the To Do Show options dialog you can tap directly on the due date in the To Do list to open the pick list shown in step 4 Assigning a category You can associate any To Do item with a category Y ou can also sort the items that appear in the list based on their category To assign a category fora To Do item 1 Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change 2 Tap Details 3 Tap the category pick list Page 144 Application Specific Tasks To Do Item Details Li Priority gt 3 4 5 Category w Unfiled T h r Due Date w No Date ap ners Private O OK Cancel Delete Note 4 Tap the category that you want to assign the item 5 Tap OK Tip If you turn on the Show Categories option in the To Do Show options dialog you can tap directly on the category in the To Do list to assign categories Checking off a To Do item You can check off a To Do item to indicate that you ve completed it You can set To Do List to record the date that you completed the To Do item
18. Details Connection type Y PPP Select connection type Idle timeout e Power Off Query DNS amp IP Address Automatic OK Cancel Script 3 Tap the Connection type pick list and select one of the following connection types PPP P oint to P oint protocol SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol Note If you are not sure try PPP if that doesn t work ask your Internet Service Provider or your System Administrator for the correct connection type Idle timeout The Idle timeout setting defines how long your communicator waits before dropping the connection with your ISP or dial in server when you switch out of a TCP IP application To set the Idle timeout 1 Tap the Idle timeout pick list and select one of the following options Immediate Drops the connection to your ISP immediately when you switch to another application 1 minute Waits one minute for you to open another application before it drops the connection 2 minutes Waits two minutes 3 minutes Waits three minutes Power Off Keeps your PPP or SLIP connection until you turn off your communicator or until it times out See page 180 for information on the Auto off delay setting 2 Tap OK Chapter 7 Page 187 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 addresses When you enter a DNS number or IP
19. K al U U BB of LI Ivy C a M M M W LJ D N D N N X X SO Orie 2 he ICC BP zZ G Ed G Q O Space h eP an o S S a E J 5 T 7 Period tap twice Chapter 2 Page 31 W riting capital letters You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet characters To make capital letters you must first shift to caps just as you press the Shift key on a keyboard and then write the character strokes Note Graffiti writing includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first letter when you create a new sentence or a new record by tapping New ora blank line To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter m Use the Caps Shift stroke Caps Shift Tip When Caps Shift is active an up arrow symbol appears in the lower right corner of the communicator screen If you accidentally activate Caps Shift backspace will cancel it t Caps Shift To enter only capital letters C aps Lock m Use the Caps Lock stroke Lock Lock i Tip When Caps Lock is active an underlined up arrow symbol appears in the lower right corner of the communicator screen To return to lowercase make the Caps Shift stroke L Caps Lock W riting numbers Writing numbers with Graffiti writing is similar to writing letters of the alphabet except that you make the character strokes on the right hand side numbers side of the Graffi
20. Locking communicator with a password 47 48 175 192 records See Security Login scripts 189 235 Looking up PhoneBook data to add to other records 71 72 scrolling in Contacts view 70 Looking up See Finding Lost communicator contact for 90 Lost records 222 Lotus 1 2 3 for expense reports 234 Organizer importing data from 38 M Main applications 39 Maintenance information 211 Meetings See Date Book Plus Memo Pad adding PhoneB ook data to records 71 72 archive files mpa 38 categorizing records 67 creating records 63 147 deleting records 65 dragging memos into other applications 55 fonts 77 menus 148 opening 55 Page 248 Index overview 55 private records 75 reviewing memos 147 sorting records 74 222 See also Notes Memory for beaming 225 Calculator 149 regaining 66 Memos See Memo Pad Menus 61 62 217 Blazer 128 choosing 62 command equivalents Graffiti writing 62 Date Book Plus 117 Edit menu 64 65 Expense 167 Memo Pad 148 158 160 menu bar 20 61 Network Preferences 190 PhoneBook 100 SIM Book 171 SMS Messaging 141 To Do List 146 Messages checking 92 93 missed call 99 purging SMS 140 receiving 133 replying 135 sorting SMS 140 text 132 133 134 Microphone 14 Microsoft Excel transferring Expense data to 165 167 Outlook connecting to 224 Windows 95 98 198 Missed calls 92 99 Modem HotSync operations via 202 205 224 225 Modes handheld 18 wireless 18 Monday to start week 180 Month Dat
21. Mo 8 05 Staff meeting Fr 809 Yoga class Mo 812 Staff meeting Detail 1050 Prefs off Q e List View button Tips for using List View Keep the following points in mind Tap a line to select it The start and end time display briefly in the title bar To redisplay the event details tap to the left of the description Tap the description of the selected line to display the event in Day View Tap the up scroll arrow in the upper right corner to jump forward by one of the following 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month or Pick a specific date Then tap the scroll arrows to move forward or backward a week You can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to select specific items on the screen Tap Go to open the date selector and select a different week or a specific date Tap Prefs to set display options Chapter 6 Page 113 S potting event conflicts With the ability to define specific start and end times for any event it s possible to schedule events that overlap an event that starts before a previous event finishes An event conflict time overlap appears in the Week View as overlapping bars The Day View displays overlapping brackets to the left of the conflicting times A heek 33 gt fug 16 02 TT Bo Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 200 Event conflict Mew Details Go
22. Tap the Find icon amp Tip If you select text in an application before you tap Find the selected text automatically appears in the Find dialog box Enter the text that you want to find Find is notcase sensitive For example searching for the name davidson also finds David son Find locates any word that begin with the text you enter For example searching for plan finds planet but not airplane Tap OK Find searches for the text in all records and all notes Matches for tech SMS Messages Contacts Chen Harry 409 333 8054 Tech Suppor www bondspring con w Dotebook Tech conferen 10201 Expense Items Memos For more information As your communicator searches for the text you can tap Stop at any time Y ou may want to do this if the entry you want appears before your communicator finishes the search To con tinue the search after you tap Stop tap Find More Tap the text that you want to review Using Phone Number Lookup Phone Number Lookup displays the information you entered in the Contacts view in PhoneB ook and it lets you add this information to a record To use Phone Number Lookup 1 Display the record in which you want to insert a phone number The record can be in Date Book Plus To Do List or Memo Pad Tap the Menu icon 6 Tap Options and then tap Phone Lookup If your Contacts view in PhoneB ook is sorted by last name begin to spell
23. This list will vary depending on the software you have added to your communicator Connection Types There are several types of device connections you can choose when configuring Preferences Serial Defines the direct serial connection between your communicator and your to PC desktop computer It is used to perform a local HotSync operation when your communicator is connected by its serial connector to the cable The cable is attached to a serial COM port on your desktop computer Serial to Defines a connection between a modem attached to the serial connector of Modem your communicator and a modem that is part of your computer or laptop Wireless Defines a connection between your communicator s built in wireless modem Modem to and a dial up service Use this connection type to access wireless data Modem services Auto Detect Defines a dynamic serial connection between your communicator and your to PC desktop computer Use this connection type with third party applications that need to reconfigure the serial port when communicating with a computer Auto Detect Defines a dynamic serial connection between your communicator and a to Modem modem Use this connection type with third party applications that need to reconfigure the serial port when communicating with a modem USB Serial Defines a direct serial or USB connection between your communicator and to PC your desktop computer When you select this option your communicator detects which type of
24. Y our communicator is designed to turn itself off after a period of inactivity This period can be set at one two or three minutes Check the Auto off setting See page 180 for details m Check the ringer switch setting on top of your communicator The setting turns off all sounds on your communicator m Check the System Sound setting See page 180 for details This is most commonly attributed to conflicts with third party software Try each of these in turn m Perform a soft reset See page 212 for details m Delete any application you recently installed See page 44 for details m Perform a warm reset See page 213 for details m Perform a hard reset See page 213 for details m Adjust the contrast settings m Charge the battery m Performa soft reset Page 216 Troubleshooting Tips Tapping and writing problems Problem Solution When tap the buttons or Calibrate the screen See page 179 for details screen icons it activates the wrong feature Not all applications or screens have menus Try changing to a n A MEn apne Menea different application nothing happens can t get my communicator m For your communicator to recognize hand writing input to recognize my handwriting with the stylus you need to use Graffiti writing See Chapter 2 for details m Make the Graffiti character strokes in the Graffiti writing area not on the display part of the screen m Write Graffiti strokes fo
25. daily to weekly of a repeating event past occurrences prior to the day on which you change the setting are not changed and your communicator creates a new repeating event If you change the date of an occurrence of a repeating event e g from J anuary 14th to J anuary 15th and apply the change to All occurrences the new date becomes the start date of the repeating event Your communicator adjusts the end date to maintain the duration of the event If you apply the change to Current or Future occurrences past occurrences prior to the day on which you change the setting are not changed If you change other repeat settings e g time alarm private of a repeating event and apply the change to Future occurrences your communicator creates a new event The start date of this new event is the day on which the setting is changed Past occurrences prior to the day of the change are not changed If you apply a change to a single occurrence of a repeating event e g time that occurrence no longer shows the Repeat icon W Chapter 6 Page 109 Changing the Date Book Plus view In addition to displaying the calendar for a specific day you can also display 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 through Day W eek W eek with Text Month Year and List views m Repeatedly press the Date Book Plus application button E on the front panel of your comm
26. of a letter 3 Position the stylus in the left hand side of the Graffiti writing area 4 Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it appears in the tables 5 Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape That s all there is to it When you lift the stylus from the screen your communicator recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter on the screen next to the cursor As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen you can begin the stroke for the next character you want to write Important You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area If you do not make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area your communicator does not recognize them as text characters Page 30 Entering Data in Your Communicator G raffiti tips When using Graffiti writing keep these tips in mind m Accuracy improves when you write large characters You should draw strokes that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area m To delete characters simply set the cursor to the right of the character you want to delete and make the backspace stroke a line from right to left in the Graffiti writing area m Write at natural speed Writing too slowly can generate recognition errors m Do not write on a slant Vertical strokes should be parallel to the sides of the Graffiti writing area m Press firmly The Graffiti alphabet A
27. on your handheld will Tap Lock amp unlockit sumo CEEE Lock amp Turn Off Help ff amp Lock 3 Tap Off amp Lock 4 To start your communicator turn it on and then enter the password Recovering from a forgotten password If you did not activate the Off amp Lock feature and you forget your password you can delete the password from your communicator Deleting a forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked as Private Important If you synchronize with your computer before deleting a forgotten password your communicator restores your private entries the next time you perform a HotSync operation but it does not restore the password To delete a forgotten password 1 Tap the Password box 2 Tap Lost Password Current Tap here Privacy w Show Records Password Password i Please enter your password oK Lost Password Cancel Lock Turn Off Help 3 TapYes Page 48 Managing Y our Applications Chapter 4 Applications O verview This chapter briefly describes each application and how to open it Y our Treo 180g communicator comes with these applications already installed PhoneB ook Date Book Plus Blazer SMS Messaging To Do List Memo Pad Calculator CityTime Expense SIM Book SIM Services Chapter 4 Page 49 PhoneB ook A PhoneBook enables you to make and receive telephone calls and to keep names a
28. you must connect your Treo 180g communicator and your desktop software either directly by connecting your communicator to the HotSync cable attached to your computer or using infrared communication or indirectly with using the built in wireless modem or a network This chapter describes how to select HotSync options and perform a HotSync operation via the infrared port the built in wireless modem or a network See page 78 for information about performing your first and subsequent local HotSync operations Selecting HotSync setup options You can choose when you want HotSync Manager to run If necessary you can adjust the local and modem HotSync settings as well To set the HotS ync options 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray 2 Choose Setup Gava Local kicie bene Het ong ee ee i 7 Pt a Daty whai Das Eyin Di ip A ia oral brow wee Seg Hots blo pre e es ve 3 Click the General tab and select one of the following options Always available Adds HotSync Manager to the Startup folder and constantly monitors the communication port for synchronization requests from your communicator With this option the HotSync Manager synchronizes data even when Palm Desktop software is not running Chapter 8 Page 195 Available only Starts HotSync Manager and monitors requests automatically when you when Palm open Palm Desktop software Desktop software is running Manual Moni
29. 44 Bookmarks 127 Call History 94 Desktop software 45 Graffiti characters 31 passwords 47 records 65 service templates 190 SIM card entries 170 SMS messages 135 140 Speed Dial entries 88 text 64 See also Purging records Desktop software 26 linking to external files 208 removing 45 saving deleted data to an archive file 65 system requirements 12 upgrading 12 See also PIM Dial Pad dialing numbers 89 icon 89 237 Dialing applications 102 emergency numbers 100 from Call History 93 from Contacts list 91 from SIM Book 171 last number 99 previous numbers 89 92 with Dial Pad 89 with Speed Dial 86 Digitizer 19 179 217 Display contrast brightness control 14 DNS Domain Naming System 188 Docking station See Cable Double booked events 114 Dragging memos into other applications 55 stylus to activate features 175 using the stylus 19 E Edit call forwarding number 99 menu 171 phone number 86 89 SMS messages 139 Speed Dial 87 88 Editing records 64 65 E mail addresses in PhoneBook 91 Email messages 132 135 Emergency numbers 100 Entering data 29 38 importing from other applications 37 38 problems with 217 using Graffiti writing 29 36 using the computer keyboard 37 using the onscreen keyboard 36 Entries See PhoneBook Events See Date Book Plus Page 246 Index Excel transferring Expense data to 165 167 Exchanging data See HotSync Exclamation marks in To Do List 146 Expense add
30. All Day No Time Tip You can also create a new untimed event by making sure no event is selected and then writing letters in the Graffiti writing area 4 Entera description of the event Jul 25 02 CRE New jul 25 02 MIEDOS 7 Geo untimed event No time selected El Mew Detail Go Mew Details 10650 5 Tapa blank area on the screen to deselect the untimed event Note If you create an event and decide later that there is no particular start or end time you can easily change it to an untimed event Tap the time of the event in the Date Book Plus screen tap No Time and then tap OK Rescheduling an event You can easily make changes to your schedule with your communicator To reschedule an event 1 Tap the event you want to reschedule 2 Tap Details 3 To change the time tap the Time box and select a new time 4 To change the date tap the Date box and select a new date 5 Tap OK Page 106 Application Specific Tasks S etting an alarm for an event The Alarm setting enables you to set an audible alarm for events in Date Book Plus Y ou can set an alarm to sound minutes hours or days before an event The default Alarm setting is 5 minutes before the time of the event but you can change this to any number of minutes hours or days When you set an alarm this icon amp appears to the far right of the event with the alarm When th
31. Ce e 5 Click OK 6 Connect your communicator to the cable and press the HotSync button The HotSync operation records network information about your computer on your communi cator With this information your communicator can locate your computer when you perform a HotSync operation over the network To prepare your communicator for a dial in network HotS ync operation Note If you are performing a network HotSync operation via a LAN you do not need to prepare your communicator and can skip to page 208 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the HotSync icon G 3 Tap the Menu icon 6 4 Tap Options then tap Modem Sync Prefs 5 Tap Network 6 Tap OK Note See the section that begins on page 181 for information on configuring Network HotSync preferences Performing a dial in network HotS ync operation Y ou are ready to perform a dial in network HotSync operation after you prepare your computer and communicator and select your Conduit Setup options To perform a dial in network HotS ync operation 1 Tap the Applications icon 2 Tap the HotSync icon G 3 Tap the modem HotSync icon to begin the operation Chapter 8 Page 207 Last HotSync 10 7 01 1 50 pm using Direct USB7 Serial Local MEN x a Wireless Modern Performing a network HotSync operation via a LAN Y ou are ready to perform a network HotSync from another computer on your network after you select Network from
32. Date Book Y Main Expense Main HotSync System Mero Pad Y Main PhoneBook Y Main Prefs Y System Security Y System Tip To create a new category tap Edit Categories from the pick list Tap New enter the category name and then tap OK to add the category Tap OK 5 TapDone To display applications by category 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Do one of the following Tap the Applications icon repeatedly to cycle through all your categories Tap the pick list in the upper right corner of the screen and select the category you want to display Changing the Applications Launcher display By default the Applications Launcher displays each application as an icon As an alternative you can choose to show a list of applications You can also choose to view the same category of applications each time you open the Applications Launcher Page 40 Managing Y our Applications To change the Applications Launcher display 1 La 3 Tap the Applications icon 42 Tap the Menu icon G Tap Options and then tap P references Tap the View By pick list and select List Tap OK v All Blazer Cale CityTime 3 Date Book Expense HotSync ES MemoPad amp PhoneBook Z Prefs Ow Security O SIMBook CI SIM Srves 3B sms M ToDoList E Welcome To open the Applications Launcher to the last opened category 1 2 3 4 5 Tap the Applications icon 42 Tap the Menu icon 6 Tap Options and then tap P
33. Displays a confirmation dialog each time you begin an Internet session The default setting for this option is on Disconnect On Exit Determines whether the Internet connection automatically closes when you exit the Blazer application Leaving this option off enables you to switch to another application and then return to Blazer while you are still connected to the Internet The default setting for this option is off Page 130 Application Specific Tasks Preferences continued Disconnect Preferences 11 Cache Size K 255 Free Memory T50 9K of 7936K E Accept Cookies Clear Cookies Advanced tab Cache Size K Displays the amount of memory that Blazer reserves to store recently viewed pages The amount of free memory available on your communicator appears below this option Clear Erases all the pages stored in the cache You cannot cancel or undo this action Accept Cookies Enables the receipt of Internet cookies The default setting for this option is on Clear Cookies Erases all the cookies stored on your communicator Y ou cannot cancel or undo this action Set Proxy Opens the Set Proxy dialog box where you can enter advanced HTTP proxy server settings If your ISP or network requires you to go through a proxy server when you connect to the Internet use this dialog box to enter the proxy server settings Contact your ISP or system administrator for details Terminates your connection to the In
34. Memo Preferences dialog box where you define the sort Page 148 Application Specific Tasks Calculator Calculator includes two operating modes Basic and Advanced In Basic mode you can perform simple mathematical calculations In Advanced mode you can access scientific functions and perform sophisticated math calculations This section explains how to select the operating mode and use the buttons and menu options available in each mode Selecting the Calculator mode The Toggle Mode command enables you to choose whether you want to work in Basic Calculator mode or Advanced Calculator mode You can change modes at any time To select the Calculator mode 1 Tap the Calculator icon next to the Graffiti writing area 2 Tapthe Menu icon 6 3 Tap Options and then tap Toggle Mode Tip You can also tap the Calculator icon to toggle between the Basic and Advanced modes Using the Basic Calculator buttons The Basic Calculator includes the following buttons CE Clears the last number you entered Use this button if you make a mistake while entering a number in the middle of a calculation This button enables you to re enter the number without starting the calculation over Clears the entire calculation and enables you to begin a fresh calculation Toggles the current number between a negative and positive value If you want to enter a negative number enter the number first and then press the button Places the curren
35. Preferences R WeekPreferences W About Date Book To Do Preferences T Security H W eek View About Date Book W eek View with Text UnDelete from Archive Phone Lookup Security About Date Book Record Byte Preferences Year Preferences Security About Date Book Month Preferences Security About Date Book List View Preferences Security About Date Book Y ear View Month View List View Preferences Preferences Day View Start Time 3 00 am End Time 6 00 pm Event Duration j Week Start w Sun Initial View PA Button Views NE ek Cancel Display Options m Start End Time Defines the start and end times for Date Book P lus screens If the time slots you select do not fit on one screen you can tap the scroll arrows to scroll up and down m Event Duration Defines the default duration for new events m Week Start Defines the first day of the week This setting overrides the System Preferences setting for all Date Book Plus views m Initial View Defines the view that appears when you start Date Book Plus m Button Views Defines which views display when you repeatedly press the Date Book Plus button By default all views appear m Display Options Opens the Display Options dialog box where you can define the following options Page 118 Application Specific Tasks Display Options Display Options Li EM Show Time B
36. Synchronizing data See HotSync System conduit 197 System requirements for Desktop software 12 System sounds 181 T Tab delimited files importing data from 38 Tapping 19 217 Task See To Do List TCP IP 181 191 TDA To Do List archive file 38 Technical Support 226 Templates 138 for Date Book Plus 116 for expense reports 166 Text copying 65 cutting 64 entry See Entering data finding 69 fonts for 77 importing data from files 38 selecting all 65 Thousands separator 180 Time alarm setting 107 format 180 setting current 22 setting event 104 start and end for Date Book Plus Day view 118 Time bars in Date Book Plus 119 Time stamps 116 Tips online 21 To Do List adding PhoneB ook data to records 71 72 archive files tda 38 categorizing records 67 121 146 checking off items 115 145 completed items 146 completion date 146 creating items in Date Book Plus 115 Page 252 Index creating records 63 143 deleting records 65 due date 144 144 145 146 fonts 77 menus 146 notes forrecords 76 77 opening 54 overview 54 prioritizing records 143 146 private records 75 purging records 66 146 sorting records 73 viewing items in Date Book Plus 111 113 Today See Current date Tracking events 116 Transferring data See HotSync Transmitting data See Beaming informa tion Turning off communicator automatically 180 pen stroke for 175 problems with 216 Turning on and off 18 Turning on communicator application buttons 14 di
37. Tap the category pick list in the upper right corner of the screen 4 Tapthe Preferences category you want to view The following procedures for setting the time and date give you an example of how to customize your communicator You make changes to the time and date in General preferences Chapter 1 Page 21 To set the current time 1 Tap the Set Time box General Preferences Set Time Set Date Auto off after w 2 minutes System Sound Medium Set Time 0 08 a Alarm Sound w Medium Game Sound w Medium Beam Receive On 2 Tap the up or down arrows to change the hour 3 Tap each minute number and then tap the arrows to change them 4 Tap AM or PM Note Your communicator can also display time based on a 24 hour clock See page 179 for details 5 Tap OK To set the current date 1 Tap the Set Date box 2 Tap the arrows to select the current year Set Date Tap arrows to select year Tap to select month 3 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 pa 2 2 Tap to select date 3 Tap the current month 4 Tap the current date Page 22 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Using the headset You can connect a headset for hands free operation Y our Treo is compatible with the included headset and other headsets listed at www handspring com If you need to use your phone while driving and this is permitted in your area we recommend using a headset Note
38. a number in your Call History list m If you miss a single call the following screen appears Chapter 6 Page 99 Missed Call You missed a call Hidyne HM 1 831 555 6737 5 49 pm 8 25 01 Tap OK to dismiss the call without Calling back Tap Call Back to dial the number Note Ifthe caller s phone number is not available the Call Back button does not appear on the Missed Call screen Calling an emergency number Your Treo provides easy access to emergency numbers such as 911 in the United States or 112 in Europe To call an emergency number 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 Press the PhoneBook application button 3 Do one of the following m f your phone is unlocked dial 911 or 112 from the Dial Pad screen m f your phone is locked or your SIM card is missing tap Make Emergency Call from the Unlock SIM or SIM Card Not Found screen Unlock Phone SIM Card Not Found A Please check your SIM card to see if it is damaged or missing k Ii Make Emergency Call Tap Make Emergency C all Tip You don t need to unlock your phone or even have the SIM card installed to call an emergency number PhoneB ook menus PhoneB ook menus are shown here for your reference and PhoneB ook features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands The Record and Options menus differ depen
39. an event for another day 1 Select the date you want for the event by doing one of the following m Tap the day of the week that you want in the date bar at the top of the screen If necessary tap the Previous week or Next week scroll arrows to move to another week Next week Previous m Jul 24 02 IBD GE Tap to select a day of the current week Tip You can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to move forward or backward m Tap Go at the bottom of the screen to open the Go to Date dialog box Select a date by tapping a year month and day in the calendar Go to Date Previous year 4 2002 gt Next year Jan Feb Mar Apr may Jun u fog Sep Oct Nov Dec Tap to select a month w T FS 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 Tap to select a day 17 18 19 20 WOR 25 26 27 Tap to select current date Tip In the Go to Date dialog box you can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to move forward or backward 2 After you locate the date follow the steps for scheduling an event for the current day Chapter 6 Page 105 To schedule an untimed event 1 Select the date that you want for the event as described in To schedule an event for another day 2 Tap New 3 Tap No Time or tap OK so that no start or end times are defined for the new event Set Time Start Time 12P4 CL End Time
40. ana Tz Folder icon 4 Enter the URL you want to view 5 Tap OK Page 124 Application Specific Tasks While a page is loading a Progress icon amp appears in the lower right corner of the screen Y ou can tap links to other pages as soon as they appear Y ou don t need to wait until a page fully loads To stop loading a page tap the Stop icon in the lower left corner of the screen Google Search the Nier Google Search 62001 Google About Search Tips Tap to go to home page 6 To scroll through a page do any of the following m Roll the rocker switch m Press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator m Tap the onscreen arrows or scroll bar if one appears Tip To view a list of web sites that are optimized for your communicator go to the home page and then tap Directory of Mobile Sites W orking with bookmarks The Bookmark view makes it easy for you to get to web sites you visit often Viewing bookmarked pages Y our communicator may come with a few bookmarks already in place You can jump directly to any of the predefined bookmarks or to any pages for which you ve created a bookmark To view a bookmark 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 From the Page view tap the Bookmark view icon E 3 Tap the bookmark you want to view Bookmarks Tap to view more pages handspring NORIA National powered by 1547 Paris to Karen s a Mov
41. and you can choose to show or hide completed items as described on page 145 To check off a To Do item m Tap the check box on the left side of the item Completed To Do item To Do Show Options The Show Options dialog box enables you to control the appearance of the To Do list screen To change the Show Options settings 1 InTo Do list screen tap Show To Do Preferences Li Sort by w Priority Due Date amp Show Completed Items O Show Only Due Items O Record Completion Date O Show Due Dates MM Show Priorities O Show Categories Chapter 6 Page 145 2 Select any of the following settings Show Displays your completed items in the To Do list screen If you turn off Completed this setting your To Do items disappear from the list when you Items complete check them Items that no longer appear on the list because you turn off this setting have not been deleted They are still in the memory of your communicator Purge completed items to remove them from memory Show Only Due Shows only the items that are currently due past due or have no due Items date specified When this setting is active items that are not yet due do not appear in the list until their due date Record Replaces the due date with the actual date when you complete Completion Date check the item If you do not assign a due date to an item the completion date still records when you complete the item Show Due Dates Di
42. beams data to my communicator get a message telling me itis out of memory Solution m Confirm that your communicator and the other device are between ten centimeters approximately 4 and one meter approximately 39 apart and that the path between the two devices is clear of obstacles Beaming distance to other Palm OS devices may be different m Check the General Preferences screen and make sure the Beam Receive setting is on m Move your communicator closer to the receiving device m Move your communicator farther away from the receiving device m Angle the sides of the two devices towards each other m Perform a soft reset See page 212 for details m Yourcommunicator requires at least twice the amount of memory available as the data you are receiving For example if you are receiving a 30K application you must have at least 60K free m Perform a soft reset See page 212 for details Appendix B Page 225 Password problems Problem Solution forgot the password andmy You can use Security to delete the password If you do this communicator is not locked your communicator deletes all entries marked as private Y ou can however perform a HotSync operation before you delete the password the HotSync process backs up all entries whether or not they are marked private In this case the following procedure restores your private entries and lets you access them 1 Use the Palm Desktop software and t
43. by double clicking any file with a PRC file extension Tie iiia oral re ree A a Ea AS SE Pepin los bain Tia age Grate bocha tt Ea PAHIA bribi ie fodder The folder in a ENEH pace TE nora dones add reared the 4 Inthe User drop down list select the name that corresponds to your communicator 5 Click Add Chapter 3 Page 43 Tip Lanka ag Add a9 El el le m Select the application s that you want to install on your communicator Click Open Note Review the list of applications you selected in the Install Tool dialog box If you do not want to install an application select it and then click Remove This does not remove the application from your computer it simply removes it from the list of applications to install Click Done Perform a HotSync operation to install the application s you selected in step 6 See the section that begins on page 78 for details Y ou can also install an application by simply double clicking the application s icon Removing applications In the event that you run out of memory or decide that you no longer need an application you installed you can remove applications from your communicator You can remove only add on applications patches and extensions that you install you cannot remove the applications that reside in the ROM portion of your communicator To remove an add on application 1 Ze 3 Tap the Applications icon 42 Tap the Menu icon 6
44. cable you have connected to your computer USB Serial Defines a direct serial or USB connection between your communicator and a to Modem modem When you select this option your communicator detects which type of cable is connected to the modem USB Defines the direct USB connection between your communicator and your to PC desktop computer It is used to perform a local HotSync operation when your communicator is connected by its USB connector to the cable The cable is attached to a USB port on your desktop computer IrCOMM to Defines a connection between the IR port of your communicator and the PC infrared device of your computer or laptop IrCOMM to Defines a connection between the IR port of your communicator and a Modem modem The modem can be attached to a computer or some other device containing an IR port Page 176 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Setting wireless modem configurations Wireless modem configurations enable you to use your communicator to communicate with your ISP or dial in server In most cases the configuration software on the Handspring CD will set up the Connection and Preferences settings you need to connect to your ISP or dial in server In the event that you need to manually create a configuration you must set Network Preferences in addition to configuring Connection settings to define the communication protocols for the selected device To create a Wireless Modem to Modem connection 1 From the Connection
45. call m Tap Ignore to send the second call to voicemail m Press the button on the headset if itis attached to place the first call on hold and to answer the second call Call Waiting Caller s name and Lo Midyne phone number if 1 831 555 6737 available A x Tap Ignore to send Tap Hold amp Answer Hold amp Ignore Call to voicemail Answer Tap Drop amp Answer Note Make sure the Disable Call Waiting option on the Call Preferences screen is off When this option is off the Disable Call Waiting check box is empty See the section that begins on page 100 for more information To dial another number while a call is in progress 1 From the Active Call view tap the Speed Dial Dial Pad Contacts or Call History view icon Tip You can also repeatedly press the PhoneBook application button to display the view you want to use 2 Dial the number 3 When the confirmation message appears tap Yes To switch between two active calls do any of the following m Tap the call status line of the call you want to make active m Press the button on the headset if it is attached Chapter 6 Page 97 Wireless service Jal Ra Midyne Spear W On Hold 1 831 555 6737 00 39 Ra Lisa Best W Active 1 650 555 5231 00 02 1st call status 2nd call status x Tap Key Pad to access ims a voice prompt system EFEN Tip If you called an automated phone system that prompts you to enter a menu select
46. delete it from your SIM card To delete entries from your SIM card 1 Tap SIM in the pick list in the upper right corner Tip To delete entries from your Speed Dial list tap Speed Dial instead 2 Select the entry you want to delete Sin Book y SIM Tap to select SIM or Speed Dial Chris 555 2676 Tap a name or number to select it Tap Delete to remove the entry Copy Delete Dial SMS 3 Tap Delete 4 Tap OK to confirm deletion Page 170 Application Specific Tasks Dialing entries on your SIM card In addition to storing phone numbers on your SIM card you can also dial numbers using SIM Book To dial entries from your SIM card 1 Tap SIM in the pick list in the upper right corner Tip You can also dial entries from your Speed Dial list by tapping Speed Dial instead 2 Select the entry you want to dial Tip You can also send a text message to an SMS enabled mobile phone by tapping a mobile phone number and then tapping SMS instead of Dial SIM Book y SIM Tap to select SIM or Speed Dial 555 2676 Tap a name or number to select it Tap Dial to call the number Copy J Delete Dial SMS Tap SMS to send a text message 3 Tap Dial SIM Book menus SIM Book menus are shown here for your reference and SIM Book features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands Edit menu
47. described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands O ptions menu About CityTime Shows version information for CityTime Help Displays online help for the CityTime screens Utilities menu options iy Change Location zL Sun Rise Set Ss Change Location Opens the Change Location dialog box where you can select the city to which you are moving or travelling Changing the location updates the system time and date Sun Rise Set Opens the Sun Rise Set dialog box where you can view sunrise and sunset information for your home city To view this information for another city tap the City pick list and select the city from the list To view this information for another date tap the scroll arrows next to the date box Page 160 Application Specific Tasks Expense Expense enables you to record the date expense type and the amount that you spent A record in Expense is called an item You can sort your Expense items into categories or add other information that you want to associate with the item To create an Expense item 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Expense icon E 3 TapNew Tap New Cursor of new item Expense type d Tip You can also create a new Expense item by writing on the number side of the Graffiti writing area while in the Expense list screen The first number you write begins your new Expense item 4 Enterthe a
48. deselect the To Do item Tip If no To Do item is currently selected writing in the Graffiti writing area automatically creates a new item Setting priority The priority setting for items lets you arrange your To Do items according to theirimportance or urgency The default setting is to arrange To Do items by priority and due date with priority 1 items at the top If you have a number of items in your list changing an item s priority setting may move its position in the list Note When you create a new To Do item its priority is automatically set to level 1 the highest most important level If you select another item first however the item you create appears beneath the selected item and is given the same priority as the selected item To set the priority of a To Do item 1 Tap the Priority number on the left side of the To Do item Tap here Taptoselect priority t 2 Tap the Priority number that you want to set 1 is most important Chapter 6 Page 143 S etting a due date You can associate a due date with any To Do item You can also sort the items that appear in the list based on their due date To set a due date for a To Do item 1 Tap the text of the item whose details you want to change 2 Tap Details 3 Tap the Due Date pick list To Do Item Details Li Priority MY 3 4 5 Category Unfiled Tap here Due Date No Date Private O OK Cancel
49. details Edit Entry Adams Becky 1 800 555 2222 1M Alfonzo Maria 555 1616 H Borker Todd 555 123 Chu John 403 55 Ji Francois Michelle 3340 10015 1 1 Hienrich Karen eos 2567 Lombardi Gina 555 9696 H Manicotti Bill 408 555 6000 y Martinez Jose 4715 S55 s899 4 Mom Dad 555 7777 Mom amp Dad 555 1133H Done Cancel Lookup ESPE E Look Uped o Chad Conce Tap Lookup Tap Add If your Contacts list is sorted by last name begin writing the person s last name If your Contacts list is sorted by first name begin writing the person s first name Tip Y ou can also roll the rocker switch press the scroll buttons or the tap the scroll arrows to scroll through the list one page at a time Tap Add or tap the entry you want to use Tip Y ou can edit the entry by tapping the number or name in the Edit Entry dialog In the Edit Entry dialog tap Done Calling a Speed Dial number Speed dialing enables you to quickly place a call without entering the number This is particularly useful for numbers you call often such as your home or office Y ou can also call a number in your Speed Dial list using the hands free headset To dial a number from the Speed Dial view 1 2 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details Open the lid or if you are in another application press the P honeB ook application button on the front of your communicator Tap the Speed Dial button for the number
50. in acres When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to acres Indicates the current value is entered in square miles When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square miles Indicates the current value is entered in square millimeters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square millimeters Indicates the current value is entered in square centimeters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square centimeters Indicates the current value is entered in square meters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square meters Indicates the current value is entered in hectares When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to hectares Indicates the current value is entered in square kilometers When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square kilometers Page 156 Application Specific Tasks Volume buttons 9000006000009 Indicates the current value is entered in teaspoons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to teaspoons Indicates the current value is entered in fluid ounces When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value
51. in the columns for expense type In this case neither day date or expense type information would be fixed as a header Instead the date and expense type information would be filled into the cells of the spreadsheet as appropriate Examples of both Fixed and Variable labels appear in the sample expense templates Sections A Section is an area of the report that has common formatting It is common for an Expense report to have more than one Section For example the following sample Expense Report named Sample3 xit contains several Sections 21 Ed re paa Ayma To Des hea bolo Section 1 not prepaid Section 2 prepaid require different definitions for the data mapping To create additional Sections with different mapping you create corresponding additional lines to the mapping table file named Maptable xls This procedure is explained later in this appendix If a section contains cells for prepaid company paid expenses you need to create an additional line in the mapping table for prepaid This will count as an additional section in the mapping table The only data that differs in the prepaid section from the non prepaid section is the row column numbers for the expense type Appendix C Page 229 Analyzing your custom Expense Report If you already have a custom Excel expense report you can use it with a modified mapping table However before you can create a Maptable xls file that corresponds
52. is on See page 18 for details Tap Send Resending messages You can resend any messages in the Sent category 1 2 3 In the Sent category tap the header of the message you want to resend Tap Resend If necessary edit the message Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details Tap Send Chapter 6 Page 139 Sorting messages 1 From any SMS Messaging list view Tap the Menu icon G 2 Under Options tap Sort 3 Tap the Sort by pick list to select the sort method you want to use Sort Options 11 Tap arrow to select sort method Sort by Date Date Places the most recent messages at the top of the list This is the default sort method Name Places mobile phone numbers at the top of the list in numerical order followed by e mail addresses and names in alphabetical order 4 Tap OK Deleting messages You can delete a single message or a group of messages from a particular category To delete a single message 1 From any SMS Messaging list view tap the header of the message you want to delete 2 Tap the Delete button 3 If prompted tap OK to confirm deletion To delete a group of messages 1 From any SMS Messaging list view select the category containing the messages you want to delete 2 Tap the Menu icon G 3 Under Message tap Purge Messages 4 Select the deletion method you want to use Purge Messages Purge Inbox messages Tap arrow to select older than 1
53. letter is automatically capitalized and begins your new memo 4 Enter the text you want to appear in the memo Use the carriage return stroke to move down to new lines in the memo 5 Tap Done Reviewing memos The first line of a memo appears in the Memo list This makes it easy to locate and review your memos To review a memo 1 In the Memo list tap the text of the memo gt All Tap amemo Tinfiled to review its contents 1 11 22 Meeting Minutes 2 Directions to Moscone Center 3 Plans for conference d Priorities on new project 5 To discuss with Jose Ribera Hew 2 Review or edit the text in the memo 3 Tap Done Chapter 6 Page 147 Memo Pad menus Memo Pad menus are shown here for your reference and Memo Pad features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands The Record and Options menus differ depending on whether you re displaying the Memo list or an individual memo Record menus CHT Options GET Edit Options RewMieno ZN Delete Memo zD Memo list Beam Memo YB Memo screen O ptions menus Record LLE Record Edit PRO Font fF Font F Preferences gR Phone Lookup L Security H About Memo Pad About Memo Pad Memo screen Memo list Preferences order for memos About Memo Pad Shows version information for Memo Pad Displays the
54. lose your communicator Duplicating a Contacts entry You can duplicate existing entries which can be helpful when you want to enter multiple people from a single organization When you duplicate an entry the word Copyappears next to the name in the First Name field To duplicate an entry 1 From the Contacts view tap a name you want to duplicate 2 Tap the Menu icon 3 Tap Record and then tap Duplicate Contact 4 Edit the entry as necessary Page 90 Application Specific Tasks Calling a number in your C ontacts list You can dial any number that you ve entered in your Contacts list 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 From the Contacts view tap the number you want to call Tip You can use the Instant Lookup feature to locate the entry you want to call See the section that begins on page 70 for details Y ou can also roll the rocker switch to scroll to the number you want to call and then press the rocker switch to dial the number Tap to selecta different category Best Lisa Tap a number to select it Dial Lisa Best i Tap Dial to call the number Biork Per p 1 415 444 5356 1 1 510 666 2564 H Boring Allison 1 510 666 2564 H Cadwell Chris 1 650 555 5035 W 1 650 555 1704 H A New y 3 Tap Hang Up to end the call Selecting types of phone numbers You can select the types of phone numbers or e mail addresses that you associate with a
55. of the message to which you want to reply AUR w inbox Tull i Selected message CATA asin Got your message thanks Have a great weekend Brian Jaquet M 5 24 pm l m running late Will be there around 7 15 Please grab a table and order some appetizers 17025558736 MI 5 22 pm l m at Jeff Hawkins keynote so I ll be alittle late I ll meet you at 1 15 Becca Tap Reply to respond at the Handsorina booth LB to the message 2 Tap Reply 3 Enter the message text When you reply to an SMS message SMS Messaging fills in the To field for you When you reply to an SMS Email message you must enter the e mail address manually See the next section in this chapter for more information 4 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 5 Tap Send To call the sender 1 From the SMS Messages Inbox tap the text of the message to which you want to reply 2 Tap the sender s name or number Creating SMS messages SMS Messaging enables you to create short text messages and to send them to a mobile phone number or an e mail address If a message exceeds 160 characters SMS Messaging automatically divides the text into multiple messages when it sends the message As you create a message the status bar at the top of the screen indicates how many messages will be sent and the number of characters in each message To save time while creating messages you can insert predefined text from a boilerplate Some boi
56. program group and choose HotSync Manager Alternatively you can start the Palm Desktop software which automatically opens the HotSync Manager 3 Press the HotSync button on the cable HotS ync button Page 78 Common Tasks Important The first time you perform a HotSync operation you must enter a user name in the New User dialog box and click OK Every communicator should have a unique name To prevent loss of a user s records never try to synchronize more than one communicator to the same user name 4 From the Select User dialog box choose the user name you assigned to your communicator The HotSync Progress dialog box appears and synchronization begins Ste Synch Mel Leer drid a 5 Wait fora message on your communicator indicating that the process is complete After the HotSync process is complete you can remove your communicator from the cable Beaming information Y our communicator is equipped with an IR infrared port that you can use to beam information to another Palm OS device that s close by and also has an IR port The IR port is located on the top of your communicator between the power button and the ringer switch behind the small dark shield You can beam the following information between Palm OS devices m The record currently displayed in Date Book Plus the Contacts view in PhoneBook To Do List or Memo Pad m Allrecords of the category currently displayed in the Contacts vie
57. shows an overview of your calendar for an entire year Description of event on selected date 2002 22 Staff meeting 4 Jan Feb mor Apr Blinking dot indicates selected date Dot indicates scheduled events Scroll to other days Year View button Page 112 Application Specific Tasks Tips for using Y ear View Keep the following 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 is scheduled on that day A plus sign indicates multiple events are scheduled on that day Tap the scroll arrows in the lower right corner to move forward or backward a day You can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to move between days Tap the scroll arrows in the upper right corner to move forward or backward a year Tap Prefs to set display options W orking in List View The List View is a text oriented view that is integrated with To Do List It displays a list of events and To Do items for the selected week s Scroll to other weeks Selected week s dates Mo 7 22 Staff meeting a Tu 7723 Conference call with Japan We 7229 Planning team meeting Th 7225 Invite John to dinner Fre o 726 Yoga class binner with Greg Mo 729 Staff meeting Th 8 01 Training class Fr 802 Yoga class Training class
58. snooze alarm Remind Sound Sets the tone of the reminder alarm The reminder alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is not acknowledged Play Sound Defines how many tones the alarm emits before it stops The choices are Once Twice 3 Times 5 Times and 10 Times Repeat Alarm Defines how many times the alarm repeats when itis not acknowledged The choices are Once Twice 3 Times 5 Times 10 Times and 100 Times Every Defines how often the alarm sound repeats The choices are Minute 5 minutes 10 minutes and 30 minutes Alarm Preset Automatically sets an alarm for each new event The silent alarm for untimed events is defined by minutes days or hours before midnight of the date of the event Page 120 Application Specific Tasks To Do To Do Preferences Preferences Show Categories O Unfiled O Business O Personal Priorities Displayed we 1 5 E Show Priority O Show Completed Items O Show Undated Items EX Show Dated Items 0 Boy s before Due Date DK Cancel Create Options m Show Categories Displays the To Do items in the categories you select m Priorities Displayed Displays To Do items with the selected priority level The choices are 1 only 1 2 1 3 1 4 and 1 5 m Show Priority Displays the priority level for To Do items m Show Completed Items Displays completed To Do items m Show Undated Items Shows all To Do items that have not been assigned a due date m Show Dated Items S
59. t complete the configuration you need to enter Network Preferences and TCP IP settings to use your communicator as a wireless data device You can use a preset service template for your ISP or dial in server and edit save and reuse settings Or you can create your own service template To use the TCP IP software included in the operating system you must first configure the Connection Preferences and then the Network Preferences settings After you configure both of these Preferences you can establish a PPP Point to Point Protocol SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol or CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol connection with your ISP or dial in server You can do this either by using menu commands from the Network Preferences screen or by using a third party application Selecting a service Use the Service setting to select the service template for your ISP ora dial in server Service templates are a set of ISP and dial in server configuration settings that you can create save and reuse Chapter 7 Page 181 To select a service 1 Tap the Service pick list Preferences w Network w Service My ISP esse Tap here to display a list of service templates User Name Password Connection w Current Phone 2 Tap the predefined service template Note If you want to enter a name for a new service template see page 186 for details Entering a user name The User Name setting identif
60. that is currently displayed If the category is All your communicator assigns it to the Unfiled category You can leave an entry as Unfiled or assign it to a category at any time S ystem defined and user defined categories By default your communicator includes system defined categories such as All and Unfiled and user defined categories such as Business and Personal You cannot modify the system defined categories but you can rename and delete the user defined categories In addition you can create your own user defined categories You can have a maximum of 15 user defined categories in each application The Contacts view in PhoneB ook contains the QuickList user defined category in which you can store the names addresses and phone numbers you might need in emergencies doctor fire department lawyer etc Expense contains two user defined categories New York and Paris to show how you might sort your expenses for different business trips Note The illustrations in this section come from Memo Pad but you can use these procedures in all the applications in which categories are available Categories are not available in Date Book Plus To move a record into a category 1 Select the record you want to categorize 2 In Contacts view in PhoneBook only Tap Edit 3 In the record view tap the Category list to display the list of available categories Category list 4 Select the category for the record Tip
61. the HotSync Manager menu choose Modem 3 Adjust the following options as needed Corera Local Veale Heast Serial Port Speed Modem Setup String 4 Click OK Identifies the port for the modem If you are unsure of the port assignment look at the Modem Properties in the Windows Control Panel Determines the speed at which data is transferred Try the As Fast As Possible rate first and adjust downward if you experience problems This setting allows your desktop software and your communicator to find and use the fastest speed Identifies the modem type or manufacturer Refer to your modem manual or face plate for its type or settings If you re not sure of your modem type or your modem doesn t match any that appear in the list select Hayes Basic Identifies the setup string for your particular modem Not all modems require a setup string Refer to your modem manual and enter the setup string if recommended by the manufacturer Chapter 8 Page 203 Preparing your communicator There are a few steps you must perform to prepare your communicator for a wireless HotSync operation To prepare your communicator for a wireless HotSync operation 1 Tap the Applications icon 2 Tap the HotSync icon 5 3 Tap Modem Last HotSync 10 5 01 2 18 pm using Direct USB7 Serial Local GRRE Log 4 Tap the pick list below the HotSync icon and select Wireless Modem 5 Tap the Enter Phone field
62. the HotSync Manager menu on both your primary computer and the computer you want to use for the network HotSync operation To perform a network HotSync operation via a LAN 1 Connect your communicator to a HotSync cable that is connected to a computer on the LAN 2 Press the HotSync button on the cable HotSync Manager finds your primary computer on the LAN and synchronizes with the data on your primary computer Using File Link The File Link feature enables you to import PhoneBook and Memo Pad information onto your communicator from a separate external file such as a company phone list HotSync Manager stores the data in a separate category on your Palm Desktop software and your communicator Y ou can configure the File Link feature to check for changes to the external file when you perform a HotSync operation With File Link you can import data stored in any of the following formats m Comma delimited csv m Tab delimited tsv m Memo Pad archive mpa m Address archive aba m Text txt For information on how to set up a file link see the Palm Desktop online Help Page 208 Advanced HotS ync Operations Creating a user profile If you need to configure several Palm OS communicators with specific information 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 without associating that data with a user name The User Prof
63. the last name If your Contacts are sorted by first name begin to spell the first name Chapter 5 Page 71 Note The first initial and last name search in the PhoneBook Instant Lookup feature is not available in the Phone Number Lookup feature Phone Number Lookup displays records that begin with the letters you enter based on the sort method in your Contacts view in PhoneB ook For example if your Contacts are sorted by last name and you enter su the list displays Y ohn Sung and Mario Suarez If your Contacts are sorted by first name and your enter su the list displays Susan Smith and Suki Sakimoto 5 Continue to spell the name you re looking for or when you see the name tap it Phone Number Lookup Adams Becky 1 800 555 2222 1M Alfonse Maria 555 1616H Eorker Todd Chu John 403 56 Francois Michelle 33 03 10 Hienrich Karen Lombardi Sina Manicotti Bill 408 555 6000 Martinez Jose 415 555 a999 1 Mom amp Dad 555 7777 Mom amp Dad 555 1133 H Look Up d 6 Tap Add The name you selected along with the other information associated with it is pasted into the record you selected in step 1 Phone Number Lookup tips Write the Graffiti Command stroke L to activate the Phone Number Lookup feature Y ou can also activate it in the following circumstances m While entering text For example if your Contacts view in PhoneBook is sorted by last name and
64. the product you purchased and follow the onscreen instructions to continue the installation 6 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation and to configure your Treo for wireless data communication When the set up process is done the installation screen closes automatically Using your communicator with Microsoft O utlook The software that comes with your Treo communicator includes everything you need to synchronize your communicator with Microsoft Outlook If you already have Microsoft Outlook installed on your computer the installation program prompts you to choose the Microsoft Outlook synchronization option Using your communicator with another PIM If you prefer to use another personal information manager PIM such as Lotus Notes you can use it if third party connection software called a conduit is available for your PIM Y ou must install the software that came with your Treo communicator along with the conduit for your PIM to synchronize the data between your communicator and your PIM For information on conduit software go to this web site www handspring com Page 26 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Using an e mail application with your communicator Y our communicator comes with two e mail applications One Touch Mail by J P Mobile and Palm Mail Note To use a wireless e mail application your wireless service provider must support data services and it must be part of your serv
65. the row or column number where all the day information will be placed If the dates are in a row or in a column enter the row or column number Define whether the Section is in list format This setting appears in the light purple columns 18 19 Page 232 Creating a Custom Expense Report 1 1 1 1 1 3 ul Y O Listing Format Expense Type 8 If the Section will present the data in a list format enter the word yes Otherwise enter the word no The following diagram shows data presented in a list format Only if your section is in list format In the Expense Type cell enter the number of the row or column where the expense description will be placed Expense amounts can be entered in several different columns or rows if required by your template Expense type labels must all appear in the same column Enter the row or column numbers for the expense types that appear in the Section These settings appear in the aqua columns 20 48 il A AS e es Forthese settings simply enter the row or column number for the expense types that you want to appear in the Section Note that the same row or column number can be used more than once An example of this would be meals that encompass breakfast lunch dinner and snacks In the previous example all expense items would be populated into row column 4 of the custom Expense Report Complete the table All of the remain
66. their service You must insert your SIM card into your communicator before you can use it for wireless communications Since calls are billed to your phone number you can however move your SIM card to any phone that uses a SIM card and the calls will be billed to your account To insert the SIM card 1 Remove the SIM door 2 With the contacts face up align the notch on the SIM card with the notch on the door and insert the SIM card into the slot on the door SIM door 3 Replace the SIM door Page 16 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Charging the battery To use your communicator you must connect the travel charger or the HotSync cable and charge the battery When you re near your computer connect your communicator to the HotSync cable with the travel charger connected to a wall outlet as shown in the section that begins on page 23 When travelling connect the travel charger cable directly to your communicator as shown in this section When wireless mode is on a fully charged battery provides approximately 2 5 hours of talk time or 60 hours of standby time When wireless mode is off a fully charged battery provides approximately three weeks of use in handheld mode If the battery drains to the point where your communicator does not turn on it stores your data safely for about three days Therefore we recommend that you charge the battery daily to avoid potential data loss See Appendix A for tips
67. these materials mailed to you or if you have any questions please contact H and spring Customer Support The information included on this web site sets forth Handspring s sole and complete warranty and software licens ing obligations with respect to your Handspring product Use of the product indicates your acceptance of the terms of the warranty and the End User License Agreement Software download available Wireless setup and desktop synchronization software are supplied on the Handspring CD ROM disc If you do not have access to a CD ROM drive for your computer you can download this software from www handspring com Page 2 Windows Edition Contents Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator 0 cee eae 11 Getting to know your communicator 0 cecce nee nents 11 What is a Treo communicator 0 cece c 11 System requirements ispisiri enii peiin nn ee rr 12 Upgrade information nai A aa atte ena tion aan aaa eaten ioe ed 12 TEO COMPONENES ri A AI eed cay Redden seeds 13 inserting the SIM caid raro ee aa 16 Charging the battery ironia a se Ene oes Mate a bees Rg MOR a UER ane 17 Tuming your Treo oncand Office contest A hein de Oke E ed 18 Using the backlight ista wih iene tee Raa hated Ma eet oe 18 Using the stylus to get things done cece ccc teen eee nea 19 Elements of the communicator interface 0 ccc ieee 20 Moving around the Screen eect nen een 21 Displaying online TI
68. to your custom Expense Report you must first analyze the characteristics of your report Perform the following before you begin a custom mapping table m Print a copy of your custom expense report Activate the Row and Column Headings option in the Sheet settings of the Page Setup command This enables you to quickly determine the size of the Section s as well as the numbers for the start rows and columns m On the printed copy identify the data Sections A Section is an area of data with common row and column formatting A yellow highlighter marking pen can make it easy to see the Sections as you work with programming the mapping table Y our custom Expense Report can contain any number of Sections and the same data can be repeated in any Section m Onthe printed copy identify the type of Labels that apply to each Section Each Section can have only one kind of Fixed or Variable Label for rows Likewise each Section can have only one kind of Fixed or Variable Label for columns m Place a copy of your custom Expense Report in the Template folder in the Palm Desktop software directory Change the file name so it has the file extension xlt which defines it as a Microsoft Excel template Make a note of the exact file name so it can be defined in the mapping table file Programming the mapping table Once you have analyzed the components of your custom Expense Report you can program the mapping table to fill the report with data from t
69. your Caller ID Some incoming caller s m Find out if a caller has blocked their Caller ID names don t appear in Call History m Call History does not show names for records you marked hidden in your Contacts list Appendix B Page 219 The Blazer application wont connect to the Internet Some phone numbers don t appear in the SMS Lookup cant send SMS messages m Confirm that you wireless service plan includes data services and not just voice minutes m Check with your Internet Service Provider to confirm that your Network Preferences settings are properly configured 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Preferences icon 2 3 Select Network from the pick list in the upper right corner 4 Check your Username Password and the phone number The phone number should be the number you use to dial in to your ISP 5 Tap Connect If the Connect button changes to a Disconnect button after the connection dialogs finish your Network Preferences settings are working If the Connect button does not change tap Details and enter DNS and IP address information for your Internet Service Provider Important AOL users must download AOL for Palm from www aol com anywhere pda palm palmaol to retrieve e mail AOL does not support web browsing with B lazer Make sure the number you want is identified as a mobile number in your Contacts list Only mobile phone numbers and e mail addresses appear when you use the SMS Me
70. your communicator and then turn it on again If a dialog appears asking if you want to search for a network tap Yes tried dialing a phone number m Make sure you dialed the correct number but my Treo just beeps at me m Wait a few minutes and try again If the network is very busy calls cannot connect m Verify that you are in a network coverage area and then move a few yards away and try the call again If you are in a weak coverage area 1 bar of signal strength orless you may not be able to complete calls even though you are registered to the network can t dial international For security purposes some wireless service providers require numbers you to enable international calling on your account Call your wireless service provider for details Call waiting doesn t work Enable call waiting in the Call Preferences dialog See the section that begins on page 100 for details If the problem persists contact your wireless service provider to confirm that this feature is available in your area Call forwarding doesn t work For security purposes most wireless service providers require you to enable this feature on your account even though there is uSually no extra charge Call your wireless service provider to enable call forwarding Caller ID blocking for my Some wireless service providers require you to enable this outgoing calls doesn t work feature on your account Call your wireless service provider to enable blocking
71. 6 Page 141 Preferences About SMS SMS Preferences i SMS message center number 12097992222 SMS email center number 111 E Confirm deletions Y Save copies of sent messages in Sent folder SMS Message Center number Enables you to enter the number for your wireless service provider s SMS message center This number is stored on your SIM card SMS Email Center number Enables you to enter the telephone number for your wireless service provider s e mail gateway This number is stored on your communicator If you move your SIM card to another phone you need to enter this number to send SMS messages to an e mail address Confirm deletions Determines whether a confirmation dialog box appears when you delete messages or boilerplates Save copies of sent messages in Sent folder Determines whether messages you send are stored in the Sent folder If you turn this option off your outbound messages are not stored in the Sent folder Shows version information for SMS Messaging Page 142 Application Specific Tasks To Do List To Do reminds you of tasks you have to complete A record in To Do List is called an item To create a To Do item 1 Tap the Applications icon 42 2 Tap the To Do List icon 3 Tap New To Do ll New To Do item 7 Tap New t t 4 Enter the text of the To Do item The text can be longer than one line 5 Tap anywhere onscreen to
72. 60 home city 159 menus 160 Page 244 Index Opening 57 overview 159 remote cities 159 Clearing Calculator entries 149 151 Codes call forwarding 237 COM port See USB port and Serial port Combining categories 69 Comma delimited files importing data from 38 Command buttons 20 Command equivalents Graffiti writing 62 Communicator contrast control 14 overview 11 turning on off 18 Compressing Day view 119 Conduits 197 for connecting to PIMs 26 for modem HotSync operations 205 for synchronizing applications 224 197 198 214 See also HotSync Conference calls 98 Conflicting events 114 Connecting headset 23 HotSync cable 23 service templates 186 to server or ISP 186 travel charger 17 23 Connection preferences 176 Contact information See PhoneB ook Contacts copying 90 Continuous events changing 109 deleting from Date Book Plus 66 109 scheduling 108 Copying contact information 90 Copying text 65 Country default setting 179 Coverage area 92 95 98 99 135 Cradle See Cable Creating categories 40 68 69 contact entries 89 90 currency symbols 163 custom fields in PhoneBook 103 Date Book Plus events 104 Expense items 161 expense reports in Excel 165 167 memos 147 notes for records 76 records 63 To Do List items 143 Currency default 168 defining 163 for Expense items 163 Current date 22 222 Current time 39 displaying in Date Book Plus 110 setting 22 Customizing categories 69 currencies and symbols 163 expe
73. A tee Oo dace ares eke eka 169 Copying entries from your Speed Dial list to your SIM card cceceeee ees 169 Copying entries from your SIM card to your Speed Dial list 170 Deleting entries from your SIM Card 1 1 cece cece eee tenet ene 170 Dialing entries on your SIM Card eect eee e nett 171 SIM BOOK MENUS ias o a acto od aid aE aah heed 171 SIMSON Sa A T Ree ted 172 Setting Preferences for YOUFCOMMUNICAO arios ID ene neh Co s Wns Dee DADES 173 Viewing Preverences ia ee eek Mala i hte ating 173 BUtlOnS PTETEENCES o iaa lid o 174 PON Preferences a nd rt e a Bead we TAO ek a Mek aha eat 174 HotSync Buttons Preferences cece ccc eee eee teen eee tenes 175 Connection Preferences cc cece teen eee eee nent teen eae 176 Connection Types cut oe ees Adie ae a ae ew ESSE 176 Setting wireless modem configurations cece eee eee eee eens 177 Digitizer Preferences cece cece cette rr 179 Formats Peter NES A A A an dade aan 179 Countryidetault sd es dra saath tan tE 179 Time date week start and numbers formats 00 cece eee eee eee eee eee 180 General Preferences naaa des Malena 180 Auto off delay it A cose a id tada 180 System alarm and game SOUNS ooococccccccccccncnrn cnn 181 Network Preferences and TCP IP software ooococcccoccccncncnccncncrnrr 181 Selecting a SEMCE vr CA eel ibe deed en 181 Entering a USA rro ARE 182 Entering a password vir o A
74. Commands Code What it does 002 Deactivates all advanced call forwarding options and the network stores the numbers to which you were forwarding calls 002 Deactivates all advanced call forwarding options and the network erases the numbers to which you were forwarding calls Page 238 Advanced Call Forwarding Options O ther Product Information Limited W arranty and End User Software License Agreement For warranty information and a copy of the End User License Agreement applicable to your Handspring product please see the Handspring web site at http supporthandspring com esupport forms hsF ileListjsp Type War ranties If you would like a copy of these materials mailed to you or if you have any questions please contact Hand spring Customer Support The information included on this web site sets forth Handspring s sole and complete warranty and software licens ing obligations with respect to your Handspring product Use of the product indicates your acceptance of the terms of the warranty and the End User License Agreement FCC Statement This device may cause TV or radio interference if used in close proximity to receiving equipment The FCC can re quire you to stop using the device if such interference cannot be eliminated If you need assistance contact Hand spring Customer Care This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harm
75. Contacts entry Any changes you make apply only to the current entry To select other types of phone numbers in an entry 1 Tap the contact name for the entry that you want to change 2 Tap Edit 3 Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change Pl Tap Done Details Mote triangle on Details Note r w 4 Selecta new label Chapter 6 Page 91 Changing C ontact entry details The Contact Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options that you can associate with an entry To open the Contact Entry Details dialog box 1 Tap the name for the entry whose details you want to change 2 Tap Edit 3 Tap Details Contact Entry Details 11 Category Business Private Y OK Cancel Delete Mote 4 Select any of the following settings Category Assign the entry to a category Private Hide this entry when Security is turned on Using the Call History view The Call History view provides quick access to the previous 1 000 incoming and outgoing calls If you miss a call when your Treo is on and you remain in a coverage area your missed calls appear in the Call History list and you receive a missed call alert message When your phone is off or you travel outside a coverage area your missed calls are forwarded to voicemail and they do not appear in the Call History list Similarly when your phone is off or you travel outside a coverage area your wireles
76. Dial Pad icon E 3 Enter one of the codes from the charts that follow Note Where the charts indicates to enter a number_to_forward_to enter a full phone number with a 1 and an area code if necessary For example you would use 67 16505551234 for the first code in the first chart 4 Tap the onscreen Handset button to send the command Forwarding calls when your communicator is busy Code What it does 67 number_to_ Forwards all calls you receive while you are busy on another call to the forward_to number you entered This option typically forwards calls when you ignore a call when you are on a wireless data call or when you already have two active calls You can still answer call waiting calls 67 Reports whether you activated the call forwarding when busy option 67 Deactivates call forwarding when busy and the network stores the number to which you were forwarding calls 67 Reactivates the call forwarding when busy option and uses the number stored on the network when you deactivated this option with the 67 code 67 Deactivates call forwarding when busy and the network erases the number to which you were forwarding calls Appendix E Page 237 Forwarding calls that you do not answer Code 61 number_to_ forward_to 61 61 61 61 What it does Forwards all calls you receive and do not answer This option is similar to the way that voicemail typically works Reports whe
77. Dial Preferences m Remember last category Determines how the Contacts list appears when you return to it from another application If you select this check box the Contacts list shows the last category you selected If you clear it the Contacts list displays the All category List By Determines how the Contact entries are sorted in the Contacts view and also controls the PhoneB ook Instant Lookup feature and SMS address lookup options Call Preferences Forward all calls to w Don t forward calls O Disable Call Waiting O Block outgoing caller ID Block outgoing caller ID Determines whether PhoneB ook reveals your phone number to the person you re calling If your service provider supports caller ID blocking you can prevent revealing your phone number to people you call Get Status Displays the current call waiting call blocking and call forwarding settings stored on your wireless service providers network Use this button to confirm that the network settings you selected are active Dial Preferences 11 Dial w Phone Email gt lt none gt SKIS SHS Default country w United States O When dialing add this area code to digit numbers Always dial 1 in front of the area code Dial Email SMS Provides third party applications access to PhoneB ook s dialing functions In most cases you do not need to change these settings Default country Determines if North American hyphenation conventions a
78. E ava 144 Checking Off a TO DO sra rai arts as 145 TODO SNOW OPTIONS raras 145 TODO LISEMBAUS plas era aa 146 M mo PA id td adn is dls 147 Reviewing MEMOS aiina A di 147 Memo Pad MENUS 1 eect een ann rranarannnnnnna 148 GCalCulator iz cis ss dive a EE 149 Selecting the Calculator mode cece cece cece cence eee rr 149 Using the Basic Calculator buttons 0 cece cece eee tenet nee 149 Displaying Recent Calculations 0 ccc cece eee eee eens 150 Using the Advanced Calculator mode cc ccc ecc eee ce cece eee eeeteeeneneees 150 Using the Advanced Calculator buttons cece cece eee e eee eens eteenes 150 Page 6 Contents Creating ai CUSTOM VIEW scsi Sea dav aaa ace aci 157 Galeulator MENUS iMedia a ae Ai 158 CITIME dta etter later aetna AN E ee tate tad ada 159 Setting your home Ciy oerda cidad dai 159 Selecting remote citieS sspe medsin yea rate iar n ne ea Teak aA dN Nea 159 Adding citie S sediaan re i a Sneed are a ete A i tle eats A bea 160 CityTime MENUS ginanian aia aa a a a a AAAA 160 EA ee eset a E o a e A D 161 Changing the date of an Expense item cece cence eens 162 Entering receipt details 0 cece cece eee e eee ent aes 162 Customizing the Currency pick list 20 0 0 cc cee 163 SHOW OPTIONS a EA AAA Ain 164 Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel cc ccc cece eens 165 Expense menus o ss ce nea cuits Senate veces Guard EIA 167 SIMBOOK vereor ra
79. PS aiii td banat ka pare ha aa RAIRE na Odia 21 Customizing your COMMUNICAtOr aaee o 21 Using the heads Edo sn a aida oe 23 Connecting the HotSync Cable unreal tu rara ds 23 Using desktop SO WE tt iG Sur eg A metered aN trade eh 25 Using your communicator with Palm Desktop Software ccc cceeee cece cues 26 Using your communicator with Microsoft Outlook ccc cece eee e ence teen eeees 26 Using your communicator with another PIM ccc cece cece eee 26 Using an e mail application with your communicator 0 cece eee eee eee 27 Entering Data in Your Communicator 00 00 ccc cece cee eee n eee 29 Using Graffiti writing to enter data 0 ccc cette ene eee 29 Writing Graffiti characters 0 00 cet tenet tent eens 29 Graffiti tips O ieee ia 31 The Graffiti alphabet erasa e eia an any een rr 31 Writing Capital letter am eine ia 32 W FIEING NUMBERS torai sorta tice eRe cadet Raed a eee Rh hee ane MNEs 32 Writing punctuation Marks 1 0 0 enn teen nett eens 33 Writing symbols and extended characters 0 cece eee eee eee eee eee 34 Writing accented characters 0 cece cece eee eee eee nent etnies 34 ACCENUSTIOKES iann reana O ca o eo aaNet Noone 34 Additional non English characters 0 cc cece eect nn 35 Navigation Stroke Se siaurai se wa do deers a din 35 Graffitit SKOET sed seta Sd ta ato 35 Using the onscreen Keyboard 0 cece nn cnn 36 Using your computer keyboard
80. Please note the following considerations when using the rechargeable battery in your communicator m When wireless mode is on your communicator battery should provide 60 hours of stand by time or 2 5 hours of talk time between charges When you use your communicator in handheld mode and wireless mode is off your communicator battery provides approximately three weeks of use between charges m You can conserve battery life by minimizing use of the backlight feature and by choosing a lower Auto off setting which automatically turns the communicator off after a period of inactivity See page 180 and page 18 for more information Appendix A Page 211 m If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use an alert appears on the communicator screen describing the low battery condition If this alert appears connect your communicator to the HotSync cable or travel charger to charge the battery m lf the battery drains to the point where your communicator does not turn on it stores your data safely for about three days In this case there is enough residual energy in the battery to store the data but not enough to turn on your communicator If your communicator does not turn on when you press the power button you should charge the battery immediately mf you leave a drained battery in your communicator for an extended period of time you can lose all of the stored data If this happens charge the battery and use the reset button to reset
81. Preferences screen select Wireless Modem Preferences Connection Available Configurations IR to a PE Hondheld Custom 2 Tap Edit Mame Wireless Modern Connection Wireless Modern to Method Dialing w TouchTone Volume w Low DK Cancel Details The name of the current configuration appears at the top of the screen 3 Tap the Connection Method pick list and select Wireless Modem to Modem 4 Tap the Dialing pick list and select TouchTone Note Select Rotary only if your telephone service does not support TouchTone dialing ul Tap the Volume pick list and select the speaker volume for the modem a Tap Details Chapter 7 Page 177 Details Speed w 57 600 bps Country United States Flow Cth oe On Init String 7 Tap the Speed pick list and select 57 600 8 Tap the Country pick list and select the country in which you are using your communicator 9 Tap the Flow Control Flow Ctl pick list and select Automatic On Xon or Off X off flow control for the modem connection 10 If needed edit the Init String to change the modem setup string 11 Tap OK twice to return to the Connection Preferences screen The following steps demonstrate how to create a modem connection that enables IR HotSync through an IR enabled modem This modem would then dial a modem attached to your desktop to perform the remote HotSync operation To create an IrC OMM to Modem conne
82. Purge If you think Date Book Plus or To Do List records might prove useful later you can purge them from your communicator and save them in an archive file Purging is not available in Contacts view in PhoneBook or Memo Pad so delete outdated records from these applications To purge records 1 Open the application 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap Record and then tap Purge A confirmation dialog box appears Date Book Plus Tap the pick list and select how old a record must be to be purged Purge deletes repeating events if the last of the series ends before the date that you purge records Date Book Plus To Do List If you want to save a copy of the purged records to an archive file on your desktop be sure that the check box is checked If you don t want to save a copy tap the check box to remove the check box 4 Tap OK If you chose to save a copy of the purged records your communicator transfers them to an archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotSync operation Note Purging does not happen automatically You must tap the command to make it happen Page 66 Common Tasks C ategorizing records Categorize records in the Contacts view in PhoneB ook To Do List Memo Pad and Expense applications so that they are grouped logically and are easy to review Y ou can also categorize applications See page 39 for details When you create a record your communicator automatically places it in the category
83. S Tap S pkr Tap Cancel phone Spkr 3 Tap Cancel Spkr to turn off the speakerphone Placing calls on hold You can place an active call on hold while you use other applications on your communicator or complete another task To place a call on hold 1 Place or answer a call Call status indicator Wireless service ao Tul Pacific Bell Wireless ao Ty Ra Midyne M Active Bo Ga Midyne M on Hold 1 831 555 6737 00 10 1 631 555 6737 04 38 Tap Hold 10 E ES El Hold Call Bla EN 2 Tap Hold to place the call on hold 3 Tap Off Hold to return to the call Page 96 Application Specific Tasks Handling Multiple C alls Y ou can use the Active Call view to handle a variety of situations that involve multiple calls During an active call you can receive or place another call switch between two active calls and create a 3 way conference call For example when you re talking to a friend you can place another call to a restaurant to make dinner reservations and return to your friend to confirm the time and place You can also use call waiting to receive an important incoming call while you re already on the phone and to facilitate 3 way conference calls when you re on the go To respond to call waiting do one of the following m Tap Hold Answer to place the first call on hold and answer the second call m Tap Drop amp Answer to end the first call and answer the second
84. Template folder which is in the same folder as the Palm Desktop software application If the layout of one or more of these templates is appropriate for your reporting needs you can easily customize the templates with your company name and other information Appendix C Page 227 To customize a sample Expense Report template 1 Make a backup copy of the contents of the Template folder CE BEN Edi ane E aj i g Y ET TEH 2 Double click the name of the sample template you want to modify to open it in Microsoft Excel 3 Make any changes that you want to the names or other information in the sample template Important Do notinsert rows or columns in the sample template Doing so changes the way your Expense data maps to the template and causes errors If you want to move the cells to a different location or add or delete rows or columns you have to make changes to the Maptable xls file Note You can insert your own company logo without changing the Maptable xls file If you change the file name however you need to make a corresponding change in the Maptable xls file You can also rename cells without changing the Maptable xls file provided that the expense type corresponds to your communicator data For example you can change Snack to Munchies and then all items entered on your communicator as Snack map to the cell s labeled Munchies 4 From the File menu choose Save As 5 Click
85. To set the system alarm and game sounds 1 Tap the System Sound pick list and select the sound level Note When you turn off the System Sounds you also turn off the chime tones associated with the HotSync operation 2 Tap the Alarm Sound pick list and select the sound level 3 Tap the Game Sound pick list and select the sound level Note The Game Sound setting works only with games that are programmed to respond to this setting Older games typically do not respond to this setting Network Preferences and TCP IP software Network Preferences let you set a password telephone number DNS number IP address as well as create a login script for remote connections TCP IP provides the ability to connect to your ISP or dial in server with applications that allow you to view the transmitted data Visit the web site www handspring com for information on third party applications that take advantage of TCP IP When you use the Handspring CD ROM to configure your communicator the configuration software attempts to set up your communicator with settings received from your wireless service provider If the Configure Y our Treo software configured your communicator with your wireless service provider s settings the Phone field on the Network Preferences screen is set to Wireless In this case we recommend that you do not change the settings from your wireless service provider However if the configuration software on the CD ROM can
86. To solve this example 1 Enter a value and then tap the corresponding variable button Repeat this process until you ve entered the following four variables m N 360 30 years x 12 months mAPR 8 Page 152 Application Specific Tasks 5 6 m PV 100 000 mFV 0 Enter 12 and tap the P Yr button to enter the number of payments per year Tap Edit Tap the Pmt line and erase all values on the line including zero Tap Solve Tap Done Y ou can use a similar process to solve other financial equations by entering four of the variables to find the value of the fifth variable Stores the current number as the total number of payments over the life of the loan Stores the current number as the annual percentage rate of interest Stores the current number as the number of payments per year Stores the current number as the initial loan amount Stores the current number as the payment amount Stores the current number as the compounded loan amount including interest Opens the Time Value of Money dialog box where you can modify values and solve the equation Stores the remaining balance interest and principal amortization based on the supplied values Calculates a given percentage of a value To use this button enter a value tap this button enter the percent and then tap the equal sign button Calculates the change in a value by a given percentage To use this button enter a value tap this button enter the pe
87. Treo 180g Communicator User Guide Windows Edition handspring Copyright Copyright 2001 Handspring Inc All Rights Reserved Handspring the Handspring logo Treo Blazer and the Blazer logo are trademarks of Handspring Inc and may be registered in some jurisdictions Portions copyright 1998 2001 Palm Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Palm OS Graffiti and HotSync are registered trade marks and Palm and the HotSync logo are trademarks of Palm Inc and are used by Handspring under license All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners Disclaimer and limitation of liability Handspring Inc and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook Handspring Inc and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties that may arise through the use of this software Handspring Inc and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction dead battery or repairs Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss Warranty and License Agreement For warranty information and a copy of the End User License Agreement applicable to your Handspring product please see the Handspring web site at http supporthandspring com esupport forms hsFileListisp Type War ranties If you would like a copy of
88. Treo is not compatible with three pin also called three pole style headsets You can determine whether a headset is a three pin headset by counting the number of silver rings on the headset pin A three pin headset has three rings To use the headset 1 Connect the headset plug to the headset jack on the side of your communicator Headset button 2 Place the speaker in your ear 3 Press the headset button to perform any of the following functions m Answer an incoming call including an incoming call waiting call m Switch between two active calls m Place the second call on hold when you have two active calls m Hang up an active call Connecting the HotSync cable The HotSync cable that comes with your Treo enables you to charge your communicator battery and to synchronize the information on your communicator using HotSync technology Note If your computer does not have a USB port or it uses Windows 95 or Windows NT you need a serial HotSync cable to connect to your computer Y ou can purchase a serial HotSync cable from www handspring com To connect the HotS ync cable 1 Connect the travel charger cable to the short end of the Hotsync cable Be sure to match the sides of the connectors labeled UP Chapter 1 Page 23 2 Connect the USB HotSync cable to a USB port on your computer or connect the Serial HotSync cable to a Serial port on your computer 3 Connect the long end of the HotSync cable to your co
89. When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to miles Chapter 6 Page 155 990900 0 Indicates the current value is entered in nautical miles When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to nautical miles Indicates the current value is entered in millimeters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to millimeters Indicates the current value is entered in centimeters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to centimeters Indicates the current value is entered in meters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to meters Indicates the current value is entered in kilometers When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to kilometers Area buttons 990 0 04000900 Indicates the current value is entered in square inches When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square inches Indicates the current value is entered in square feet When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square feet Indicates the current value is entered in square yards When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to square yards Indicates the current value is entered
90. Write down the port listed as Providing application support so you can configure HotSync Manager for infrared communication This port is the simulated port It is the channel through which the actual infrared communi cation takes place between your computer and your communicator Deselect all other check boxes in the Options tab Click Apply and then click OK To enable infrared communication with W indows 2000 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon G9 in the Windows system tray bottom right corner of the taskbar Choose Exit to close HotSync Manager In the Windows taskbar click Start choose Settings and then choose Control Panel Double click the Wireless Link icon Click the Image Transfer tab and deselect the Use Wireless Link to transfer images from a digital camera to your computer check box Chapter 8 Page 199 writ Le tal Fin imdi beng Turim cios To fra epr Lab p ds miga Brae A Cam ae oe Pern myg Lara age la e chin i AAA i D Espin by piar pen prep vray pci eet EJ 6 Click OK 7 Disable any other application that opens the IR port Configuring HotS ync Manager for infrared communication Next you need to go to the HotSync Manager and configure it for infrared communication In Windows 98 and Me you need to specify the simulated port used for infrared communication In Windows 2000 you simply need to activate the infrared menu item To configure HotS ync Manager for infrared com
91. You can also assign a record to a category by tapping the Details button selecting a category from the Category pick list in the Details dialog box and then tapping OK Chapter 5 Page 67 To display a category of records 1 Tap the category pick list in the upper right corner of the list screen Category pick list Mero Al merno Ail 1 Handheld Basics 1 Handheld Basics Pere 2 Three Ways to Enter Text 2 Three Ways to E Unfiled 3 Download Applications 3 Download Applic y A f Edit Categories d Power Tips d Power Tips 2 Select the category you want to view The list screen now displays only the records assigned to that category To define a new category 1 Tap the category pick list in the upper right corner of the screen Category pick list Meno Ail meno A 1 Handheld Basics 1 Handheld Basics A 2 Three Ways to Enter Text 2 Three Ways to E Unfiled 3 Download Applications 3 Download Applic Edit Categories 4 Power Tips 4 Power Tips 2 Tap Edit Categories 3 Tap New Edit Categories Li OK New Rename Delete 4 Enter the name of the new category and then tap OK Page 68 Common Tasks Edit Categories Enter a new category name 5 Tap OK You can assign any of your records to the new category To rename a category 1 Tap the category pick list in the upper right corner of the screen 2 Tap Edit Categori
92. about four seconds Command toolbar 2 Immediately write the corresponding command letter in the Graffiti letter area For example to choose Copy in the Edit menu draw the Command stroke followed by the letter c Tip If you wait more than three seconds to write the menu command you need to redraw the Graffiti Command stroke to redisplay the Command toolbar Command toolbar The Command toolbar provides quick access to frequently used menu commands The commands available vary based on the active screen Page 62 Common Tasks To use the command toolbar L In the Graffiti text area draw a diagonal line from the lower left to upper right The Command toolbar appears for about four seconds Command toolbar Tap the icon for the command you want Tip If you wait more than three seconds to tap the icon you need to redraw the Graffiti Command stroke to redisplay the Command toolbar Creating records You can use the following procedure to create a new record in Date Book Plus the Contacts view in PhoneBook To Do List Memo Pad and Expense To create a record 1 2 3 Select the application in which you want to create a record Tap New In Date Book Plus only Select a record type from the pop up list select start and end times for your event and then tap OK Enter text for the record Note Your communicator automatically capitalizes the first letter of each field except numeric and e m
93. address you are identifying a specific server that handles the translation services Each IP address has four sections separated by periods In the Details dialog box you enter each section separately Each section of an IP address is made up of a number from 0 to 255 numbers are the only allowable characters in this field Ask your Internet Service Provider or System Administrator for the correct Primary or Secondary DNS IP numbers Note MostInternet Service Providers automatically provide DNS information Leave the Query DNS option checked unless you are certain you need to manually enter DNS information To enter a primary and secondary DNS 1 Tap the Query DNS check box to deselect it 2 Tap the space to the left of the first period in the Primary DNS field and then enter the first section of the IP address Note Each section must be a number from 0 to 255 3 Repeat step 2 for the second third and last sections of the Primary DNS field 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the Secondary DNS number 5 Tap OK IP address Everyone who logs on to the Internet needs to have a unique identifier an IP address whether permanent or temporary Some networks dynamically assign a temporary IP address when clients log in The IP Address field lets you identify whether your network provides automatic dynamic temporary IP addressing Note Most Internet Service Providers automatically assign IP addresses Leave the Automatic IP Address
94. ade process described above you have two devices with the same name This is an undesirable situation Each device must have a unique name in order to prevent unexpected results during HotSync operations and other complications We strongly recommend that you perform a hard reset on your old handheld See page 213 for details A hard reset not only erases all data from the old handheld it also erases the name and makes that handheld a clean slate ready to receive a new name The next time you perform a HotSync operation with this old handheld you are asked to give ita name Be sure to give it a unique name Treo components Locating front panel controls S peaker Screen Headset jack G raffiti writing area Rocker switch Contrast control Application buttons Microphone Scroll buttons Speaker Functions as the earpiece on your Treo Headset jack Enables you to connect a hands free headset for use with the wireless features Use only headsets that are compatible with your communicator Chapter 1 Page 13 Rocker switch Contrast Control Microphone Scroll buttons Application buttons Graffiti writing area Communicator screen Enables you to navigate on your communicator with just one hand You can use the rocker switch as an alternate method to perform a variety of tasks such as adjusting the call volume level on your phone The rocker switch functions change based on whether your communic
95. age 80 Common Tasks To beam an application 1 La 3 Tap the Applications icon 43 Tap the Menu icon Tap App and then tap Beam Tap the application you want to transfer Note Some applications are copy protected and cannot be beamed These are listed with a lock icon next to them Tap Beam When the Beam Status dialog box appears point the IR port directly at the IR port of the receiving communicator Wait for the Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the transfer is complete before you continue working on your communicator To receive beamed information 1 2i Turn on your communicator Point the IR port directly at the IR port of the transmitting communicator to open the Beam Status dialog box When the Beam dialog box appears select a category for the entry Tip If you do not select a category the entry is placed in the Unfiled category Tap Yes Tips on beaming information Y ou can set the full screen pen stroke to beam the current entry See page 174 for details Y ou can use the Graffiti Command stroke B to beam the current entry When you receive beamed information with the lid closed you don t need to respond to the Beam dialog box simply press the top scroll button for Y es or the bottom scroll button for No Chapter 5 Page 81 Page 82 Common Tasks Chapter 6 Application S pecific Tasks This chapter is organized by application and gives instructions on how to do tasks th
96. ail fields You do not have to use the Graffiti Caps Shift stroke to capitalize the first letter of the name Use the Next Field Graffiti stroke to move to the next field Next Field Tip Y ou can also move to any field by tapping it directly by pressing the scroll buttons or by rolling the rocker switch Optional Tap Details to select attributes for the record In Contacts view in PhoneBook and Memo Pad only Tap Done There s no need to save the record because your communicator saves it automatically Chapter 5 Page 63 Editing records After you create a record you can change delete or enter new text at any time Two screen features tell you when your communicator is in editing mode m A blinking cursor m One or more edit lines Blinking cursor PEPE Edit line Entering text For information on how to enter text using Graffiti writing the onscreen keyboard or the keyboard attached to your computer see Chapter 2 Edit menu The Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text In general commands available in the Edit menu apply to text that you select or highlight in an application To select text in an application 1 Tap the beginning of the text that you want to select 2 Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it You can drag across the text to select additional words or drag down to select a group of lines Tip To select a word double ta
97. and missed calls you can use the Call History view to dial any number that appears on this view To dial a number from the C all History view 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 Select the number you want to call Tap the entry you ype want to dial A Home gt Maura Rees H iMo 4 9 4 Voicemail Mo 4 9 4 Home Su 4 8 4 Maura Sa 4 7 Maura Rees H Th 475 4 14235555781 Th 4 5 P 14235555781 A 4 Christie Cadwell Ta p Dial to call selected number hd 3 Tap Dial or press the rocker switch Tip To add a number to your Contacts or Speed Dial list tap Details tap Copy Phone go to the Contacts or Speed Dial view and select Paste from the Edit menu to insert the number Chapter 6 Page 93 Purging Call History Your Treo continues accumulating Call History information for up to 1 000 calls until you purge the Call History list To conserve storage space we recommend that you purge this list periodically Note Using the Purge function permanently removes the calls from your communicator Y ou cannot undo this process to restore the information To purge entries in Call History view 1 From the Call History view tap the Menu icon 2 Under Record tap Purge Tip To delete a specific item select the item from the Call History view and tap Delete Item instead of Purge 3 Select the purge option you want to use Delete calls Tap the pick
98. applications go to the web site www handspring com When you download an add on application from the Internet it is probably in a compressed format such as a zip or sit file If you have a decompression utility on your computer use it to decompress the prc and pdb files inside the compressed file If you do not have a decompression utility search the Internet using phrases like zip decompression or how to unzip This will lead you to various third party utilities that you can use to decompress any kind of compressed or downloaded file not just add ons for your communicator After you install the utility you are ready to decompress the add on application files that you downloaded Note Any applications that you install on your communicator resides in RAM memory you can delete them at any time To install add on software on your communicator 1 Copy ordownload the application you want to install into the add on folder in your H andspring or Palm directory on your computer Note If the software you download is compressed you need to decompress it into this folder If you prefer to place the application into another folder you need to navigate to that folder before you complete step 5 2 Double click the Palm Desktop icon on your desktop Page 42 Managing Y our Applications 3 Click Install Tip You can also access the Install Tool dialog box by selecting Install Tool under Handspring on the Start menu or
99. ark views Page 52 Applications Overview SMS Messaging SMS Messaging provides a way for you to exchange short text messages with other O people who use GSM mobile phones and subscribe to an SMS service Some wireless service providers also provide a gateway to communicate with e mail addresses In SMS Messaging you can do the following m Send and receive short text messages m Read incoming messages directly from the Inbox m Create messages quickly with quick list address selection and boilerplate text m Review messages you sent in the Sent folder To open SMS Messaging m Press the SMS Messaging application button on the front panel of your communicator SMS Messaging opens to display the Inbox view SMS Messaging button Tip Press the SMS Messaging application button repeatedly to cycle through the Inbox Sent and Pending views However if there are no messages in the Pending view it does not cycle through this view when you press the application button Chapter 4 Page 53 To Do List To Do List is a convenient place to create reminders and prioritize the things that you have to do In To Do List you can do the following m Make a quick and convenient list of things to do m Assign a priority level to each task m Assign a due date for any or all of your To Do items m Assign To Do items to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical groups m Sort your To Do items either by due da
100. ars E Compress Day View EM Show PM Label EM Show End Times O Scroll before Day Move E Auto scroll Time O Float Advance at Midnight amp Show Completed Floating Events Show Time Bars Activates the time bars that appear in the Day View The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrate event conflicts Compress Day View Controls how times appear in the Day View When Compress Day View is off all time slots display When itis on start and end times display for each event but blank time slots toward the bottom of the screen disappear to minimize scrolling Show PM Label Displays a p after PM times Show End Times Displays all time bars and time slots for end times of an event Scroll Before Day Move Determines whether the front panel scroll buttons will scroll up and down within the current day before scrolling to the previous or next day Auto scroll Time Displays events based on the time of day when the Day View contains more than one screen of information Float Advance at Midnight Advances floating events to the next day at midnight of the current day Show Completed Floating Events Displays completed floating events Chapter 6 Page 119 Alarm Preferences Alorm Preferences Alarm Sound e Alarm Snooze Sound e Alarm Remind Sound Alarm Play Sound oF Once Repeat Alarm 9 3 Timez Every oF S minutes Alarm Sound Sets the tone of the alarm Snooze Sound Sets the tone of the
101. at are specific to each of the following applications P honeB ook Date Book Plus Blazer SMS Messaging To Do List Memo Pad Calculator CityTime Expense SIM Book SIM Services Chapter 6 Page 83 PhoneB ook PhoneB ook is the application where you store name and address information about people or businesses and where you place and receive telephone calls P honeB ook has five main views Y ou can place and receive calls from within any view and you can also receive calls when the screen is off but wireless mode must be on The sections that follow explain how to use each of these views To change the PhoneB ook view do one of the following m Tap the icons in the lower left corner of the PhoneB ook screen m Repeatedly press the PhoneB ook application button on the front panel of your Treo 180g communicator to cycle through the views Note The Active Call icon and view appear only after you place an outgoing call or receive an incoming call Speed Dial view Dial Pad view ao Tul Al Midyne m E Per W Wireless service Harry w E 11 E 3 4 5 View Phone Tips Icons Contacts view Call History view Active Call view Contacts w All Tall i E History w All Tul i Wireless service ao Tall i Best Lisa Yoicemail H 0 N A Home Mo 4 9 Ra Midyne M Activa 1 650 555 8996 H gt Maura Rees H iMo 4 9 1 831 555 6737 00 10 B
102. ative to determine if these systems are adequately shielded from external RF energy Also check with the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to the vehicle Safety and General Use While Driving Check the laws and regulations on the use of telephones in the area where you drive Always obey them W hen using the phone while driving please MH Give full attention to driving and to the road m Use hands free operation if available m Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so require Aircraft Safety Turn your radio OFF before boarding any aircraft to prevent possible interference to aircraft systems Regulations of the United States Federal Aviation Administration prohibit use when the aircraft is in the air and require you have permission from a crew member to use your radio while the aircraft is one the ground Non ionizing Radiation As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment users are advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment and for the safety of the personnel it is recommended that no part of the human body be allowed to come to close to the antenna during operation of the equipment General Safety Information As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment users are advised to heed all posted warnings on the use and operation of Treo and to turn off your device in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere such as fueling stations even where
103. ator s wireless mode is on or off and which application you are using To use the rocker switch roll the dial up or down press it in and release it or press and hold it Opens the contrast control screen when you tap this icon The contrast control screen enables you to adjust the appearance of your communicator screen for the clearest screen display Depending on the lighting conditions or temperature of the environment where you use your communicator you may need to adjust the contrast To adjust the contrast drag the slider or tap the ends of the contrast bar to increase or decrease the contrast To fine tune the contrast press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator Functions as the mouthpiece when you use the wireless phone features of your Treo Displays text and other information that extends beyond the area of the communicator screen Pressing the bottom scroll button scrolls down to view information below the viewing area and pressing the top scroll button scrolls up to view the information above the viewing area The scroll buttons also enable you to navigate between records in an application and to adjust the volume during a call Activates the applications that correspond to the icons on the buttons PhoneBook Date Book Plus Blazer or another web browser installed by your wireless service provider and SMS Messaging See page 174 for details on reassigning these buttons to activate any application o
104. ber Note Notall wireless service providers include the phone number on the SIM If the phone number is not on the SIM this field displays No number on SIM instead of the number m IMEI Displays your communicator s equipment ID number which uniquely identifies your communicator to your mobile service provider s network m Firmware Rev Displays the version number for the mobile communication software on your communicator About Shows version information for PhoneB ook PhoneBook Chapter 6 Page 103 Date Book Plus When you open Date Book Plus the screen shows the current date and a list of times for a normal business day Scheduling an event A record in Date Book Plus is called an event An event can be any kind of activity that you associate with a day You can enter a new event on any of the available time lines When you schedule an event its description appears on the time line and its duration is automatically set to one hour You can easily change the start time and duration for any event Note It s possible to schedule events that overlap but Date Book Plus makes it easy to find such conflicts See page 114 for details You can also schedule events that occur on a particular date but have no specific start or end times such as birthdays holidays and anniversaries These are referred to as untimed events Untimed events appear at the top of the list of times marked with a diamond You can have
105. c Calculator buttons the Primary buttons are available in all the Advanced Calculator views The remaining buttons are available only in specific views The information that follows provides an overview of the Advanced Calculator functions For more detailed information and instructions visit the website www radiks net rhuebner parendoc html Page 150 Application Specific Tasks Primary buttons 9989 090 0 Clears the entire calculation and enables you to begin a fresh calculation Clears the last digit you entered Use this button if you make a mistake while entering a number in the middle of a calculation This button enables you to re enter the number without starting the calculation over Enters an exponent symbol in the calculation Opens the Constants dialog box where you can select a constant to include in the calculation Opens the Store in which memory dialog box where you can select the memory bank in which you want to store the current value Advanced Calculator has ten memory banks Opens the Recall which memory dialog box where you can select the memory bank from which you want to recall a value Math buttons 9905650890000 Squares the current value Calculates the value of xraised to the y power Calculates the value of a common base 10 antilogarithm Calculates the value of a natural base e antilogarithm Calculates the reciprocal of the current number Displays the integer portion of a decimal valu
106. ce and display the Service Connection Progress messages Tip To see expanded Service Connection Progress messages press the bottom scroll button To close a connection m Tap Disconnect to terminate the connection between your communicator and your service Creating additional service templates Y ou can create additional service templates from scratch or by duplicating existing templates and editing information After you create a new or duplicate template you can add and edit settings To add a new service template 1 Tap the Menu icon 6 2 Tap Service and then tap New A new service template called Untitled is added to the Service pick list To duplicate an existing service template 1 Tap the Service pick list 2 Tap the predefined service template you want to duplicate 3 Tap the Menu icon 6 4 Tap Service and then tap Duplicate A copy of the service template is added to the Service pick list Adding detailed information to a service template If you are using one of the predefined service templates you probably only need to enter your user name and telephone number If you are creating a new service template you may need to provide additional information to your ISP or dial in server Y ou use the Details dialog box to add additional information to a selected service template To select a connection type 1 Tap the service field 2 Tap Details Page 186 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator
107. cemail service number If the voicemail number is pre programmed on your SIM card you cannot delete this entry or change the phone number but you can move the voicemail entry to another button rename it and add Extra digits If the voicemail number is not pre programmed on your SIM card you can edit the voicemail entry to enter the number To define a Speed Dial button 1 Open the lid or if you are in another application press the P honeB ook application button ED on the front of your communicator 2 Tapa blank Speed Dial button ao Tull A METE Per WW Extra Digits Wireless service Edit Entry D Bill H Harry W 3 Enterthe Name you want to assign to the button 4 Tap the Number field and enter the phone number associated with the button 5 Tap Extra Digits and enter an extension number or other additional digits if needed Tip To inserta pause between Extra digits when dialing enter a comma Each comma represents a one second pause 6 TapDone Chapter 6 Page 85 Adding Contacts list entries to your Speed Dial list To save time while creating your Speed Dial list you can add entries from your Contacts list To add an entry from your Contacts list to your S peed Dial list 1 Ze Tap a blank Speed Dial button Tap Lookup Tip You can also use the Phone Number Lookup feature to locate the entry you want to add See the section that begins on page 71 for
108. create your own Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters For example you might create a ShortCut for your name or forthe header of a memo See page 193 to learn about creating your own ShortCuts To use a ShortCut draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the S hortC ut characters When you draw the ShortC ut stroke the ShortCut symbol appears by the cursor to show that you are in ShortCut mode ShortCut X Chapter 2 Page 35 Y our communicator includes the following predefined Graffiti ShortCuts Entry ShortCut Date stamp ds Time stamp ts Date time stamp dts Meeting me Breakfast br Lunch lu Dinner di Using the onscreen keyboard You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers on your communicator Note that you cannot enter Graffiti characters while using the onscreen keyboard To use the onscreen keyboard 1 2 3 Open any application such as Memo Pad Tap any record or tap New Tap abc to open the alphabetic keyboard or tap 123 to open the numeric keyboard 7 t Gi A9 Tap here for Tap here for alpha keyboard numeric keyboard Tap the characters to enter text and numbers Page 36 Entering Data in Your Communicator Tab Backspace L w el leldolsD Teh LT Caps lock Carriage return lian a Bu Caps shift Done Tap here to display alphabetic keyboard Tap here to displa
109. creen check the Memo Preferences setting Make sure that Sort by is set to Manual If you choose to view your memos alphabetically on Palm Desktop software and then perform a HotSync operation the memos on your communicator still appear in the order defined in the Memo Preferences setting In other words the sort settings that you use with Palm Desktop software are not transferred to your communicator In the Week View you cannot select overlapping events that have the same start time If you have two or more events with the same start time choose the Day View for the particular day to see the overlapping events Page 222 Troubleshooting Tips HotSync problems Problem Why can t synchronize my communicator with my computer Solution Try each of these in turn After each step try to synchronize to see if the problem persists Make sure you installed the software that came with your communicator You must install this software even if you upgraded from another Palm OS handheld Make sure there are no active calls on your Treo before you begin a HotSync operation You cannot synchronize while you have an active call and you cannot make or receive calls during a HotSync operation Make sure you selected your user name in Palm Desktop software before beginning the HotSync operation Perform a soft reset See page 212 for details Make sure the HotSync Manager icon G appears in the Windows system tray in
110. ct groups of data if you open the file with a spreadsheet application Trips Shows the number of Expense application categories and lists each one followed by an end statement Currency Shows how many currencies were used for the Expense data and lists the countries that correspond to that currency Trip Shows the number of expenses by category and lists the expenses for each category Expenses Shows the total number of expenses and lists them chronologically Page 234 Creating a Custom Expense Report Appendix D Non AS Cll Characters for Login Scripts The following information enables you to create custom login scripts that require non ASCII characters It is provided for advanced users who understand the use and requirements of such characters in a custom login script Use of char Y ou may use the caret to transmit ASCII command characters If you send char and the ASCII value of charis between and _ then the character is automatically translated to a single byte value between 0 and 31 For example M is converted to a carriage return If char is a value between a and z then the character sequence is translated to a single byte value between 1 and 26 If char is any other value then the character sequence is not subject to any special processing For example the string oe M transmits J oe followed by a carriage return Carriage return and line feed Y ou may include carriage return an
111. ction 1 In the Connection Preferences screen tap New 2 Enteraname for this configuration 3 Tap the Connection Method pick list and select IrCOMM to Modem Mareo Modern Connection COMM to Modem Method Dialing w TouchTone Volume w Low DK Cancel Details 4 Tap the Dialing pick list and select TouchTone or Rotary Note Select Rotary only if your telephone service does not support TouchTone dialing 5 Tap the Volume pick list and select the speaker volume 6 Tap Details Page 178 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Details Speed 57 600 bps Country United States Flow Cth oe On Init String 7 Enter the initialization string appropriate for your communicator 8 Tap OK twice to return to the Connection Preferences screen Digitizer Preferences The Digitizer Preferences screen opens the digitizer calibration screen This is the same screen that appears when you start your communicator for the first time Y ou can recalibrate your screen after a hard reset or if your digitizer drifts Formats Preferences Use the Formats Preferences screen to set the country default and the display format of the dates times and numbers on your communicator Country default The country default sets date time week start day and number conventions based on geographic regions where you might use your communicator For example in the United Kingdom time often is expressed usi
112. ctly which task you want to perform Important Always use the point of the stylus for tapping or making strokes on the communicator screen Never use an actual pen pencil or other sharp object to write on the communicator screen With your communicator turned on you can tap the communicator screen to perform many operations such as the following Open applications Choose menu commands Initiate a global Find operation Select options in dialog boxes Open the onscreen keyboards J ust as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer you can also drag the stylus to select text You can also use the stylus to drag the slider of any scroll bar Chapter 1 Page 19 Elements of the communicator interface Menu Pick list bar Details Connection type w PPP Michels aer reper E Idle timeout w Power Off pda rta es Gaim Query DNS ma Yorthorea 2 C hec k EXA box ELCA IP Address Y Automatic 6 Q Icons ree Menu bar A set of commands that are specific to the application Not all applications have a menu bar Command Tap a button to perform a command Command buttons appear in dialog boxes and buttons at the bottom of application screens Icons Tap the icons to open applications a menus Calculator E and to find text anywhere in your data Q abc With the cursor in an input field tap the abc dot to activate the alphabetic keyboard 123 With the cursor i
113. d line feed commands as part of the login script when entered in the following format lt cr gt Sends or receives a carriage return lt lf gt Sends or receives a line feed For example the string waitfor J oe lt cr gt lt lf gt waits to receive J oe followed by a carriage return and line feed from the remote computer before executing the next command in the script Literal characters The backslash 1 character defines that the next characteris transmitted as a literal character and is not subject to any special processing ordinarily associated with that character Examples Includes a caret as part of the string lt Includes a lt as part of the string Includes a backslash as part of the string Appendix D Page 235 Page 236 Non ASCII Characters for Login Scripts Appendix E Advanced Call Forwarding Options Some wireless service providers support advanced call forwarding options through the use of GSM feature codes These advanced call forwarding options are turned on and off and configured by dialing specific code numbers with your communicator Note Notall wireless service providers support all of these codes Contact your wireless service provider for more information about which services are available to you To use the advanced call forwarding options 1 Open the lid or if you are in another application press the PhoneB ook application button ED on the front of your communicator 2 Tap the
114. d updating data HotSync Operations is vm ee eet cd eu See ew PRET a pe E 78 Performing a HotSync operation for the first time 0 cece cece eee ees 78 BEAMING INFONMAUONY cae cidv a A AA a ca Aa 79 Tips on beaming information 0 ce cece cece eee nee teed 81 Application Specific Tasks aca do els a oe 83 PHONG BOOK 2 07 aca a A dae ere daa 84 Using the Speed Dial View 1 0 0 cient rr 85 Usingthe DilaliP ad VEW s sss ves aes her wien hae hee Niele how dae eae Rhine es Nae 89 Using the Contacts view 0 cece ccc eee cnn rr 89 Using the Call History V EW ccecce cec 92 Using the Active Call view ccecce 94 Forwarding calls iii a a a didas 98 Other ways to make a call nuunuu 99 PhoneBO00K MEN S duero Ir o 100 Date Book P lUS ii a a aad 104 Schedule a datado nec 104 Rescheduling an event ooccccccoccconcoro rn rr rr 106 Setting an alarm for an event 0 ieee eee enn eee eens 107 Scheduling repeating or continuous events c cece cece cece eee e eee eee tees 108 Changing the Date Book Plus view ooooccococccccccccncnr acc 110 Working in Week VieW cece cee nent eee need 110 Working in Week View with Text 0 ice c cece teeters 111 Working in Month View 0 ccc e cece cee ete tenet eens 112 Contents Page 5 Working in Year VieW 0c cece cece eee ee eee ene tenet eee tenes 112 Working In LISEVIEW a aci 113 Spotting event conflict sica rra 114 W
115. ddresses phone numbers and other information about your personal or business contacts In PhoneB ook you can do the following Store thousands of names addresses phone numbers e mail addresses and more in your Contacts list Create up to 50 speed dial entries Dial numbers from the Dial Pad your Speed Dial list your Contacts list or the Call History list on your communicator Quickly look up enter or duplicate names addresses phone numbers and other information Enter up to five phone numbers home work fax mobile etc or e mail addresses for each name Attach a note to each Contacts entry in which you can enter additional information about the entry Assign Contacts entries to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical groups Display a history list of your incoming and outgoing calls To open PhoneB ook Tip Press the PhoneBook application button on the front panel of your communicator PhoneB ook opens to display the Dial Pad view o i mh Sao PhoneBook button Press the PhoneBook application button repeatedly to cycle through the Speed Dial Dial Pad Contacts and Call History views Press and hold the PhoneBook application button to redial the last number you called Page 50 Applications Overview Date Book Plus Date Book Plus lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any kind of activity associated with a date and or a time In Date Book Plus y
116. der in the Palm Desktop software directory on your computer To see what a template looks like before you use it open the template in Microsoft Excel For example the template Sample2 xlt looks like this E ampie a Bh Sample fa wile If you want to streamline or customize your expense reports you can change these templates F or example you can add your company name to a template See Appendix C for information on changing templates Page 166 Application Specific Tasks To view your expense data using a Microsoft Excel template 1 Display your expense data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as described in the previous procedure 2 Click Options Enter name and other information Tere hhi Evade ah pm a pja Mah bl ALE Choose expense template Lote Cueros Sale o coat sarta fore en let bado o hpa m yoa local cren coun 3 Enter name department and other information as necessary for your expense report 4 Click the Templates menu then select an expense template Note If you want to create your own custom expense template and have it appear in the Templates menu see Appendix C for more information 5 Click OK Expense menus Expense menus are shown here for your reference and Expense features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands Record menu EXIT Edit Options Delete Item YD Purge YE
117. ding on which view is active Page 100 Application Specific Tasks Record menus GEE ait options New Contact eN Open Contact eo Duplicate Contact FT Beam Contact E Beam Category Y Beam Business Card NI Contacts list view Edit Contact New Contact Duplicate Contact Beam Contact Attach Note Delete Note Contacts record view O ptions menus Lk Phone Preferences PH Ringer Preferences vR Call Preferences A Select Network eE Phone Info el About PhoneEook Record HALLE Font oF Phone Preferences H Ringer Preferences oR Call Preferences A Select Network Ww Phone Info el About PhoneEook Call History view Delete Contact Duplicate Contact Beam Contact Attach Note Delete Note Select Business Card Beam Business Card s Mi Delete ltem _ D Purge Call History view Record Edit Beitr Font a F Preferences R Dial Preferences y E Rename Custom Fields Security H About PhoneBook Contacts view Record Edit 44100 Font oF Rename Custom Fields About Phonebook Contacts record amp edit views Phone Opens a dialog where you can lock your SIM card to prevent unauthorized Preferences use of your communicator s wireless mode features Preferences Contacts View Preferences O Remember last category Chapter 6 Page 101 Call Preferences
118. e 1 Select the event you want to save as a template 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap Record and then tap Create Template 4 Tap OK To schedule a template event 1 Fromthe Day view go to the date on which you want to schedule the event 2 Tap the time line that corresponds to the beginning of the event 3 Tapthe Day View button Page 116 Application Specific Tasks 4 Tap New and select Template from the list loating Event o Do aily Journal Tap to create an event from a template 5 Select the event from the Appointment Templates list 6 Tap OK Date Book Plus menus Date Book Plus menus are shown here for your reference and Date Book Plus features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands Record menu CEJ Edit Options CEZIJ Options New Appointment M Details New Floating Event zi New To Do e A New Journal Entry J List View Beam item Duplicate Item Create Template Attach Note O Delete Note Purge Items Day View New To Do Creates a new To Do item and adds it to your Date Book Plus and To Do List database Duplicate Item Creates a copy of the selected event and opens the Details dialog box for the new event Chapter 6 Page 117 O ptions menu Record Edit LO Go to Day Font Preferences Alorm Preferences To Do Preferences Go to Week
119. e Calculates the square root of the current number Calculates the inverse of xto the ypower Calculates the common base 10 logarithm Calculates the natural base e logarithm Displays the remainder of y y Displays the decimal portion of a decimal value Chapter 6 Page 151 Trigonometry buttons Calculates the sine of the current number Calculates the cosine of the current number Calculates the tangent of the current number Calculates the hyperbolic sine of the current number Calculates the hyperbolic cosine of the current number Calculates the hyperbolic tangent of the current number Calculates the arc inverse sine of the current number Calculates the arc inverse cosine of the current number Calculates the arc inverse tangent of the current number Calculates the arc inverse hyperbolic sine of the current number Calculates the arc inverse hyperbolic cosine of the current number 9eeg00066006000 6 Calculates the arc inverse hyperbolic tangent of the current number Finance buttons Finance buttons enable you to find an unknown variable value based on a group of known variable values For example to calculate the monthly payment for a 30 year home loan of 100 000 with an annual interest rate of 8 you would enter the following variables m Payments year 12 m N 360 30 years x 12 months m APR 8 m PV 100 000 m FV 0 Using these variables the answer would be 733 76 per month
120. e Applications icon w All 6 Blazer Cale City Time Ss Date Book Expense HotSync Memo Pad PhoneBook Prefs SIM SIM El Security SIMBook SIMSrvcs 2 Tap the icon of the application that you want to open To see additional applications tap the scroll bar Tip To find an application quickly you can write the Graffiti character for the first letter of its name The Applications Launcher scrolls to the first application with a name that begins with that letter You can also create categories and organize your applications by category See page 40 for details Chapter 3 Page 39 Switching between applications When working in any application tap the Applications icon or press an application button on the front panel of your communicator to switch to another application Your communicator automatically saves your work in the current application and displays it when you return to that application Categorizing applications The category feature enables you to manage the number of application icons that appear onscreen in the Applications Launcher You can assign an application to a category and then display a single category or all your applications To categorize an application 1 Tap the Applications icon 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap App and then tap Category 4 Tap the pick list next to each application to select a category Category Blazer Y Unfiled Calc Y Main CityTime Y Main
121. e Book Plus view 112 Moving Date Book Plus events 106 the cursor Graffiti writing 35 MPA Memo Pad archive file 38 Multi day events See Repeating events N Network connecting 186 connection type 187 idle timeout 187 login scripts 189 name 84 password 182 phone settings 184 preferences 181 191 primary DNS 188 secondary DNS 188 selecting service 181 status 15 TCP IP 181 username 182 voicemail number 85 Network HotSync operation 206 Network status 98 Notes attaching to records 76 77 See also Memo Pad Numbers decimal point and thousands separator 180 Graffiti writing 32 onscreen keyboard 20 36 O 1 2 3 for expense reports 234 Onscreen keyboard 36 65 pen stroke to open 175 Opening applications 39 Blazer 52 Calculator 56 149 CityTime 57 Date Book Plus 51 Expense 58 Memo Pad 55 PhoneBook 50 SMS Messaging 53 To Do List 54 Options menu 171 Organizer Lotus PIM 38 Index Page 249 Outgoing calls 92 99 100 102 171 Outlook connecting to 224 Overlapping events 114 Overview communicator 11 Owner preferences 192 P Palm Desktop software See Desktop soft ware Passwords 46 48 changing 47 creating 46 deleting 47 for network 182 forgotten 48 226 Pasting text 65 Payment Expense item 163 Pen See Stylus Personal information managers See PIM Phone application starting 86 100 Phone Lookup 71 72 Phone number editing 89 Phone numbers selecting types 91 Phone settings for ISP or dial in ser
122. e Currency pick list in the Receipt Details dialog box and then select Edit currencies Receipt Details Select Currencies Select the currencies that Category w Unfiled A c e display in currency list Type w Lunch Payment Unfiled Y Currency 1 w United States Currency 2 w United Kingdom Currency 3 w Germany Tap Edit Currency 4 w None currencies Currency 5 w None OK Cancel Delete Mote t 2 Tap each Currency pick list and select the country whose currency you want to display on that line 3 Tap OK to close the Select Currencies dialog box 4 Tap OK Defining a custom currency symbol If the currency you want to use is not in the list of countries you can create your own custom country and currency symbol To define a custom currency symbol 1 Tap the Menu icon G Chapter 6 Page 163 2 3 Tap Options and then tap Custom Currencies Tap one of the four Country boxes Custom Currencies Create your own custom currencies by tapping on the country name below Enter the name of the country and the symbol that you want to appear in Expense Currency Properties Country Symbol Tap OK to close the Currency Properties dialog box Tap OK Note If you want to use your custom currency symbol as the default for all Expense items select the symbol in the Preferences dialog box If you want to use your custom currency symbol only for a particular Expense item se
123. e End on pick list and tap Choose Date Use the date picker to select an end date 7 Tap OK After you schedule a repeating or continuous event this icon amp appears to the far right of the event Page 108 Application Specific Tasks Changing and deleting repeating or continuous events If you change or delete a repeating or continuous event you can apply the action to only the current event to all instances of the event or to the current event and instances that follow To change or delete repeating events 1 2 3 Select the record you want to change or delete Tap Details Enter the change and tap OK or tap Delete Tap one of the following Repeating Event 1 D Apply this action to the current event only to all occurrences or just this and all following occurrences Current Al Following Cancel Current Changes or deletes only the current instance of the repeating event All Changes or deletes all past current and future occurrences of this event Following Changes or deletes the current event and all future occurrences of this event Considerations for repeating or continuous events Keep the following points in mind If you change the start date of a repeating event your communicator calculates the number of days you moved the event Your communicator then automatically changes the end date to maintain the duration of the repeating event If you change the repeat interval e g
124. e alarm tone sounds a reminder message also appears onscreen Note Make sure the ringer is on Silencing the ringer also turns off all system sounds including alarms When you silence the ringer Date Book Plus alarms vibrate To set an alarm for an event 1 Tap the event to which you want to assign an alarm 2 Tap Details 3 Tap the Alarm check box to select it 4 Tap the pick list to select Minutes Hours or Days 5 Select the 5 and enter any number from 0 to 99 inclusive as the number of time units Event Details Li Time Date Enter number of Alarm w Minutes time units here Repeat i Private Tap here to select unit of time 6 Tap OK Alarm for untimed events You can seta silent alarm for an untimed event In this case the alarm triggers at the specified period of minutes hours or days before midnight beginning of the day of the untimed event No audible alarm sounds for an untimed event instead the reminder message appears onscreen For example you set an alarm for an untimed event that occurs on February 4th If the alarm is set for 5 minutes the reminder message appears at 11 55 PM on the night of February 3rd The reminder remains onscreen until you turn on your communicator and tap OK to dismiss it To dismiss the alarm reminder do one of the following m Tap5 min 10 min 30 min or Other to reset the alarm to notify you in a specified period of time m Tap OK to dismiss the alarm
125. e ascending tone indicates wireless mode is now on and the descending tone indicates wireless mode is now off Using the backlight If you have difficulty seeing the information on your communicator in dark environments you can use the backlight to illuminate the images on the screen Note If you have difficulty seeing the screen in well lit environments adjust the contrast instead of using the backlight See page 13 for details To turn the backlight on and off m Press the power button twice in quick succession Backlight tips m You can assign the full screen pen stroke to activate the backlight See page 174 for details m The backlight turns on automatically when an incoming call wakes up your communicator m The backlight also turns off automatically after a period of inactivity with the Auto off feature See page 180 for details Page 18 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Using the stylus to get things done Like using a mouse to click elements on a computer screen using the stylus to tap elements on your communicator screen is the basic action to get things done on your communicator The first time you start your communicator setup instructions appear on the screen These instructions include a calibration screen or digitizer Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your communicator with its touch sensitive screen so that when you tap an element on the screen the communicator can detect exa
126. e command Date Book Plus Delete Item Contacts view in PhoneB ook Delete Contact To Do List Delete Item Memo Pad Delete Memo Expense Delete Item A confirmation dialog box appears If you want to save a copy of the deleted item to an archive file in Palm Desktop software be sure that the check box is checked If you don t want to save a copy tap the check box to remove the check 4 Tap OK If you choose to save a copy of the selected item your communicator transfers it to the archive file on your desktop the next time you perform a HotS ync operation Chapter 5 Page 65 O ther ways to delete records You can also delete records in the following ways m Inthe Details dialog box of the application tap Delete and then tap OK m Delete the text of the record m Draw the Graffiti Command stroke to display the Command toolbar and then tap the Delete icon T on the Command toolbar Note In Date Book Plus if you delete the text of a repeating event you delete all instances of that event Purging records Over time as you use Date Book Plus To Do List and Expense you ll accumulate records in these applications that have outlived their usefulness For example events that occurred months ago remain in the Date Book Plus and To Do items that you marked as completed remain in the list as do Expense items All these outdated records take up memory on your communicator so it s a good idea to remove them by using
127. e message did not go through Creating a message signature You can create a signature of up to 80 characters Then when you create a message SMS Messaging automatically inserts your signature at the end of each message you create If necessary you can edit the default signature text when you create a message Note The signature text you define applies only to new messages If you are editing a message or have messages in the Pending folder when you create the signature text the signature text will not be added to those messages If you enable or disable the signature option the signature will not be added or removed from those messages either To create a message signature 1 Fromany SMS Messaging list view tap the Menu icon G 2 Under Options tap Signature Tap here to add the Signature signature to your E Enable Signature messages i starts with next message Enter the default sl dee Text S ig nature text 3 Enter the signature text 4 Tap OK Chapter 6 Page 137 Creating boilerplates When you create a message you can use the Boilerplate pick list to insert predefined text in your message You can also add items to the list and modify any of the items you add 1 2 3 4 5 From any SMS Messaging list view tap the Menu icon G Under Options tap Boilerplate Text Boilerplate Text 11 Tap an entry to edit it Boilerplate Tap New to gt create a new boilerplate Tap New or tap an en
128. eate bookmark categories For example if you want to create a page with links to various investments you might name the page Assets 3 Tap the bookmark you want to change 4 Enter the changes 5 Tap OK Page 126 Application Specific Tasks Deleting bookmarks If your bookmark list becomes full or you no longer need an entry you can delete it To delete a bookmark 1 From the Bookmark view tap Edit 2 Tap the entry you want to delete 3 Inthe Edit Bookmark dialog tap Delete 4 Tap OK to confirm deletion 5 Tap OK Arranging your bookmarks As your bookmark list grows you may want to rearrange the entries or move entire pages You can assign a title to each bookmark page and arrange the entries by category For example if you want to create a page with links to various sports scores you might name the page Scores To assign page category titles 1 From the Bookmark view tap Edit 2 Tap the page icon to which you want to assign a title 3 Enter the title To rearrange bookmark entries 1 From the Bookmark view tap Edit 2 Drag the entries to the slot where you want them to appear Edit Bookmark List Title Favorited D rag an entry to Handspring Stocks another slot or Mobile Web page Mews Tip If the new slot is full the other entries move down one slot as the rows fill from top to bottom If you drag an entry to a page icon the entry moves to the firs
129. ee eee eee ee 202 Conducting a wireless HotSync operation 0 cece cece een teens 202 Preparing your Computer 00 cece cece teen rr 203 Preparing your communicator cece eee tenet n eee e eens 204 Selecting the conduits for a wireless HotSync operation 0 ce scene eee 205 Performing a wireless HotSync operation cece cece cece eee eens 205 Conducting a HotSync operation via a network cece ccc e eee eee eeeeeees 206 Connecting to your company s dial in S rver cece cece cece e cece teen teeees 206 Performing a dial in network HotSync operation 00 cece eee eee eee 207 Performing a network HotSync operation via a LAN cece cece eee eee eee 208 Using Fl Iii ui pus they cece Pasha itt hah Aar aa a a ani haba vn te ap ca 208 Creating aus er profile sch denne A A idea teres 209 Maintaining Your Command 211 Caring for yourcommunicator 00 cece eect nett 211 Battery consideratlons 4ccy ae via aaa IAS 211 Resetting your communicator 26 ee ett n eens 212 Performing SOT reset uri Ree es ane Eee 212 Performing a warm or Safe reset 00 0 ccc eee teen rr 213 Performing a AE ss 20 rn Sen lees Kae ia 213 Page 8 Contents A Rie ais hee hile aah ti Kee oe ehh a 215 Software installation problems 00 cece eect eee tenet eee 215 Operating proble iii le EE 216 Tapping and writing problems 0 0 cece cece nanena 217 Wireless commu
130. eeded portions of files thus reducing synchronization time You can synchronize your data directly by connecting your communicator to your computer with the HotSync cable or by beaming the data from the IR port on your communicator to the IR port on your computer or indirectly with a modem or network See Chapter 8 for information about performing HotSync operations via the IR port a modem or a network Performing a HotS ync operation for the first time The first time you synchronize your data you need to enter user information on both the communicator and Palm Desktop software After you enter this information and synchronize the HotSync Manager recognizes your communicator and doesn t ask for this information again If you are a System Administrator preparing several communicators for a group of users you may want to create a user profile See the section that begins on page 209 before performing the following steps Important You must use the HotSync cable for your firstH otSync operation The following steps assume that you have already installed the Palm Desktop software If you have not installed this software see page 25 for instructions To perform a local HotS ync operation 1 Connect your communicator to the Hotsync cable See the section that begins on page 23 for details 2 Ifthe HotSync Manager is not running start it On the Windows desktop click Start and then choose Programs Navigate to the Handspring or Palm
131. eferences dialog See page 132 for details Look up a name from your Contacts list in the PhoneBook application by entering the first few letters of the last name and then tapping the text portion of the message This displays a list of matching entries from which you can choose a GSM mobile phone number or an email address Addresses Tap a recently used mobile phone number or e mail address on the list Tip If you re sending a message to an e mail address and your wireless service provider supports message titles you can add a title by entering lt subject gt lt message gt Simply replace the word subject with the title and the word message with the message body 3 Enterthe message text Tip Y ou can also tap Boilerplate to select a predefined text phrase If prompted enter or select other text to complete the phrase Page 136 Application Specific Tasks Ocharacters lull Ocharacters lull Midyne Spear Midyne Spear M1 Tor Eee gt E Running late Tap Boilerplate Send Cancel Boilerplate 4 Tap OK 5 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 6 Tap Send The message goes into the Pending category until your phone transmits the message After your message transmits your Treo places a copy in the Sent category If an error occurs while sending the message an appears next to the message header Tap the message header to view information about why th
132. egins on page 21 for information on setting the time and date Auto off delay Y our communicator has an automatic shutoff feature that turns off the power after a period of inactivity This feature conserves battery power if you forget to turn off your communicator If you find that your communicator shuts itself off before you finish viewing information on the screen increase the auto off setting To set the Auto off delay 1 Tap the Auto off pick list 2 Tap the setting you want to use for the automatic shutoff feature 30 seconds 1 minute 2 minutes or 3 minutes Preferences General Set Time Set Date Auto off after w 2 minutas System Sound Medium Alarm Sound w Medium Game Sound w Medium Beam Receive w On Note The Auto off setting turns off only the handheld mode on your communicator It does not turn off your communicator s wireless mode So you can still receive calls e mail and SMS messages after the automatic shutoff period Page 180 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator System alarm and game sounds Y our communicator uses a variety of sounds The System Alarm and Game Sound settings enable you to turn the sounds on or off and to adjust the volume level Note Ifthe ringer switch is set to no sound the ringer setting overrides the sound settings and all sounds are turned off The system alarm and game sounds are used when the ringer switch is set to the ring position
133. eless communication settings with the Handspring CD ROM the installation program will set up Blazer for use with that provider Note If you already installed the desktop software from the Handspring CD ROM but didn t configure the wireless communication settings select Configure Y our Treo under Handspring or Palm on the Windows Start menu and follow the instructions on the screen Viewing web pages You can view web pages whenever you are inside a coverage area If you are outside a coverage area you can view web pages that are stored temporarily on your communicator in an area called the cache However if a page stored in the cache has an expiration date and it is past that date you need to establish an Internet connection to view that page Tip You can tell whether you are inside a coverage area by looking at the signal strength indicator in the lower right corner of the screen To view a web page 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 Press the Blazer button on the front panel of your communicator Note If a different application appears when you press the button your wireless service provider installed another application as the default web browser To launch Blazer tap the Applications icon 43 and then tap the Blazer icon 3 Tap the Folder icon amp EN 2 handspring dale E qe Go to Web Page fi www Jcom net Copyright 2001 Handspring Inc Bil gt
134. er tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to cubic meters Creating a custom view You can modify any existing Advanced Calculator view to create your own view While customizing a view you can change the button names as well as the button definitions To create a custom view 1 2 From the Advanced Calculator screen tap the Menu icon 6 Tap Program and then tap Export Tap the pick list and select the view you want to modify Tap Export and then tap OK Tap Done In Memo Pad open the memo containing the definition you selected in step 3 Modify the definition and then tap Done Chapter 6 Page 157 8 From the Advanced Calculator screen tap the Menu icon G 9 Tap Program and then tap Import 10 Tap the pick list and select the view you modified 11 Tap Import 12 Tap Replace to change an existing definition or tap Add to create an additional definition 13 Tap OK and then tap Done Calculator menus Calculator menus are shown here for your reference and Calculator features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands O ptions menus Edit TITO Edit Program ETS Recent Calculations 1 Change Mode ZM Change Mode Y Wi About Calculator About Calculator A Advanced Calculator Basic Calculator About Calculator Shows version information for Calculator Program menu Edit AT Option
135. ervice provider Note Itis actually your SIM card that is locked not your Treo If you see the Unblock Phone screen instead of the Unlock Phone screen you entered the unlock code PIN incorrectly three times and your Treo is now blocked Contact your wireless service provider to obtain the unblock code If you enter the unblock code PUK incorrectly ten times your SIM is permanently disabled called my wireless service Some wireless service providers require 24 hours or more to provider to activate my activate your wireless service If it has been longer than your service but wireless mode still wireless service provider s activation period report the problem doesn t work to your wireless service provider My phone numberisn tonthe Your wireless service provider may need to install your phone Phone Info screen number onto your SIM card Contact your wireless service provider to see if they can send a message to your Treo that writes your phone number onto your SIM card Page 218 Troubleshooting Tips My Treo won t register to the m You are probably outside a network coverage area Try network using another GSM phone to verify whether coverage is available in your current location m If coverage is available in your location try your SIM card in another GSM phone If it still doesn t work your SIM card may be malfunctioning Contact your wireless service provider for another SIM card m Turn off the wireless mode on
136. es 3 Select the category that you want to rename and then tap Rename Edit Categories 11 OK Mew Rename Delete 4 Enter the new name for the category and then tap OK Edit Categories Enter a new category name 5 Tap OK Tip You can group the records in two or more categories into one category by giving the categories the same name For example if you change the name of the Personal category to Business all records formerly in the Personal category appear in the Business category Finding records Y our communicator offers several ways to find information quickly m All applications The Find utility locates any text that you specify always starting with the current application m Date Book Plus To Do List Memo Pad The Phone Number Lookup feature displays the Contacts view in PhoneB ook and shows names and phone numbers for entries that have phone numbers You can add the information that appears in this list to a record Chapter 5 Page 69 m PhoneBook The Instant Lookup feature lets you scroll immediately to a Contacts record in PhoneB ook by entering the first few letters of a first or last name or the first name initial and the first few letters of a last name m Expense The Lookup feature displays the Contacts in PhoneB ook that have data in the Company field You can add these names to a list of attendees associated with an Expense record Looking up Contacts records in Ph
137. es Federal Com munications Commission OET Bulletin 65 supplement C American National Standards Institute ANSI IEEE C95 1 1992 Cenelec EN 50360 and Industrie Canada RF exposure guidelines In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines users MUST use a Handspring brand body worn acces sory during body worn operation Use of accessories not provided by Handspring or that have not been tested for RF exposure compliance with this product may not comply with the FCC RF exposure safety guidelines and should not be used To assure optimal radio performance always adhere to the following procedures mM When placing or receiving a phone call hold the radio as you would a telephone m Speak directly into the microphone and position the antenna up over your shoulder m DO NOT hold the antenna when the radio is IN USE Holding the antenna affects call quality and may cause the radio to operate at a higher power level than needed Interference to Medical and Personal Electronic Devices Most but not all electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals and certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your Treo communicator Pacemakers The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six inches 6 be main tained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker These recommendations are consistent with the inde
138. eting ala ee E Tap to show event details Tips for using W eek View Keep the following points in mind m To reschedule an event tap and drag the event to a different time or day m Tapa blank time on any day to move to that day and have the time selected for a new event m Tap any day or date that appears at the top of the Week View to move directly to that day without selecting an event m The Week View shows the time span defined by the Start Time and End Time in the Date Book Plus Preferences settings If you have an event before or after this time span a bar appears at the top or bottom of that day s column Use the onscreen scroll arrows to scroll to the event W orking in W eek View with Text The Week View with Text shows an entire week with a description of each scheduled event This view can display one or two weeks at a time and can include To Do items that are due on the dates shown Toggle between 1 and 2 weeks Scroll to more events earn 10 000 Staff meeti invite John to 12 00p Lunch with Lidinner Th25 500p Conference F000 Yoga class r 7 call with Japan 10 00 arketin Dot indicates 4 nic 200p Review dra more events 00p Pick us W eek Vi ith 1 00p Planning Buy wedding gift ee lew wi team meeting Text butt isl m nd I av Boxindicates To Do item Tips for using W eek View with Text Keep the
139. fined 78 first time operation 78 79 209 210 HotSync Manager 78 IR operation 198 202 linking to external files 208 local operation 78 196 modem operation 196 202 205 224 225 modem settings 203 network operation 206 Index Page 247 operations using IR port 198 202 problems with 223 225 setting options 195 196 for synchronizing data 25 Icons alarm 107 application 20 40 battery 84 Call History 92 Dial Pad 89 237 note 77 online Tips 21 onscreen 217 repeating event 108 signal strength 84 SIM Book 169 Voicemail 84 Idle timeout of ISP or server connection 187 Ignoring calls 95 Importing data 37 38 Incoming calls 92 95 99 Indicators battery 15 84 call status 96 98 call waiting 97 missed call 99 network service 84 Signal strength 84 voicemail 84 wireless mode 84 Infrared HotSync operations 198 202 port 198 requirements for computer 198 Infrared port See IR port Installing applications 42 44 conduit to install applications 197 Desktop software 26 215 International characters Graffiti writing 34 onscreen keyboard 37 IP address 186 188 IR port 15 See also Beaming information IR See Infrared Items See To Do List orExpense K Key Pad 87 94 Keyboard computer 37 onscreen 20 36 37 175 E LED 15 17 Letters font style 77 Graffiti 29 31 onscreen keyboard 36 Light see LED 15 Linking external file 208 with desktop software See HotSync List Date Book Plus view 113 List in Applications Launcher 40
140. following m Click Expense in Palm Desktop software to open Microsoft Excel and the Expense Report configuration dialog box m From the Windows Start menu click Programs Palm Desktop Expense Reports and then choose your user name Click the expense category that you want pra Gatecked Coso Enri Click to select Categories Tip You can press Ctrl click to select multiple categories To print the expenses associated with all of your Expense categories select All in the Categories group If you want to define an end date for the expense report enter the date in the End Date box Note If you do not specify an end date all expense entries for the selected categories appear up to the date of the last HotSync operation Do one of the following Chapter 6 Page 165 Click Print to display the expense report in the Print Preview window and then click Print in the Microsoft Excel window to print your expense report Click Create to display a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing your expense data Y our data appears in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet form You can enter information make format ting changes and save and print the file in the normal manner Using expense report templates Palm Desktop software includes several expense report templates When you use one of these templates you can edit your expense data in Microsoft Excel The templates have the extension xlt and are stored in the template fol
141. following points in mind m Tapa day to display that day in the Day View m Tap the scroll arrows in the upper right corner to move forward or backward a week You can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to move between weeks m Tap Go to open the date selector and select a different week or a specific date m Tap the number of weeks to toggle between a one week view and a two week view Chapter 6 Page 111 W orking in Month View The Month View screen shows which days have events scheduled Dots and lines in the Month View indicate events repeating events and untimed events July 2002 27 31 s ta ee Previous next month ER CAE CCE Dashed line indicates continuous event Dots on right or left side indicate events HE Dots below date indicate untimed events Month View button You can control the dots and lines that appear in the Month View See page 118 for details Tips for using Month View Keep the following points in mind m Tapa day in the Month View to display that day in the Day View m Tap the scroll arrows in the upper right corner to move forward or backward a month Y ou can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator to move between months m Tap Go to open the date selector and select a different month W orking in Y ear View The Year View
142. ftware as you manually sorted it on your communicator open Memo in Palm Desktop software click Sort by and then select Order on Handheld Making records private In all PIM applications except Expense you can make individual records private Private records remain visible and accessible however until you select the Security setting to hide or mask all private records See the section that begins on page 46 for details Hiding and masking private records You can hide records that you mark as private When you hide records they do not appear anywhere in the application When you mask records a visual placeholder appears where the record would normally appear If you define a password you must enter it to display private records Note Asa security measure masked Contacts records are temporarily hidden when you search for records So you will not see a placeholder for these records when viewing the results of a Lookup or Find request Page 74 Common Tasks To make a record private 1 2 3 4 Display the entry that you want to make private Tap Details Tap the Private check box to select it Tap OK To hide or mask all private records 1 2 3 4 5 6 Make sure the records you want to mask are marked private Tap the Applications icon 43 Tap the Security icon e Tap the Current Privacy pick list security Current Privacy T Show Records Tap here Password i Lock Turn Off
143. ful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including in terference that may cause undesired operation This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi dential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there iS NO guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful in terference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures MH Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna MH increase the separation between the equipment and receiver m Connect the equipment into an outlet or circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help and for additional suggestions Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy SAR In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines users MUST use a Handspring brand body worn ac cessory during body worn operation Use of accessories not provided by Handspring or
144. g For example for an appointment in Date Book Plus you can attach a note with directions to the location To attach a note to a record 1 Display the entry to which you want to add a note 2 In Contacts view in PhoneBook only Tap Edit 3 Tap Details 4 Tap Note 5 Enter your note 6 Tap Done Page 76 Common Tasks A small note icon appears at the right side of any item that has a note Note icon Mew Details 1060 To review or edit a note 1 Tap the Note icon Ll To delete a note 1 Tap the Note icon D 2 Tap Delete 3 Tap Yes Choosing fonts In all PIM applications except Expense you can change the font style to make text easier to read You can choose a different font style for each application Unfiled w Unfiled w Unfiled S mall font Bold font Large font To change the font style 1 Open an application 2 Tapthe Menu icon 6 3 Tap Options and then tap Font 4 Tap the font style you want to use Select Font TETA Bold font ont Bi S mall font Large font 5 Tap OK Chapter 5 Page 77 Exchanging and updating data HotS ync operations The HotSync process automatically synchronizes that is exchanges and updates data between your communicator and desktop software Changes you make on your communicator or desktop software appear in both places after a HotSync operation HotSync technology synchronizes only the n
145. g down the top scroll button use the reset tool or similar object withouta sharp tip to gently press the reset button 3 When the system screen appears release the top scroll button Performing a hard reset With a hard reset all records and entries stored in your communicator are erased Never perform a hard reset unless a soft or warm reset does not solve your problem Note You can restore any data previously synchronized with your computer during the next HotSync operation To perform a hard reset 1 Press and hold the power button on the top of the communicator 2 While holding down the power button use the reset tool or similar object withouta sharp tip to gently press and release the reset button 3 When the system screen appears release the power button 4 When a message appears on the communicator screen warning that you are about to erase all the data stored on your communicator do one of the following m Press the top scroll button on the front panel of your communicator to complete the hard reset and display the Digitizer screen m Press any other button to perform a soft reset Note With a hard reset the current date and time are retained Formats Preferences and other settings are restored to their factory default settings 5 If the language selection screen appears select the same language you selected for your desktop software Choosing a different language may result in loss of data Appendi
146. hapter 2 Page 37 Palm Desktop software can import data in the following file formats Comma delimited csv txt Address and Memo Pad only Tab delimited tab tsv txt Address and Memo Pad only CSV Lotus Organizer 2 x 97 Mapping Address only vCal xcs Date Book only vCard vcf Address only Date Book archive dba Address archive aba To Do List archive tda Memo Pad archive mpa Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop software Use the archive file formats to share information with other people who use Palm OS handhelds or to create a copy of your important Palm Desktop information To import data 1 2 3 Open Palm Desktop software Click the application into which you want to import data If you are importing records that contain a field with category names do the following Select Allin the Category box Be sure that the same categories that appear in the imported file also exist in the application If the categories do not exist create them now otherwise the records are imported into the Unfiled category From the File menu choose Import Select the file you want to import Click Open To import data into the correct Palm Desktop fields drag fields in the left hand column so that they are opposite the corresponding imported field on the right If you do not want to import a field deselect the check box for that field Click OK The imported data is highlighted in the applicati
147. hat repeat daily from the Y ear View display List Preferences 11 Date Book Appt of Float Ef Done O Alarms Sny O Repeat events only appear once ToDo fill Filter by Text O Find Show E Day Mame O Time Date Book Determines which type of events appear in the List View display The choices are Appt Float Done Alarms Only and Repeat events only appear once To Do Determines which type of To Do items appear in the List View display The choices are All Not Complete Complete and None If you choose either Not Complete or Complete you also have the following choices Dated amp Undated Dated only and Undated only Filter by Text Displays events that contain the text you enter in this field and hides events that do not contain this text Show Determines the type of information that will appear for each event The choices are Day Name and Time Shows version information for Date Book Plus Chapter 6 Page 123 B lazer If you can t hold the world in the palm of your hand at least you can hold the World Wide Web when you use Blazer to browse the Internet on your communicator s screen To use Blazer you must subscribe to data services from your wireless service provider and you must have an account established with an ISP Internet Service Provider Many wireless service providers also provide ISP services If ISP information is available from your wireless service provider when you configure your wir
148. he Home City pick list and select the city closest to where you are located Tip If a nearby city isn t in the list you can use the Edit Cities command to add a new city to the list See page 160 for details 6 Tap OK Selecting remote cities In addition to your home city you can display the day and time for four other cities anywhere around the globe These other cities are called remote cities To set your remote cities 1 Tapa pick list in the lower part of the CityTime screen and select the city closest to the city you want to display CityTine Son Francisco 5 54 prot Tap to select y Naw York a remote city Bd Tip If a nearby city isn t in the list you can use the Edit Cities command to add a new city to the list See the next section for details Chapter 6 Page 159 2 Tap the remaining pick lists and select the other three cities you want to display Tip You can temporarily display the day and time for any other city by tapping the city s location on the map display Adding cities If the city you want to display is not in the predefined list you can use the Edit Cities command to add it To add a city to the list 1 Tap the Menu icon G 2 Tap Options and then tap Edit Cities 3 Tap New 4 Enter the city name and other information 5 Tap OK C ityTime menus CityTime menus are shown here for your reference and CityTime features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are
149. he cable to synchronize your data 2 Tap Forgotten Password in Security to remove the password and delete all private records 3 Perform a HotSync operation to synchronize your data and restore the private records by transferring them from your computer to your communicator forgot the password and my If you assign a password and lock your communicator you communicator is locked must perform a hard reset to continue using your communicator See page 213 for details Technical support If you cannot solve your problem after reviewing the sources listed at the beginning of this appendix check our web site www handspring com for the latest technical support information Before requesting support please experiment a bit to reproduce and isolate the problem When you do contact support please be ready to provide the following information m The name and version of the operating system you are using m The actual error message or state you are experiencing m The steps you take to reproduce the problem Page 226 Troubleshooting Tips Appendix C Creating a Custom Expense Report This section explains how to modify existing Expense application templates and how to create your own custom expense report templates for use with the Expense application Note This section assumes that you are familiar with Microsoft Excel or a similar spreadsheet application If you are not familiar with Microsoft Excel consult your company s Infor
150. he calling card number in the Phone field and the phone number in the Use calling card field To enter your server phone number 1 Tap the Phone field 2 Enter the phone number you use to reach your ISP or dial in server Phone Setup 0 Enter your ISP phone number here O Dial prefix O Disable call wai O Use calling card 3 If you need to enter a prefix or disable Call Waiting skip to those procedures Otherwise tap OK Entering a prefix A prefix is a number that you dial before the telephone number to access an outside line For example many offices require that you dial Q to dial a number outside the building To enter a prefix 1 Tap the Dial Prefix check box to select it Phone Setup Select this Phone box if you aay Enter your need to use oes prefix here a prefix O Use calling card 2 Enter the prefix 3 Tap OK Page 184 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Disabling Call W aiting Call Waiting can cause your session to terminate if you receive a call while you are connected If your telephone has Call Waiting you need to disable this feature before logging into your ISP or dial in server To disable C all W aiting 1 Tap the Disable call waiting check box to select it Phone Setup Li Select this box if you O Dial prefix 3 5 need to O Disable call waiting 1170 Enter your disable disable C all O Use calling card code here W aiting Rete 2 Enter the code t
151. he communicator To program a new custom mapping table 1 Open a copy of the Maptable xls file in Microsoft Excel Note This file is located in the same folder as the Palm Desktop software application Make a backup copy of this file before you make your modifications 2 Mapping a new template Scroll to where you find the name of the original template that you chose for your modifications The name of the template will appear in column B of the Maptable xls file next to the cell highlighted in green that reads Template Name If you did not modify an existing template move to any table in the Maptable xls file 3 Select all the rows associated with the template name To select the rows click and drag on the row numbers left side so they appear highlighted Page 230 Creating a Custom Expense Report a Ee ye pon Fyra Too A A Tanaplada Hae All rows related to template are selected Suis Label ty 4 From the Edit menu choose Copy 5 Scroll down to a blank area of the M aptable xls file below the rows used for Sample4 xlt and click on a row number to select a blank row 6 From the Edit menu choose Paste A copy of the rows you selected in step 3 is pasted into the Maptable xls file 7 Name the table In the cell immediately to the right of the cell entitled Template Name enter the exact file name of your custom Expense Report template 8 Define the number of Sections Each row in a table defi
152. hows all To Do items that have been assigned a due date m Days before Due Date Defines the number of days before the due date that an item will appear in Day View as a To Do item m Create Options Opens the Create Options dialog box where you can select the default priority and category for To Do Items you create in Date Book Plus UnDelete from Restores the last event you deleted from Date Book Plus provided it was Archive stored in the Archive file You can select this command repeatedly to restore additional events Go to Week Enables you to jump to a specific week by tapping the week number in the Current year Chapter 6 Page 121 Week Preferences Month Preferences Week Preferences 11 Time Format w 1ip Display To Do w Top Week Start Mon fa Mordwrap Single Entry O Hide Untimed Floating Events O Show Journal O Include Week Numbers in Title Time Format Defines the format of the time display The choices are No Time 11p 11 30p 23 23 30 Display To Do Defines where To Do items will appear on the Date Book Plus screen The choices are Top Bottom and Hide Week Start Defines the first day of the week for Week View with Text Wordwrap Single Entry Wraps text in cells that contain a single event to display as much text as will fit in the cell Hide Untimed Floating Events Removes untimed floating events from the Week View with Text display Show J ournal Displays a Daily J ournal entry
153. hronization These options are called a conduit By default a HotSync operation synchronizes all files between the communicator and your desktop software In general you should leave the settings to synchronize all files The only reason you might want to change these settings is to overwrite data on either your communicator or your desktop software or to avoid synchronizing a particular type of file because you don t use it In addition to the conduits for the applications on your communicator HotSync Manager includes System and Install conduits The System conduit backs up the system information stored on your communicator including Graffiti ShortC uts The Install conduit installs applications on your communicator To customize HotSync application settings 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray bottom right corner of the taskbar Tip You can also click the HotSync command on the Palm Desktop software menu bar 2 From the HotSync Manager menu choose Custom Copel Aci Aria E tobacco lg 1 henge pane Pot E den L BA Her abi 3 Select the appropriate user name from the list 4 Select an application in the Conduit list 5 Click Change burn Mace bo Det Elan e pa r Cancel T Eyecare Mad E pis ee leet Heip 2 I pando onesie Parc o dent a C hasteak oe dado pr Chapter 8 Page 197 6 Click the direction in which you want to write data or click Do Nothing to sk
154. icates the current value is entered in grams When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to grams Indicates the current value is entered in kilograms When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to kilograms Indicates the current value is entered in metric tons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to metric tons Indicates the current value is entered in degrees Fahrenheit When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to degrees Fahrenheit Indicates the current value is entered in degrees Kelvin When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to degrees Kelvin Indicates the current value is entered in degrees Celsius When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to degrees Celsius Length buttons 098090 Indicates the current value is entered in inches When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to inches Indicates the current value is entered in feet When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to feet Indicates the current value is entered in yards When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to yards Indicates the current value is entered in miles
155. ications Launcher In Security you can do the following m Mask or hide entries you define as private The Mask option displays a gray bar over private records and the Hide option completely removes hides private records See the section that begins on page 74 for more information m Assign a password to the Security viewing options Assigning a password requires you to enter a password to view masked or hidden private entries not assigning a password enables you or anyone else to view individual masked private entries by tapping them and to view all hidden or masked private entries by selecting Show Records in the Security dialog box m Lock and turn off your communicator so that it does not operate until you enter the correct password Assigning a password You can assign a password to protect your private records and to lock your communicator To assign a password 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Security icon 3 Tap the Password box 4 Entera password and tap OK ER Current Privacy w Show Records Password Enter a password Password i If you assign a password you must enter it to show private records gt Lock Turn Off Help 5 Enter the same password a second time and tap OK Page 46 Managing Y our Applications Changing or deleting a password Once you define a password for your communicator you can change or delete it at any time Y ou must enter
156. ice package Some wireless service providers may require you to sign up for data services separately You must also have an account established with an ISP Internet Service Provider Many wireless service providers also provide ISP services If ISP information is available from your wireless service provider when you configure your wireless communication settings with the Handspring CD ROM the installation program sets up your communicator for use with that provider One Touch Mail One Touch Mail is a wireless e mail application that enables you to access your ISP POP 3 account e mail directly from your communicator You may also be able to use One Touch Mail to access your corporate e mail contact your System Administrator for assistance To install O ne Touch Mail do one of the following m Select the One Touch Mail option when you configure the wireless communication features using the Handspring CD ROM m If you already installed the desktop software from the Handspring CD ROM but didnt install this application select Configure Y our Treo under Programs Handspring or Palm on the Windows Start menu and then choose One Touch Mail when prompted to select an e mail application Palm Mail Palm Mail is a synchronization based e mail application Each time you synchronize with your computer Palm Mail retrieves new messages from your desktop e mail application and sends any new messages you created on your communicator To instal
157. ie Listing Singapore Sports Giants Scores Google Search de Copyright 2001 Handspring Inc y Tip You can also press the scroll buttons to scroll to other pages and roll the rocker switch to scroll through the current page To view the selected page press the rocker switch Chapter 6 Page 125 Adding bookmarks Y ou can store up to 100 bookmarks and group them in categories by placing similar links on the same bookmark page See page 127 for information on creating page categories To add a bookmark 1 From the Page view tap the Bookmark view icon EH 2 Tap an empty bookmark slot New Bookmark Tap an Name empty Handspring eee slot Description Las Preview Handspring Welcome to Hand Te 3 Tap Use Current to add a bookmark for the current page or enter a Name Description and URL for the page you want to bookmark 4 Tap OK Tip You can also bookmark the current page by selecting Add Bookmark from the Page menu Editing bookmarks Y ou can change the title description or URL associated with any of your bookmarks To edit a bookmark 1 Fromthe Bookmark view tap Edit Edit Bookmark List Tap a bookmark Mobile Web Mews Page icons 2 Tap the page icons to navigate to the page containing the bookmark you want to change Tip You can enter or change the Title for any bookmark page Use the page Title to cr
158. ies the name you use when you log into your Internet Service Provider or your dial in server Although this field can contain multiple lines of text only two lines appear onscreen To enter a user name 1 Tap the User Name field 2 Enter your user name Preferences w Network w Service My ISP sue Enter yourusername User Name _ _ here Password Connection w Current Note Most dial in servers do not accept spaces in the user name Entering a password The Password box identifies the password you use to log into your server or ISP Your entry in this field determines whether your communicator prompts you to enter a password each time you log into your network m f you do not enter a password your communicator displays the word Prompt in this field and asks you to enter a password during the login procedure m If you enter a password your communicator displays the word Assigned in this field and does not prompt you to enter a password during the login procedure Note If you re concerned about security select the Prompt option and do not enter a password Page 182 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator To enter a password 1 Tap the Password field 2 Enterthe password you use to log into your server Enter password here Preferences w Network w Service My ISP seme Password Enter a password Tap here If you do not assigna password you will be a
159. ile feature is designed only for the first time HotSync operation before you assign a User ID to a particular communicator To create a user profile 1 2 3 Open Palm Desktop software From the Tools menu choose Users Click Profiles Click New Selec a penile Enter a unique name for the profile and click OK Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each profile that you want to create and then click OK to return to Palm Desktop software Select the profile from the User list and create the data for the profile e g company phone list etc Chapter 8 Page 209 To use a profile for the first time HotS ync operation 1 Connect the new communicator to the HotSync cable 2 Press the HotSync button on the cable 3 Click Profiles 4 Select the profile that you want to load on the communicator and click OK 9 iia a oie Corres al ond Cy oni e ace chee ee pe ee oe ed lo dd eT PO ei akin qari ee Ee 5 Click Yes to transfer all the profile data to the communicator The next time you perform a HotSync operation Palm Desktop software prompts you to assign a user name to the communicator Page 210 Advanced HotS ync Operations Appendix A Maintaining Your Communicator This chapter provides information on the following m Proper care of your Treo 180g communicator m Maximizing battery life m Resetting your communicator Caring for your communicator Y our communicator is designed
160. in the upper right corner to select the message category you want to view Inbox Sent or Pending Message text 3 Tap the header of the message you want to view Tip If a message is longer than 160 characters it is divided into sub messages which appear as separate items 4 Press the bottom scroll button on the front of your communicator to scroll to the next message header or to view additional screens in the current message if the message is long Tips m To view previous screens in the current message or to select the previous message header press the top scroll button on the front of your communicator or roll the rocker switch upwards m To view one message at a time use the scroll buttons or rocker switch to select the header of the message you want to view and then press the rocker switch Alternatively you can tap the text of the message Page through messages one at a time with the scroll buttons or rocker switch m You can press the SMS Messaging application button repeatedly to cycle through the Inbox Sent and Pending categories However if you do not have any messages in the Pending category you cannot access that category by pressing the application button Page 134 Application Specific Tasks Replying to messages You can send an SMS message as a response or you can call the person who sent you the message To send anSMS message reply 1 From the SMS Messages Inbox tap the header
161. ing PhoneB ook data to records 72 73 categorizing records 67 creating records 63 161 currency 163 168 date of item 162 defining new currency 163 deleting records 65 menus 167 notes for records 76 77 opening 58 overview 58 purging records 66 receipt details 162 reports in Excel 165 167 227 234 sorting records 73 templates for reports 166 type 162 168 vendor 163 F Files linking to external 208 Finding applications using Graffiti writing 39 information in applications 69 73 phone numbers 71 72 using the Find application 71 Floating events 114 Fonts 77 Formats preferences 179 Forwarding calls 98 237 SMS Email 132 SMS messages 139 Frozen communicator 216 G Games 181 General preferences alarm sounds 181 auto off delay 180 system sounds 181 Glossary See Graffiti ShortCuts Graffiti accented characters 34 alphabet 29 31 basic concepts 29 capital letters 32 Command stroke 62 63 defined 29 how to write characters 30 menu commands 62 moving the cursor 35 numbers 32 online Help 65 174 problems using 217 punctuation marks 33 ShortCuts for entering data 35 193 194 symbols 34 tips 31 writing 29 36 writing area 14 30 GSM codes 237 H Handheld mode 18 Hard reset 213 Headset connecting 23 Headset jack 13 Help Graffiti 65 online tips 21 Hiding records 74 See also Private records Hold button 96 HotSync buttons preferences 175 conduits for synchronizing applications 197 198 214 customizing 197 de
162. ing columns 49 57 in the table are used to define the column or row number that corresponds to the description Mark a Section for prepaid expenses yellow column If a row in the map table is for prepaid company paid expenses type a yes in the cell on that Section s row Type no in all the cells of this column that do not pertain to prepaid expenses Repeat steps 9 through 15 for each Section you defined for your custom Expense Report Map Expense Report Options dialog magenta section The Expense Report Options dialog has five fields where you can fill in data for the header on your expense report Use this section to specify the row and column on your template where this information is mapped ES a A q pp Because header data is not related to any particular Section you have to fill in only one row If the item does not appear on your template leave these cells blank Appendix C Page 233 Using applications other than Microsoft Excel Y ou can use applications other than Microsoft Excel such as Lotus 1 2 3 or Quattro Pro to open and manipulate the Expense data on your computer The data file is named Expense txt and is stored in the Expense folder within the folder containing the communicator user data Expense data in the Expense txt file is in tab delimited format Expense file details The Expense txt file contains four groups of data It will be easier to see these four distin
163. ion or phone extension tap Key Pad to respond to the voice prompts To use 3 way calling 1 Answer or place two calls 2 Tap 3 way Call to join the two calls Wireless service Tu i Wireless service Tull i Ry Midyne Spear W On Hold Ra Midyne Spear W Conf call 1 831 555 6737 00 39 gt 1 831 555 6737 01 02 QR LisaBest W Active Tap QR LisaBest W Conf call 1 650 555 5231 00 02 3 way 1 650 555 5231 00 25 x 1S Call E Hang rA El A E A Up FA Pad Up 3 way FA EEEN EFEN 3 Tap Cancel 3 way to return to the previous active call and to place the other call on hold or tap Hang Up to end both calls Note When a 3 way call is active and the headset is attached pressing the button on the headset places the second call on hold Forwarding calls If you need to turn off the wireless mode or know you will be traveling outside a coverage area you can forward your calls to another number Keep in mind that your wireless service provider will still charge you for your forwarded calls Note Because call forwarding information is stored by the network it s a good idea to check the current network settings both before and after you change the call forwarding option To forward calls to another number 1 From the Speed Dial Dial Pad or Call History view tap the Menu icon G 2 Under Options tap Call P references 3 Select the call forwarding option you want to use Page 98 Application Specific Task
164. ip data transfer for an application Note Changing the HotSync setting from the default affects only the next HotSync operation Thereafter the HotSync Actions revert to their default settings To use a new setting on an ongoing basis select the Set As Default box Thereafter whatever you selected as the default setting is used when you click the Default button in the Custom dialog 7 Click OK 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 to change conduit settings for other applications 9 Click Done to activate your settings IR HotSync operations Y our communicator is equipped with an infrared IR port that supports the IrCOMM implementation of the standards for infrared communication established by the Infrared Data Association IrDA This means that you can beam data to any other device that supports the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA standards Most importantly you can use the IR port to perform HotSync operations When you use the IR port on your communicator to perform HotSync operations you don t need your HotSync cable You simply enable infrared communication on your computer and your communicator and then perform an IR HotSync operation So there s no need to carry your cable when you re on the road with an infrared enabled laptop Preparing your computer for infrared communication To perform an IR HotSync operation the computer you want to synchronize with must have an enabled infrared port or be connected to an infrared device
165. is to synchronize all files Conduit Setup 11 Select the conduits to run during Modem HotSync Address MApplications Blazer calc Mi city Time W Dote Book MExpense Note Applications that do not have a database such as games do not synchronize even if you select the item in the Conduit Setup dialog box 6 Tap OK Performing a wireless HotS ync operation After you prepare your computer and your communicator and select your Conduit Setup options you are ready to perform a wireless HotSync operation To perform a wireless HotS ync operation 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the HotSync icon G9 3 Tap the Modem icon amp to dial the desktop modem and synchronize the applications 4 Wait for the HotSync operation to finish If you have any problems conducting a successful HotSync operation see Appendix B Chapter 8 Page 205 Conducting a HotSync operation via a network When you use the Network HotSync software you can take advantage of the Local Area Network LAN and Wide Area Network WAN connectivity available in many office environments The Network HotSync software enables you to perform a HotSync operation by using the WAN to dial in to a network or by using a cable that is connected to any computer on your LAN provided that the computer connected to the cable also has the Network HotSync software installed your computer is on and the HotSync Manager is running Connecting to yo
166. jork Per D 4 Voicemail iMo 4 9 1 415 444 5356 4 Home Su 4 8 1 510 666 2564 H 4 Mauraty Sa 4 7 Boring Allison gt Maura Rees H Th 475 1 510 666 2564 H 4 14235555781 Th 4 5 x Cadwell Chris gt 14235555781 Th 45 x A 1 650 555 5035 4 Christie Cadwell Wy Th a4r5 Hang Spkr Dial 1 650 555 1704 H gt Christie Cadwell Th 4 5 Up phone J Pad EFE HHE Dial Details HEBA At the top of each view many of the following common icons appear to provide wireless mode status information for your phone Voicemail notification icon W ireless mode on Network name Wireless service oo Tal i _8 attery gauge Signal strength icon Note Your wireless service provider may use a different voicemail notification method that does not include the voicemail notification icon Page 84 Application Specific Tasks 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 ten numbers per page Tip You can keep your Speed Dial list organized by storing different types of numbers on different pages For example create separate pages for family business friends and emergency numbers Defining a Speed Dial button For each Speed Dial button you can assign a name phone number and extra digits such as an extension B y default the first slot on the first Speed Dial page is reserved for your wireless service provider s voi
167. l Palm Mail m Select Mail Setup under Programs Handspring or Palm on the Windows Start menu Chapter 1 Page 27 Page 28 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Chapter 2 Entering Data in Your Communicator This chapter explains how to enter data into your Treo 180g communicator using each of the following methods m Using Graffiti writing m Using the onscreen keyboard m Using your computer keyboard m Importing data Using Graffiti writing to enter data Y our communicator includes Graffiti writing software as the primary system for entering text and numbers With Graffiti writing you write simple strokes with the stylus and they are instantly recognized as letters or numbers This section shows you how to write letters numbers punctuation and symbols as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks W riting G raffiti characters Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of practice Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a standard keyboard The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the uppercase letters of the regular alphabet which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn There are four basic concepts for success with G raffiti writing m If you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this chapter like the shapes shown in the following diagram you achieve 100 accuracy m The heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke Certai
168. l cues about the wireless mode status See page 15 and page 84 for details Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages It s helpful to identify at what point in the login procedure the connection fails An easy way to do this is to display the expanded Service Connection Progress messages Expanded Service Connection Progress messages describe the current stage of the login procedure Press the bottom scroll button at any point during login to display these messages Viewing the Network Log If viewing the expanded Service Connection Progress messages does not give you enough information to find out why you cannot connect to your ISP or dial in server take a look at the Network Log The Network Log lists all of the communication that occurs between your communicator and your dial in server during the login procedure The information in the Network Log can help your ISP or your System Administrator pinpoint where the login procedure communication fails and why To view the Network Log 1 Tap Options and then tap View Log 2 Tap the up and down arrows of the scroll bar to see the entire Network Log 3 Tap Done Adding aDNS number If your ISP or dial in server requires a DNS number and you did not enter that information in the Network Preferences screen it will appear that you successfully logged into your network When you try to use an application or look up information however the connection fails If this occurs tr
169. le connecting to computer 23 for local HotSync operations 78 serial 12 23 196 223 USB 12 23 Calculator Advanced mode 150 Area view 156 Basic mode 149 buttons explained 149 150 157 Finance view 152 Length view 155 Logic view 154 Math view 151 memory 149 menus 158 opening 56 149 overview 56 recent calculations 56 150 selecting mode 149 Statistics view 154 Trigonometry view 152 Volume view 157 Weight Temp view 155 Calibration 19 179 217 Call Preferences 97 98 102 status 96 98 waiting 97 Call History 99 adding to PhoneBook 93 adding to Speed Dial list 93 deleting items 94 dialing from 93 displaying 92 incoming calls 93 missed calls 92 93 99 outgoing calls 93 purging 94 Call Waiting disabling 185 204 Caller ID 95 97 100 102 Calling card using in phone settings 185 204 Calls 3 way 98 active 94 97 answering 95 answering call waiting 97 conference 98 forwarding 98 237 ignoring 95 incoming 92 95 99 missed 92 99 outgoing 92 99 100 102 placing a second 97 placing from SIM Book 171 placing on hold 96 switching 97 Capital letters Graffiti writing 32 Caring for the communicator 211 Categories application 40 assigning records to 67 beaming 79 80 creating 68 69 default 67 displaying 68 102 222 merging 69 renaming 69 using in Applications Launcher 40 Chain calculations 150 Characters Graffiti 29 Charger connecting 17 23 connector on communicator 16 Charging battery 17 Check boxes 20 CityTime adding cities 1
170. lect the symbol in the Receipt Details dialog box associated with that item Show O ptions Show Options define the sort order and other settings that relate to your Expense items To open the Show Options dialog box 1 2 In the Expense list tap Show Select any of the options 4414 Taxi 4 14 Lunch 4 14 Hotel 4 14 Car Rental Show Options Li Sort by w Date a Distance w Miles MA Show currency Tap Show Sort by Enables you to sort expense items by date or type Distance Enables you to display Mileage entries in miles or kilometers Page 164 Application Specific Tasks 3 Show currency Shows or hides the currency symbol in the Expense list Tap OK Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel After you enter your expenses into the Expense application on your communicator you can view and print the data with your computer Note Youneed Microsoft Excel version 5 0 or later to view and print your Expense data using one of the provided templates Microsoft Excel is notincluded with the Treo communicator package The procedures in this section also assume that you have installed Palm Desktop software as described on page 26 Creating or printing an expense report It is easy to view and print your Expense data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet To create or print an expense report 1 2 Perform a HotSync operation to transfer your latest Expense data to your computer Do one of the
171. lerplates ask you to enter information such as a meeting time or place Using a boilerplate is similar to filling in the blanks on a form letter instead of writing a letter from scratch Y ou can easily combine the boilerplate text with your own text to personalize your message You can create a message at any time but if you send a message when you are outside a coverage area your Treo places the message in the Pending category and sends it automatically when you return to a coverage area While a message is in the Pending category you can edit or delete it before it is sent Chapter 6 Page 135 To create anSMS text message 1 From any SMS Messaging list view tap New Note If you defined a signature it automatically appears at the end of your message See page 137 for details on defining a signature 2 Tap the To pick list and address the message by selecting one of the following Ocharacters all O characters lull Tap To Address by Mobile Number Address by Email Address Address by Last Name Lookup Keith Abe E 14085551046 z Drew Dunlevie E Send Cancel Boilerplate Enter a mobile phone number to send an SMS message to another GSM mobile phone Enter an e mail address to send an SMS message to an e mail address To send a message to an e mail address you must subscribe to your wireless service providers SMS Email service and enter their SMS Email Center number in the SMS Pr
172. lert dialog box and returns you to the previous application Reply Switches to the SMS Messaging application opens the new message dialog box and addresses the message to the person who sent you the message Call Sender Dials the number of the person who sent you the message If the message was sent from an e mail address this option is not available Delete Msg Deletes the current message dismisses the alert dialog box and returns you to the previous application Tips m To view additional incoming messages press the SMS Messaging application button on the front panel of your communicator m You can also dismiss the alert dialog box by pressing the rocker switch or the top scroll button Chapter 6 Page 133 Viewing messages SMS Messaging enables you to quickly view your incoming messages You can also view messages you ve sent and pending messages that will be sent when a signal is available To view SMS messages 1 Press the SMS Messaging application button on the front of your communicator Message category pick list C urrent EA di 4 CERES mess ag e Got your message thanks Have a great weekend Brian Jaquet M 5 24 pm l m running late Will be there around 7 15 Please grab a table Messa ge and order some appetizers head 17025558736 M 5 22 pm eager l m at Jeff Hawkins keynote so I ll be alittle late I ll meet you at 1 15 at the Handsorina booth LB 2 Tap the pick list
173. list to older than 1 week choose which calls vate 4 Tap OK Using the Active Call view After you dial and establish a connection or receive an incoming call the Active Call view icon appears in the lower left corner of the PhoneBook screen and the Active Call view appears Wireless service ao Tul Ra Midyne M Active 1 831 555 6737 00 10 Fa mA E BB S Tap Key Pad to enter extra numbers such as a PIN code or menu selection Note If you dialed a Speed Dial entry that includes Extra Digits the Key Pad button changes to an Extra Digits button Tap Extra Digits to dial the additional predefined numbers such as an extension Page 94 Application Specific Tasks Receiving Calls Whenever your communicator s wireless mode is on and you are within a coverage area you can receive incoming calls An incoming call turns on your communicator s screen if it is off and displays the following alert Phone Call Midyne M Caller s name and 1 831 555 6737 phone number if available Tap Answer to Tap Ignore to finger Ignore to voicemail To answer a call while it is ringing do any of the following m Open the lid if it is closed m Tap Answer if the lid is open m Press the button on the headset if it is attached To ignore a call and send it directly to voicemail do any of the following m Close the lid if itis open m Press the top scroll button To silence the ring do any of the followi
174. m Access applications from your wireless service provider on your SIM card Note Some wireless service providers do not put applications on the SIM card To open SIM Services 1 Tap the Applications icon amp on the front of your communicator 2 Tap the SIM Srvcs icon EH Wireless Services CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERNET MOVIES MEWS Quiz SPORTS WEATHER Page 60 Applications Overview Chapter 5 Common Tasks In addition to the wireless communication applications your Treo 180g communicator also includes a full suite of personal information manager PIM applications Date Book Plus the Contacts view in PhoneB ook To Do List Memo Pad and Expense This chapter provides instructions on how to do tasks that are common to Several applications It s easy to transfer what you learn in one application to the other applications because the structure and behavior of all these applications are quite similar Throughout this chapter the term record is used to refer to an individual item in any of the PIM applications a single Date Book Plus event Contacts entry in PhoneBook To Do List item Memo Pad memo or Expense item Using menus Menus on your communicator are easy to use Once you have mastered them in one application you can use them the same way in all other applications The menus of each application are illustrated in the section on that application in Chapter 6 The Edit menu is described in the
175. mation Services department or another experienced user About mapping tables Before creating or modifying an Expense template it s important to understand the function of the Palm Desktop software Expense application In simple terms the Expense application moves Expense data from your communicator into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Each Expense item stored in your communicator represents a group of related data Y ou can link the following data to an expense item m Category m Payment Method m City m Date m Payment Currency m Attendees m Expense Type m Vendor m Note m Amount When you perform a HotSync operation between your communicator and Palm Desktop software on your computer the Expense data is stored on your computer in a file named Expense txt When you open the Expense application in Palm Desktop software an Excel macro starts and populates an expense template with your data based on the rules specified in a spreadsheet file named Maptable xls The Maptable xls file is an editable spreadsheet that functions as a mapping table The function of the mapping table is to guide the Excel macro in extracting the Expense data The mapping table tells the Excel macro how large the spreadsheet is and provides the data cell layout of the Excel template used for the Expense Report Customizing existing sample templates Four sample Expense Report templates come with Palm Desktop software These templates are stored in the
176. mation x cst esa cia ete ie ee eek ha tei a edad 239 NIER anA ada tas A E 243 Contents Page 9 Page 10 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator This chapter explains the physical buttons and controls on your Treo 180g communicator how to use your communicator for the first time and how to install Palm Desktop software and the HotSync Manager synchronization software so you can synchronize your communicator and your computer Getting to know your communicator W hat is a Treo communicator Your Treo communicator combines the power of a full featured mobile phone e mail SMS messaging a Palm OS handheld and the Internet in one compact and indispensable device With your Treo communicator you can do everything you can do with your existing mobile phone with greater speed and ease You can store thousands of numbers in your PhoneBook and up to 50 speed dial entries and dial any of them with just a few taps on the screen You can even set up a 3 way conference call by joining two calls and use the personal speakerphone for hands free use without a headset attachment Lighten your load Everything you need is in one compact device Y our Treo communicator helps you stay in touch With instant access to your e mail you can send and receive e mail from anywhere and use SMS messaging to exchange quick messages with other mobile phones on your network The award winning Blazer web browser gives
177. mmunicator with the button facing up USB cable and port Serial cable and port Note Ifyou are unsure about the exact location of the USB port or serial port on your computer refer to the manual supplied with the computer 4 Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet Tip The travel charger does not need to be plugged into a wall outlet to perform a HotSync operation However if you want to use the HotSync cable to charge your Treo communicator you must plug the travel charger into a wall outlet Page 24 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Using desktop software When you use desktop software with HotSync technology you can do any of the following Work with your communicator applications on your computer Most desktop software applications duplicate many of the applications on your communicator so you can view enter and modify most of the data stored on your communicator Back up and synchronize data between your communicator and your computer Synchronization is a one step procedure that ensures that changes you make on your communicator or desktop software appear in both places See the section that begins on page 78 for details Configure the wireless data features of your Treo Import and export data so you can easily transfer data from other desktop applications into many of your applications See the section that begins on page 37 for details Print data from your desktop software on any printer
178. more than one untimed event on a particular date You can also schedule a repeating event such as a weekly meeting and continuous events such as a three day conference or a vacation To schedule an event for the current day 1 Tap the time line that corresponds to the beginning of the event Jul 24 02 HISD GEC Jul 24 02 IED GEE Tap a time line Enter event Time bar shows gt duration E 3 00 E Mew Details 1050 2 Entera description of the event You can enter up to 255 characters 3 Ifthe eventis one hour long skip to step 7 If the event is longer or shorter than an hour tap the time of the event to open the Set Time dialog box Jul 24 02 ZZIED0 GEC Tap the Set Time time of an event Tip You can also open the Set Time dialog to select a start time by making sure no event is selected and then writing a number in the Graffiti writing area Page 104 Application Specific Tasks 4 Tap the time columns on the right side of the Set Time dialog to set the Start Time Start Time Tap to scroll to earlier hours Set Time Start Time Tap to change hours Tap to change minutes Tap to scroll to later hours 5 Tap the End Time box and then tap the time columns to set the End Time 6 Tap OK 7 Tapa blank area of the screen to deselect the event A vertical line appears next to the time indicating the duration of the event To schedule
179. mount of the expense 5 Tap the Expense type pick list and select a type from the list Expense type w All 20 00 Tap here Note As soon as you select an expense type your communicator saves the entry If you don t select an expense type it doesn t save the entry Tip A quick way to create a new Expense item is to make sure that no Expense item is selected in the Expense list write the first letter s of the expense type and then write the numerical amount This technique takes advantage of the automatic fill feature See the section that begins on page 167 for details Chapter 6 Page 161 C hanging the date of an Expense item Initially Expense items appear with the date you enter them Y ou can use Expense to change the date associated with any Expense item To change the date of an Expense item 1 Tap the Expense item you want to change 2 Tap the date of the selected item 4 14 Taxi 4 2002 ata Hotel A Con Fab mor EZ 4 14 Car Rental Aug 4 5 12 13 nde ep Oct Nov Dec s mM w T FS 1 3 7 Tap date 38 9 10 11 GED is i6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 Tap the new date Entering receipt details Expense provides a variety of options that you can associate with an item These options appear in the Receipt Details dialog box To open the Receipt Details dialog box 1 Tap the Expense item to which you want to assign de
180. munication with Windows 98 and Me 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray 2 Make sure Local Serial is checked on the menu 3 Choose Setup 4 Click the Local tab 5 In the Serial Port list select the simulated port used for infrared communication See the previous section for instructions on identifying the simulated port Gerad Looe vieciem Hesari e ee e re 6 Click OK Page 200 Advanced HotSyncO Operations The HotSync Manager is now communicating with the simulated port defined for infrared communication Note You cannot use your cable again until you reconfigure the HotSync Manager to communicate with the port defined for cable synchronization To configure HotS ync Manager for infrared communication with W indows 2000 1 If necessary start HotSync Manager 2 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray 3 Choose InfraRed from the HotSync Manager menu Performing an IR HotSync operation After you complete the steps to prepare for an IR HotSync operation it is easy to perform the actual operation To perform an IR HotS ync operation 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the HotSync icon G 3 Tap Local 4 Tap the pick list below the HotSync icon and select IR to a PC Handheld Hotsync Arthur Manzi Last HotSync 5 10 00 9 56 pro using Direct USB7 Serial Local vw IR tag PC Hondheld 5 Position your communicato
181. municator and the HotSync cable as well as the full screen pen stroke command Connection Configure your communicator for use with a HotSync cable for infrared communication or for wireless data communication Digitizer Calibrate the screen on your communicator Formats Set the country default and the formats for dates times calendar and numbers General Set the current date and time the auto shut off interval the Beam Receive feature and the system alarm and game sounds Network Configure your communicator for use with a wireless data network Owner Assign your name phone number and other owner information to your communicator Ringer Set the ringer volume level unique ring tones for incoming calls and SMS messages and vibrate settings ShortC uts Define a list of Graffiti abbreviations Viewing Preferences To open the Preferences screens 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Preferences icon A 3 Tap the pick list in the upper right corner of the screen 4 Select the Preferences screen you want to view Chapter 7 Page 173 Buttons Preferences The Buttons Preferences screen enables you to associate different applications with the buttons on the front of your communicator the Calculatoricon in the Graffiti writing area and the HotSync button on the cable For example if you find that you seldom use SMS Messaging and often use To Do List you can assign the SMS Messaging button to start T
182. n an input field tap the 123 dot to activate the numeric keyboard Check box When a check mark appears in a check box the corresponding option is active If a check box is empty tapping it inserts a check mark If a check box is checked tapping it removes the check mark Pick list Tap the arrow to display a list of choices and then tap an item in the list to select it Conduit Setup 11 There are three ways to access the onscreen Select the conduits to run during Modem HotSync keyboard Address 1 Tap the dots in th ap the dots in the Applications corners of the Graffiti iti i Blazer Scroll writing area to activate the numbers or letters Previous next cale p E bar keyboards arrows EfcityTime Date Book MExpense 2 The Keyboard command Be v Previous Tap the up and down arrows to display the previous and next page of next arrows information tap the left and right arrows to display the previous and next record Scroll bar Drag the slider or tap the top or bottom arrow to scroll the display one line at a time To scroll to the previous page tap the scroll bar just above the slider To scroll to the next page tap the scroll bar just below the slider You can also scroll to the previous and next pages by pressing the scroll buttons on the front panel of your communicator Page 20 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator M oving around the screen You can move between e
183. n characters have similar shapes but different beginning and end points Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot you should not create the heavy dot it is only there to show you where to begin the stroke m Mostcharacters require only a single stroke When you lift the stylus from the Graffiti writing area your communicator recognizes and displays the text character immediately To accomplish single strokes some Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet equivalents Chapter 2 Page 29 m The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts one for writing the letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers The small division marks at the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two separate areas W rite letters here W rite numbers here a E in a Division marks To write G raffiti letters 1 Tap the screen where you want your text to go Note You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area and must see a blinking cursor before you write the text 2 Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you want to create For example the stroke shown below creates the letter n Note There are two different stroke shapes available for some letters For these letters choose the one that s easiest for you Lift stylus here S tart stroke at heavy dot As you l see later you use the same shape to create both the uppercase and lowercase version
184. n your communicator Tip If your communicator is turned off pressing any application button turns on your communicator and opens the corresponding application The area where you write letters and numbers using the Graffiti alphabet See Chapter 2 to learn how to write Graffiti characters Displays the applications and information stored in your communicator It is touch sensitive and responds to the stylus Page 14 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Locating top panel controls Antenna Power button es IR port Stylus Ringer switch Antenna Receives and sends wireless communication signals The antenna does not telescope out of your communicator Stylus Serves as the writing instrument used to enter data in your communicator To use the stylus slide the stylus out of the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil Power J Turns your communicator and wireless mode on and off and controls the button O backlight See page 18 for details IR port Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and receive data from other Palm OS devices See the section that begins on page 79 for details Y ou can also use the IR port to update the information between your communicator and computer using HotSync technology See the section that begins on page 198 for details LED Provides status information for your Treo based on the color of the light and the blink state No light Wireless mode off Solid
185. ne enter the letters you want to use to activate the ShortCut Preferences Shortcuts Shortcut Entry Li br Breakfast ShortCut Name dts Date and Time Stamp lu Lunch me Meeting ts Time Stamp ShortCut Text Tap New New 3 Tap the ShortCut Text area and enter the text that you want to appear when you write the ShortCut characters Tip You may want to add a space space character after the last word in your ShortC ut text This way a space automatically follows the ShortCut text 4 Tap OK Tip To use a ShortCut draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortC ut characters When you draw the ShortCut stroke the ShortCut symbol appears by the cursor to show that you are in ShortCut mode ShortCut Q Editing a ShortC ut After you create a ShortCut you can modify it at any time To edit a S hortC ut 1 Tap the ShortCut you want to edit 2 Tap Edit 3 Make the changes you want and tap OK Deleting a ShortC ut If you no longer need a ShortCut you can delete it from the list of ShortCuts To delete a ShortC ut 1 Tap the ShortCut you want to delete 2 Tap Delete 3 Tap Yes Page 194 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Chapter 8 Advanced HotS ync O perations HotSync Manager enables you to synchronize data between one or more Palm OS devices and Palm Desktop software or another PIM such as Microsoft Outlook To synchronize data
186. nes how your communicator data will be placed in a Section of your custom Expense Report Note that the prepaid portion of a section has its own row and counts as a separate section for map table purposes even though it is not a separate section in your template 22 Tennes Mane SAMPLEXWLT AAA Pired Label Expense Typ ee AA AAA Table with irene four sections You may add or delete rows as necessary so that the total number of rows corresponds to the number of Sections in your custom Expense Report To clear all of the existing settings in a row click to select the row and press Ctrl Delete Name each row to correspond to a Section of your custom Expense Report 9 Determine the Label settings The orientation of the data fields Row Column appears in the yellow section of the table Appendix C Page 231 1 1 1 o m N ear fir COLL EA FR ARA A pam Espera Typa Daa Capan Erpe Din Mapana Ta DaT Emma Tt Determine whether the Rows will contain expense or date information and place an x in the appropriate cell When you do this you also define whether the label is Fixed or Variable Y ou can place only one x in the Row section columns 2 5 Determine whether the Columns will contain expense or date information and place an x in the appropriate cell When you do this you also define whether the label is Fixed or Variable You can place only one x in the Column
187. net ricos eee 182 Selecting a CONNECTION ata Manes Maeda Matias tiny A 183 Contents Page 7 Adding telephone settings cece cece eee teen nee eee eens 184 Connecting to your Service 0 cece cece rr 186 Creating additional service templates cece cece e eee eee es 186 Adding detailed information to a service template 0 cece cece eee eee 186 Creating a login SCnpt rociar tudes aces chains ten rara Rind ea 189 Deleting a service template 2 cece eens 190 Network Preferences menu commands cece cece eee tenets 190 TCP LIP troubleshooting ai sidia da ea shane wna 191 Owner PreferenceS 2 0 0 ccc a e eee ttn eee eee ene aaa EN E 192 Ringer Preferences cocina poe eee ey Ohh eg pome do ond EEA day Ole EARO coe RAA ny 193 ShortCuts Preferences ti a id 193 Ereatingia Sho iCUta a Ein 193 Editinoja OCURRA a on 194 Deleting a SihOrme utes scars i 194 Advanced Hots yne OPGranons ada ahs oad an ye Meenas weeds 195 Selecting HotSync setup Options cece cece cee teen eee 195 Customizing HotSync application settings cece cece eens 197 IR HOTS YNCOPErallOns A ado 198 Preparing your computer for infrared communication cccceeeceeee eens 198 Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication 00e cence 200 Performing an IR HotSync operation 0 cece cee teen eens 201 Returning to serial cable HotSync operations 0 cece e
188. ng m Press any button on your communicator m Slide the ringer switch to the silent position Y Note Placing the ringer switch in the silent position turns off a system sounds including alarms When you silence the ringer Date Book Plus alarms vibrate To end a call do any of the following m Tap Hang Up m Close the lid if the headset is not attached m Press the button on the headset if it is attached Adjusting call volume Y ou can adjust the volume level from the Active Call view when a call is in progress To adjust the call volume do one of the following m Roll the rocker switch up or press the top scroll button to increase the volume m Roll the rocker switch down or press the bottom scroll button to decrease the volume Chapter 6 Page 95 Using the speakerphone The speakerphone button enables you to view your communicator screen and use other applications while you re talking on the phone Note The speakerphone feature is optimized for one or two people that are reasonably close to the phone It is not designed for a conference room or large group This feature is not available when a headset is attached to your phone To use the speakerphone 1 Place a call 2 Fromthe Active Call screen tap Spkrphone Wireless service ao Tull i Ra Midyne M Active 1 831 555 6737 00 10 Ela EFEN Wireless service ao Tut i Ra Midyne M Active 1 831 555 6737 04 10 E i E A Pad BB
189. ng messages as a Series of smaller messages instead m Check with your wireless service provider to make sure that data services are enabled on your account m Verify that you are in a coverage area Make sure your SIM card is inserted in your Treo and that wireless mode has been on for at least 30 seconds When a name or number is longer than will fit in the SIM Book display three dots appear to indicate that the entry contains additional information SIM Book does not truncate the actual entry it just does not appear on the screen Appendix B Page 221 Application problems Problem tapped the Today button but it does not show the correct date know I entered some records but they do not appear in the application am having problems listing memos the way want to see them created an event in Date Book Plus but it doesn t appear in the Week View Solution Your communicator is not set to the current date Make sure the Set Date box in the General Preferences screen displays the current date See page 22 and page 180 for details Check the Categories pick list upper right corner of the screen Choose All to display all of the records for the application Check Security and make sure that the Private Records setting is set to Show private records In To Do List tap Show and check whether Show Only Due Items is selected If you cannot manually arrange the order of the memos in the list s
190. ng Outlook as my PIM but cannot do a HotSync operation tried to do a wireless HotSync operation but it did not complete successfully Click the HotSync Manager and choose Custom Make sure that the conduit appears on the list and that it is set to Synchronize the files See page 197 for details Make sure you are not running another program such as America Online CompuServe or WinFax that uses the port you selected in the Setup dialog box Reinstall the Palm Desktop software Click the HotSync Manager and choose Custom Check that the Outlook conduits are installed and active Reinstall the Palm Desktop software and make sure you select the option to synchronize with MS Outlook Check the following on your computer Make sure your computer is turned on and that it does not shut down automatically as part of an energy saving feature Make sure the modem connected to your computer is turned on and is connected to the outgoing phone line Make sure Modem is checked in the HotSync Manager menu Make sure the modem you are using with your communicator has an on off switch Y our communicator cannot wake up a modem that has an auto off feature Make sure the modem is connected properly to a serial port on your computer and is connected to the incoming phone line Confirm that the Setup String in the Setup dialog box configures your modem correctly You may need to select a different Modem Type or enter a cust
191. ng a 24 hour clock In the United States time is expressed using a 12 hour clock with an AM or PM suffix All your communicator applications use the Country default settings See the next section in this chapter for information on customizing these settings To set the country default 1 Tap the country name pick list Preferences w Formats Preset to w United States Time w HH MM om pm 10 44 arn Date w M D Y 7424202 Jul 24 2002 Weekstarts w Sunday Numbers w 1 000 00 2 Tap the setting you want to use Chapter 7 Page 179 Time date week start and numbers formats The Time setting defines the format for the time of day The time format that you select appears in all applications on your communicator To select the time date week start and numbers format 1 Tap the Time pick list and select a format 2 Tap the Date pick list and select a format 3 Tap the Week starts pick list and select whether you want the first day of the week to be Sunday or Monday Note This setting controls the Day Week Month Y ear and List views in Date Book Plus and all other aspects of your communicator that display a calendar 4 Tap the Numbers pick list and select formats for the decimal point and thousands separator G eneral Preferences The General P references screen enables you to set the time date auto shutoff interval the beam receive feature and sounds for your communicator See the section that b
192. ng coms Size Bytes 60465 Bookmarks menu Bookmarks Edit Bookmarks wE B ookmark view Go menus Bookmarks eta Options Goto WebPage sO Bookmark view coe Options Page view O ptions menu Bookmarks Go pef gait Blazer Preferences Network Preferences Disconnect About Blazer Bookmark view Page Go Dir Blazer Preferences Network Preferences Page view Chapter 6 Preferences Preferences 11 Erowser Advanced Initial View Images 16 Shades of Gray slow O Ask before establishing Internet connection O Disconnect on Exit Browser tab Home page Displays the URL of the current home page selection Tap this option to open the Set Home Page dialog box and select a different home page To restore the factory default Home Page setting tap Restore in the Set Home Page dialog box Note Some service providers may not support the default Home Page setting Initial view Determines whether the P age view or Bookmark view appears when you start the Blazer application The default option is Page view Images Determines how many shades of gray are used to display graphic images You can also choose to not display images at all The options are No Images fastest Black White faster 4 Shades of Gray fast and 16 shades of Gray slow The default setting is 16 shades of Gray slow Ask before establishing Internet connection
193. nication problems 0 cece eee tenet eens 218 Application problems costa eta wali nied peal ete Cue eda eae ete ead 222 HOtS NG problems sk cc ras Re ole a dd aa eed ada 223 Beaming problems sisser ia iae Gok aba 225 Password problemskem iia a a e oa A headed diced ins 226 Technical SUpport raeg dr 226 Creating a C ustom Expense Report laaa 227 About mapping tables oooccococcccncocorn nn rr rr 227 Customizing existing sample templates ucc ccecce 227 Determining the layout of the Expense Report cece cece e eee eee eee 229 Labels sears 30a tists PAra 229 SECAS el asa eS to 229 Analyzing your custom Expense Report cece cece cette nents 230 Programming the mapping table 0 c eee cece teen eee n eens 230 Using applications other than Microsoft Excel 0 cece cece cece e eee eee 234 Expense file details arip eaa AA ables enon 234 Non ASCIl Characters POCO CIN CAES Ut ds a TAS A AAA SARA 235 US 0f e A 235 Carriage return and line feed 10 02 eect denen eee eens 235 Lite ral characte rs sicis E E O 235 Advanced Call Forwarding Options nieces A awed 237 Forwarding calls when your communicator is DUSY cc cece cece eee eeeeas 237 Forwarding calls that you do not answer cece eee e cee ee eee nes 238 Forwarding calls when your communicator is unreachable oo oocooooooo 238 General Commands ccc cece een eee rr 238 Other Product Infor
194. no warnings or notices are posted Emergency Calls IMPORTANT The Treo communications features operate using radio signals like any wireless phone wireless and landline networks and user programmed functions Therefore you should never rely solely upon Treo for essential communications for example medical emergencies Remember the phone feature must be on in order to make or receive calls and you must be in a service area with adequate signal strength Emergency calls may not be possible on all wireless phone networks or when certain net work services and or phone features are in use Check with local service providers Page 241 Acknowledgments We would like to thank the following developers whose contributions were an integral part of the Handspring product m C E Steuart Dewar Pimlico S oftware Inc www gorilla haven org pimlico m Darren Beck Code City www codecity com au Mm Rick Huebner www probe net rhuebner index html Page 242 Other Product Information Index Numerics 3 way Calling 98 A ABA Address Book archive file 38 Accented characters Graffiti writing 34 onscreen keyboard 37 Active call 94 97 Add on applications 42 45 Address Book archive files aba 38 Address Book See PhoneB ook Adjusting volume 14 Alarm preset 120 reminder 120 setting 107 sound 120 181 216 for untimed events 107 Alphabet Graffiti writing 31 onscreen keyboard 20 Anniversaries See Repeating events
195. nse reports 227 234 fields in PhoneBook 103 HotSync settings 197 See also Preferences Cutting text 64 Cycling through views 50 51 52 53 D Daily calendar 104 106 events See Repeating events Journal 116 Data entry See Entering data transfer See HotSync Date Book archive files dba 38 Date Book Plus adding PhoneBook data to records 71 72 alarm 107 changing event time 106 changing event to untimed 106 changing repeating events 109 conflicting events 114 continuous events 108 109 creating records 63 104 106 Daily J ournal 116 Day view 110 deleting records 65 deleting repeating events 109 end time for Day view 118 Event tracking 116 floating events 114 Index Page 245 fonts 77 List View 113 menus 117 Month view 112 notes for records 76 77 opening 51 overview 51 private records 75 purging records 66 repeating events 66 108 109 scheduling events 104 106 selecting dates 105 start time for Day view 118 Sunday or Monday to start week 180 switching views 110 templates 116 To Do List items 115 untimed events 104 106 Week view 110 180 222 Week View with Text 111 Year View 112 Dates Expense item 162 setting current 22 222 To Do List record due 144 144 145 Day Date Book Plus view 104 119 DBA Date Book archive file 38 Decimal point 180 Default categories 67 currency in Expense 168 settings See Preferences Deleted data saving in archive files 65 Deleting applications 42
196. nstall the new version in the same folder as the previous version all your data is preserved If you use another personal information manager PIM you still need to install Palm Desktop software in order to update the HotSync Manager on your computer You perform HotSync operations in exactly the same way so you can quickly synchronize your old data with your new communicator To upgrade 1 Synchronize your old communicator with your old Palm Desktop software This ensures that the latest information from your communicator is on your desktop computer 2 Optional To ensure against any data loss go to the folder that stores Palm Desktop software this is usually the Handspring or Palm folder copy do not move your user name folder and store the copy outside the Palm Desktop software folder 3 Follow the installation instructions that begin on page 26 Be sure to install the new software in the same folder as the old software 4 Connect your new communicator to the HotSync cable and press the HotSync button on the cable If the Select User dialog box appears select your user name 5 Compare the applications on your old handheld and your new communicator 6 Beam any third party applications that did not transfer from your old handheld to your new communicator or install them from the original files Page 12 Introduction to Your Treo 180g Communicator Each device must have a unique name After you complete the upgr
197. nt s e mail address Contact your wireless service provider to obtain their SMS Email Center number To enable SMS and SMS Email 1 Make sure wireless mode is on for at least 30 seconds See page 18 for details 2 Press the SMS Messaging application button on the front panel of your communicator 3 From the SMS Messages Inbox tap the Menu icon G 4 Under Options tap P references 5 Enter or confirm the SMS Message Center number 6 Enter or confirm the SMS Email Center number SMS Preferences i SMS aur ninia SMS message center number SMS email center number 1 EM Confirm deletions SMS email center number Y Save copies of sent messages in Sent folder 7 Tap OK Page 132 Application Specific Tasks Receiving SMS messages When you receive SMS messages the New SMS Messages alert appears Note You can receive SMS messages even if you don t subscribe to your wireless service provider s SMS service Number of new messages 4 New SMS Messages Lisa Best M1 4 20 pm Do you know if the media plan has been approved by Donna The agency needs to place insertion Most recent message orders today to lock in their negotiated prices Please call ASAP v s SI x Call Delete OK Reply Sender Msg In the New SMS Messages alert dialog box you can save or respond to the first message by tapping any of the following buttons OK Saves the message in the SMS Messages Inbox category dismisses the a
198. ntry fields pick lists check boxes and other options by using the stylus the scroll buttons or the rocker switch To move around the screen do one of the following m Tap an item with the stylus m Press the scroll buttons to scroll through the items on the screen m Roll the rocker switch up or down to scroll through the items on the screen Displaying online tips Many of the dialog boxes that appear on your communicator contain an online Tips icon in the upper right corner Online tips anticipate questions you have in a dialog box provide shortcuts for using the dialog box or give you other useful information To display an online tip 1 Tap the Tips icon 2 After you review the tip tap Done Keyboard There are three ways to access the onscreen keyboard 1 Tap the dots in the corners of the Graffiti writing area to activate the numbers or letters keyboards 2 The Keyboard command Customizing your communicator You can customize your communicator by using the Preferences application You can enter personal information such as your name and address change the time and date view different date and time formats when you travel turn off sounds configure your communicator to work with a modem or network and select ringer settings See Chapter 7 for more information on customizing your communicator To open the Preferences screens 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Preferences icon A 3
199. o Do List Any changes you make in the Buttons Preferences screen become effective immediately you do not have to change to a different screen or application If you assign a different application to a button you can still access the original application using the Applications Launcher To change the Buttons Preferences 1 Tap the pick list next to the button or icon you want to re assign Preferences Buttons Select an application to customize each button ps Phonebook w Date Book Ee sms Blazer Tap arrow to show pick list e w Calc Default Fen HotSync 2 Tap the application that you want to assign to the button Tip To restore all of the buttons to their factory settings tap Default Pen Preferences The Pen Preferences screen enables you to change the assignment of the full screen pen stroke By default the full screen pen stroke activates Graffiti Help Graffiti MBS M EG Drag to top of screen Page 174 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator To change the Pen Preferences 1 Tap Pen Select a feature you can access by dragging your pen from the writing area to the top of the screen 2 Tap the pick list and select one of the following settings for the full screen pen stroke Backlight Turns on the backlight on your communicator Keyboard Opens the onscreen keyboard for entering text characters Graffiti Help Opens a series of screens tha
200. o disable Call Waiting on the Disable call waiting line Note Each telephone company assigns a code to disable Call Waiting Contact your local telephone company for the code that is appropriate for you 3 Tap OK Using a calling card The Use calling card field enables you to use your calling card when dialing your ISP or Intranet server Keep in mind that there is usually a delay before you enter your calling card number When you define your calling card number you need to add commas at the beginning to compensate for this delay Each comma delays transmission of your calling card number for two seconds To use a calling card 1 Tap the Use calling card check box to select it Phone Setup Li Select this box to use a O Use calling card Enter your calling card dela e s calling card number here 2 Enter your calling card number on the Use calling card line Note It s a good idea to add at least three commas at the beginning of your calling card number to compensate for the cue delay Tip MCI customers must enter the calling card number in the Phone field and the phone number in the Use Calling Card field 3 Tap OK Chapter 7 Page 185 Connecting to your service After you set your Connection and Network Preferences establishing a connection to your Internet Service Provider ISP or your company s network dial in server is easy To establish a connection m Tap Connect to dial the current servi
201. oat as the Type m When you complete a repeating floating event it marks only the current occurrence of the event as complete m Avoid scheduling a floating event that repeats daily These events can accumulate quickly unless you complete them each day m When viewing a floating event in a desktop application the Note field will contain a series of characters f for an incomplete event and c for a complete event Do not remove or edit these characters W orking with To Do items Date Book Plus can create and display To Do items To Do items appear in priority order at the top of the Day View screen To create To Do items in Date Book Plus 1 Tap the Day View button 2 Tap New and select To Do from the list fug 31 02 IBDOGEE 2 i To Do Tap to create a To Do item Daily Journal Template Appointment 3 Entera description of the To Do item 4 Tapa blank area on the screen to deselect the item To mark a To Do item complete m Tap the check box next to the item Tips for using To Do items m When you create a To Do item in Date Book Plus the priority and category are based on the settings in the Create Options dialog box See the section that begins on page 121 for details m faTo Do item does not appear in Date Book Plus confirm that the category assigned to the item is selected See the section that begins on page 121 for details m If you do not complete a To Do item
202. om Setup String Most modems have a Setup String that causes them to send initial connection sounds to a speaker You can use these sounds to check the modem connection Confirm that the Speed setting in the Setup dialog box works for your modem If you have problems using the As Fast As Possible option ora specific speed try using a slower speed Make sure you are not running another program such as WinFax CompuServe or America Online that uses the serial port you selected in the Setup dialog box Make sure your modem resets before you try again Turn off your modem wait a minute then turn it back on Page 224 Troubleshooting Tips tried to do a wireless HotSync operation but it did not complete successfully continued Check the following on your communicator Confirm that you are inside a coverage area and that the signal is strong Make sure the dialing instruction dials the correct phone number If you need to dial an outside line prefix make sure you selected the Dial Prefix option on your communicator and entered the correct code If the you have call waiting make sure you selected the Disable call waiting check box and entered the correct code in the Phone Setup dialog box See page 204 for details Make sure the connection is clear Using a noisy connection can interrupt communications Beaming problems Problem cannot beam data to another IR equipped Palm OS device When someone
203. on 10 To add the imported data to your communicator perform a HotSync operation 11 See Palm Desktop online Help for more information on importing and exporting data Page 38 Entering Data in Your Communicator Chapter 3 Managing Your Applications This chapter explains how to switch between applications on your Treo 180g communicator how to change application settings so they are personalized to your work methods and how to categorize applications so you view them in related groups Using the Applications Launcher Y our communicator is equipped with a variety of applications All the applications installed on your communicator appear in the Applications Launcher Opening applications You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application installed on your communicator You can also open the four main applications P honeB ook Date Book Plus Blazer or another web browser installed by your wireless service provider and SMS Messaging with the application buttons on the front panel of your communicator Tip When you press an application button on the front panel of your communicator you have instant access to the selected application You don t even need to turn on your communicator first In addition to providing a way for you to open applications the Applications Launcher displays the current time battery level wireless signal status and application category To open an application 1 Tap th
204. on extending the life of the battery To charge the battery with the travel charger 1 Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet 2 With the word UP facing up as shown connect the travel charger cable to the charger connector on the bottom of your communicator A x 4 Tip The LED is solid red while your communicator charges When the LED turns solid green your communicator is charged It takes approximately 90 minutes to charge a fully drained battery Chapter 1 Page 17 Turning your Treo on and off Your Treo communicator has two operating modes a handheld mode and a wireless mode Y ou can turn the handheld mode and the wireless mode on and off independent of each other When you turn on the handheld mode you can use organizer applications such as Date Book Plus and To Do List When you turn on the wireless mode you can make or receive calls You can also turn both modes on at the same time When both the handheld and wireless modes are on you can use the organizer applications as well as send and receive calls To turn handheld mode on and off do any of the following m Open the lid to turn it on or close the lid to turn it off m Press the power button m Press and release the rocker switch m Press any application button on the front of your communicator To turn wireless mode on and off m Press and hold the power button until you hear the confirmation tones to turn wireless mode on and off Th
205. on or before the due date then an exclamation mark appears next to the item as a reminder that it is overdue Chapter 6 Page 115 Using the Daily J ournal You can use the Daily J ournal feature to record events as they occur Events are recorded with automatic time stamping as Date Book Plus Notes so they do not clutter your schedule The Daily J ournal is especially useful for tracking activities such as sales calls start and end times for consulting or other work or keeping a record of how you spend your time at the office To create a Daily Journal entry 1 Tap the Day View button 2 Tap New and select Daily J ournal from the list Date Book Plus creates an untimed event opens a Note for this event and inserts the current time If you ve already started a journal for the current day Date Book Plus opens the existing journal and inserts a new entry Aug 31 02 IGOR C Floating Event ToDo i cel Daily Journal parn Template TM Appointment 3 Entera description for the journal entry Tap to create a Daily Journal 4 Tap Done Using templates You can use templates to create a list of standard events Y ou can then select an event from this list and add it to your calendar Since Date Book Plus saves all the event attributes including alarms and notes templates can really save you time when entering reminder notices or events that recur on different days and times To create a templat
206. oneBook When working with the Contacts view in PhoneBook the buttons on your communicator make it easy to navigate among your Contacts entries m In the Contacts list screen the rocker switch moves up and down one record and the scroll buttons move up or down an entire screen of records If you press and hold a scroll button you accelerate the scrolling and display every third screen m In the Contact View screen the scroll buttons move to the previous or next Contacts record You can also use the Instant Lookup feature from any of the PhoneB ook views to quickly scroll to any of your Contacts entries To use Instant Lookup to find a Contacts record 1 Fromthe Speed Dial Contacts or Call History views in PhoneB ook enter one of the following for the name you want to find m First name initial and last name m First name m Last name gt All Tal Cadwell Chris 1 650 555 5035 W 1 650 555 1704 H 1 650 555 6313M Cagle David 1 212 888 4545 W Malestic Carolyn p 1 650 555 5062 1 415 555 7625 H 1 415 555 8935 MI For example writing an s displays Susan Lee ames Sands Sal Martini and J ohn Smythe Writing sm reduces the list to Sal Martini and J ohn Smythe 2 Tap the contact name to view the contents of the record Page 70 Common Tasks Using Find You can use Find to locate any text that you specify in any application To use Find 1
207. ontact the developer or publisher of that software S oftware installation problems Problem Solution Palm Desktop software will Disable any anti virus software close any open applications or not install successfully utilities and then perform the installation again If you are installing on a computer at your workplace make sure your System Administrator grants you the rights to install software If you are still having problems installing the Handspring software try these steps 1 Download the latest version of the software from the Customer Support or Product Support section of www handspring com 2 Restart your computer in safe mode In most versions of Windows you can do this by pressing F8 on the keyboard as the computer boots 3 Install the file you downloaded in step 1 If the installation finishes restart your computer in the normal operating mode and start using Palm Desktop software Appendix B Page 215 O perating problems Problem My communicator won t turn on My communicator keeps turning itself off My communicator is not making any sounds My communicator has frozen don t see anything on my communicator s screen Solution Try each of these in turn m Adjust the contrast settings m Make sure the battery is fully charged m Perform a soft reset See page 212 for details m f your communicator still does not operate try a hard reset See page 213 for details
208. op computer and a laptop When you are in the office just connect your communicator to the cable and press the HotSync button When you travel you don t have to carry a cable Conducting a wireless HotS ync operation Your communicator includes a built in wireless modem which you can use for wireless synchronization when you are away from your computer Note The first HotSync operation must be local using the cable After that you can perform a wireless HotSync operation To perform a wireless HotSync operation you must complete the following steps m Connect a modem to your computer m Configure HotSync Manager for use with your modem m Configure the Modem Preferences on your communicator Page 202 Advanced HotS ync Operations Preparing your computer There are a few steps you must perform to prepare your computer for a wireless HotSync operation Be sure to perform these steps before you leave your office so that your computer is ready to receive a call from your communicator To prepare your computer for a wireless HotS ync operation 1 Confirm that the computer modem is connected and turned on and that no communications applications such as fax or telephony software are running on a COM port Note Make sure the computer is disconnected from all online services such as America Online AOL and CompuServe This helps to avoid conflicts with the COM port 2 Start HotSync Manager if it is not already running and from
209. option checked unless you are certain you need to manually enter IP address information To identify dynamic IP addressing m Tap the IP Address check box to select it Details Connection type e PPP Idle timeout e Power Off Query DNS Y IP Address IN Automatic Tap to select automatic IP address Page 188 Setting Preferences for Y our Communicator To enter a permanent IP address 1 Tap the IP Address check box to deselect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box 2 Tap the space 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 3 Tap and enter the remaining sections of the IP address 4 Tap OK Creating a login script A login scriptis a series of commands similar to an autoexec bat file that automates logging into your ISP You can create login script files by selecting commands from the Command pick list in the Login Script dialog Some commands from the Command pick list such as Send require you to supply additional information Those commands have a parameter field so that you can add the necessary data Note You can also use non ASCII and literal characters in your login script See Appendix D for more information To create a login script 1 Tap Script 2 Tap the End pick list Login Script Li w Send CR w Wait For w Send w Wait For w Send User ID w Send CR w Wait For Passw
210. or if the lid is closed press the top scroll button Chapter 6 Page 107 Reminder amp Snooze 12 14 pm Lunch meeting 12 15 pro 1 15 pro Friday 671879 sain Sas oe min C Other Scheduling repeating or continuous events The Repeat function lets you schedule events that recur at regular intervals or extend over a period of consecutive days A birthday is a good example of an event that repeats annually Another example is a weekly guitar lesson that falls on the same day of the week and the same time of day Typically a continuous event is an untimed event such as a business trip or a vacation that continues for several days but doesn t occur at a particular time of day To schedule a repeating or continuous event 1 Tap the event 2 Tap Details 3 Tap the Repeat box to open the Change Repeat dialog box Change Repeat i one EA I Week Month fear Time Date Tap one of the above Alarm buttons to set a repeat interval Repeat Repeat Private box Type EY Flot Done OK Cancel Delete Mote Mo Repeat 4 Tap Day Week Month or Y ear to set how often event repeats Fora continuous event tap Day 5 Entera number that corresponds to how often you want the event to repeat on the Every line For example if you select Month and enter the number 2 the event repeats every other month 6 To specify an end date for the repeating or continuous event tap th
211. ord Send Password T End Tap here 3 Tap the command you want from the Command list If the command requires additional information a field appears to the right of it for you to enter the information The following commands are available Wait For Tells your communicator to wait for specific characters from the TCP IP server before executing the next command Wait For Detects a challenge response prompt from the server and displays a Prompt dynamically generated challenge value When you enter the challenge value into your token card this generates a response value for you to enter on your communicator This command takes two arguments separated by a vertical bar on the input line Chapter 7 Page 189 Send Send CR Send User ID Send Password Delay Get IP Prompt End Transmits specific characters to the TCP IP server to which you are connecting Transmits a carriage return or LF character to the TCP IP server to which you are connecting Transmits the User ID information entered in the User ID field of the Network Preferences screen Transmits the password entered in the Password field of the Network Preferences screen If you did not enter a password this command prompts you to enter one The Password command is usually followed by aSend CR command Tells your communicator to wait a specific number of seconds before executing the next command in the login script Reads an IP addres
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213. ositions To select Ringer Preferences 1 Tap the Ring Volume pick list and select the level you want to use for incoming voice calls and SMS messages 2 Tap the Call Tone pick list and select a ringer sound for incoming voice calls Note When you select a ringer sound the sound plays once To avoid playing the sound move the ringer switch to the silent position before selecting a new ringer sound Preferences Ringer 5 Sound Mode Ring Volume se Loud Call Tone Fanfare 1 SMS Tone Twinkle Vibrate O LS Silent Mode Vibrate Ef 3 Tap the SMS Tone pick list and select a ringer sound for incoming SMS messages 4 Tap the Vibrate check boxes to enable or disable the vibrate option for the corresponding ringer switch position Sound Mode and Silent Mode Y S hortC uts Preferences The ShortCuts Preferences screen enables you to define abbreviations for entering text with Graffiti strokes This section describes how to create edit and delete a ShortCut See page 35 for more information on the use of ShortCuts Creating a ShortC ut Y ou can create a ShortCut for any words letters or numbers All ShortCuts you create appear on the list in the ShortCut Preferences screen All the ShortCuts are available in any of your communicator applications and are backed up on your computer when you perform a HotSync operation Chapter 7 Page 193 To create a ShortC ut 1 Tap New 2 Onthe ShortCut name li
214. ou can do the following Enter a description of your appointment and assign it to a specific time and date Display a chart of your appointments for an entire week to easily spot available times and any potential scheduling overlaps or conflicts or display descriptions of your appointments for one or two weeks Display a monthly calendar to quickly spot days where you have morning lunch or afternoon appointments or display a calendar for an entire year Display a list of both your appointments and your To Do items Create unscheduled events or To Do items that float from one day to the next until you complete them Create a Daily J ournal to track events with automatic time stamps Setan alarm to sound prior to the scheduled activity and create reminders for events that are based on a particular date rather than time of day such as birthdays and anniversaries Attach notes to individual events for a description or clarification of the entry in your Date Book To open Date Book Plus Tip Press the Date Book Plus application button on the front panel of your communicator Date Book Plus opens to today s schedule Date Book Plus button Press the Date Book Plus application button repeatedly to cycle through the Day Week Week with Text Month Y ear and List views Chapter 4 Page 51 Blazer W eb Browser Blazer is a wireless Internet browser that lets you browse your favorite web sites while you re on the go
215. p the word To select a whole line triple tap the line The following commands may appear in an Edit menu Undo Reverses the action of the ast edit command For example if you used Cut to remove text Undo restores the text you removed Undo also reverses deletions done by using backspace Cut Removes the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory of your communicator You can paste the text you cut into another area of the current application or into a different application Page 64 Common Tasks Copy Copies the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory of your communicator Y ou can paste the text that you copy into another area of the current application or into a different application Paste Inserts the text that you cut or copied at the selected point in a record The text you paste replaces any selected text If you did not previously cut or copy text Paste does nothing Select All Selects all of the text in the current record or screen This enables you to cut or copy all of the text and paste it elsewhere Keyboard Opens the onscreen keyboard When you finish with the onscreen keyboard tap Done Graffiti Help Opens screens that show all the Graffiti character strokes Use this command anytime you forget a stroke for a character Deleting records To delete a record in any of the PIM applications 1 Tap the record you want to delete 2 Tap the Menu icon G 3 Tap Record and then tap the Delet
216. pendent research by the recommendations of Wireless Tech nology Research Persons with pacemakers should m ALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches from their pacemaker when the phone is turned ON mM NOT carry the phone in a breast pocket m Use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference E Turn the phone OFF immediately if you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place Page 240 Other Product Information Audio Safety Some hearing aids may be affected by some digital wireless phones You may want to consult your doctor in the event of you experience interference with your hearing aid while using Treo When using the speakerphone feature it is recommended that you place Treo at a safe distance from your ear Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical device consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external RF energy Y our physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so Hos pitals or health care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy Interference to Other Electronic Devices RF energy may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic operating and entertainment systems in motor vehicles Check with the manufacturer or represent
217. r letters in the left hand side and the strokes for numbers in the right hand side of the Graffiti writing area m Make sure that Graffiti is not shifted into extended or punctuation modes See page 33 and page 34 for details m Seepage 31 for tips on increasing your accuracy when you write Graffiti characters Appendix B Page 217 W ireless communication problems Problem Solution can t use the wireless E features A geta message that my SIM m card is missing when I turn on my Treo My Treo requires an unlocking m code PIN but I didn t set one Make sure your Treo battery is charged Make sure wireless mode is on To turn on wireless mode press and hold the power button for at least two seconds until you hear a confirmation tone An ascending tone means wireless mode is now on a descending tone means wireless mode is now off Make sure your SIM card is properly inserted The metal contacts must face up on the inside of the SIM door and the side with the corner cut must slide into the SIM slot first For details see the instructions in the Quick Reference guide Your SIM card may be damaged Contact your wireless service provider for a new card Your wireless service provider may have set the locking code before you received your Treo Enter the default unlocking code PIN and then tap OK In North America the default unlocking code is usually 1234 or 1111 If this doesn t work contact your wireless s
218. r s IR port within a couple of inches of your computer s infrared port 6 Tap the HotSync icon to start the IR HotSync operation Chapter 8 Page 201 Returning to serial cable HotS ync operations It s easy to return to using the cable for HotSync operations Note If you re using a USB cable and the Local USB option is already selected on the HotSync Manager menu you don t need to do anything to return to cable operations To return to serial cable HotSync operations with W indows 98 and Me 1 If needed connect the cable to your computer 2 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray 3 Choose Setup and then click Local 4 Inthe Serial Port list select the COM port where your cable is connected 5 Click OK To disable infrared communication with Windows 2000 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon amp in the Windows system tray 2 Uncheck InfraRed on the menu 3 Inthe Windows taskbar click Start choose Settings and then choose Control P anel 4 Double click the Wireless Link icon 5 Click the Image transfer tab and select the Use Wireless Link to transfer images from a digital camera to your computer check box The next time you want to perform a HotSync operation just press the HotSync button on the cable You can leave the HotSync application on your communicator set to perform IR HotSync operations and still use the cable This is useful if you perform HotSync operations with both your deskt
219. raditional phone interface You can use this view to dial numbers that are not in your Speed Dial or Contacts list To dial a number with the Dial Pad 1 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details 2 Open the lid or if you are in another application press the PhoneB ook application button on the front of your communicator 3 Tap the Dial Pad icon HE 4 Tap the numbers on the screen to dial the number If you are dialing an international number tap the key before entering the country code and phone number to automatically insert the prefix for international calls Tip To display the last ten numbers dialed press the scroll buttons or roll the rocker switch and then press the rocker switch to dial the selected number Dialbox 7 800 555 3456 Tap Backspace to A A A ame crase the last digit Tap CLR to delete the entire entry Tap Send to dial the number in the dial box Tap a digit to enter it in the dial box Tap Phone Tips to view helpful PhoneB ook hints Phone Tips Tip To edit the phone number tap the Dial box and then use the keypad Graffiti writing or the onscreen keyboard 5 Tap Hang Up to end the call Using the Contacts view The Contacts view is where you store name and address information about people businesses and more Creating a Contacts entry You can create Contacts entries on your communicator or you can use your desktop software
220. rcent and then tap the equal sign button 0090906060906900 Calculates the percentage of one number relative to another number To use this button enter the first number tap this button enter the second number and then tap the equal sign button Calculates the percentage required to get to one value from another value To use this button enter the result number tap this button enter the starting number and then tap the equal sign button Q Chapter 6 Page 153 Logic buttons 90056900000 Shifts the value to the left and fills the new places with zeros Enters D in a hexadecimal calculation Enters E in a hexadecimal calculation Enters F in a hexadecimal calculation Calculates bit by bit commonalities between two arguments Calculates bit by bit unique occurrences in two arguments Shifts the sign bit to the right in signed mode Enters A in a hexadecimal calculation Enters B in a hexadecimal calculation Enters C in a hexadecimal calculation Calculates the inverse of each bit of the argument Calculates the exclusive OR between two arguments Statistics buttons 00500990 Adds the current value to the end of the statistics memory list You can store up to 200 values Calculates the mean of the values in the statistics memory list Calculates the standard deviation based on a population of n Calculates the standard deviation based on a population of n 1 Calculates the sum of the values in the s
221. re automatically applied to phone numbers and whether the following two options are available m When dialing add this area code to 7 digit numbers Inserts the area code you specify in front of 7 digit numbers before dialing m Always dial 1 in front of the area code Inserts a 1 in front of 10 digit numbers before dialing If you select a country other than United States or Canada numbers are formatted exactly as they appear in the Contact record Page 102 Application Specific Tasks Rename Custom Fields Rename Custom Fields Create your own field names by editing the text on the lines below These custom fields appear at the end of the Contact Edit screen Rename them to identify the kind of information you enter in them The names you give the custom fields appear in all Contacts records Select Network Select Network Available networks OK Cancel Automatic Mode m Available networks Enables you to manually select networks while roaming if multiple service providers are available When you manually select a network your Treo finds only that network until you either choose another network or return to Automatic Mode m Automatic Mode Allows your Treo to automatically select the provider with the strongest signal By default Automatic Mode is on Phone Info Phone Info Number 1 650 555 2862 IMEI 004999010470180 Firmware Rev v1 1 m Number Displays your SIM card s phone num
222. references Tap the Remember Last Category check box to select it Tap OK Choosing preferences Y ou can set options that affect an entire application in the application s Preferences dialog box To change preferences for an application 1 2 3 Open an application Tap the Menu icon 6 Tap Options and then tap Preferences Note Notall applications have a Preferences command Make changes to the settings Tap OK Chapter 3 Page 41 Installing and removing applications This section explains how to install and remove applications on your communicator and how to remove Palm Desktop software from your computer Installing add on applications Y our communicator comes with the P honeB ook Date Book Plus B lazer or another web browser installed by your wireless service provider SMS Messaging To Do List Memo Pad Expense Calculator CityTime SIM Book and SIM Services applications installed and ready to use The Handspring CD ROM also includes e mail applications which you can install when you configure the wireless portion of your communicator with the CD ROM Y ou can also install additional applications on your communicator such as business applications games and other software The Install Tool makes it easy to install software on your communicator during a HotSync operation There are a variety of third party applications available for devices that use Palm OS software To learn more about these
223. rmation 6 Tap Done Chapter 6 Page 87 Deleting Speed Dial entries If your Speed Dial list becomes full or you no longer need an entry you can delete it Note You cannot delete the Speed Dial button for your wireless service provider s voicemail service To delete a Speed Dial entry 1 2 3 From the Speed Dial view tap the Menu icon Under Edit tap Edit Speed Dial Tap the entry you want to delete In the Edit Entry dialog tap Delete Tap OK to confirm deletion Tap Done Arranging the S peed Dial list As your Speed Dial list grows you may want to rearrange the entries For example you might want to store different types of numbers on different pages or arrange the list alphabetically To arrange the S peed Dial list 1 2 3 From the Speed Dial view tap the Menu icon Under Edit tap Edit Speed Dial Drag the entries to the slot where you want them to appear Edit Speed Dial Buttons Voicemail Midyne UD i Per W Drag an entry to J another slot or A gt page Tip If the new slot is full the other entries in the column move down one slot and overflow from the left column moves to the top of the right column If you drag an entry to a page icon the entry moves to the first available slot on that page Y ou cannot drag an entry to a full page Tap Done Page 88 Application Specific Tasks Using the Dial Pad view The Dial Pad view provides access to a more t
224. rvice templates 186 190 Service selecting for network 181 Settings See Preferences ShortCuts backing up 197 managing 193 194 menu commands 62 predefined 36 using 35 Signal strength 84 103 Signature 137 SIM Book 169 171 menus 171 SIM card defined 16 door 16 phone book 169 171 SMS Message Center number 132 SIM Phonebook opening 59 Index Page 251 SIM Services 172 opening 60 Slider 193 SMS boilerplates 138 changing messages 139 copying text 138 creating messages 135 deleting messages 140 email messages 132 136 enabling 132 forwarding messages 139 Inbox 134 Preferences 132 purging messages 140 receiving messages 133 replying to messages 135 resending messages 139 signature 137 sorting messages 140 SMS Messaging menus 141 opening 53 overview 53 Soft reset 212 Sorting applications 40 records 73 74 222 Sorting messages 140 Sounds See Alarm and System sounds Speaker 13 Speakerphone 96 Speed Dial adding Call History entries 93 adding contact entries 86 changing entries 87 copying entries from SIM card 169 170 defining buttons 85 deleting entries 88 dialing numbers 86 list 85 88 organizing 85 88 voicemail 85 Standing Meetings See Repeating events Starting applications 39 Stylus 15 dragging with 19 full screen pen stroke 174 175 pen stroke to activate a feature 174 tapping with 19 writing with 15 29 Sunday to start week 180 Switching calls 97 Symbols for currency 163 in Graffiti writing 34
225. s Delete View Restore Defaults Advanced Calculator Export Opens the Export dialog box where you can select a view definition to export to Memo Pad Import Opens the Import dialog box where you can Select a view definition to import to Memo Pad Delete View Opens the Delete View dialog box where you can delete a user defined view Restore Returns all the view definitions to the preset default values Defaults Page 158 Application Specific Tasks CityTime CityTime enables you to display the day and time in your home city and in four other cities around the globe Whether you re travelling or at home now it s easy to keep track of the best time to reach your business associates friends and family in far away places Note CityTime does not automatically update the current time for Daylight Savings Time Setting your home city The home city serves as a point of reference for your other city selections The information displayed for all the other cities is based on the day and time in your home city When you use CityTime for the first time or when you travel or move to another city make sure you set your home city location Setting your home city location ensures that CityTime displays accurate information for the other cities you select To set your home city 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the CityTime icon 3 Tap the Menu icon 6 4 Tap Options and then tap Select Home City 5 Tap t
226. s Call Preferences Tap here to forward Forward all calls to all calls to a Don t forward calls specific number O Disable Call Waiting O Block outgoing caller ID Tap here to display current network settings Tip You can define multiple forwarding numbers Select Edit numbers from the list to add change or delete a number You can also configure your communicator to forward calls only in special situations such as when you are busy or outside a coverage area See Appendix E for details 4 Tap OK Other ways to make a call In addition to using the Speed Dial Contacts Dial Pad and Call History views you can also place calls in the following ways m Redialing the last number m Returning a missed call m Dialing an emergency number Redialing the last number You can redial the last number you called To redial the last number do one of the following m Press and hold the PhoneBook application button for at least one second m Press and hold the rocker switch Returning a missed call When your Treo is on and you remain in a coverage area any calls you miss appear in the Call History list and you receive a missed call alert message When your phone is off or you travel outside a coverage area your calls are forwarded to voicemail and they do not appear in the Call History list m If you miss multiple calls a message appears indicating the number of calls you missed See page 93 for instructions on calling
227. s and uses it as the IP address for your communicator This command is used with SLIP connections Opens a dialog box and prompts you to enter text of some kind for example a password or a security code Identifies the last line in the login script 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the login script is complete 5 Tap OK Deleting a service template There is only one way to delete a service template use the Delete command from the Service menu To delete a service template 1 Tap the Service pick list 2 Tap the service template you want to delete 3 Tap the Menu icon 6 4 Tap Service and then tap Delete 5 Tap OK Network Preferences menu commands The Network Preferences screen includes menu commands to make it fast and easy to create and edit service templates TCP IP application menus are show here for your reference See page 61 for more information about choosing menu commands Page 190 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Service menu EERIE eat Options O ptions menu Options I ViewLog YY TCP IP troubleshooting If you are having a problem establishing a network connection using TCP IP check this section and try the suggestions listed Checking your wireless service status Make sure the wireless mode on your communicator is active and that you are in a coverage area The LED on the top of your communicator and the signal bars at the top of the PhoneBook screen provide visua
228. s hws 54 A A A 55 Call it a es 56 CITIME A A Ad AiO 57 EXPO A A A AR 58 SIM BO A Sid Maal Mack EEEN 59 SIMS ACES a a Winner hating Menten heat a quate Pere aie 60 E ooo eaa O wap laden Ga tists O denies 61 USING menus aise manea Ane ioe ad AEL 61 CHOOSING A MENU Tarer o a a ca ie ee ae 62 Gratfiti menu commands i555 4 ASS ha eee ea pei areas 62 COMMANGtOOIDAN a sn sia 62 Creating eco da nile Ven ae Food 63 Page 4 Contents Editing Eco S str dra tee piles tes ee te wee bt deme ne datas ah ak aaa 64 Entering ra rs 64 EGIE MGNU Mig calor dey Mae eae dg gE eae 64 Deleting ECON 1523 rd de rr et oe OEE nea 65 Other ways to delete records cece cece cette eee ete e teens 66 Purging records ret che Rotts ee Ale As 66 Categorizing T cords A AA e EEEE 67 System defined and user defined categories cece cece eect eens 67 Finding records sermoia wee ee dee nee acey Sede O Mite O be dued bases EOE hon wees 69 Looking up Contacts records in PhoneBook cece cee e eee eee 70 UW SIMO FING at s sect cfaacara cept cit nar a eatin apart is ciated Meaty Aha beh A E ci 71 Using Phone Number Lookup 0 0 cect cee tenet rr 71 Sorting lists OT records rescata Reb wes 73 Making records practico oa wok bees koe e eee LA ERE aS haa 74 Hiding and masking private recordS 1 0 0 ccc cece eee ee eee nee eens 74 ATTACHING NOTES aa A Sethi Rak Ath cela Re a Agoda 76 CHOOSING TONS pi eee ae Se ee a eee 77 Exchanging an
229. s service provider stores your text messages until you turn on your phone or return to a coverage area Reviewing Call History Each item in the Call History view appears with an icon next to it indicating whether it is a Missed call an incoming call or an outgoing call You can display all your calls or one category at a time To review Call History 1 Open the lid or if you are in another application press the P honeB ook application button ED on the front of your communicator 2 Tap the Call History icon E Page 92 Application Specific Tasks Call History Tap arrow to select the call category All VYoicemail 4 Home Missed call Maura Rees H Mo 479 Incoming O utgoing 4 Voicemail iMo 4 9 M d f 4 Home isu 4 8 or MIsse Outgoing call mouratw Sa 4 7 Maura Rees H Th 4 5 4 14235555781 Th 4 5 Incoming call 14235555781 Th 4 5 4 Christie Cadwell Th 4 5 Christie Cadwell yy Th 4 5 sjo Dial Tap Details to view time and duration 3 Tap the pick list at the top of the screen to display a specific type of call Missed Incoming or Outgoing Tip To temporarily store a number in your communicator ss memory tap Details tap Copy Phone and then tap Done Y ou can now Paste this number into any application on your communicator Calling a number in your Call History list In addition to viewing a list of your incoming outgoing
230. section columns 6 9 Define the dimensions of the Section The dimensions of the Section appear in the green columns 10 13 of Represents the total number of rows in the Section excluding any header or Rows total rows In other words this includes only the number of rows in the Section where your communicator data will be placed of Represents the total number of columns in the Section excluding any header Columns or total columns In other words this includes only the number of columns in the Section where your communicator data will be placed StartRow Is the number of the first row of the Section that will be filled with your communicator data Start Is the number of the first column of the Section that will be filled with your Column communicator data Define the Dates and Intervals The dates and intervals between dates appears in the light blue columns 14 17 Date Intervals Between Date Dates Start day Day 1 D In the Date cell enter the row or column number where all the date information will be placed In the Dates cell enter the number of blank columns or rows separating the date fields If there are no blank columns or rows between date entries leave this number set to zero In the Start Day cell enter the day of the week that starts the expense reporting period Enter a three character abbreviation for the day e g Sun Mon Tue In the Day cell enter
231. section that begins on page 64 To open the menu bar 1 Do one of the following m Open an application such as Memo Pad and then tap the Menu icon 6 m Tap the inverted tab at the top of any application s screen except Calculator Ue aS a i Delete Memo Y _ Bearn Memo BT ven Gone Ear icon T R E Ek AQ k AX In this example three menus are available Record Edit and Options The Record menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo Delete Memo and Beam Memo Chapter 5 Page 61 Choosing a menu After you open the menu bar for an application tap the menu that contains the command you want to use The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the application Also the menus and menu commands vary depending on which partof the application you re using For example in Memo Pad the menus are different for the Memo list screen and the Memo screen G raffiti menu commands Most menu commands have an equivalent Graffiti Command stroke which is similar to the keyboard shortcuts used to execute commands on computers The command letters appear to the right of the menu command names To use the Graffiti menu commands the menu bar must be closed Menu commands ommand letters Graffiti Help To use the Graffiti menu commands 1 In the Graffiti text area draw a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right The Command toolbar appears for
232. sked for one when you connect 3 Tap OK Note The Password field updates to display the word Assigned Selecting a connection The Connection Preferences settings tell your communicator about the hardware you are using for remote data connections Normally you ll use your communicator s built in wireless modem to establish a data connection but you can also use the infrared port or connect an external modem to the USB port See the section that begins on page 176 for details on how to configure Connection Preferences To select a connection 1 Tap the Connection pick list The list displays the configurations in your Connection Preferences panel Preferences w Network Password Tap to display a list of connection configurations Connection Phone Details Connect 2 Select the appropriate Connection Tip For wireless data access select Wireless Modem to Modem as the Connection Chapter 7 Page 183 Adding telephone settings When you select the Phone field your communicator opens a dialog box in which you define the telephone number you use to connect with your ISP or dial in server In addition you can also define a prefix disable Call Waiting and give special instructions for using a calling card Note The Phone Setup dialog box works correctly for AT amp T and Sprint long distance services However because MCI works differently MCI customers need to put t
233. splaying owner s name 192 problems with 216 U Unblock code 218 Undoing actions 64 Uninstalling Desktop software 45 Unlock code 218 Unresponsive communicator 216 Untimed events 104 106 107 Updating data See HotSync Upgrading Desktop software 12 USB connector 16 HotSync operations 223 port 24 User name for ISP 182 identifying communicator 192 User profiles 209 V Vendor for Expense item 163 Vibrate 193 Voicemail 85 95 99 icon 84 Volume 14 W Warm reset 213 Web pages bookmarking 125 viewing 124 Web sites 26 Week Date Book Plus view 110 111 180 222 Week with Text Date Book Plus view 111 Windows 95 NT 12 23 223 Wireless mode 18 indicator 84 troubleshooting 218 221 Writing area 14 Writing See Entering data X XLT Expense report template in Excel 166 Y Year Date Book Plus view 112 Index Page 253
234. splays the due dates associated with To Do items and displays an exclamation mark next to items that remain incomplete after the due date passes Show Priorities Shows the priority setting for each item Show Shows the category for each item Categories 3 Tap OK To Do List menus To Do List menus are shown here for your reference and To Do List features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands Record menu EXIT Edit Options Delete Item zD Attach Note A Delete Note Y O Purge YE Beam Item YB Beam Categor O ptions menu Record Edit LO Font a F Phone Lookup y L Security H About To Do List About To Do List Shows version information for To Do List Page 146 Application Specific Tasks Memo Pad A memo can contain up to 4 000 characters The number of memos you can store is dependent only on the memory available on your communicator A record in Memo Pad is called a memo To create a new memo 1 Tap the Applications icon 42 2 Tap the Memo Pad icon 3 Tap New e All Memo 6 of 6 1 11 22 Meeting Minutes 2 Directions to Moscone Center 3 Plans for conference d Priorities on new project 5 To discuss with Jose Ribera Few Tap New Tip In the Memo list screen you can also begin writing in the Graffiti writing area to create a new memo The first
235. ssage Manager Address by Last Name Lookup feature m Make sure SMS services are enabled on your account by checking the SMS Preferences dialog to see if the SMS Message Center number is on this screen If the number is missing contact your wireless service provider for the SMS Message Center number and enter it in the SMS Preferences dialog Note Receiving SMS messages does not indicate that you have a subscription to your wireless service provider s SMS service Y ou must subscribe to this service to send or reply to messages m Verify that you are ina GSM coverage area m Make sure the destination number is correct Some wireless service providers require 11 digit phone numbers for SMS messages Page 220 Troubleshooting Tips get an error message when send anSMS message to an email address get an error when sending a long message to myself get an error when making data calls The SIM Book application won t open My SIM Book doesnt display the full name and number Make sure you have subscribed to and enabled the SMS Email feature You need to get the SMS Email Center number from your wireless service provider and enter it in the SMS Preferences dialog This number is different from the SMS Message Center number you use to send messages to other mobile phone numbers See page 132 for details Some wireless service providers have difficulty sending long SMS messages to your own phone number Try sending lo
236. t available slot on that page 3 Tap OK Chapter 6 Page 127 To rearrange bookmark pages 1 From the Bookmark view tap Edit 2 Drag the page to the slot where you want it to appear A grey line appears next to the page when it is in drag mode When dropping a page on the top row the grey line appears to the left of the slot where the page will appear When drop ping a page on the bottom row the grey line appears to the right of the slot where the page will appear Edit Bookmark List Title Favorites Hondspring MSN Mobile Drag a page to another slot 3 Tap OK Blazer menus Blazer menus are shown here for your reference and Blazer features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands The Go and Options menus differ depending on whether you re displaying the Page view or the Bookmark view Page menu FO Go Options Add Bookmark A Stop Loadin Page view Refresh Enables you to update the current web page with the most up to date information Stop loading Cancels the process of loading a page Page 128 Application Specific Tasks Properties Displays the Page Properties dialog box where you can view the Page Name URL Size Bytes and whether the page was loaded from the cache Page Properties Page Name Welcome to Handspring com URL http a handspri
237. t number in memory Each new number you enter with the M button is added to the total already stored in memory You can add either a calculated value or a number you enter by pressing the number buttons Pressing this button has no effect on the current calculation or series of calculations it merely places the value into memory until it is recalled G86 Recalls the stored value from memory and inserts it in the current calculation Clears any value that is stored in the Calculator memory 0 6 Chapter 6 Page 149 Displaying Recent Calculations The Basic Calculator s Recent Calculations command enables you to review the last series of calculations and is particularly useful for confirming a series of chain calculations To display recent calculations 1 Tap the Menu icon 6 2 Tap Options and then tap Recent Calculations Recent Calculations 86 666667 86 666667 8 10 833333 3 After you finish reviewing the calculations tap OK Using the Advanced Calculator mode The Advanced Calculator screen consists of three regions Each region performs a different function to help you perform a variety of calculations Tap here 0 to change DE se Float Degrees View s z pecific buttons oe ee ODO change with view os DOTO AMLO fe Primary buttons avail it BOs able in all views SIDO QO Using the Advanced Calculator buttons In addition to most of the Basi
238. t show the complete Graffiti character set Tum Off amp Lock Turns off and locks the communicator You must assign a password to lock the communicator When locked you need to enter the password to use your communicator Beam Data Beams the current record to another Palm OS communicator 3 Tap OK HotSync Buttons Preferences The HotSync Buttons Preferences screen also enables you to associate a different application with the button on the HotSync cable Any changes that you make in the HotSync Buttons dialog box become effective immediately you do not have to change to a different screen or application To change the HotSync Buttons Preferences 1 Tap HotSync 2 Tap the pick list next to the button you want to assign to this button HotSync Buttons Customize the HotSync Button on the cable_ G y HotSync Tap arrow to Cable show pick list 3 Tap the application that you want to assign to the button The default setting for the button is the HotSync setting which means the cable performs its normal HotSync functions 4 Tap OK Chapter 7 Page 175 Connection Preferences The Connection Preferences screen lets you create configurations for communicating with other hardware devices PC Modem or Infrared Configurations or profiles once activated are available to applications on your communicator The Connection Preferences screen displays a list of available configurations that you can modify as needed
239. tails 2 Tap Details Receipt Details Category Unfiled Type w Lunch Payment w Unfiled Currency Vendor City Attendees OK Cancel Delete Mote t 3 Select any of the following options Category See the section that begins on page 67 for details Type Opens a pick list of expense types Page 162 Application Specific Tasks Payment Lets you choose the payment method used to pay the Expense item If the item is prepaid Such as airline tickets supplied by your company you can choose Prepaid to place your expense in the appropriate company paid cell of your printed expense report spreadsheet See the section that begins on page 165 for more information Currency Enables you to choose the type of currency used to pay the Expense item The default currency unit is defined in the Preferences dialog see page 167 You can also display up to four other common types of currency see the next section in this chapter for more information Vendor and City Lets you record the name of the vendor usually a company associated with the expense and the city where the expense was incurred For example a business lunch might be at Rosie s Cafe Vendor in San Francisco City Attendees See the section that begins on page 72 for details 4 Tap OK Customizing the Currency pick list You can select the currencies and symbols that appear in the Currency pick list To customize the C urrency pick list 1 Tap th
240. tatistics memory list Calculates the square of the sum of the values in the statistics memory list Opens the Statistical Data dialog box where you can view edit delete and clear values in the statistics memory list Displays the number of values in the statistics memory list Calculates the factorial of any integral from 0 to 170 Page 154 Application Specific Tasks D D D Generates a random number between 0 and 32767 and then divides this number by 32768 to generate a random fraction between 0 and 99997 Returns the number of combinations of n items taken mata time Returns the number of permutations of n items taken mata time W eight Temp buttons 660 6069090808606 90 Indicates the current value is entered in ounces When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to ounces Indicates the current value is entered in pounds When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to pounds Indicates the current value is entered in US tons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to US tons Indicates the current value is entered in UK tons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to UK tons Indicates the current value is entered in milligrams When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to milligrams Ind
241. te priority level or category m Attach notes to individual To Do items for a description or clarification of the task To open To Do List 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the To Do List icon t To Do List displays the category of items you last viewed Page 54 Applications Overview Memo Pad Memo Pad provides a place to take notes that are not associated with records in other a applications such as Date Book Plus PhoneBook or To Do List In Memo Pad you can do the following m Take notes or write any kind of message on your communicator Drag and drop memos into popular computer applications like Microsoft Word when you synchronize using Palm Desktop software and HotSync technology Assign memos to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical groups Write down phone numbers and othertypes of information Later you can copy and paste this information to other applications To open Memo Pad 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Memo Pad icon e All 1 11 22 Meeting Minutes 2 Directions to Moscone Center 3 Plans for conference d Priorities on new project 5 To discuss with Joze Ribera Hew Memo Pad displays the category of memos you last viewed Chapter 4 Page 55 Calculator Calculator enables you to perform addition subtraction multiplication division and a variety of advanced math and scientific calculations In Calc
242. ternet About Blazer Displays version information for Blazer Chapter 6 Page 131 SMS Messaging In addition to dialing and receiving voice calls you can use your Treo to send and receive short text messages These text messages also called SMS Short Message Service messages are similar to e mail messages that you send and receive from your computer but are limited to 160 characters in length The person receiving your message must also have a GSM mobile phone and a wireless service provider that supports text messages Some wireless service providers also allow you to use your Treo to send text messages to an e mail address and to receive text messages from a computer Talk to your wireless service provider for details about their SMS and SMS Email features Enabling SMS and SMS Email To send and reply to SMS messages you must subscribe to your wireless service provider s SMS service If you subscribe to this service your wireless service provider supplies an SMS Message Center number which appears in the SMS Preferences dialog Note Your wireless service provider may use a different name for their text messaging service Contact your wireless service provider to see if their service is compatible with SMS To use SMS Email you must subscribe to your wireless service provider s SMS Email service and enter their SMS Email Center number in the SMS Preferences dialog The SMS Email Center forwards the SMS messages to the recipie
243. that have not been tested for RF exposure compliance with this product may not comply with the FCC RF exposure safety guidelines and should not be used See www fcc gov oet rfsafety for more information on RF exposure safety Responsible Party Handspring Inc 189 Bernardo Avenue Mountain View California 94043 5203 United States of America 650 230 5000 Page 239 CE Canadian RFI Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regula tions Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Safety and G eneral Information IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION Read this information before using your in tegrated multi service portable radio For the Safe and Efficient Operation of Your Radio Observe These Guidelines Your radio product contains a transmitter and a receiver When itis ON it receives and transmits radio frequency RF energy The radio operates in the frequency range of 800 MHzto 1990 MHz and employs digital modulation techniques When you use your radio the system handling your call controls the power level at which your radio transmits The output power level typically may vary over a range from 001 Watts to 2 Watts Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy Your Treo is designed to comply with national and international standards including United Stat
244. that supports the IrCOMM implementation of the IrDA standards Desktop computers are likely to require an infrared device attached to a physical COM port Laptops are likely to have a built in IR port Your computer must also have an installed infrared driver Does your computer support infrared communication If your computer uses Microsoft Windows 98 Windows Me or Windows 2000 infrared communication is built into the operating system Some versions of Windows 95 also have built in infrared communication If you are using another type of computer check the documentation that came with your computer to see if it supports infrared communication To check the ports used for infrared communication with W indows 98 and Me 1 In the Windows taskbar click Start choose Settings and then choose Control Panel 2 Double click the Infrared icon Note If you do not see the Infrared icon you need to install an infrared driver 3 Click the Options tab Page 198 Advanced HotS ync Operations 4 6 7 Select Enable infrared communication E Eigi haja a a aa ai Infrared ports Prisa appii apr on CORA rd LPT E Seth br ga payah paa hor el meli aah Baa eee f 3 dida D url capilla eR gy J EF iha e for Pis ard Play dee ate A Parita rnan The COM port displayed on this screen is the port associated with your infrared device It should be different from the port currently defined for cable synchronization
245. the Save as type drop down list and choose Template xit 6 Navigate to the Template folder in the Palm Desktop software directory Note If you do notneed to change the Maptable xls file save the template file with its original file name e g Sample2 xlt If you do need to change the Maptable xls file give your modified template a unique name Be sure to use the xlt file suffix which defines the file as a Microsoft Excel template 7 Click Save to save your modified template and make it available for future use Note If you need to modify the Maptable xls file you must do this before you can use the modified template with your Expense data To modify the Maptable xls file for your new template see page 230 for details Read all of the sections of this appendix before making changes to the Maptable xls file Page 228 Creating a Custom Expense Report Determining the layout of the Expense Report This section describes the layout considerations for the Expense Report and explains the terms used for creating the report Labels There are two kinds of labels that you need to define for your report day date and expense type Each kind of label can be either Fixed or Variable A Fixed label means that the label a ways appears as a header at the beginning of a row or column If a label is not Fixed it is variable For example a list table of expenses could have variable labels in the rows for day date and variable labels
246. the current password before you can change or delete it To change or delete your password 1 Tap the Password box 2 Enter the current password security Current Privacy ce Show Records Tap here j Password Password Please enter your password oK Lost Password concel Lock amp Turn Off Help Tap OK Do one of the following To change the password enter the new password and tap OK To delete the password tap Delete Password Enter new password or tap the Delete button to remove your current password Locking your communicator You can also lock your communicator so that you need to enter your password to operate it Important If you lock your communicator you must enter the exact password to re activate your communicator If you forget the password you need to perform a hard reset to resume using your communicator Performing a hard reset deletes all the records in your communicator however you can restore all previously synchronized data at the next HotSync operation See page 213 for details Chapter 3 Page 47 To lock your communicator with a password 1 Assign a password 2 Tap Lock amp Turn Off Security System Lockout Current This feature turns off Privacy oe Show Records your handheld computer and prevents others e from using it without Password i ol the password Entering the password the next time you turn
247. the lower right corner of the screen If it does not appear open the Start menu select Programs Handspring and then HotSync Manager Click the HotSync Manager icon and make sure that the Local USB option has a check next to it If you are using an optional serial cable make sure that the Local Serial has a check next to it then select Setup and confirm that the COM port setting matches the port where you attached the serial cable Make sure the cable is connected securely to your computer and your communicator If you re using a USB cable insert the Handspring CD into your computer use Windows Explorer or My Computer to navigate to the Utilities folder and then run the Visor USB registry utility Make sure you are using the correct type of cable If your computer does not have a USB port or is running Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 you must use a Serial cable If you are using aUSB cable disconnect any other USB devices you are using If you re connecting your cable to a USB hub disconnect it and connect your cable directly to your computer If you are using a serial cable try a lower baud rate setting on the Local tab in the Setup dialog box Restart your computer If you installed a conduit from a third party software developer contact the developer for support Appendix B Page 223 did a HotSync operation but one of my applications did not synchronize cannot launch the HotSync Manager am usi
248. ther or not you activated the call forwarding for calls you do not answer option Deactivates the call forwarding for calls you do not answer option and the network stores the number to which you were forwarding calls Reactivates the call forwarding for calls you do not answer option and uses the number stored on the network when you deactivated this option with the 61 code Deactivates the call forwarding for calls you do not answer option and the network erases the number to which you were forwarding calls Forwarding calls when your communicator is unreachable Code 62 number_to_ forward_to 62 62 62 62 What it does Forwards all calls you receive when your communicator is unreachable This option typically forwards calls when wireless mode is off or your communicator is outside a coverage area Reports whether you activated the call forwarding for calls when your communicator is unreachable option Deactivates the call forwarding for calls when your communicator is unreachable option and the network stores the number to which you were forwarding calls Reactivates the call forwarding for calls when your communicator is unreachable option and uses the number stored on the network when you deactivated this option with the 62 code Deactivates the call forwarding for calls when your communicator is unreachable option and the network erases the number to which you were forwarding calls General
249. ti writing area Number Strokes Number Strokes 0 5 OO O a 1 6 6 Page 32 Entering Data in Your Communicator gt 88 4 a 9 d W riting punctuation marks Graffiti writing can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter from a standard keyboard All punctuation marks begin with a single tap on the Graffiti writing area When you make this tap you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot appears to show it is active The next stroke you make with the stylus creates a punctuation mark e Punctuation S hift Note When Punctuation Shift is active you can make a symbol stroke anywhere in the Graffiti writing area the letters ornumbers side Symbol Stroke Symbol Stroke Period Dash ma Comma Left fae C n iai i D dale aaE 9 S m Fa ESCamaton rl S Additional G raffiti punctuation OEA 3 e lt 121 dell 7 HNIC Chapter 2 Page 33 W riting symbols and extended characters All symbols and extended characters begin with the stroke in the Graffiti writing area of your communicator Symbol Shift N When the Symbol Shift is active a slanted shift symbol appears in the lower right corner of the screen The next stroke that you make creates the symbol or extended character aa y Symbol Shift TMRICITUNMISIO XX Poo Z 6 8 L i B wu f BIMISIQ
250. to create entries on your computer and then download the entries to your communicator with your next HotSync operation Many desktop software applications also have data import capabilities that enable you to load database files into your Contacts list on your communicator See the section that begins on page 37 and the online Help for your desktop software for more information Chapter 6 Page 89 To create a new Contacts entry 1 Open the lid or if you are in another application press the PhoneB ook application button ED on the front of your communicator 2 Tap the Contacts icon 3 Tap New TA Cursor at Best Lisa Last ri 1 650 5 Last name i 1 650 555 8996 H Bjork Per p 1 415 444 5356 1 510 666 2564 H Boring Allison a 1 510 666 2564 H Cadwell Chris 1 650 555 5035 W 1 650 555 1704 H Tap New 4 Enter the last name of the person you want to add to your Contacts list 5 Enter the person s first name in the First Name field 6 Enter the other information that you want to include in this entry 7 Tap the scroll arrows to move to the next page of information 8 After you finish entering information tap Done Tap Done bone _ Details Mote a Tip To create an entry that always appears at the top of the Contacts list begin the Last name or Company field with a symbol as in 4f Found Call This entry can contain contact information in case you
251. to be rugged and reliable and to provide years of trouble free service Please observe the following general tips when using your communicator m Take care not to scratch the screen of your communicator Keep the screen clean When working with your communicator use the supplied stylus or plastic tipped pens intended for use with a touch sensitive screen Never use an actual pen or pencil or other sharp object on the surface of the communicator screen m Yourcommunicator is not waterproof and should not be exposed to rain or moisture Under extreme conditions water may enter the circuitry through the front panel buttons In general treat your communicator as you would a pocket calculator or other small electronic instrument m The touch sensitive screen of your communicator contains a glass element Take care not to drop your communicator or subject it to any strong impact Do not carry your communicator in your back pocket if you sit on it the glass may break m Protect your communicator from temperature extremes Do not leave your communicator on the dashboard of a car on a hot day and keep it away from heaters and other heat sources m Do not store or use your communicator in any location that is extremely dusty damp or wet m Useasoft damp cloth to clean your communicator If the surface of the communicator screen becomes soiled clean it with a soft cloth moistened with a diluted window cleaning solution Battery considerations
252. to fluid ounces Indicates the current value is entered in cups When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to cups Indicates the current value is entered in pints When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to pints Indicates the current value is entered in quarts When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to quarts Indicates the current value is entered in gallons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to gallons Indicates the current value is entered in tablespoons When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to tablespoons Indicates the current value is entered in milliliters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to milliliters Indicates the current value is entered in liters When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to liters Indicates the current value is entered in cubic inches When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to cubic inches Indicates the current value is entered in cubic feet When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure it converts the value to cubic feet Indicates the current value is entered in cubic meters When you tap this button aft
253. tors requests only when you select HotSync Manager from the Start menu Tip If you re not sure which option to use keep the default setting Always available 4 Click the Local tab to display the settings for the connection between your computer and the HotSync cable and adjust the following options as needed Garani Lite ocio Hesari le tee e te Serial Port Identifies the port that your desktop software uses to communicate with the optional serial HotSync cable This selection should match the number of the port to which you connected the optional cable Note Your communicator cannot share this port with an internal modem or other device Speed Determines the speed at which data is transferred between your communicator and your desktop software Try the As Fast As Possible rate first and adjust downward if you experience problems This setting allows your desktop software and your communicator to find and use the fastest speed 5 Click the Modem tab to display the modem settings and adjust the options as needed See page 202 for more information 6 If you are attached to a network click the Network tab to display the network settings and adjust the options as needed See page 206 for more information 7 Click OK Page 196 Advanced HotS ync Operations Customizing HotSync application settings For each application you can define a set of options that determines how records are handled during sync
254. try you created that you want to edit Enter or modify the text in the Boilerplate dialog box and then tap Done Tip To delete a boilerplate tap Delete instead and then tap Yes to confirm deletion Tap Done Copying and forwarding messages You can save time by copying text from your SMS messages or forwarding messages To copy text from an SMS message 1 2 3 From any SMS Messaging list view tap the text of the message you want to copy Tap the Menu icon 6 Under Edit tap Select All Tip To copy only a portion of the message highlight the text you want to copy and select Copy instead of Select All Open the message or application where you want to insert the message Tap the Menu icon Under Edit tap Paste Page 138 Application Specific Tasks To forward messages 1 2 3 From the SMS Inbox or Sent category tap the header of the message you want to forward Tap the Menu icon G Under Message tap Forward Tip You can edit the forwarded message before sending it Address the message as described on page 135 Make sure wireless mode is on See page 18 for details Tap Send Modifying messages You can modify any messages in the Pending category To modify Pending messages 1 2 In the Pending category tap the header of the message you want to change Tap Edit Tip You can also tap the body of the message to open it in Edit mode Edit the message Make sure wireless mode
255. ulator you can do the following Select a view to perform specific types of calculations including math trigonometry finance logic statistics weight temp length area and volume Store and retrieve values Display the last series of calculations which is useful for confirming a series of chain calculations Create a custom view with the buttons you use most often Switch to basic mode to perform simple calculations To open Calculator Tap the Calculator icon next to the Graffiti writing area gt Moth w Floot gt Degrees DODOD Page 56 Applications Overview CityTime E CityTime helps you keep track of the time anywhere around the globe In CityTime you can do the following m Select a home city as a point of reference m Display the day and time in four other cities simultaneously m Add a definition for any city that isn t in the default list m Display sunrise and sunset information for your home city To open CityTime 1 Tap the Applications icon 42 2 Tap the CityTime icon CityTine Son Francisco 5 54 pm TE T Hew York gt Tokyo Th 2 54 am i The S4 ame Chapter 4 Page 57 Expense Expense lets you keep track of your expenses and then transfer the information to a spreadsheet on your computer In Expense you can do the following m Record dates types of expenses amount spent payment method and other details associated with any mone
256. unicator to display the next view To display the current time 1 Tap and hold the stylus on the date in the date bar to display the current time Tap and hold the date Current time displays Jul 24 02 IBD GEO a 2 Drag the stylus below the date bar and then lift it 5 03 pm MI GEC Note If you lift the stylus while it is still on the date bar the menu bar appears W orking in W eek View Week View shows the calendar of your events for an entire week This view lets you quickly review your appointments and available time slots In addition the graphical display helps you spot overlaps and conflicts in your schedule To display the W eek View 1 Tap the Week View button 2 Tap the scroll arrows to move forward or backward a week at a time Tip You can also roll the rocker switch or press the scroll buttons on the front of your communicator to move between weeks Previous week Next week maA dl Week 30 P Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa ann 222 28 24 25 26 27 Tap for that day 10 00 Bar indicates earlier event Dot indicates untimed event W eek View 6 00 button E ifiji Bar indicates later event Note The Week View also shows untimed events and events that are before and after the range of times shown 3 Tap an event to show details for the event Page 110 Application Specific Tasks Event details Wed Feed Oe 1 00 prn 2 00 pro I Planning team me
257. ur company s dial in server The Network HotSync software requires the following m Yourcomputer has TCP IP support installed m Both your company s network system and its remote access server Support TCP IP Your System Administrator has this information m You have a remote access account If you don t have an account consult your System Administrator Everything you need to connect to your company s dial in server network modem is included with HotSync Manager and the software on your communicator Y ou need to activate the feature however in HotSync Manager and on your communicator To prepare your computer for a network HotS ync operation 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon in the Windows system tray bottom right corner of the taskbar 2 From the HotSync Manager menu choose Network Local UB Local figi Modera rien Ban Duar Eie Lr are Log Note To perform a Network HotSync from another computer on your network you must select Network from the HotSync Manager menu on both your primary computer and the computer you want to use 3 From the HotSync Manager menu choose Setup 4 Click the Network tab and make sure your user name has a check mark next to it If the check mark is not there click the check box next to your user name Page 206 Advanced HotS ync Operations Gora Local veces Heme Graded won mae fh ee Parar PL lor perce a Ma sork Hal ope TEPIP Spa
258. ver 184 185 P honeBook Hf Found Call entry 90 adding contact to Speed Dial 86 adding custom fields 103 adding entry from Call History 93 business card for beaming 80 categorizing Contacts records 67 copying records 90 creating contact records 84 86 89 90 creating records 63 89 90 deleting Contacts records 65 dialing from Contacts list 91 Dialing Preferences 102 displaying category 102 finding Contacts records 70 fonts 77 menus 100 notes for Contacts records 76 77 opening 50 overview 50 private Contacts records 75 sorting Contacts records 74 Pick lists 20 PIM personal information manager using with communicator 26 PIN 218 Pointer See Stylus Ports IR on communicator 198 Ports See USB port and Serial port Power button 15 18 PPP 186 PRC application file extension 43 Preferences 21 Blazer 130 Buttons 174 Call 102 choosing 41 Connection 176 dialing 102 Digitizer 179 Formats 179 General 180 HotSync buttons 175 Network 181 191 Owner 192 ShortCuts 193 Primary DNS 188 Printing expense reports from Excel 165 167 records from applications 25 Prioritizing To Do List records 143 146 Private records displaying and creating 74 75 222 lost with forgotten password 48 See also Security Profiles 209 Proxy server 131 PUK 218 Punctuation marks Graffiti writing 33 onscreen keyboard 36 Purging Call History 94 records 66 See also Deleting SMS messages 140 Q Quattro Pro for expense reports 234 Page 250 Index
259. w in PhoneB ook To Do List or Memo Pad m A Special record in the Contacts view of PhoneBook that you designate as your personal business card containing information you want to exchange with business contacts m An application installed in RAM memory You can also use the infrared port to perform HotSync operations See the section that begins on page 198 for details Chapter 5 Page 79 To select a business card 1 In the Contacts view in PhoneBook create an entry that contains the information you want on your personal business card 2 Tapthe Menu icon 6 3 Tap Record and then tap Select Business Card 4 TapYes To beam a record business card or category of records 1 Locate the record business card or category you want to beam 2 Tap the Menu icon 6 3 Tap Record and then tap one of the following The Beam command for an individual record In the Contacts view in PhoneB ook only Beam Business Card Beam Category 4 When the Beam Status dialog box appears point the IR port directly at the IR port of the receiving communicator Tip For best results Treo communicators should be between 10 and 50 centimeters about 4 20 inches apart and the path between the two communicators must be clear of obstacles Beaming distance to other Palm OS devices may be different 7 5 Waitforthe Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the transfer is complete before you continue working on your communicator P
260. week deletion method Older than 1 Deletes all messages in the current category with a date earlier than 1 week week prior to the current date Page 140 Application Specific Tasks Olderthan1 Deletes all messages in the current category with a date earlier than 1 month month prior to the current date Exceptlast Keeps only the 10 most recent messages and deletes all other messages 10 in the current category All Deletes all messages in the current category 5 Tap OK 6 Tap Yes to confirm deletion SMS Messaging menus SMS Messaging menus are shown here for your reference and SMS Messaging features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here See page 61 for information about choosing menu commands The Message and Options menus differ depending on which SMS Messaging view is on the screen Message menus es Edit Options es Edit Options ey Edit Options New e Edit E Delete zD Pending view Purge Messages Purge Messages Inbox view Message Sent view New eN Reply R Forward a F Call Sender A Delete D Message view Open Displays the selected message in single message view O ptions menus Message Edit DIHA Edit PAA Font Sort Boilerplate Text Signature Preferences Ringer Preferences List views Font Boilerplate Text Signature Preferences Ringer Preferences About SMS Message views Chapter
261. x A Page 213 To restore your data after a hard reset 1 Click the HotSync Manager icon G in the Windows system tray bottom right corner of the taskbar Tip You can also click the HotSync command on the Palm Desktop software menu bar 2 From the HotSync Manager menu choose Custom 3 Select the appropriate user name from the list 4 Select an application in the Conduit list 5 Click Change Bitis Aan rar Dea Aa C va gee sting lia e E C Gatien remi ha o dent G Handheld over dikip a Da pra 6 Select Desktop overwrites handheld Note Changing the HotSync setting from the default affects only the next HotSync operation Thereafter the HotSync Actions revert to their default settings 7 Click OK 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 to change conduit settings for other applications 9 Click Done to activate your settings 10 Perform a HotSync operation 11 Page 214 Maintaining Your Communicator Appendix B Troubleshooting Tips If you encounter a problem with your Treo 180g communicator m Review this section to see if your problem is listed m Check our web site at www handspring com for the latest technical support information Note Thousands of third party add on applications have been written for Palm OS devices Unfortunately we are not able to support such a large number of third party applications If you are having a problem with a third party application please c
262. y Tap here to display numeric keyboard international keyboard Note The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international characters Y ou can switch among the three dialogs at any time to enter the exact text you need 5 After you finish tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in the record Using your computer keyboard Many of the applications on your communicator are available in Palm Desktop software and in most Personal Information Manager PIM applications If you have a lot of data to enter or prefer to use the computer keyboard you can use Palm Desktop software or any Supported PIM such as Microsoft Outlook to enter information You can then perform a HotSync operation to synchronize the information on your computer with the information on your communicator See the section that begins on page 78 for details on HotSync operations Refer to Palm Desktop online Help or the documentation that came with your PIM software for more information on entering data on your computer Importing data If you have data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets and databases or if you want to import data from another Palm OS handheld you can transfer the data to your communicator without having to key it in manually Save the data in one of the file formats listed below import it into Palm Desktop software and then perform a HotSync operation to transfer the data to your communicator C
263. y adding aDNS number Ask your ISP or your System Administrator for the correct Primary and Secondary DNS IP numbers Chapter 7 Page 191 Owner Preferences The Owner Preferences screen enables you to record a name company name phone number or any other information that you want to associate with your communicator If you use the Security application to turn off and lock your communicator with a password information that you put in the Owner Preferences displays the next time you turn on your communicator To enter the Owner Preferences m Enter the text that you want to associate with your communicator in the Owner Preferences screen If you enter more text than can fit on one screen a scroll bar automatically appears on the right side of the screen Preferences If you assign a password with the Security application the information in the Owner Preferences screen cannot be changed In this case an Unlock button appears at the bottom of the screen To unlock the O wner Preferences screen 1 Tap Unlock 2 Enter the password that you defined in the Security application 3 Tap OK Page 192 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator Ringer Preferences The Ringer Preferences screen controls the behavior of the ringer on your communicator Y ou can control the ring volume select unique ring tones for incoming voice calls and SMS messages and turn the vibrate option on and off for each of the two ringer switch p
264. y that you spend m Assign expense items to categories so that you can organize and view them in logical groups m Keep track of vendors companies and people involved with each particular expense m Log miles traveled for a particular date or expense category m Sort your expenses by date or expense type m Transfer your expense information to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet version 5 0 or later on your computer Microsoft Excel is notincluded in the Treo communicator package To open Expense 1 Tap the Applications icon 43 2 Tap the Expense icon 2 4 14 Taxi 4 14 Lunch 4 14 Hotel 4 14 Car Rental Page 58 Applications Overview SIM Book sim SIM Book enables you to view and manage the phone list on your SIM card LL In SIM Book you can do the following m Copy entries from your speed dial list to your SIM card so you can access your phone numbers if you move your SIM card to another phone m Copy entries from your SIM card to your speed dial list m Delete entries from your SIM card m Dial entries on your SIM card To open SIM Book 1 Tap the Applications icon 42 2 Tap the SIM Book icon SIM Book Book vw SIM Chris 555 2676 Greg 555 8712 Copy Delete Dial SMS Chapter 4 Page 59 SIM Services Smal SIM Services enables you to access applications on your SIM card that are provided E by your wireless service provider In SIM Services you can do the following
265. you access to any site on the Internet not just a few optimized for mobile access now you can download directions confirm flight reservations find a restaurant and check stock prices wherever you are Everything you need to stay organized is close at hand on your communicator including popular Palm OS applications such as Date Book Plus PhoneB ook To Do List Memo Pad and more To make sure you don t lose any of this important information you can synchronize your data with desktop software on your computer so you always have a backup copy Chapter 1 Page 11 System requirements To install and operate Palm Desktop software and the HotSync Manager synchronization software your computer system must meet the following requirements Minimum requirements m Windows 98 Windows Me Windows 2000 or Windows XP with USB port for USB HotSync cable Ol Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows NT 4 0 with serial port for serial HotSync cable m 32 MB RAM memory m 25 MB available hard disk space m VGA monitor or better m CD ROM drive you can also download Palm Desktop software from www handspring com m Internet Explorer 5 01 or higher recommended Upgrade information If you already own a Palm OS handheld Handspring recommends that you install the version of Palm Desktop software that comes with your Treo communicator into the same folder as your current Palm Desktop software When you i
266. you want to call Tip You can also press the scroll buttons or roll the rocker switch to scroll to the number you want to call and then press the rocker switch to dial the number To jump to the next page of Speed Dial buttons select the first button on the page and press the top scroll button Page 86 Application Specific Tasks Wireless service Tap to Wireless service ao Tal i Ra Midyne M4 Active number 1 831 555 6737 00 10 gt SIE Tip During a call if you are prompted to enter a menu selection tap Key Pad If you defined any Extra Digits such as an extension tap Extra Digits 4 Tap Hang Up to end the call Tip You can also end the call by closing the lid or pressing and holding the PhoneB ook button Changing a Speed Dial entry You can change any of the information associated with a Speed Dial button Note You cannot change the phone number for your wireless service provider s voicemail service Y ou can however rename move or add Extra Digits to this voicemail entry To change a Speed Dial entry 1 Fromthe Speed Dial view tap the Menu icon 2 Under Edit tap Edit Speed Dial 3 Tap the entry you want to change Edit Speed Dial Buttons Voicemail Midyne UD Chris W Greg i Per W Olga H Extra Digits Tap to view more pages Edit Entry 4 Inthe Edit Entry dialog enter the new information 5 Tap Done to save the new info
267. you want to insert the full name and phone number for someone with the last name Williams write the Graffiti characters for Wi and then the Phone Number Lookup Command stroke L Assuming you have only one Contacts record with a last name that begins with Wi your communicator inserts the full name Fred Williams and its associated information If you have more than one name that begins with Wi the Phone Number Lookup screen appears and highlights the first record that begins with Wi m Forselected text Drag to highlight the text and then write the Phone Number Lookup Command stroke L Y our communicator replaces the selected text and adds the name and its associated information Looking up names to add to expense records In Expense Lookup displays the names of Contacts entries in Phonebook that have data in the Company field You can add these names to a list of attendees associated with an Expense record To add names to an Expense record 1 Tap the Expense record to which you want to add names 2 Tap Details Page 72 Common Tasks Receipt Details Category w Unfiled Type w Lunch Payment w Unfiled Currency Vendor City Attendees OK Cancel Delete Mote t Receipt Details Category w Unfiled Type w Lunch Payment w MasterCard Currency w Vendor Rosie City Attendees OK Cancel Delete Mote t Done Lookup a t
268. your communicator as described in the next section After you reset your communicator perform a HotSync operation to restore the data from your computer Resetting your communicator Under normal circumstances you will not have to use the reset button On rare occasions however your communicator may no longer respond to buttons or the screen In this case you need to perform a reset to get your communicator running again Performing a soft reset A soft reset tells your communicator to stop what it s doing and start over again All records and entries stored in your communicator are retained with a soft reset After a soft reset the Welcome screen appears followed by the General Preferences screen to set time and date To perform a soft reset 1 Unscrew the tip of the stylus to access the reset tool 2 Use the reset tool to gently press the reset button inside the hole on the back panel of your communicator Tip You can also use the tip of an unfolded paper clip or similar object withouta sharp tip Page 212 Maintaining Your Communicator Performing a warm or Safe reset A warm or safe reset bypasses system extensions on your communicator such as HackMaster hacks or system patches Performing a warm reset enables you to uninstall a third party application that may be causing a problem To perform a warm reset 1 Press and hold the top scroll button on the front panel of your communicator 2 While holdin

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