How to Do Everything With Your Visor,9780072193923

How to Do Everything With Your Visor

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ISBN13: 9780072193923
ISBN10: 0072193921
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Pub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

Enhance your Visor experience with this comprehensive, solutions-packed guide. Easy to follow and loaded with practical information, this resource will help you master built-in applications and become familiar with third-party tools, allowing you to get the most out of your handheld device. Ideal for both beginners and experienced users, this reference covers everything from basic set-up to advanced development tools that will allow you to create your own applications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv
Introduction xix
PART I Getting Started
Welcome to Visor
3(14)
What Makes the Visor So Unique?
5(3)
About Springboard Technology
6(2)
An Overview of the Visor Models
8(5)
The Springboard Modules We Really Want
8(1)
Visor Models: An Overview
8(1)
Visor Pro and Visor Neo
9(1)
Visor Prism
10(1)
Visor Edge
10(2)
Visor Platinum
12(1)
Visor Deluxe
12(1)
Visor and Visor Solo
12(1)
A Common Thread: The Palm Operating System
13(1)
Visor Advantages
13(1)
Visor Limitations
14(1)
Where to Buy a Visor
15(2)
A Guided Tour of the Visor
17(24)
A Guided Tour of the Hardware
18(7)
The Screen
18(3)
The Buttons
21(1)
The Back of the Visor
22(1)
The Infrared Port
23(1)
The Stylus
24(1)
The Screen Cover
24(1)
Using Your Visor for the First Time
25(3)
Installing the Batteries (Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Platinum)
25(1)
Charging the Batteries (Visor Edge, Visor Prism)
26(1)
The Welcome Screens
26(1)
The Graffiti Tutorial
26(1)
The Pros and Cons of Graffiti
27(1)
Getting to Know the Operating System
28(4)
The Icons
29(1)
The Menus
29(1)
The Applications Screen
30(2)
Setting Visor Preferences
32(5)
Buttons
32(1)
Connection
33(1)
Digitizer
34(1)
Formats
34(1)
General
34(1)
Network
35(1)
Owner
35(1)
ShortCuts
36(1)
An Introduction to Palm Desktop
37(4)
What Is Palm Desktop?
37(4)
Getting Set Up with Your PC or Macintosh
41(22)
Unpacking Your Visor
42(2)
Accessing the Instruction Manual
42(1)
Installing the HotSync Cradle
43(1)
Installing the Desktop Software
44(3)
Troubleshooting the USB Port
44(2)
Setting Up Palm Desktop
46(1)
Your First HotSync
47(9)
Exploring the HotSync Manager
47(4)
What's a Conduit?
51(2)
Pressing the HotSync Button
53(1)
HotSync with a Cable
54(1)
Reading the HotSync Log
55(1)
Keeping Data Synchronized
56(2)
HotSync Using a Notebook's IR Port
58(5)
Prepping the Notebook
58(1)
Who Needs a Laptop?
58(2)
Configuring the HotSync Manager
60(1)
Performing the HotSync
61(2)
Getting Information in and out of Your Visor
63(30)
The Three Ways to Enter Data
64(5)
Using Graffiti
65(1)
Using the Onscreen Keyboard
66(1)
Using Palm Desktop
67(2)
Getting to Know Graffiti
69(12)
General Tips and Tricks for Graffiti
70(1)
Writing Letters and Numbers
70(2)
Capitalizing Letters
72(1)
The Hardest Characters
72(2)
Spaces, Backspaces, and Deleting Text
74(1)
Adding Punctuation
75(1)
Using Shortcuts
76(3)
The Command Bar
79(1)
Getting Help with Graffiti
80(1)
Beaming Data Between Palm OS Devices
81(12)
How to Beam
82(2)
To Accept or Not to Accept
84(1)
Selecting Items for Beaming
85(2)
Installing New Software on Your Visor
87(1)
If You Have No Friends
88(1)
Install Tool Shortcuts in Windows
89(1)
Prepping Applications for Installation
90(1)
After the HotSync
91(1)
Removing Applications from the Visor
91(2)
Working with the Palm Desktop for Windows
93(36)
Exploring with the Palm Desktop
94(3)
Configuring the Palm Desktop
96(1)
Managing Your Schedule with the Date Book
97(5)
Using the Day View
97(3)
Using the Week and Month Views
100(2)
Managing Your Contacts with the Address Book
102(7)
Viewing Address Book Entries
102(1)
Creating and Editing Entries
103(1)
Importing Contacts into the Palm Desktop
104(2)
Using Addresses in Other Applications
106(3)
Tracking Tasks with the To do List
109(4)
Viewing Your To Dos
109(1)
Creating and Editing To Dos
110(1)
Using To Dos in Other Applications
110(1)
Turning To Dos into Appointments
110(3)
Taking Notes with the Memo Pad
113(5)
Viewing Your Memo Pad
113(1)
Creating and Editing Memos
114(1)
Importing Text Files
115(2)
Using Memos in Other Applications
117(1)
Restoring Deleted Data to Your Visor
118(2)
Using Outlook
120(2)
Outlook Peculiarities
120(2)
Upgrading to Palm Desktop 4.0
122(7)
Palm Desktop or Outlook?
122(1)
Downloading and Installing
123(1)
What's New in Palm Desktop 4.0?
123(6)
Working with Palm Desktop for Macintosh
129(22)
Date Book (Aka Calendar)
130(4)
Using the Daily View
131(1)
Using the Weekly and Monthly Views
132(2)
Address Book (aka Contact List)
134(4)
Sorting and Filtering Your Contacts
136(2)
To Do List ( aka Task List)
138(3)
Creating and Editing Tasks
138(2)
Sorting and Filtering Your Tasks
140(1)
Memo Pad (aka Note List)
141(10)
Creating and Editing Notes
141(1)
A Better To Do List
142(1)
Attaching Notes
143(2)
Sorting and Filtering Your Notes
145(6)
PART II Getting Things Done
The Date Book
151(28)
Viewing Your Appointments
152(9)
Navigating the Day View
153(5)
Navigating the Week View
158(1)
Navigating the Month View
159(2)
Creating New Appointments
161(6)
Adding Timed Events
161(1)
A Closer Look at the Set Time Dialog Box
162(1)
Adding Untimed Events
162(1)
Make a Date
163(1)
Making Your Appointments Repeat
164(1)
Adding a Long Note
165(1)
Making an Appointment Private
166(1)
The Best Sci-Fi
166(1)
Editing Your Appointments
167(1)
Editing Recurring Meetings
167(1)
Deleting Old Appointments
168(1)
Working with Alarms
168(3)
Setting Alarms for Specific Events
168(1)
Setting Alarms for Everything
169(1)
Picking Your Own Alarm Sound
169(1)
Importing Alarm Settings
170(1)
Controlling Your Alarm
171(1)
Using the Date Book +
171(8)
Navigating the Week View with Text
172(1)
Navigating the Year View
172(1)
Navigating the List View
173(1)
Using Integrated To Dos
174(1)
Using Floating Events
175(1)
Using the Journal
176(1)
Adding Events from a Template
177(2)
The Address Book
179(16)
View Your Addresses
180(7)
View by Company Name
182(1)
One-Handed Fast Lookup
183(2)
Find a Specific Name
185(1)
View a Name
186(1)
Create New Entries
187(3)
Use Multiple Phone Numbers
188(1)
Use Extra Fields
188(1)
Add a Long Note
189(1)
Assign Categories and Privacy
190(2)
Choose a Category
191(1)
Make a Name Private
191(1)
Edit and Delete Addresses
192(1)
Create and Beam Your Business Card
193(2)
Business Card Advice
194(1)
The To Do List
195(14)
Viewing the To Do List
196(2)
Creating a To Do
198(2)
Adding Details to the To Do
198(2)
Adding Notes to a Task
200(1)
Changing Task Priority
200(1)
To Do or Appointment?
200(1)
Friends Are a Chore
200(1)
Working with the List View
201(5)
Changing the View Options
203(3)
Deleting Old To Dos
206(1)
Where's All the Color?
206(1)
Sharing and Hiding Your To Dos
207(2)
A Better To Do List
208(1)
The Memo Pad
209(14)
Viewing the Memo Pad
210(2)
Creating New Memos
212(3)
Using the Editing Tools
212(1)
Assigning Categories
213(1)
Memo Pad Assistants
213(1)
Adding a Phone Number
214(1)
Arranging Memos in the Memo List
215(2)
Peering into Madness: Dave and Rick's Memos
215(2)
Working with Your Memos
217(6)
Blank Lines for Emphasis
217(1)
Beaming Memos
218(1)
Making a Memo Private
218(1)
Deleting Memos
219(1)
Cool Things to Do with the Memo Pad
220(1)
Where to Find It
221(2)
Expense
223(16)
Getting Started with Expense
224(6)
Creating New Expense Items
225(1)
Modifying Expense Details
226(3)
Managing Expenses and Purging Records
229(1)
I Wish I Were
229(1)
From Expense to Excel
230(5)
Making the Transfer
230(1)
Expense and the Macintosh
231(4)
Alternatives to Expense
235(4)
AnyExpense
235(1)
ExpenseDirector
235(1)
ExpensePlus
236(1)
ExpenzPro
237(1)
Quicken ExpensAble
237(1)
Where to Find It
238(1)
The Rest of the Palm OS Team
239(24)
Visor Security
240(12)
Security 101
241(1)
Working with Passwords
241(1)
Security in Different Versions of the Palm OS
242(1)
The Lost Password Button
243(1)
Hiding and Masking Your Records
244(2)
Passwords on the Desktop
246(3)
Other Security Options
249(3)
The Find Feature
252(3)
How It Works
253(1)
Running a Search
254(1)
Our Top Five Favorite TV Shows
254(1)
Third-Party Search Programs
255(1)
The Calculator
255(4)
Advanced Mode
256(1)
Third-Party Calculators
257(2)
City Time
259(2)
Setting Your Home City
260(1)
Setting Display Times
260(1)
Sunrise and Sunset Information
260(1)
The Mail Program
261(2)
How to Decide If You Should Use Mail
261(1)
Where to Find It
262(1)
Did You Know?
262(1)
Going on a Trip
263(22)
Preparing Your Visor for the Road
264(4)
Setting Up Your Data
265(1)
Have a Backup Plan
266(1)
Getting the Hardware Ready
267(1)
Real-Life Tragedy
267(1)
Staying Powered
268(1)
Road Tips
268(1)
Software to Bring Along
269(12)
Address and Date Book Enhancements
269(6)
Itinerary Tracker
275(1)
The Ultimate Alarm Clock
275(2)
Finding Your Way Around
277(4)
Wilderness Survival Tools
281(4)
Navigating with Your Visor
281(1)
Using Your Visor as a Compass
281(1)
What Is GPS?
282(1)
Finding Stars
283(1)
Reading Late at Night
284(1)
Where to Find It
284(1)
E-Mail and the Internet
285(42)
An Introduction to the Palm Mail Program
287(1)
Setting Up the Palm Mail Program
287(14)
Which Desktop E-Mail Programs Does Mail Support?
288(1)
Palm Mail and HotSync Manager
288(1)
Configuring Mail Settings on the Visor
289(3)
The Relationship Between Visor and Desktop
292(1)
Mail's Mailboxes
292(3)
Composing New Messages
295(2)
Viewing Messages
297(1)
Replying To and Forwarding Messages
298(1)
Mail's Other Options
299(1)
Putting Palm Mail on Steroids
300(1)
Third-Party E-Mail Programs
301(3)
Accessing America Online
301(1)
Accessing Internet Service Providers
302(2)
Instant Messaging
304(2)
Working with Yahoo! Messenger
305(1)
Turning Your Visor into a Web Browser
306(2)
Getting Started
306(1)
Configuring Your Internet Service Provider
306(2)
Choosing a Web Browser
308(1)
Browsing with Your Visor
308(4)
Using a Web Browser
308(1)
Working with Bookmarks
309(3)
Installing Apps from the Internet
312(2)
Downloading PQAs
314(1)
Channel Surfing with AvantGo
314(5)
Setting Up AvantGo
315(1)
Editing Your Channel Content
316(1)
Using AvantGo
316(3)
All About MyPalm
319(8)
How to Sign Up for MyPalm
320(3)
Where to Find It
323(4)
PART III Springboard Expansion Modules
Communication and Wireless Modules
327(12)
An Introduction to Springboard Modules
328(1)
Modem Modules
329(4)
Landline Modems
330(1)
Wireless Modems
331(1)
Are You Covered?
332(1)
Phone Modules
333(4)
The Cellular Connection
334(1)
Cell Phone Modules --- Growing on Trees
335(1)
Turning the Visor into a Cordless Phone
336(1)
The Springboard Debate
336(1)
Connectivity Modules
337(2)
Where to Find It
338(1)
Game and Sport Modules
339(8)
Should You Buy Game/Sport Modules?
340(7)
All About Springboard Modules
340(1)
IntelliGolf
341(1)
Pocket Chess Deluxe 2.5 Special Edition
342(1)
Pocket Express Entertainment Pack
342(1)
Our Favorite Games
343(1)
Step Keeper
344(1)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
344(1)
V-Rally Championship Edition
345(1)
Where to Find It
346(1)
E-Book and Reference Modules
347(8)
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
348(3)
All About Springboard Modules
348(1)
Using the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
349(2)
Holy Bible, King James Version
351(1)
Medical Reference
351(1)
Pocket Recipes
352(1)
Dave TV
352(1)
Star Trek Book Pak
353(2)
Where to Find It
354(1)
Multimedia Modules
355(18)
Take Pictures with the eyemodule2
356(4)
All about Springboard Modules
356(2)
View Pictures Stored on Your Visor
358(1)
Display Pictures on the PC
359(1)
Control Your Home Entertainment System with Omni Remote
360(6)
Tour Omni Remote
362(1)
Train Existing Buttons
363(1)
Create Custom Remotes
364(1)
Listen to Music with an MP3 Player Module
365(1)
Worth Another Visor?
365(1)
Voice Recorders
366(5)
Using the Total Recall
367(2)
Using the my-Vox Digital Voice Recorder Module
369(2)
Where to Find It
371(2)
Productivity Tools
373(6)
PowerPoint on Your Visor
374(2)
All About Springboard Modules
375(1)
Heavy-Duty Calculators for the Visor
376(3)
On a Module?
377(1)
The Need for Better Batteries
377(1)
Where to Find It
378(1)
Travel and Leisure Modules
379(8)
Audible Advisor
380(2)
All about Springboard Modules
380(2)
CitySync
382(1)
5-Language European Translator
382(1)
GPS
383(4)
Where to Find It
385(1)
GPS Scavenger Hunts
385(2)
Memory and Backup Modules
387(18)
Adding Memory to Your Visor
388(10)
Understanding Module Memory
388(1)
All about Springboard Modules
388(1)
An Overview of the Different Memory Modules
389(2)
Installing Your Memory Module
391(1)
Using File Mover
391(6)
Maintaining Your Memory Module
397(1)
Backing Up Your Visor
398(7)
Copying Data to the Backup Module
398(2)
Restoring Data from the Backup Module
400(1)
Where to Find It
401(4)
PART IV Beyond the Box
The Portable Office
405(22)
Building the Perfect Beast
406(1)
Working with Documents
407(8)
Editing Documents with Documents To Go
408(1)
Top Ten Reasons to Use a Visor
408(1)
Understanding the Doc Format
409(2)
Editing in Documents To Go
411(1)
Creating Documents with WordSmith
412(2)
More Choices
414(1)
Tracking Data with Spreadsheets and Databases
415(7)
Working with Spreadsheets
415(5)
Finding Databases for the Visor
420(1)
Charts and Graphs on the Visor
420(2)
FileMaker on the Visor
422(1)
Printing from Your Visor
422(5)
Printing to an Infrared Printer
424(1)
Printing to a Parallel or Serial Printer
424(1)
What Is IrDA?
424(1)
Where to Find It
425(1)
Printers for Your Pocket
426(1)
HackMaster and Other Utilities
427(18)
HackMaster
428(6)
What HackMaster Does
428(1)
Where to Get It
429(1)
How to Use It
429(2)
Important Notes about HackMaster
431(1)
World's Greatest Hacks
431(3)
Other Utilities
434(7)
BackupBuddy
435(3)
Clock-Synchronization Utilities
438(1)
Launchers
438(2)
BeamBox
440(1)
Clipper
441(1)
UnDupe
441(1)
Visor Antivirus Utilities
441(1)
Creating Your Own Palm Programs
442(1)
Making Your Visor Run Faster
443(2)
Where to Find It
444(1)
Time and Money Management
445(14)
Managing Your Money with the Visor
446(9)
Keep Up to Date with Quicken
446(1)
Rock Bands to Live By
447(2)
Using Other Cash-Management Tools
449(1)
Streamlining Your Day with Other Financial Tools
450(2)
Convenient Tip Calculations
452(1)
Tracking Your Investment Portfolio
453(2)
Streamlining Your Day with Time-Management Tools
455(4)
Where to Find It
458(1)
Playing Games
459(32)
Turning Your Visor into a Game Machine
460(5)
Controlling the Visor's Game Sound
461(1)
Enabling Beaming
461(1)
Installing Games
462(1)
Controlling the Games
462(3)
Installing the Bundled Games
465(2)
Looking Professional
465(2)
Playing IR Games
467(4)
About Color
468(3)
Playing Text Adventures
471(3)
Enabling Interactive Fiction Files
471(3)
Finding Interactive Fiction Titles
474(1)
Using the Visor as Dice
474(3)
Sports and Your Visor
476(1)
Games Worth Trying
477(11)
Card and Board Games
477(3)
Puzzle Games
480(2)
Arcade-Style Games
482(3)
Action-Strategy Games
485(3)
Turning Your Visor into a Game Boy
488(3)
Where to Find It
490(1)
Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives
491(16)
Overlays: Wallpaper for the Graffiti Area
492(5)
How Overlays Work
493(4)
Graffiti Replacements: A Software Solution
497(2)
Our Favorite Graffiti Aids
498(1)
Keys, Please
499(1)
QWERTY, Meet Fitaly
499(1)
Hacks
500(1)
Giving Graffiti a Helping Hand
500(7)
Was This the Word You Were Looking For?
501(2)
Goodbye, Graffiti Area!
503(2)
Graffiti, Your Way
505(1)
Where to Find It
506(1)
E-book Libraries, Photo Albums, and Movies
507(18)
An E-Book Love Affair
508(1)
Building a Library of E-Books
509(6)
Free E-books and E-books for Sale
510(1)
Our Favorite E-Books
510(5)
Building an Electronic Photo Album
515(7)
Understanding Electronic Images
516(1)
Putting Your Photos in an ``Album To Go''
516(4)
Other Image Viewers
520(2)
Watching Movies on Your Visor (Sort Of)
522(3)
Where to Find It
523(2)
Creativity Software: Paint, Compose, and Organize
525(24)
Painting on the Visor
526(5)
Painting with TealPaint
527(1)
The Great Color Debate
528(1)
Doodling with Diddle
529(1)
Collaborating on a Sketch
530(1)
Drawing on the Visor
531(2)
Emailing Your Drawings Wirelessly
532(1)
Outlining Your Ideas
533(2)
Animating Images
535(3)
Animating with Flip
535(2)
Experimenting with Fractals
537(1)
Capturing Screenshots of the Visor Display
538(1)
Making Music on the Visor
538(11)
Metronome and Drumming Software
539(1)
Portable Music Lessons
540(2)
Tools for Musicians
542(1)
Music Annotation and Recording
543(2)
Play MP3s
545(1)
Manage MP3s
545(1)
Use the Visor as a MIDI Controller
546(1)
What Is MIDI?
546(1)
Where to Find It
547(2)
Cases, Keyboards, and Other Accessories
549(10)
Pick a Case, Any Case
550(1)
The Stylus Decision
551(1)
Keyboards
552(2)
PDA Pocket Keyboard
552(1)
Stowaway Keyboard
553(1)
Protect Your Screen
554(1)
WriteRight
554(1)
Our Favorite Accessories
554(1)
Add More Memory
555(1)
Recharge Your Visor's Batteries on the Road
556(1)
The Tech Center Labs Emergency Charger
556(1)
The iBIZ Pocket Charger
556(1)
Mount Your Visor in Your Car
556(3)
Dave Takes the 16MB Plunge
556(1)
The Electric Fuel Instant Power Charger
557(1)
Where to Find It
558(1)
Problems and Repairs
559(20)
Cure Visor Problems with a Reset
561(1)
What Is a ``Crash,'' Anyway?
561(1)
Ways to Reset a Visor
561(1)
Avoid Battery Problems
562(2)
Keep Em Fresh
563(1)
Swap `Em Quick
563(1)
Maximize Battery Life
564(1)
Emergency Rescue for Rechargeable Visors
564(1)
Prevent Scratched Screens
564(1)
Killed by a Capacitor
564(1)
Fix a Screen that No Longer Responds Properly
565(1)
Reclaim Memory for Software and Data
565(2)
Solving Memory-Related HotSync Failure
566(1)
How to Delete
566(1)
What to Delete
567(1)
Resolve HackMaster Conflicts
567(1)
Fix a Visor that Won't ``Wake Up'' for Alarms
568(1)
Deal with a Visor that Will No Longer HotSync
569(1)
Beaming Problems
569(1)
The Last Chapter
569(1)
Fixing Problems on Your Desktop
570(1)
Back Up Your Visor
570(1)
Solve HotSync Problems
570(3)
Troublesome USB Ports
571(1)
Troubleshoot HotSync Glitches
571(1)
Solve the Most Common HotSync Problems
572(1)
Outlook HotSync Problems
573(1)
Work with Windows 2000
573(1)
Manage Multiple Visors or PCs
574(1)
Two Visors on a Single PC
574(1)
Two PCs for a Single Visor
574(1)
Other Issues
575(1)
Using the HotSync Manager After Windows Has Crashed
575(1)
Fix a Broken Conduit
575(1)
Upgrade the Palm Software
575(1)
Obtain Service and Repairs
576(1)
Obtain Non-Warranty or Accident-Related Repairs
576(1)
Handspring's Extended Warranty Plan
576(1)
Find Technical Support on the Web
576(1)
Upgrade from an Old Visor to a New One
577(2)
Where to Find It
578(1)
Index 579

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