How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld

by Johnson, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780072191004
• ISBN10: 0072191007
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

Summary

Get the most out of your PDA with this step-by-step guide. "How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld, Fifth Edition" covers the latest features, tools, and utilities and explains how to customize your PDA, HotSync with your PC, and use the date book, calendar, address book, to do list, and memo pad. You'll learn how to access e-mail and the Web, turn your PDA into a mobile office, watch movies, listen to music, secure your PDA, and so much more. Regardless of which Palm OS handheld you own, you'll find out how to maximize its capabilities from this easy-to-follow book.

Author Biography

Dave Johnson is the author of nearly three dozen books, editor of Mobility magazine, and an avid Palm handheld user. He co-authored the previous editions of the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld. Rick Broida is the founder and editor of Handheld Computing, the first print magazine specifically for Palm handheld users. He co-authored the previous editions of the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Get Started
Welcome to Palm	p. 3
Understanding Palm Handhelds	p. 6
The Guts of the Machine	p. 7
Where to Find the Best Prices	p. 15
Get to Know Your Palm Device	p. 19
Taking a Guided Tour of the Hardware	p. 20
Using Your Palm Device for the First Time	p. 31
Getting to Know the Operating System	p. 35
Setting Palm Device Preferences	p. 39
Introducing Palm Desktop	p. 45
Get Set Up with Your PC	p. 49
Unpacking Your Palm	p. 51
Installing the Desktop Software	p. 55
Performing Your First HotSync	p. 57
HotSyncing as a Way of Life	p. 68
Installing and HotSyncing More Than One Palm	p. 70
Using a Notebook's IR Port to HotSync	p. 71
Get Information In and Out of Your Palm	p. 77
Three Different Ways to Enter Data	p. 79
Getting to Know Graffiti	p. 88
Beaming Data Between Palms	p. 101
Installing New Software on Your Palm	p. 108
Working with Memory Cards	p. 115
Get Things Done
The Date Book	p. 125
Viewing Your Appointments	p. 126
Managing Your Day from the Agenda View	p. 133
Creating New Appointments	p. 135
Working with Alarms	p. 142
Working with the Palm Desktop	p. 145
Using the Windows Date Book	p. 145
Using Outlook	p. 149
Using the Macintosh Date Book	p. 151
The Address Book	p. 155
Viewing Your Addresses	p. 157
Creating New Entries	p. 161
Assigning Categories	p. 164
Editing and Deleting Addresses	p. 165
Creating and Beaming Your Business Card	p. 166
Working with the Palm Desktop	p. 167
The Windows Address Book	p. 167
Using Outlook	p. 171
The Macintosh Address Book	p. 172
The To Do List, Memo Pad, and Note Pad	p. 177
Viewing the To Do List	p. 179
Creating a To Do	p. 180
Working with the List View	p. 182
Deleting Old To Dos	p. 186
Using To Dos in Palm Desktop	p. 188
Using To Dos in Outlook	p. 190
Using the Macintosh To Do List	p. 190
Using the Memo Pad and Note Pad	p. 194
Creating New Memos	p. 196
Arranging Memos in the Memo List	p. 199
Working with Notes	p. 200
Using Notes and Memos in Palm Desktop	p. 202
Using the Windows Memo Pad	p. 202
Using the Windows Note Pad	p. 204
Using Memo Pad in Outlook	p. 205
Creating Memos on Macintoshes	p. 206
The Rest of the Palm OS Team	p. 211
Palm Security	p. 213
The Find Feature	p. 223
The Calculator	p. 227
The Mail Program	p. 229
Expense Management	p. 230
Going on a Trip	p. 237
Preparing Your Palm for the Road	p. 239
Road Tips	p. 243
Software to Bring Along	p. 245
PDA Survival Tools	p. 253
Unwire Your Palm	p. 259
Wireless PDAs	p. 261
Connecting Other Handhelds	p. 265
Introduction to Web Clipping	p. 269
E-Mail and Your Palm	p. 270
Accessing America Online	p. 272
Web Browsing with the Palm	p. 272
Channel Surfing with AvantGo	p. 274
All About Bluetooth	p. 278
Beyond the Box
Your Palm as a PC Replacement	p. 285
Building the Perfect Beast	p. 287
Dealing with Documents	p. 290
Printing from Your Palm	p. 300
Hacks and Other Handy Utilities	p. 305
X-Master	p. 306
OS 5 Hacks	p. 313
Other Utilities	p. 315
The Wonderful World of Launchers	p. 320
Palm Anti-Virus Utilities	p. 322
Creating Your Own Palm Programs	p. 323
Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives	p. 324
Playing Games	p. 337
Prepping Your Palm for Gaming	p. 339
A Few (Dozen) of Our Favorite Games	p. 343
Two-Player Infrared Games	p. 352
Playing Text Adventures	p. 353
Using the Palm as a Pair of Dice	p. 357
The Handheld Multimedia Machine	p. 359
Building a Library of E-Books	p. 360
Free E-Books and E-Books for Sale	p. 363
Making Your Own E-Books	p. 365
Taking Pictures with Your Palm	p. 366
Building an Electronic Photo Album	p. 373
Watching Movies on Your PDA	p. 375
Painting on the Palm	p. 378
Collaborating on a Sketch	p. 380
Capturing Screenshots of the Palm Display	p. 381
Listening to MP3s on Your Palm	p. 382
Making Music on the Palm	p. 383
Accessories and Upgrades	p. 387
Pick a Case, Any Case	p. 388
The Stylus Decision	p. 391
Keyboards	p. 391
Protecting Your Screen	p. 395
Navigating the World with a GPS Receiver	p. 396
Turning Your PDA into a Camera	p. 397
Magnifying Your PDA Screen	p. 398
Recharging Your Batteries While Traveling	p. 398
Mounting Your Palm Device in Your Car (or Golf Cart)	p. 402
Recovering Lost Handhelds	p. 403
Problems and Solutions	p. 405
Curing Most Problems with a Reset	p. 407
Avoiding Battery Problems	p. 410
Fixing Scratched Screens	p. 412
Fixing a Screen That No Longer Responds Properly	p. 412
Resolving Hack Conflicts	p. 414
Fixing a Palm That Won't "Wake Up" for Alarms	p. 414
Curing Beaming Problems	p. 415
The Date Won't Advance	p. 415
Dealing with a Handheld That Will No Longer HotSync	p. 416
Outlook HotSync Problems	p. 421
Working with Windows 2000	p. 421
Working with Windows NT 4.0	p. 422
Working with Windows XP	p. 422
Managing Multiple Palms or PCs	p. 422
Upgrades	p. 424
Obtaining Service and Repairs	p. 425
Other Sources for Help	p. 426
Index	p. 429
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