Palm i700 Series, Handbook

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Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld
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Open applications
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Choose menu commands
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Initiate a Find operation to search through applications installed on your
handheld for specific text (Find operations do not search through applications
on expansion cards)
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Select options in dialog boxes
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Open the onscreen keyboards
Just 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.
Elements of the handheld interface
Menu bar
A set of commands that are specific to the application. Not all
applications have a menu bar.
Icons
Tap the icons to open applications , menus , a favorite
application , and to find text anywhere in your data .
Contrast control
Tap the Contrast icon to open the Adjust Contrast dialog
box. Tap to the left or right of the slider to adjust the contrast
in small increments or drag the slider to change the contrast in
large increments.
Clock
Tap the Clock icon to display the time and date.
abc
With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to activate the
alphabetic keyboard.
123
With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to activate the
numeric keyboard.
Menu
bar
Icons