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CHAPTER 3
Entering Data in Your Handheld
This chapter explains how to enter data into your handheld. There are several
ways to enter data into your handheld:
■
Using the onscreen keyboard
■
Using Graffiti
®
writing
■
Beaming data from another Palm OS
®
handheld that is close by and has an
infrared port.
■
Entering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then synchronizing
with your handheld
■
Using Note Pad
■
Using a portable keyboard accessory, sold seperately, and attached to the
universal connector
Using the Onscreen Keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers on
your handheld.
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1.
Open any application (such as Memo Pad).
2.
Tap any record, or tap New.
3.
Tap “abc” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “123” to open the numeric
keyboard.
4.
Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.
When a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other keyboards,
including the international keyboard.
Tap here for
alphabetic keyboard
Tap here for numeric
keyboard
Summary of Contents for i705
Page 1: ...Handbook for the Palm i705 Handheld ...
Page 10: ...Contents viii ...
Page 12: ...About This Book 2 ...
Page 26: ...Exploring Your Handheld 16 ...
Page 42: ...Entering Data in Your Handheld 32 ...
Page 88: ...Chapter 6 Using Address Book 78 ...
Page 91: ...Performing Calculations 81 About Calculator Shows version information for Calculator ...
Page 92: ...Using Calculator 82 ...
Page 98: ...Using Clock 88 ...
Page 116: ...Using Memo Pad 106 ...
Page 128: ...Using Security 118 ...
Page 134: ...Using To Do List 124 ...
Page 182: ...Performing HotSync Operations 172 ...
Page 212: ...Maintaining Your Handheld 202 ...
Page 238: ...Index 230 ...