Palm m100 Series, Handbook

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Using the onscreen keyboard
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Graffiti writing comes with several predefined ShortCuts, and you can also create
your own. Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters. For example, you
might create a ShortCut for your name, or for the header of a memo. See
“ShortCuts preferences” in Chapter 7 to learn about creating your own ShortCuts.
To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke followed by the ShortCut characters.
When you draw the ShortCut stroke, the ShortCut symbol appears at the insertion
point to show that you are in ShortCut mode.
Your handheld includes the following predefined Graffiti ShortCuts:
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.
ShortCut
Entry ShortCut
Date stamp ds
Time stamp ts
Date/time stamp dts
Meeting me
Breakfast br
Lunch lu
Dinner di
Tap here for
alphabetic keyboard
Tap here for numeric
keyboard