Palm m500 Series, Handbook

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Page 30 Entering Data in Your Handheld
and displays the text character immediately. To accomplish single
strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet
equivalents.
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The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing
the letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small
marks at the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the
two areas.
To write Graffiti letters:
1. Tap the screen where you want your text to go.
Note:
You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must
see a blinking cursor before you write the text.
2. Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for
the letter you want to create. For example, the stroke shown below
creates the letter “n.”
Note: There are two different stroke shapes available for some
letters. For these letters, choose the one that’s easiest for
you.
As you’ll see later, you use the same shape to create both the
uppercase and lowercase version of a letter.
3. Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area.
4. Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it
appears in the tables.
5. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
Write letters here Write numbers here
Division marks
Start stroke
at heavy dot
Lift stylus
here