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Page 1: ...this reason it is best not to keep your Series 3a in the same pocket as credit cards and or travel passes with magnetic strips WARNING This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a...

Page 2: ...or retrieval without the express written permission of Psion PLC is prohibited Reverse engineering is also prohibited The information in this document is subject to change without notice Psion and th...

Page 3: ...a Computer farther away from the Radio or TV If you are using the Series 3a Computer with a Mains Adapter plug it into an outlet which is on a different circuit from that of the Radio orTV If necessar...

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Page 5: ...tteries 17 2 World 21 Changing the displayed city or country 23 Summer times 24 Adding and changing information 25 3 The Calculator 27 Calculator memories 32 Percentages 33 Very large and very small n...

Page 6: ...r Agenda 85 Example setups 87 Other editing features 88 Using the To do view as a document manager 89 More about repeating entries 89 Basic use 92 Editing text 92 Using Bold Italic and Underlined text...

Page 7: ...Recalculation 140 Circular references the indicator 141 Moving data with Bring 141 The file saved on the disk 142 Opening or closing a gap 143 The display of data 144 More operations on the worksheet...

Page 8: ...dvanced worksheet printing 194 Print preview 195 Other printing information 196 12 Open files 197 Internal memory and open files 198 Why open more than one file 198 Exiting open files 200 13 Moving in...

Page 9: ...Rearranging and grouping icons 229 Customising the System screen 234 System wide settings 234 17 Troubleshooting 237 General problems 238 Memory full No system memory or Disk full 239 Everyday use 240...

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Page 11: ...chapter 2 onwards The simpler applications are described first Each chapter begins with the important information you will need for everyday use before covering more detailed information You can read...

Page 12: ...s of normal use A backup battery is also supplied with yourSeries 3a This has the sole jobof preserving your information when the time comes for you to replace the main batteries A mains adaptorfor th...

Page 13: ...as marked on the case Note one battery has its positive end on a pushable contact C main batteries 3 Replace the main battery cover Fitting the backup battery 1 You will see two doors on the underside...

Page 14: ...key Turning Off 1 Hold down the Psion key marked s at the bottom left of the keyboard While holding it down press the OFF 1 key next to ON Esc The Psion key the symbol is part of the Psion logo does n...

Page 15: ...rkings The yellow markings above certain keys are extra characters which the key can produce or special functions the key can perform To get one of these characters or functions hold the Psion key dow...

Page 16: ...to your Series 3a See the Programming manual for more details of OPL You can ase Record to record your own alarm sounds and voice messages Record is described in a later chapter of this manual You ca...

Page 17: ...No alarm set Home LondonInner UnitedKingdom Fri 23 Jul 1 The central area of the screen shows any alarms that have been set on your Series 3a Thereare six lines for alarm details Initially they all sa...

Page 18: ...Type in the name of your city or the one nearest to you As you press each key the cursor moves to die right and the Series 3a tries to find a city to match the letters you ve typed Stop typing as soo...

Page 19: ...correct or unsuitable numbers the day and month numbers are corrected to the largest values allowed For example if you typed 88888888 the numbers would be corrected to 31st December 2049 the last date...

Page 20: ...ra Day month year tor am pm tor 3 02 16 pm 3 The highlight is initially on the Date format line If you press the and keys you will see the setting on the line change Leave it set to your preferred dat...

Page 21: ...Use this to highlight an area of text Shift T and Shift highlight whole lines of text More advanced editing keys Psion and Psion move the cursor to the start and end of the line respectively These ke...

Page 22: ...ntrol Esc which always leaves help immediately Control Help presents a complete index of help topics Notes on menus and dialogs Together menus and dialogs give you access to all of the features of the...

Page 23: ...where Tab does not work in this way are in options which list cities and countries such as the Home city option you used earlier Entering dates with the calendar When entering a date in a dialog for e...

Page 24: ...e Control menu iffll m i Data Word Set the sound On larm sounds On Beeps Quiet Keij click Loud Calc Sheet If you press the key to change the setting on the All sound line to Off you will see that the...

Page 25: ...Troubleshooting chapter hassuggestions on freeing internal memory in this situation Solid State Disks You can use Solid State Disks SSDs to store any of the information normally kept on the internal...

Page 26: ...ithin the World and Time applications These applications show you the current time and date anyway Within other applications you may occasionally only be able to turn on a half sized status window Thi...

Page 27: ...urn on the Series 3a The Battery info dialog will show Replace for the main batteries U3P When you are using alkaline batteries under high toad eg playing sounds or writing to Flash SSDs they may lose...

Page 28: ...t to recharge them the backup battery would eventually run down and you would lose your information It is therefore a good idea to have two sets of batteries which you can swap over when the pair in t...

Page 29: ...1 Press Psion 1 to turn the Series 3a off 2 Turn the Series 3a over and open the door marked B Lever out the old battery with a fingernail or a blunt non metallic instrument and insert the new one Ma...

Page 30: ...20 1 Getting started...

Page 31: ...splays a map of the world and gives you the following information on about 500 cities Dial code from the home city Current time Position on the map and distance to the home city Sunrise and sunset tim...

Page 32: ...ode to call the displayed city from your home city This is prefixed with a phone symbol Below the dial code is shown the distance between the two cities This is calculated using the stored longitude a...

Page 33: ...ocked you can only skip from one city to the next by using the key When you have found the city you are looking for press the key to release the lock Most other keys also release the lock The clock on...

Page 34: ...dates for countries you re interested in you can set the changeover accurately If the summer time setting for your home city is temporarily or even permanently different to that of the zone it is in...

Page 35: ...longitude and latitude and the GMT offset If you want to change longitude and latitude just type the digits concerned Wherever the cursor is on the line you can type W or E for longitude and N or S fo...

Page 36: ...as the filename It can contain information on up to 32 new or changed cities countries You can if you wish make more than one file of added changed information Use the New file option on the File menu...

Page 37: ...cientific calculations A list of the calculations you type and their results You can copy calculations or values from it into new calculations Ten calculator memories You can give them meaningful name...

Page 38: ...second Esc will restore the calculation Changing the size of characters You can change the size of characters on the screen with the Zoom in and Zoom out options Whichever size you choose the list wi...

Page 39: ...st pocket calculators you have to think about how to enter even this simple calculation On the Series 3a you just type the whole thing and press Enter Errors If you accidentally type something which c...

Page 40: ...on the bottom line or will be inserted into any new calculation that you are typing You can use Psion f Pg Up and Psion 4 Pg Dn to move up and down the list a screenful at a time Control Psion T and C...

Page 41: ...if you really want to but you must press the Enter key or if you prefer after each stage of a calculation Consider the calculation 33 7 2 On a pocket calculator you might type this as33 7 2 The first...

Page 42: ...mory 1 Select the Change memories option from the Memories menu Ml B I catc 1 17A Change memories I l fct nf mpmnr V HI 27 1 New memory name Ml New memory ualue 0 1 Current working memory M1 llfTol 2...

Page 43: ...large or very small numbers use e capital or lower case as the exponent in a number An e usually follows a number between 1 and 10 and is itself followed by another number The e means times ten to the...

Page 44: ...e g 1 IE 30 Hexadecimal results are shown as hexadecimal whole numbers see below Fixed results are shown to the number of decimal places you specify on the Decimal places line The accuracy is still 12...

Page 45: ...careless with them you may lose some or all of your information OPL functions can produce a wide range of error messages These are documented in the Programming Manual List functions These work w ith...

Page 46: ...you can for example type mod 9 4 and get a result of 1 If you need to use more than one module the module you specify with Load OPL should use the OPL LOADM command to load any other modules itself I...

Page 47: ...and w hich day the Series 3a should use as the first day of the week You can set your home city and turn summer times on and off You can use your Series 3a in place of an alarm clock anywhere you take...

Page 48: ...two alternatives Enter the name of a larger town or city near your own or Add your own town city See the World chapter for more details The Time and date option on the Settings menu sets the current t...

Page 49: ...m if you want a text message or start typing the time for the alarm The Set alarm dialog is shown The Set alarm option on the Alarm menu has the same effect The dialog looks like this Home Londor Set...

Page 50: ...agenda alarm is due to ring in under 24 hours this will be shown at the bottom of the screen for example Home London Inner United Kingdom 0 Workday Tue 8 30am No alarm set No alarm set No alarmset No...

Page 51: ...snooze If you are not present when an alarm rings it will ring at increasing intervals For the first three minutes it will ring every minute The intervals increase to an hour After the second hour lon...

Page 52: ...4 Time andalarms...

Page 53: ...ient details price lists catalogues and so on You can quickly find an entry by searching for a small piece of text contained in the entry such as Jones or doctor You can define labels for the lines of...

Page 54: ...ry by typing a short search clue such as Jones and step through any entries which contain this text When you first press the Data button a file called data is used Use this as your phone address book...

Page 55: ...n t have a work phone number for a particular person just press Enter or 1 toskip to the next line Most labels are currently set up for one line only However any label can have any number of lines To...

Page 56: ...below also move down You can also press Enter when the cursor is in the middle of a line to break it into two lines While you re typing an entry you can also use the options on the Edit menu Copy tex...

Page 57: ...pter Finding an entry The Find screen The key is used to swap between the Add screen and the Find screen which looks like this Name Simon Evans S Home 081 034 0987 Address 2 Sighthill Rd London SW18 9...

Page 58: ...es the bottom of the screen A will make the entry scroll upwards You can also use and to scroll the entry to the left and right At the bottom right of the screen you will see two numbers showing the p...

Page 59: ...aving deleted any previous search clue which you can do by pressing Esc you can step through all of the entries in the database one by one You ll see the first of the two numbers in the bottom right o...

Page 60: ...ntry option on the Search menu and a dialog will appear which allows you to enter the number of the entry you want to see Changing the way an entry is displayed Wrapping at the screen edge The Wrap on...

Page 61: ...u will be asked to confirm that you wish to lose the changes Eg If you find that you are using the Change option a lot you may wish to make the Change screen available to you from the key This feature...

Page 62: ...Whichever kind of disk you create it on the new file will be compressed If you fill all of internal memory and are unable to enter more information into your Series 3a one of the first things to do is...

Page 63: ...ple The name can be from one to eight letters and numbers and must begin with a letter You can make the new database on an SSD if you like set the Disk line to the SSD drive A or B containing your SSD...

Page 64: ...he Save as line controls the type of fde created Set it to Text to save acopy of the database as plain text perhaps for use by the Word Processor See the notes on plain text files later 3 If you want...

Page 65: ...n merge the plain text file into it Again if you want a line inside an entry to have no information on it use a single space Each line in a text file you Save as or Merge in is limited to 255 characte...

Page 66: ...he list You can also use the Set up list option on the menu to reduce the number of screens which the key moves between For example if you wanted to discourage someone else from adding entries to your...

Page 67: ...notes appointments anniversaries and things you have to do Individual entries can be set to repeat to sound alarms and to have memos attached to them You can customise the appearance and operation of...

Page 68: ...any type of entry when it is completed Other Agenda functions allow you to search for particular entries and dates set up series of repeating entries copy and insert entries copy text from other appl...

Page 69: ...nd notes Read this section as it introduces you to the Agenda Then read whichever sections you feel are relevant to the way you want to use the Agenda The Day view If you do not already have the Day v...

Page 70: ...and the Day entry details dialog appears The top line Timed entry should be set to Yes 2 Type the time for the appointment on the Start time line If your times are in am pm format don t forget the am...

Page 71: ...ove the Day entry details dialog from the screen To change the position of an untimed entry press Delete to delete it then move to the desired position and use the Insert entry option on the Edit menu...

Page 72: ...he Anniversary view to enter birthdays and other anniversaries rather than entering them as untimed day entries The Agenda then knows that they are anniversaries i e that they repeat every year and wi...

Page 73: ...line of the screen ESy By default all anniversary entries are shown in the year view and with the symbol A You can change these settings by using Set preferences and selecting Anniversary defaults Eg...

Page 74: ...e customised in many ways Set preferences has a To do view suboption for any overall settings for the To do view and a To do entry defaults option for setting the values suggested when you enter each...

Page 75: ...rent Repeating an entry is described later in this chapter Hg You can enter to dos from within the Day Week Year and List views with the New entry oplion on the Edit menu Bgf You might use dated to do...

Page 76: ...do lists menu Check the shopping list is selected on the top line Set Manual on the Sort order in To do view line 4 Set the Bullet entries with line to Numbers and press Enter 5 Set the Display entrie...

Page 77: ...larms in the Agenda You can set a single alarm for any type of entry except undated to dos to ring as a reminder before the date time of the entry For example you might set an alarm to ring a few days...

Page 78: ...e minutes and then resume ringing If you press Space again a further five minutes is added to the snooze time You can do this to a total of 60minutes Removing an alarm If you decide that you don t wan...

Page 79: ...the Day view the entry vanishes from the screen however the message Entry crossed out is shown Changing the appearance of entry text You can change the appearance of any entry with the Set style for e...

Page 80: ...nge any of the entry details as necessary To delete an entry without affecting the clipboard press Shift Delete Memos You can attach notes to any Agenda entry with the Memo editor Each memo can contai...

Page 81: ...ain searches for furtheroccurrences of text searched for by Find Use Replace to search for a particular piece of text and replace it with other text Use Count to count the number of words in the memo...

Page 82: ...by date monthly by day or yearly basis Any alarm or memo attached to the entry is also repeated Monthly by date means that an entry appears on the same day each month for example the 12lh of June 12t...

Page 83: ...want the entry IK If an overdue repeated to do is not crossed out or deleted by the time the next occurrence is set to display it is superseded by the occurrence which is now due Keeping track of rep...

Page 84: ...l Aug 1993 u 30 Ban Prepare report for Friday 9 s Mate copies of reports Ban Dept meeting 9pn Party at John s Tit it i j M M tJil t si Mon 26 ifSa r 1 Boo hoTctasi todav ZJ Go twinning today ar Rim pr...

Page 85: ...9 00t n Prepare report for Friday 05pr Fri 30 111 3 00AM Make copies of reports Dept Meeting l 38an Sat 31 9 00PM Party at John s Rugust1993 Tue 3 A 3 00PM Take books back to the library 3 8 93 Send o...

Page 86: ...ars as a black box around one of the dates in the grid The grid of days is drawn in grey for the past with diagonal grey lines through the days and with black lines for the future The year symbols of...

Page 87: ...U scroll the Year view backwards forwards by a month You can also use Shift with Control tl to keep the cursor on the same line scrolling the Year view if necessary Shift Space makes the current month...

Page 88: ...ou set which types of entries can be tidied The Status filter line lets you tidy Crossed out entries only or should you so wish All except crossed out entries For example you might set both of these l...

Page 89: ...d Merge in the tidied file Defaults for new entries The default settings are the settings suggested in entry details dialogs If you find you regularly have to make the same changes in entry details di...

Page 90: ...uses a larger font Wrapping text The Wrap function allows you to set whether text is automatically wrapped to the next line if it does not fit on one line When wrapping is on the option on the Special...

Page 91: ...ing around your Agenda Press Esc to remove the calendar without changing the date displayed You can also produce a calendar in this way when entering a date in a dialog for example in the Jump to date...

Page 92: ...ssed out To do this you would leave the Text to find line blank set Range of entries to This year and Crossed out entries to No Then you would set All entry types to No press Tab on the Entry types li...

Page 93: ...g that you must use Save as The Enter key is displayed with the text Save as 2 Press Enter and the Save as dialog appears automatically Type a name for the new file and press Enter 3 You may wish to e...

Page 94: ...r the copy of the file and select the disk that you want to create it on Press Enter to complete the dialog and create the copy of the file If you set Use new file to Yes your old file will be exited...

Page 95: ...e Slot duration to the length of time that you want for each slot Set the To line to the time the last slot on the page ends You can then choose among four options on the Show line to determine whethe...

Page 96: ...two views from the list If you re not in the Day view the key will always go there and a second press will always go tothe Week view If you mainly use the Day view you could remove all the other view...

Page 97: ...so that to dos are undated by default and appear in the first morning slot The Anniversary defaults arc set so that anniversaries appear in the first morning slot The To do based Agenda For those who...

Page 98: ...and a Bring text option to insert a copy of text highlighted in a different application on the Series 3a This menu also has an Evaluate option which lets you make calculations on figures while you ar...

Page 99: ...d Processor U33 Encryption and formatting with styles and emphases are provided for memos in exactly the same way as in the Word Processor application More about repeating entries Examining the detail...

Page 100: ...enter a repeating entry for your pay day that occurs on the 26th of each month unless that is a weekend or public holiday 1 Enter pay day as a monthly repeating day entry untimed for the 26th of each...

Page 101: ...tab positions and enter tables of information You can create and save different styles for text and save templates for documents that you frequently type With the Word Processor you can print things...

Page 102: ...ls with printing information from the Series 3a After showing you how to set up the Series 3a for a given printer it covers simple printing from the Word Processor before moving on to more advanced to...

Page 103: ...yle which each paragraph is using Marking the start of each paragraph in this way does not affect the printed document There is more information about styles and their shorteodes later in this chapter...

Page 104: ...e cursor at the point where you want to split the text and press Enter to start a new paragraph Shift Enter to start a new line without starting a new paragraph Deleting text To delete characters you...

Page 105: ...open files see the separate chapter on Moving information with Bring Moving text To move text around just delete it move the cursor to the new position and insert it 1 Highlight the area to move 2 Pre...

Page 106: ...hich should always stay together an initial and surname perhaps like J Smith Hard hyphens press Control Shift hyphen are hyphens at which word wrap cannot take place These are displayed slightly lower...

Page 107: ...There is more about defining and using your own emphases later in this chapter The saved file on the disk The Word Processor does not work directly on a file it loads the information from the file int...

Page 108: ...ully saved the file you will be able to exit it See the Troubleshooting chapter for more information about freeing disk space Alternatively use Save as to make a new version of the file on a different...

Page 109: ...kind and you want to keep it you may like to use the System screen s Rename file option on the File menu and give this file a more appropriate filename than Word If you were just typing anything while...

Page 110: ...the file To delete a file Highlight the name of the file and select the Delete file option on the File menu The name of the file should be given on the File Name line Press Enter and then Y to confir...

Page 111: ...ormally word wrapped to the screen width as you type When you are ready to print the Use printer layout option will display the document laid out as it will appear on paper Some settings such as font...

Page 112: ...ZA then ZB ZC and so on Styles described in full later in the chapter make it easier to set and apply changes Changing the font of a paragraph The Font option allows you to set font and size underline...

Page 113: ...t the first tab position to Icm from the left hand side the second to 2cm and so on Tab positions are measured in the units inches or centimetres you specified with the Printer setup option in the Sys...

Page 114: ...ters Tackles Chicago 5 9 10 Tampa Bay 12 4 12 Detroit 9 n a 4 Test Normal Outline If you are going to print your table you can make sure that it is always printed as a whole on one page Select the Spa...

Page 115: ...the Alter line to change to either the current paragraph s or all paragraphs using the current style Press Enter to complete the dialog When you first type in paragraphs of text they use Justified ali...

Page 116: ...u want to insert the text and move the cursor to the position where you want to insert 3 Select the Insert text option on the Edit menu The text is copied from the clipboard into the document You can...

Page 117: ...r document templates When you have found a look which you like for letters you can save the page printer settings paragraph styles any text you always use such as an introductory paragraph and an appr...

Page 118: ...er to print with a horizontal line all the way across the page experiment with right aligned headers Set Underline on in Font and start the header text with a row of spaces tabs or underscores or even...

Page 119: ...ll probably be printed in the wrong place if this is the case change the Margins line in the Print setup dialog and then try again When you have found the settings that will print your envelope correc...

Page 120: ...e to open press Control Tab to display the Specify filelist dialog 2 Now ty pe the full name of the template itself To do this type WDR in front of the template name and WRT directly after it For exam...

Page 121: ...files See the chapter on Moving information with Bring for more details of the Bring text options Standard paragraphs If you need to include standard paragraphs of information in different documents...

Page 122: ...s with a bullet character plus a tab Turning the style bar on To see which style is being used for each paragraph 1 Select the Set preferences option from the Special menu to display the Set preferenc...

Page 123: ...u cannot list all the styles you have ever created in the Word Processor and select one to use with a new document However you can create template files which contain styles you wish to re use Wheneve...

Page 124: ...the Name dialog is displayed Type a descriptive name up to 15 letters for the new style on the Name line Type the two letter shortcodc you want to use to identify this style on the Shortcode line It m...

Page 125: ...stylesheets separately to documents you can copy a particular paragraph style from one document to another 1 Open the document that contains the style you want to copy 2 Apply the style that you want...

Page 126: ...and its effectson 2 Change the settings on any line with For example you might set both Bold and Italic to On or set a particular font for this emphasis Eg3 When you use Emphases housekeeping Define...

Page 127: ...e Emphasis gallery option on the Styles menu This is like the Style gallery option When the highlight is on the top line you can use to move between the different emphases As you do so the settings fo...

Page 128: ...ses between documents in the same way that you copy styles 1 Highlight an area containing the emphasis or emphases to move 2 Open the second document by highlighting it and pressing Shift Enter on the...

Page 129: ...api such as capital set Case sensitive to Yes Itgr It is more common to leave this setting as No unless you know how the word appears in the document or if you expect the search to stop a number of t...

Page 130: ...ing for any further confirmation Be very careful with this option It s easy for Replace to find an unexpected match in the middle of a long word perhaps for the text you typed You can interrupt a Repl...

Page 131: ...in a document The Word processor allows you to switch between a normal view and an outline view of your document The appearance of the outline view of your document is dependent upon the paragraph st...

Page 132: ...s shown select the Set outline level option on the Word menu Press the key to switch to the outline view Only paragraphs whose styles have outline levels less than or equal to the outline level you se...

Page 133: ...You can create as many templates as you need for different types of files If you use more than one printer you may even have different versions of your favourite templates each set for the appropriate...

Page 134: ...this list If you forget the original name you gave to a list use the About application option in the System screen The top line of the resulting dialog tells you the name Deleting template files You...

Page 135: ...different name for the new file on the File Name line Set the File type line to Text and the file will be saved as a plain text file Opening a plain text file The Word Processor can open any plain tex...

Page 136: ...in the System screen All files you create with it will be plain text files It does not have the menu options for features eg styles emphases and passwords which require non textual information to be...

Page 137: ...r this comes an introduction to spreadsheets and their uses guiding new users through the everyday features The rest of the chapter contains a full reference for the various functions and features of...

Page 138: ...th the basic use of 3 Link before you transfer worksheet files You don t have to transfer files at all though while linked to a PC or Macintosh you can save and open worksheet files directly on the ot...

Page 139: ...e left intact you just cannot run the macro in the Spreadsheet If you subsequently transfer the file back to Lotus the macro will run as it did originally The differences in notation listed earlier su...

Page 140: ...s the Word Processor lets you keep many separate documents the Spreadsheet lets you keep many separate worksheets When you first use the Spreadsheet you will be using a worksheet file called sheet If...

Page 141: ...expenses Pay slips month by month Household expenses Savings Tax calculation Grand total totalincome and total expenses You can give range names to each area to identify them more easily and or add ex...

Page 142: ...a series of cells As in many other Series 3a applications youcan use the Zoom in and Zoom out options on the Special menu to change the display size of the data you enter Types of data text number for...

Page 143: ...f If the Spreadsheet displays an error message such as Illegal character because you have tried to enter something it doesn t understand it will automatically let you edit the whole input line To re e...

Page 144: ...y to enter a formula This example could also have been entered as C2 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Brackets as in the Calculator group together part of a calculation What if trying different values Once a formula is...

Page 145: ...e highlighted range You can also use Control Space to highlight the whole of the current row and Control Tab to highlight the whole of the current column Range references Just as each cell has its own...

Page 146: ...nge if there is one Control with Home End goes to the top left bottom right of the extent or of the highlighted range if there is one Tab and Shift Tab move one cell right or left respectively If ther...

Page 147: ...rcent precedence varies In this list the precedence numbers indicate the order in which operations are performed For example 2 3 4 would evaluate as 2 12 not 5 4 Where precedence is equal calculation...

Page 148: ...en you delete or copy data it is kept on the clipboard ready to be inserted back into the worksheet if required The clipboard holds complete cell information values formulae and format and alignment i...

Page 149: ...the same meaning as in the original formula make the contents of the current cell equal to the value of the cell below plus four The cell and range references you have used so far such as the A2 in th...

Page 150: ...heet redrawn every time you make a change If so you can turn automatic recalculation off select Set preferences on the Special menu and set Auto recalculation to No Now when you make a change the grid...

Page 151: ...use the Bring option on the Edit menu to copy data highlighted in another application To get data out of the Spreadsheet highlight it then select Bring in the other application 1 In the file you are...

Page 152: ...gap on the Edit menu Format and Alignment in the View menu Protection Clear and Sort in the Range menu Data extract Data delete Table I and Table 2 in the Database menu Changes made to the clipboard...

Page 153: ...low the Sheet icon and press Tab Opening or closing a gap You can insert new blank cells or remove areas of the worksheet whether they contain data or not with the Open close gap option on the Edit me...

Page 154: ...of cells which extends across the columns to change To reset columns to the current default width set the Action line of the Column widths dialog to Restore Column width is measured in numeric charact...

Page 155: ...ne to the format you wish to use Again setting number formats for blank cells does use up memory You can set any of the following formats Fixed Displays to a fixed number of decimal places Scientific...

Page 156: ...from the View menu A thin line now separates the titles from the working area You cannot move the cell pointer into the titles area The titles will remain visible even when you scroll away to other pa...

Page 157: ...to search for Then set the In line to control where to search Values means text numbers and the current results of formulae Formulae means only the formulae not their results Values formulae means all...

Page 158: ...o option on the Search menu It will offer Named range as one of the types of places you can jump to When you jump to a named range the cell pointer goes to the top left corner and the whole range is h...

Page 159: ...ive references in formulae are automatically modified Cells containing text are sorted alphabetically before lower than cells containing numeric data If you set Case sensitive to Yes in the Sort dialo...

Page 160: ...rksheet The key changes the display between the worksheet and graphs Creating the first graph 1 Enter the numbers for which you want to create the graph in a single row or column and highlight them us...

Page 161: ...from several adjacent rows or columns to the graph highlight the figures as a block and select Set ranges Repeat step 2 above and define each new range for the graph If there are more rows than colum...

Page 162: ...as they arc shown in the Spreadsheet As with Set ranges you can highlight several rows or columns before selecting the option You would then enable each graph range to have labels in turn by pressing...

Page 163: ...labels line to make the value of each slice appear next to any X label You can choose the way to display the value Percentages Values or None On pie charts you cannot display labels set with the Set...

Page 164: ...d press Enter Numbers on the axes are initially displayed using the General format To change this move to the Format line and select the new number format Change the Decimal places line if required an...

Page 165: ...ph with no legends axis settings etc set at all set Keep settings to No New graphs with multiple graph ranges To create a new graph using figures from several adjacent rows or columns as the ranges hi...

Page 166: ...printer and of the program which prints the PIC file Note however All bar graphs are stored as 2D Only pie charts can be 3D Titles are always shown if set even if they are not shown on screen A guide...

Page 167: ...ust contain in order to match for example I HI Name 1Database H I J k L M IS Normal lisnm 2 Rate Car Y London N S hand upm UI Graph E Graph E ID EE E ID EE E Y 1 H fy H D Y 1 x n Mon 2i Records in the...

Page 168: ...can use these operators less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to and not equal to pg For criterion cells which use formulae like B2 use the Fonnat option to set their dis...

Page 169: ...copied into the input cell Table 2 A Table 2 tries different pairs of values in two particular input cells elsewhere in the worksheet Each time it docs so it recalculates the worksheet and records th...

Page 170: ...imum value TIME hour minute second enters times as atime number from 0 midnight through 0 5 noon to 0 999 just before midnight To see a day or time number displayed as a date or time use Format from t...

Page 171: ...er a percentage or as a decimal e g 5 or 0 05 Enter interest rates for the same unit of time as used for the term So if you specify that a loan lasts for 12 months rather than 1 year enter the interes...

Page 172: ...eries of approximations to calculate the interest rate Specify a number between 0 and 1 that is between 0 and 100 NPV interest cash flows calculates how much an investment would be worth if it were po...

Page 173: ...e repaid per period on a loan given the principal of the loan the interest rate per period and the term the loan has to run expressed as the number of periods This function assumes that repayment is m...

Page 174: ...iods Mathematical and logical functions Trigonometric functions These functions use angles expressed in radians If you want to type in and display angles in degrees convert the angle using these formu...

Page 175: ...of x or ERR if x 0 Logical functions TRUE returns 1 0 true FALSE returns 0 0 false IF x then else returns the value of then if x 0 true or the value of else if x 0 false x then and else may be cell re...

Page 176: ...tribute returns attribute information like the CELL function but about the cell which was current at the last recalculation You can use these values of attribute Attribute Value returned ADDRESS absol...

Page 177: ...ation marks e g hello or a formula which results in a string for example B2 where cell B2 contains a siring Editing strings You can join strings together by concatenating adding them For example the f...

Page 178: ...contents of the cell at the reference given by the string str e g AT B2 CHAR x returns the character with the character code x or ERR if x is not between 1 and 255 CODE str returns the character code...

Page 179: ...values while VAR STD STD l i s t returns the standard deviation of the values in list The STD function uses the formula standard deviation Vi AVG 2 n where n is the number of items in list AVG the av...

Page 180: ...key to see whether the internal memory is really full To minimise the memory used by a single worksheet Disabling Undo can save memory For example if you copy and then paste some cells the Spreadsheet...

Page 181: ...underside of the Series 3a and records from the microphone behind the small hole between the B SSI door and the bottom right corner of the keyboard You can use recorded sounds as alarm sounds when you...

Page 182: ...e extension WVE so you do not need to enter a file extension 3 The dialog also asks for the maximum duration of the sound recording in seconds This is to try to avoid using up all of your internal mem...

Page 183: ...possible in a 15 second period It also sets the amount of trailing silence the gap after each repeat to use in order to take the total time to around 15 seconds If the sound is already set to repeat 2...

Page 184: ...rhaps and press Enter Recording voice messages If you want to record voice messages rather than alarm sounds you may find it better to use the Tab key to start recording each new message than the New...

Page 185: ...y from any database file such as an address book and from any Agenda file As long as you take a little care in the way you enter international numbers the Series 3a will generate the correct code for...

Page 186: ...s of this dialog let you customise tone dialling Tone time and Delay time are the length of each tone and the length of the gap between each tone Pause time is the length of the pause caused by a comm...

Page 187: ...in the World application use the Update country option and remove the national prefix Entering international numbers If you want to be able to travel abroad and still dial numbers from the Series 3a e...

Page 188: ...e able to dial existing numbers correctly Extensions and similar numbers Work extensions or other codes should be entered with no spaces or hyphens They will then always be dialled exactly as they app...

Page 189: ...the phone number and press the Psion Help Dial keypress The Dial dialog will appear showing the phone number in the entry next to a phone symbol The Dial dialog produced in the Agenda works in exactly...

Page 190: ...a code otherwise a national prefix will be added when you dial Alternatively put the area code in the entry and when dialling use Shift Delete in the Dial dialog to delete it from the start of the num...

Page 191: ...ve Print preview options The Word Processor is a special case with advanced printer support in its design There are three areas to consider before printing Setting up the connection to the printer Cho...

Page 192: ...her settings apply If you set Serial you may need to tab out the Serial characteristics and Serial handshaking subdialogs However many serial printers will use the settings as they are if in doubt che...

Page 193: ...your printer select the General printer driver in Print setup The Series 3a then has no special knowledge of your printer but assumes that the printer font will be monospaced not proportional at 10 CP...

Page 194: ...es Font sizes are specified in points There are 72 points in an inch Font sizes allow for a gap between lines of text In the Word Processor you would usually set the line spacing to be the same as the...

Page 195: ...it to print in landscape orientation In other cases you may be able to use the control panel on the printer to set it to print like this or simply feed the paper in sideways However some printers will...

Page 196: ...the top margin For a footer it is the distance from the bottom of the footer text to the top edge of the bottom margin which therefore includes the height of the text Vertical offset should be specifi...

Page 197: ...etween paragraphs by pressing Enter twice You can then see the gaps between paragraphs on the screen However you will have no fine control over inter paragraph spacing and blank lines may get printed...

Page 198: ...at exactly the correct place If you ve used Tabs to align columns of information they are accurately shown so that you can check the alignment of the information pgr Printer layout does not accurately...

Page 199: ...l inherit the Print setup settings from the template file Whenever a document is saved its current Print setup settings are saved as part of the file Printing an outline You can display an outline ord...

Page 200: ...rom today forwards until today for this month last month this year and last year or between specific dates Do not unplug the lead connecting your Series 3a to the printer or PC open either of the SSDd...

Page 201: ...o complete the dialog If you chose to print All lists they are printed in the order in which they appear in the To do view You can set this with the To do list settings option Information not printed...

Page 202: ...alongside each entry You can use the Show labels Hide labels option on the Special menu to set this The Database does not show blank lines in an entry If you wish however you can print them by settin...

Page 203: ...ow formulae as their format Do not unplug the lead connecting your Series 3a to the printer or PC open either of the SSI doors or turn your Series 3a off while printing To print a highlighted range If...

Page 204: ...nt range option on the Range menu Font styles There are four font styles which you can apply to cells in a similar way to applying styles in the Word Processor These font styles are reflected on the s...

Page 205: ...hich use small font sizes may be shown run together ie all in one block You can press Esc to leave Print preview at any time If you press the Menu key you will see a new menu of Print preview options...

Page 206: ...file you were using that is from the previously open file which exits when you create your new file If there was no open file the settings most recently set in any application will be inherited If you...

Page 207: ...ile options or the file lists on the System screen You can however open more than one of any kind of file more than one database more than one Word Processor document and so on If for example you open...

Page 208: ...ed by each open file Time and Calc also use memory as does the Series 3a itself shown as System Press Esc to remove the memory dialog from the screen The main benefit of opening more than one file is...

Page 209: ...ile Use the New file option in the System screen and type the name for the new file but use Shift Enter to complete the dialog File order in the System screen Whenever you open a file to look at it it...

Page 210: ...its every open application file except Time which must always be open to free as much memory as possible You must still turn Link off if you want it off Please replace volume and User abandoned Whenev...

Page 211: ...ddress from a database into a letter you are w riting with the Word Processor The Bring options on Edit menus allow you to transfer information between the Word Processor Agenda Database and Spreadshe...

Page 212: ...ine of text wraps it will be re wrapped to suit the destination Bring optionsdo not affect the text which will be inserted by any future Insert option Bring options and the Agenda You only need to mov...

Page 213: ...using the Revert option You may already have some important information on the clipboard in the first file Alternatives to Bring You may wish to usean alternative to Bring to transfer information bec...

Page 214: ...the entries that you wish to transfer to a file Then use the Merge in option within the destination Agenda file to insert the contents of the file See the Agenda chapter for further details of the Tid...

Page 215: ...ave an SSD or you want to know how they work The Series 3a uses the MS DOS filing system on all disks Although it normally hides the complexity from you there is full access to the filing system and t...

Page 216: ...and can store information in a completely secure form for many years However deleting or replacing old information on a Flash SSD is like crossing out old notes in a book the information is gone but...

Page 217: ...ave fitted the battery incorrectly or it no longer has sufficient power Formatting an SSD Formatting an SSD wipes it completely clean ready for re use A Ram SSD also needs formatting before you first...

Page 218: ...ighlight to the top of the current list A second Esc moves the highlight to the leftmost icon in the System screen Psion Home also has this effect Updating lists The System screen tries to keep its fi...

Page 219: ...he System screen the original name for that icon is again displayed beneath it No file has yet been created however the creation only happens if you move the highlight onto it and press Enter Rename f...

Page 220: ...move an SSD while information is being written to it such as when a file is being saved If you do a message is shown asking you to replace the SSD If the disk s volume name is backup for example the m...

Page 221: ...ing Save as before you format your Flash SSD and copy the files back Speed and Flash SSDs Each database and agenda entry is stored separately on an SSD as you enter it This is in contrast to Word Proc...

Page 222: ...f it can read the battery Disk management The Format disk option can format the internal disk This will delete every file on the internal disk Be careful when formatting an SSD that you select the cor...

Page 223: ...RECORDS and even create subdirectories in it DAT RECORDS TMP for example The full directory name is sometimes referred to as the path or directory path In some places directory names are written with...

Page 224: ...with the file selector described later The System screen has a Remove directory option if you ve finished using a directory and want to remove it You will be warned that any files or subdirectories it...

Page 225: ...e highlight onto it and press Enter The parent directory of WRD is the root directory If you move the highlight onto it and press Enter the file selector will show the directories and files in the roo...

Page 226: ...e highlight onto the directory name and press Psion Enter You can if you wish navigate into the directory in which case the directory name is shown in bold you can then move the highlight onto this bo...

Page 227: ...of Tab to bring up the file selector with the Specify filelist dialog This lets you set or change the file specification II h pi w Disk Internal 170K free URO FfiXN d at ne II h pi w sWH 1 ax Neu Spec...

Page 228: ...the other disk enter the name of the directory on the To dir Name line of the dialog If you are making an exact copy of the disk just press Enter Files in the root directory and all its subdirectorie...

Page 229: ...mputer File attributes You can mark files in certain ways by giving them attributes Use the File attributes option on the File menu in the System screen You can select the file or files to set in the...

Page 230: ...220 14 Files and disks...

Page 231: ...lso password protect individual worksheets Word Processor documents and memos in the Agenda They will be stored in encrypted form and will be unreadable unless the correct password is given You can al...

Page 232: ...files You will then have to type it in whenever you turn the Series 3a on and after a few days or maybe weeks you will know the password for good You can use different passwords for different files b...

Page 233: ...To clear the system password altogether move the highlight onto the New password line and press Enter as if to enter no characters as a password The Series 3a displays a Password not confirmed messag...

Page 234: ...the Set owner option is selected The Set owner information dialog allows you to enter four separate lines of information You don t have to stick to the suggested format you can delete the suggested te...

Page 235: ...itable serial communication software See the Files and disks chapter for full details of using SSDs and copying files How safe are backups Information on a Flash SSD is safe from everything but accide...

Page 236: ...he same destination directory If you select Modified since last backup on the Files line only those files which have changed or been created since the last backup will be copied The backup directory w...

Page 237: ...new lists of files grouping icons together and by removing icons from the screen You can buy application programs w hich once installed appear as icons in the System screen You can make your own OPL p...

Page 238: ...ed topics chapter of the Programming manual for more details Reassigning the application buttons You can re assign any application button apart from System with or without the Control key to move to a...

Page 239: ...r icon for example 1 Position the highlight beneath the Word Processor icon and select the Create new list option from the Special menu This dialog will be displayed tj rr r i xnxt I Create neulist to...

Page 240: ...he row of icons on the System screen gets too long you can group together a numberof applications under one icon You might want to do thus to applications that you use least often or which are closely...

Page 241: ...lication name is followed by three dots such as Word for example Toopen a file for this application press Space to go into the group and select the file from its file list Once one or more of an appli...

Page 242: ...e left of the highlight 2 Select Install standard or Install as appropriate from the Apps menu In the Install standard option dialog select the icon to install from the icons you have deleted Runlmg a...

Page 243: ...shown beneath it If you delete them all however the icon remains in the System screen with the name RunOpl You can press Control and the Calc button to move to the RunOpl icon iyg You can remove the R...

Page 244: ...cally if you do not use it for a five minute period However automatic switch off does not occur if the Series 3a is busy forexample printing a file You can change the automatic switch off time with th...

Page 245: ...character should you so wish You can set it to a full stop or a comma The Calculator will immediately take note of the change If you use a full stop as the decimal point character use a comma between...

Page 246: ...The About Series 3a screen Use the About Series 3a option onthe Info menu to redisplay the introductory copyright screen 236 16 The System screen...

Page 247: ...Troubleshooting 17 Troubleshooting 237...

Page 248: ...een s Control menu Use it again to turn the sound back on Open Agenda files always inform the Time application about their next alarm only It is the Time application which actually rings the alarm Whe...

Page 249: ...n use the Database s Compress option on any databases on the internal disk This will reclaim any space taken up by deleted or edited information Delete any unwanted files on the internal disk Copy fil...

Page 250: ...clipboard is lost There is no highlighting in the Agenda just move onto the entry you want to cut or copy You can insert paste the information on the clipboard as many times as you like with the Inser...

Page 251: ...message is shown asking you to replace it If the disk s volume name is backup for example the message is Please replace volume backup You must either reinsert the disk and select Retry or just select...

Page 252: ...her degrees or radians 360 degrees equals 2 PI radians A Use radians Use degrees option on the Special menu lets you swap between the two You can also use the Format option on the same menu World time...

Page 253: ...rate paragraph that is you have pressed Enter after each line Here are two ways to change the printout Reformat the document removing the line breaks inside each paragraph and letting the paragraphs w...

Page 254: ...ld have to perform a hard reset To do this hold down the right hand Shift key and gently press a suitable object into the reset hole as before Press ON Esc to turn on still holding down the right Shif...

Page 255: ...Character set A Character set 245...

Page 256: ...72 43 H 73 49 I 74 4R J 75 4B K 76 4C L 77 4D M 78 4E N 79 4F 0 80 50 P 81 51 Q 32 52 R 83 53 S 84 54 T 35 55 U 86 56 V 87 57 Ul 38 58 X 89 59 Y 90 5fl Z 91 5B c 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E A 95 5F 96 60 K 97 6...

Page 257: ...255 FF Entering characters at the keyboard Any of the characters in the character set can be entered directly from the keyboard Look up the decimal code of the character you want in the preceding tabl...

Page 258: ...characters The following characters are also available Press Control 1 Result and then a A 3 A To get the upper case versions have Caps Lock on or hold down eitherShift key Press Control 1 Result and...

Page 259: ...I 6 Specification B Specification 249...

Page 260: ...g approximately 80 hrs use without expansions 2 4 months of typical usage Standard Lithium backup battery protects RAM while main batteries are changed External AC adaptor optional 9 10v 150mA Keyboar...

Page 261: ...3 users This appendix should give users of the Psion Series 3 a quick guide to the main changes they will encounter when using the Series 3a It is by no means a complete list of changes C For Series 3...

Page 262: ...nsaved changes in open applications will be lost A hard reset is performed in the same way as this except you hold down the right Shift key while pressing the reset hole and ON Esc This loses all info...

Page 263: ...ave a Print preview option on the Special menu Use this to check the appearance of your printout before you print it More help text is available in each application System screen You can group applica...

Page 264: ...editor if you wish use Create new list in the System screen and leave the Type line set to Text editor Agenda The Series 3a Agenda is a completely new application with many new features including dat...

Page 265: ...aced by one which is identical to the Apple LaserWriter driver A new system of international dialling is supported You can enter international numbers by beginning them with a then the country code Ma...

Page 266: ...nformation on added modified cities and countries cannot be exchanged between the Series 3 and Series 3a Script files for the Comms application translated on the Series 3a cannot be used on the Series...

Page 267: ...Serial 3 Link The manual for serial 3 Link describes how it is used on a Series 3 This appendix explains the differences you will see if you use it on a Series 3a D Serial 3 Link 257...

Page 268: ...nd the SERIES 3a screen Comms now has a Screen rows option on the Screen menu to control how big the underlying screen area should be how many lines are remembered for you to scroll through with TJ By...

Page 269: ...TUS number sets the status window 0 fornone 1 for small 2 for large SETUP also supports a 19200 Baud setting A new script command QUIT exits Comms entirely New advanced script commands PORT string sel...

Page 270: ...260 D Serial 3 Link...

Page 271: ...option 83 Copy entry option 70 Copy text option editing 88 copying entries 70 copying with Bring entry 88 201 Cross out entry option 69 crossing out entries 69 crossing out to dos 69 cutting entries...

Page 272: ...try option 69 Set year symbol for entry option 76 90 slot compression 62 85 Tidy extract option 78 time slots 62 85 timed appointments 60 to do due dates 64 to do entries 64 To do list ordering 65 to...

Page 273: ...4 formal of results 34 Format option 34 General format 34 Hexadecimal format 34 Invalid character 33 list functions 35 list of calculations 30 Load OPL option 36 long integers 36 M in clear recall opt...

Page 274: ...on 54 arrowhead 48 and OPL 55 blank entries 47 order of entries 44 blank lines 45 phone numbers 46 Bring option alternative 203 phone symbol 52 Bring text option 46 201 plain text files 54 Change scre...

Page 275: ...d 180 Number is not valid 179 Pause time 176 pause while dialling 176 problems 180 setting up 176 speed 176 square brackets 177 STD prefix 176 Tone time 176 work dial out 176 179 Dialogs 8 Diamond key...

Page 276: ...mbers 34 Hidden attribute 219 Home city 7 39 180 Home key 11 Hot keys 10 I Icons 5 228 default names 209 duplicating 229 groups 230 moving 232 re inserting in System screen removing from System screen...

Page 277: ...O extension 213 Overflow 100 Owner information 224 P Padlock symbol 222 Page numbers 185 186 Page size printing 185 Parallel printing 182 Password 222 changing 223 clearing 223 problems 243 Path See D...

Page 278: ...ce backup battery 19 Replace main batteries 17 Reset 244 Root directory 213 Runlmg icon 232 RunOpl icon 233 s Screen cleaning 5 contrast 5 See also Zoom in out in applications Script 259 See also 3 Li...

Page 279: ...cells 133 138 depreciation 163 key 150 DIF files 128 Disk full 143 display formats 145 DMAX function 169 DM1N function 169 DSTD function 169 DSUM function 169 DVAR function 169 Edit print range option...

Page 280: ...194 Net present value 162 New file option 130 New graph option 155 new graphs 155 NOT operator 137 Not saved continue anyway 143 NOW function 161 NPV function 162 numbers allowed 146 numbers entering...

Page 281: ...le I option 159 Table 2 option 159 table recalculation 160 tabs in Bring 141 TAN function 164 TERM function 163 text entering 132 Time display format 145 TIME function 161 TIMEVALUE function 161 title...

Page 282: ...199 208 234 font used 234 Format disk option 207 218 grouping icons 229 icons 228 Install option 228 Install standard option 232 is not installed 233 Kill application option 98 244 Make directory opti...

Page 283: ...n 105 107 ASCII files 125 auto indentation Text editor 126 Body Text 93 112 bold paragraphs 102 bold text 97 116 Bring text option 110 115 201 BT style 93 112 bullcted lists 109 centimetres inches 101...

Page 284: ...Text Format 126 Save as option 100 125 Save as Template option 123 Save option 97 saving as plain text 125 serifs 101 Set outline level option 122 Set preferences option 96 112 settings for new files...

Page 285: ...25 26 home city 23 26 longitude latitude 25 map 22 New file option 26 only 23 Open file option 26 s on world map 24 Set home city option 23 SSDs 26 Status window 22 summer times 24 sunrise and sunset...

Page 286: ...NOTES...

Page 287: ...notapply toconsumer transactionsnor to any liability for death or personal injury arising from the negligence of Psion or its employees If you encounter difficulty using this Psion product consult the...

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