Tapping And Writing Problems - Palm PalmTM ZireTM Handheld Handbook

Handbook for palmtm ziretm handheld
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Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions
My handheld is not making any
sounds.
My handheld has frozen.

Tapping and writing problems

Problem
When I tap the buttons or screen
icons, my handheld activates the
wrong feature.
When I tap the Menu icon
nothing happens.
I can't get my handheld to
recognize my handwriting.
176
Check the System, Alarm and Game Sound settings.
See
"General preferences"
Perform a soft reset. See
Appendix
A.
Solution
Calibrate the screen. See
Chapter
15.
,
Not all applications or screens have menus. Try changing to
a different application.
For your handheld to recognize handwriting input with
the stylus, you need to use Graffiti writing. See
Graffiti writing to enter data"
Make the Graffiti character strokes in the Graffiti writing
area, not on the display part of the screen.
Write Graffiti strokes for letters in the left-hand side, and
the strokes for numbers in the right-hand side of the
Graffiti writing area.
Make sure that Graffiti is not shifted into extended or
punctuation modes. See
data"
in
Chapter
See
"Graffiti tips"
accuracy when you write Graffiti characters.
in
Chapter
15.
"Resetting your handheld"
"Digitizer preferences"
in
Chapter
"Using Graffiti writing to enter
3.
in
Chapter 3
for tips on increasing your
in
in
"Using
3.

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