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M O V I N G A R O U N D O N Y O U R P A L M C E N T R O 6 9 0 S M A R T D E V I C E
Highlighting and selecting items
On most screens, one item—a button, a
list entry, or a check box—is highlighted by
default. The highlight identifies which item
is affected by your next action. Use Left
Right
, Up
5-way to move the highlight from one item
to another.
If the item you want doesn't appear on the
TIP
screen, try tapping the onscreen scroll arrows
to view more info.
Learn to recognize the highlight. It can take
two forms:
Border glow: When an entire screen, an
onscreen button (such as Done, New, or
OK) or a pick list is highlighted, a glow
appears around its border. If an entire
screen is highlighted, the glow appears at
the top and bottom of the screen only.
When a border appears at the top and
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bottom of a list screen, press Center on the
5-way to highlight the first item in the list.
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, and Down
on the
,
Colored background: When a phone
number, text, an email address, a web link,
or an item in a list is highlighted, the item is
displayed as white text against a colored
background. Examples of lists include the
Contacts list, the Messaging Inbox, and the
Tasks list.
After highlighting an item, you can select or
activate it by pressing Center
tapping the item with the stylus.
After you open an application (see
TIP
Opening applications), experiment with using
the 5-way to highlight various screen
elements.
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