Connecting To Your Computer; Send Versus Sync; Synching A New Alphaword Document To Your Computer - Alphasmart Dana Getting Started

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Connecting to your Computer

AlphaWord gives you two options for transferring information to a

desktop computer. Syncing will transfer your document and preserve

its formatting (fonts, justification, line spacing, margins etc.) The

document can then be opened in any application that can read RTF

files (Rich Text Format) including Microsoft Word, WordPad, Word-

Perfect etc. Sending will send plain text (no formatting) to any appli-

cation that accepts text. Both of these options work with either a

USB or wireless (IrDA) connection.

1. Create and save a document.

2. Connect Dana to your computer via a USB cable or point

Dana's IrDA port at your computer's IrDA port, then press

function-sync.

Important: The version of Palm Desktop Software that

3. HotSync will put the new document in your My Documents

folder (PC) or the AlphaWord folder inside your Palm user

folder inside the Palm desktop folder (Macintosh).

Note: If you specified a different folder for AlphaWord

4. To open the document, launch AlphaWord desktop on your

computer, select the document and double-click on it.

Warning: By default HotSync treats the document on Dana

A lp h a Wo r d

comes with Dana must be installed before a Hotsync.

documents during install or in AlphaWord desktop

preferences, Hotsync will put your documents there.

as the latest version of the document, and backs up the

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