Chapter 1; A Dana Tour - Alphasmart Dana Getting Started

Chapter 1

A Dana Tour

by AlphaSmart® is the versatile laptop alternative for
Dana™
students, researchers and professionals on the go. It combines
the convenience and affordability of a Palm-Powered
with the ergonomics of a lightweight laptop. Dana is easy to
use, rugged and has exceptional battery life to keep you com-
puting while away from your PC. Use your new electronic note-
book to do the following:
• Compose documents in AlphaWord, a full-featured word processor
• Enter your schedule in Date Book, and set alarms to remind you of
important meetings
• Keep contact names, addresses, and phone numbers in Address Book
• Prioritize and assign your tasks a due date in To Do List
• Synchronize your data with Palm™ Desktop software on a Windows or
Macintosh computer so you always have a copy
• Insert Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia Card (MMC) expansion cards
to add additional software applications or hardware, or to back up data
• Beam information to another Dana or Palm OS ® handheld that has an
IrDA (infrared) port; beam printable files to an IrDA-equipped printer
This guide, Getting Started with Dana, provides information about per-
forming basic tasks on Dana and with Palm Desktop software. For infor-
mation about performing more advanced tasks, read the Dana User's
Guide. On a Windows computer, open the guide by clicking DanaUsers-
Guide.pdf in the Palm folder on your computer. On a Macintosh
computer, double-click DanaUsersGuide.pdf in the Palm folder.
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