Elements Of The Handheld Interface - Palm Zire 21 Handbook

With your handheld turned on, you can tap the handheld screen to perform many
operations, such as the following:
Open applications.
Select menu commands.
Initiate a Find operation to search through applications installed on your
handheld for specific text.
Select options in dialog boxes.
Open the onscreen keyboards.
Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer, you
can drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the slider of
any scroll bar.

Elements of the handheld interface

There are many common elements in the handheld interface. These elements are
described in this section.
Menu bar
Icons
Contrast control
Menu
bar
Icons
Tap the menu bar to access a set of application-specific
commands. Not all applications have a menu bar.
Tap the icons to display applications
perform a HotSync operation
in your data
See "Opening applications," "Using menus,"
information"
Chapter 14 for more information about using these icons.
Tap the Contrast icon
box. Drag the slider to adjust the contrast.
, and to find text anywhere
.
in Chapter 4, and "Buttons Preferences"
to open the Adjust Contrast dialog
Tapping and typing
, open menus ,
and "Finding
in
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