Palm m100 Series Handbook page 36

Chapter 2 Entering Data in Your Handheld
Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the
Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character
immediately. To accomplish single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of
the regular alphabet equivalents.
The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of
the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and
bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two areas.
Write letters here
To write Graffiti letters:
Tap the screen where you want your text to go.
1.
NOTE
cursor before you write the text.
Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you
2.
want to create. For example, the stroke shown below creates the letter "n."
NOTE
these letters, choose the one that's easiest for you.
Start stroke
at heavy dot
As you'll see later, you use the same shape to create both the uppercase and
lowercase version of a letter.
Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area.
3.
Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it appears in the
4.
tables.
Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
5.
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Write numbers here
Division marks
You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must see a blinking
There are two different stroke shapes available for some letters. For
Lift stylus
here