Chapter 1 - A Dana Tour - Alphasmart Dana Getting Started Manual

CHAPTER 1
Dana™ by AlphaSmart® is the versatile laptop alternative for students,
researchers and professionals on the go. It combines the convenience and
affordability of a Palm-Powered™ device with the ergonomics of a lightweight
laptop. Dana is easy to use, rugged and has exceptional battery life to keep you
working while away from your computer. Use your new electronic notebook to
do the following:
Compose documents in AlphaWord, a full-featured word processor.
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Enter your schedule in Date Book, and set alarms to remind you of
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important meetings.
Keep contact names, addresses, and phone numbers in Address Book.
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Prioritize and assign your tasks a due date in To Do List.
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Synchronize your data with Palm™ Desktop software on a Windows or
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Macintosh computer so you always have a copy.
Insert Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia Card (MMC) expansion cards to
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add additional software applications or hardware, or to back up data.
Beam information to another Dana or Palm OS ® handheld that has an
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IrDA (infrared) port; beam printable files to an IrDA-equipped printer.
This guide Getting Started with Dana, provides information about performing
basic tasks on Dana and with Palm Desktop software. The guide generally
gives the keyboard commands for a task, but you can also tap on Dana's screen
with your stylus to perform most tasks. For information about performing
more advanced tasks, refer to the Dana User's Guide. To open that guide,
double-click DanaUsersGuide.pdf located in the DanaInfo folder inside the
Palm folder on your computer.
Documentation Note: In this document keyboard keys will be
shown in bold. Also any "two-key" key commands (i.e. function-
calc) are executed by pressing the indicated keys simultaneously.
Getting Started with Dana
A Dana Tour
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