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  • Page 1 Basic Handbook for the Palm III ™ Organizer...
  • Page 2 Important:Please read the 3Com End User Software License Agreement con- tained in this handbook before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the 3Com End User Software License Agreement.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started With Your Palm III™ Organizer Locating Front Panel Controls ...2 Protective Flip Cover ...3 Locating Back Panel Components ...4 Installing the Batteries ...5 Calibrating the Screen ...6 Setting the Time ...8 Setting the Current Date ...9 Connecting the Cradle ...10...
  • Page 4 Chapter 6: Maintaining Your Palm III™ Organizer Caring for Your Palm III Organizer ... 61 Limited Warranty ... 65 3Com End User Software License Agreement ... 67 FCC Statement ... 70 Canadian RFI Statement ... 70 Index Index ... 71...
  • Page 5 Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer. This chapter explains the physical buttons and controls on your Palm III organizer, how to install the batteries, start your Palm III organizer for the first time, and set up your Palm Chapter 1 Desktop software.

  • Page 6: Locating Front Panel Controls

    Memo Pad. You can reassign these buttons to activate any application on your Palm III organizer. See “Button Preferences” in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer. Note: If your Palm III organizer is off, pressing any Scroll Displays text and other information that extends button beyond the area of the Palm III organizer screen.

  • Page 7: Protective Flip Cover

    Protective Flip Cover The cover protects the Palm III organizer screen when it is not in use and helps reduce glare while you use your Palm III organizer. You can open the cover so that it is at an angle, open it fully or remove it altogether by pulling the cover out of the holes on the sides of the Palm III organizer.

  • Page 8: Locating Back Panel Components

    Stylus Stylus Slides in and out of the slot on the back side of the Palm III organizer. To use the stylus, remove it from the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. Important: Always use the point of the stylus...

  • Page 9: Installing The Batteries

    Installing the Batteries To use your Palm III organizer, you must install two AAA alkaline batteries. The batteries fit behind the battery door on the back of the Palm III organizer.

  • Page 10: Calibrating The Screen

    Follow the steps in this section to align the internal circuitry of your Palm III organizer with its touch-sensitive screen. To calibrate your Palm III: 1. Press the green power button on the front panel of your Palm III organizer to display the calibration screen. Page 6 Power...
  • Page 11 Palm III organizer, so the alignment screen is clear and readable. 2. Remove the stylus from its storage slot on the back of the Palm III organizer. 3. Tap the exact center of each target that appears on the screen with the tip of the stylus.

  • Page 12: Setting The Time

    The General Preferences screen is the first screen to appear after you align the digitizer on your Palm III organizer. Note: If the General Preferences screen is not on your Palm III organizer screen, you may have pressed one of the application buttons on the front panel.

  • Page 13: Setting The Current Date

    General Preferences screen. Note: You do not need to adjust the other General Preference settings at this time. See “General Preferences” in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer for information about the remaining options. Chapter 1 Tap arrows to select year...

  • Page 14: Connecting The Cradle

    Connecting the Cradle The cradle that comes with your Palm III organizer enables you to synchronize the information on your Palm III organizer and the Palm Desktop software using HotSync To connect the cradle: Turn off your computer and plug the cable from the Palm III organizer cradle into the serial communications port on your computer.
  • Page 15 Back up the data stored on your Palm III organizer with HotSync technology and synchronize the data with Palm Desktop. Synchronization is a one-step procedure that ensures your data is always safe and up-to-date. See the “HotSync” chapter in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer for information about using this feature.
  • Page 16 To ensure a safe and uninterrupted installation of the Palm Desktop software, please do the following before installing: Connect the cradle to your computer. If you have placed your Palm III organizer in the cradle, remove it during software installation. Exit all programs, including those that run automatically at startup, such as fax software, virus protection software, screen- saver software, and application toolbars such as Microsoft Office.

  • Page 17: Selecting Applications

    Palm III organizer. Selecting Applications Your Palm III organizer is equipped with a variety of applications. All the applications installed on your Palm III organizer appear in the Applications Launcher. You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application installed on your Palm III organizer.
  • Page 18 When working in any application, you can tap the buttons on the front panel to switch to any other application. Your Palm III organizer saves your work in the current application and displays it when you return to the current screen.
  • Page 19 To display applications by category: 1. Tap the icon on the Palm III organizer screen to open the Applications Launcher. 2. Tap the icon on the Palm III organizer screen to open the Applications Launcher menus.

  • Page 20: Using The On-Screen Keyboard

    Using the On-Screen Keyboard You can activate the on-screen keyboard any time you need to enter text or numbers on your Palm III organizer. Note that you cannot enter Graffiti characters while using the on-screen keyboard. To use the on-screen keyboard: 1.

  • Page 21: Writing With The Stylus

    5. After you finish, tap the Done button to close the on-screen keyboard and place the text in your Palm III organizer application. Writing With the Stylus Your Palm III organizer includes Graffiti handwriting software as the primary system for entering text and numbers.
  • Page 22 Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer. To open the Memo Pad application: 1. Press the button on the front of your Palm III organizer to open the Memo Pad application. 2. Tap the New button to open a new Memo Page.
  • Page 23 Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot. Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the Graffiti writing area, your Palm III organizer recognizes and displays the text character immediately. The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers.
  • Page 24 5. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape. That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your Palm III organizer recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at the insertion point on the screen.
  • Page 25 The Graffiti Alphabet Letter Strokes Space Carriage Return Chapter 2 Letter Strokes Back Space tap twice Period Page 21...
  • Page 26 Lock When Caps Lock is active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol Tip: appears in the lower-right corner of the Palm III organizer screen. To return to lowercase, make the Caps Shift stroke. Writing Numbers With Graffiti Writing numbers with Graffiti is similar to writing letters of the alphabet, except that you make the character strokes on the right-hand side (numbers side) of the Graffiti writing area.
  • Page 27 Graffiti Numbers Number Strokes Writing Punctuation Marks With Graffiti Graffiti can create any punctuation symbol that you can enter from a standard keyboard. All punctuation marks begin with a single tap on the Graffiti writing area. When you make this tap, you activate Punctuation Shift and a dot appears to show it is active.
  • Page 28 Writing Symbols and Extended Characters All symbols and extended characters begin with the stroke in the Graffiti writing area of your Palm III: Symbol Shift When the Symbol Shift is active, a slanted shift symbol appears in the lower-right corner of the screen.
  • Page 29 Writing Accented Characters To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create the letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti then adds the accent to the letter. For example, the following diagram shows the strokes required to draw an accented “e.” Accent Strokes Using these accent strokes, you can write the following accented letters:...
  • Page 30 Navigation Strokes In addition to character symbols, Graffiti includes special strokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your Palm III organizer applications. Command Move cursor right Move cursor left Previous field (Address Book only) Next Field...

  • Page 31: Using Application Controls

    For example, if you want to enter the current date and time, you would draw the following strokes: Using Application Controls Palm III applications include several types of controls. Once you become familiar with using these controls, you can easily select options and navigate through your Palm III organizer applications.

  • Page 32: Using Menus

    Palm III organizer application in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer. To activate the menus: 1. Open a Palm III organizer application (such as the Memo Pad, as described earlier in this chapter). 2. Tap the icon to open the menus for the application at the top of the screen.
  • Page 33 The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the application that is currently running on your Palm III organizer. Also, the menus and menu selections vary depending on which part of the application is currently on the screen.
  • Page 34 2. Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it (in black). Note: You can drag across the text to select additional words, or drag down to select a group of lines. Page 30 icon or access the menus when Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...
  • Page 35 Undo command replaces the text you removed. Removes the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory of your Palm III organizer. You can paste the text you cut into another area of the Palm III organizer application or into a different Palm III organizer application.

  • Page 36: Choosing Fonts

    Choosing Fonts In most of your Palm III organizer applications, you can change the font style to make the text on the screen easier to read. You can even choose a different font style for each application that supports this feature.

  • Page 37: Using Categories

    1. Tap a To Do item or Memo, or tap an Address Book entry then tap the Edit button in the Address View screen (refer to the descriptions in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer for details). 2. Tap the Details button to open the Details dialog.
  • Page 38 Palm III organizer toggles through the available categories. Defining a New Category Your Palm III organizer comes with two default categories: Business and Personal. In addition, the Address Book contains the QuickList category, designed as a “quick reference” of commonly used names, addresses and phone numbers (such as doctor, lawyer, etc.).
  • Page 39 To define a new Address Book category: 1. Tap the category pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen. 2. Tap the Edit Categories item to open the Edit Categories dialog. 3. Tap the New button to open another Edit Categories dialog. 4.
  • Page 40 Note: You can “merge” two or more Categories by assigning them the same name. For example, if you change the name of the “Personal” category to the name “Business,” all entries formerly in the Personal category appear in the Business category. Page 36 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...

  • Page 41: Attaching Notes

    In Palm III organizer applications you can mark individual entries as Private. Private entries remain visible and accessible until you change the Palm III organizer Security setting to hide all Private entries. See “Security” in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer for complete information about how to activate and use the Palm III organizer Security settings.

  • Page 42: Beaming Information To Other 3Com® Connected Organizers

    Your Palm III organizer is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use to “beam” information from one 3Com to another. The IR port is located at the top of the Palm III organizer behind the small dark shield.
  • Page 43 To receive beamed information: 1. Turn on your Palm III organizer. 2. Point the IR port directly at the IR port of the transmitting 3Com connected organizer to open the Beam Status dialog. 3. Tap the Yes button to accept the transmission.
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  • Page 45: Using The Find Command

    If you select text in a Palm III organizer application before you tap the Find button, the selected text automatically appears in the Find dialog. 2. Enter the text that you want to find in your Palm III organizer. Note: The Find command is not case-sensitive. In other words, searching for the name “davidson”...

  • Page 46: Using Phone Lookup

    Note: As your Palm III organizer searches for the text, you can tap the Stop button at any time. You may want to do this if the entry you want appears before your Palm III organizer finishes the search. To continue the search after you tap Stop, tap the Find More button.
  • Page 47 The Phone Lookup feature also works for selected text. Drag to highlight the text, and then write the Phone Lookup Command stroke “/L.” Your Palm III organizer replaces the selected text and adds the phone number to the name that it finds.
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  • Page 49: Chapter 4: Installing And Removing Applications

    Palm from your computer. Installing Applications Your Palm III organizer comes with the Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Expense, Calculator and Mail applications installed and ready to use. You can also install additional applications on your Palm III organizer, such as games and other Palm-compatible software.
  • Page 50 3. Click the Install button to open the Palm Install Tool dialog. Tip: You can also access the Install Tool dialog by selecting Install Tool from the Palm Desktop program group or by double-clicking any file with a PRC file extension. Page 46 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...

  • Page 51: Installing Games

    4. Select the name that corresponds to your Palm III organizer in the User drop-down list. 5. Click the Add button to open the Open dialog. 6. Click the application(s) that you want to install on your Palm III organizer.

  • Page 52: Removing Applications

    Palm III organizer. You can remove only add-on applications, patches and extensions that you install; you cannot remove the applications that reside in the ROM portion of your Palm III organizer. To remove an add-on application: 1. Tap the icon on the Palm III organizer screen to open the Applications Launcher.

  • Page 53: Removing Palm Desktop Software

    Removing Palm Desktop Software If you no longer want to use the Palm Desktop software, you can remove it from your computer. To remove the Palm Desktop software: 1. Select Settings and then Control Panel from the Start menu to open the Windows Control Panel.
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  • Page 55: Displaying Online Tips

    Displaying Online Tips Many of the dialogs that appear on your Palm III organizer contain an online tips icon in the upper-right corner. Online tips contain a summary of what is required by the dialog, shortcuts for using the dialog or other useful information.

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting If you encounter a problem with your Palm III organizer, look in this section for the description that most closely matches the symptoms you observe and try the suggestions listed. Important: For troubleshooting tips not included in this handbook, refer to either the README.TXT file or the HelpNotes file...
  • Page 57 Make sure you are using the Palm modem cable to connect to your modem. Important: Do not attempt to use other cables to connect a Palm III organizer to a modem. Check the modem cable connection between your Palm III organizer and your modem.
  • Page 58 Palm III organizer turns itself off: Your Palm III organizer is designed to turn itself off after a period of inactivity. This period can be set at one minute, two minutes or three minutes. Check the “Auto-off after” setting in the General Preferences screen, and change the setting if you need a longer delay before the automatic shutoff feature activates.
  • Page 59 Not all applications or screens have menus. Try changing to a different application. A message appears stating that your Palm III organizer memory is full: Delete unused memos and records. If necessary, you can save these records on your computer using the Save Backup Copy option that appears in the Delete dialogs.
  • Page 60 Tapping the Today button doesn’t display the current date: Your Palm III organizer is not set to the current date. Make sure the Set Date box in the General Preferences screen displays the current date. See “General Preferences” in the Applications Handbook for the Palm III Organizer for more information.

  • Page 61: Technical Support, Service And Repair

    Day View for the particular day to see the overlapping events. Technical Support, Service and Repair If you have a problem using your Palm III organizer, make sure you have reviewed the following: The “Troubleshooting” section earlier in this chapter...
  • Page 62 Phone: +31 20 586 4681 Fax: +31 20 586 4680 Australia Web site: http://www.palm-au.com Email: support@palm-au.com Phone: 1800 678 515 New Zealand Web site: http://www.palm-nz.com Email: support@palm-nz.com Phone: 0800 446 398 Page 58 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...
  • Page 63 Web site: http://www.3com.com Email: asiasupport@palm.com Phone: 1800-678-515 Information and Accessories To order 3.5" diskettes of the Palm Desktop software or accessories for your Palm III organizer, please contact your regional office: United States Phone: 800 881-7256 Fax: 800 861-2940 Canada Phone:...

  • Page 64: Corporate Offices

    99 Walker Street North Sydney, NSW 2060 Australia Latin America Latin America Headquarters 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, CA 95052-8145 Brazil Rua Verbo Divino, 1661 1 Andar CJ. 13 Sao Paulo SP 04719-002 Brazil Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...

  • Page 65: Caring For Your Palm Iii Organizer

    Protect your Palm III organizer from temperature extremes. Do not leave your Palm III organizer on the dashboard of a car on a hot day, and keep it away from heaters and other heat sources.
  • Page 66 In this case, there is enough residual energy in the batteries to store the data, but not enough to turn on your Palm III organizer. If your Palm III organizer does not turn on when you press the green power button, you should replace the batteries immediately.
  • Page 67 Palm III organizer running again. Performing a Soft Reset A soft reset tells your Palm III organizer to stop what it’s doing and start over again. All records and entries stored in your Palm III organizer are retained with a soft reset.
  • Page 68 3. When a message appears on the Palm III organizer screen warning that you are about to erase all the data stored on your Palm III organizer, do one of the following: Press the upper half of the scroll button on the front panel of the Palm III organizer to complete the hard reset and display the Digitizer screen.

  • Page 69: Limited Warranty

    Customer is entitled by agreement between Customer and 3Com for a period of ninety (90) days from shipment of such product, part or upgrade, or through the end of the original warranty, whichever is longer. All products or parts that are replaced become the property of 3Com.
  • Page 70 In the United States, if such products or parts are not shipped by Customer to arrive at 3Com within thirty (30) days from the date warranty service authorization is provided, Customer will pay 3Com the price of such product or part at the then-current published catalog price.

  • Page 71: Com End User Software License Agreement

    Software. The Software is licensed to be used on any personal computer and/or any 3Com prod- uct, provided that the Software is used only in connection with 3Com products. With...
  • Page 72 TRADE SECRETS; TITLE: You acknowledge and agree that the structure, sequence and organization of the Software are the valuable trade secrets of 3Com and its suppli- ers. You agree to hold such trade secrets in confidence. You further acknowledge and agree that ownership of, and title to, the Software and all subsequent copies thereof re- gardless of the form or media are held by 3Com and its suppliers.
  • Page 73 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This License Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and 3Com, supersedes all prior agreements, whether writ- ten or oral, with respect to the Software, and may be amended only in a writing signed by both parties.

  • Page 74: Canadian Rfi Statement

    This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference- Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Page 70 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...

  • Page 75: Index

    Index Accented Characters Graffiti 25 on-screen keyboard 17 Applications beaming 38 buttons 2 controls 27 finding text 41 font style 32 installing 45 Launcher 13, 14 menus 28 removing 48 sorting 15 starting 14 switching 14 Backlight 3, 7 activating 7 Batteries battery door 5 battery gauge 13...
  • Page 76 2 applications 13 backlight 7 battery door 5 battery installation 5 caring for 61 connecting to computer 10 contrast control 5 cover 3 cradle 10 menus 28 on-screen keyboard 16 power button 3 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...
  • Page 77 System Requirements 11 Technical Support 57 Text Entry accent characters 25 capital letters 22 font style 32 Graffiti shortcuts 26 numbers 22 on-screen keyboard 16 punctuation marks 23 symbols 24 with Palm III 17 writing tips 20 Time setting 8 Page 73...
  • Page 78 Undo 31 Warranty 65 Writing accent characters 25 capital letters 22 Graffiti shortcuts 26 numbers 22 on-screen keyboard 16 punctuation marks 23 symbols 24 text with Palm III 17 tips 20 Page 74 Basic Handbook for the Palm III Organizer...

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