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If you do not have access to a CD drive for your computer, you can download Palm Desktop software from www.palmOne.com/intl/support TungstenTM T5 Handheld ii Table of Contents About This Guide ..................................................................xx Tips for viewing this guide.........................................................................xx What's in this guide? .................................................................................xxi Step-by-step instructions................................................................... xxi Links..................................................................................................... xxi Sidebars.....................................................................................................xxii Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Handheld and Your Computer .1 What's in the box? ........................................................................................2 System requirements ...................................................................................2 Step 1: Charging your handheld..................................................................4 What you should know about your handheld's battery..................... 5 Step 2: Turning on your handheld for the first time ..................................6 Step 3: Installing your software ...................................................................7 Step 4: Connecting your handheld to your computer ...............................8 Switching to another desktop software application ................................10 Using user profiles......................................................................................11 Creating a user profile .........................................................................12 Synchronizing with a user profile ......................................................14 Related topics..............................................................................................17 Chapter 2: Basics ...................................................................18 Locating the controls on your handheld...................................................19 Front panel controls ............................................................................ 19 Top and side panel controls ............................................................... 20 Back panel controls ............................................................................. 21 Using the status bar....................................................................................22 Rotating the screen.....................................................................................23 What's on the screen? ................................................................................24 Input area ............................................................................................. 24 TungstenTM T5 Handheld iii Application controls ............................................................................ 25 What software is on my handheld?...........................................................26 What's on the CD? ......................................................................................28 Related topics..............................................................................................31 Chapter 3: Moving Around in Applications.........................33 Opening applications..................................................................................34 Using Favorites.................................................................................... 34 Using Applications .............................................................................. 35 Using Files............................................................................................ 36 Working with files and folders ........................................................... 38 Sorting Files ......................................................................................... 40 Opening files and folders from within an application...................... 41 Switching between applications ........................................................ 41 Using the 5-way navigator .........................................................................41 Moving around in Favorites View ...................................................... 42 Moving around in Applications View ................................................ 42 Moving around list screens ................................................................ 43 Moving around entry screens ............................................................ 44 Moving around dialog boxes ............................................................. 44 Moving around menus........................................................................ 45 Using menus ..............................................................................................46 Using the Command stroke................................................................ 47 Using the Command toolbar .............................................................. 47 Finding information ...................................................................................48 Related topics..............................................................................................49 Chapter 4: Entering Information on Your Handheld ...........50 How can I enter information on my handheld?........................................51 Entering information with Graffiti 2 writing .............................................51 Writing in the Graffiti 2 input area ..................................................... 51 Using full-screen writing..................................................................... 52 Writing Graffiti 2 characters ...............................................................54 Graffiti 2 alphabet................................................................................ 56 Graffiti 2 numbers ............................................................................... 57 TungstenTM T5 Handheld iv Graffiti 2 gestures ................................................................................ 61 Writing Graffiti 2 symbols and other special characters ..................62 Graffiti 2 symbols and special characters ......................................... 63 Writing Graffiti 2 ShortCuts ................................................................64 Graffiti 2 ShortCuts.............................................................................. 65 Entering information with the onscreen keyboard ..................................66 Entering info from Contacts into another application .............................68 Editing information.....................................................................................70 Selecting information.......................................................................... 70 Copying and pasting information ......................................................71 Deleting information ...........................................................................72 Related topics..............................................................................................73 Chapter 5: Moving and Managing Info Between Your Handheld and Your Computer ......................................74 Program memory and the internal drive ..................................................75 How can I work with information? ............................................................76 When would I use each method? ..............................................................77 Synchronizing information ........................................................................79 Entering information using desktop software .................................. 79 Synchronizing your handheld with your computer.......................... 83 Synchronizing with a cable .................................................................84 Customizing your synchronization settings ...................................... 85 Choosing how your computer responds to synchronization requests 85 Setting synchronization options ........................................................87 Choosing whether application information is updated ....................88 Installing applications to your handheld ........................................... 93 Installing applications from a Windows computer........................... 93 Using Quick Install from within Palm Desktop software ..................94 Using the palmOne Quick Install icon ...............................................95 Using the palmOne Quick Install window .........................................96 Installing applications from a Mac computer ...................................97 Using the Send To Handheld droplet ................................................ 97 Using commands in the HotSync menu ............................................98 TungstenTM T5 Handheld v Using File Transfer to transfer info to your handheld .............................99 Using Drive Mode to work with info on another computer .................103 Other ways of managing information .....................................................106 Importing information from other applications.............................. 107 Restoring archived items on your computer .................................. 109 Installing the additional software from the CD ............................... 110 Checking space and version numbers .............................................111 Removing information .............................................................................113 Removing an application from your handheld ............................... 113 Removing Palm Desktop software from your computer ............... 114 Related topics............................................................................................116 Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts .................................. 117 Adding a contact ......................................................................................118 Entering additional contact information ..........................................121 Selecting contact field types .............................................................122 Defining custom fields ......................................................................123 Selecting a contact as your business card ......................................124 Copying contact information into multiple contacts ............................125 Locating a contact on your list ................................................................126 Deleting a ...