How to Do Everything with Your Zire Handheld

by Dave Johnson (Conducted by)

Overview

This is a thorough and non-intimidating guide to using the Zire device. A chapter dedicated to troubleshooting and problem solving has been included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072229301
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
Publication date:	03/10/2003
Series:	How to Do Everything Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.26(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	vii
Chapter 1	Welcome to Zire	1
	A Brief History of Handhelds	2
	What Makes Handheld PCs So Great?	3
	Zire 101: The Basics	5
Chapter 2	Get to Know Your Zire	7
	A Guided Tour of the Hardware	8
	Using Your Zire for the First Time	14
	Getting to Know the Operating System	16
	Setting Zire Preferences	20
	An Introduction to Palm Desktop	24
Chapter 3	Getting Set Up with Your Computer	27
	Plugging It All In	28
	Installing the Desktop Software	29
	Your First HotSync	31
	HotSync as a Way of Life	35
Chapter 4	Getting Information In and Out of Your Zire	39
	The Three Ways to Enter Data	40
	Getting to Know Graffiti	44
	Beaming Data Between PDAs	49
	Installing New Software on Your Zire	55
Chapter 5	The Date Book	57
	View Your Appointments	58
	Manage Your Day from the Agenda View	63
	Create New Appointments	65
	Work with Alarms	70
	Work with the Palm Desktop	73
	The Windows Date Book	73
	Using Outlook	75
Chapter 6	The Address Book	77
	View Your Addresses	78
	Create New Entries	80
	Assign Categories	84
	Edit and Delete Addresses	85
	Create and Beam Your Business Card	86
	Work with the Palm Desktop	86
	Using Outlook	90
Chapter 7	The To Do List	93
	View the To Do List	94
	Create a To Do	95
	Work with the List View	97
	Delete Old To Dos	101
	Share Your To Dos	102
	Work with the Palm Desktop	102
	Using Outlook	103
Chapter 8	The Memo Pad and Note Pad	107
	Where's the Memo Pad Button?	108
	Viewing the Memo Pad	108
	Creating New Memos	110
	Arranging Memos in the Memo List	111
	Working with Your Memos	113
	Working with Notes	115
	Working in the Palm Desktop	116
	The Windows Note Pad	119
	Using Outlook with the Zire	120
Chapter 9	The Rest of the Palm OS Team	123
	Zire Security	124
	The Find Feature	132
	The Calculator	134
	All About Expense	135
	Alternatives to Expense	139
Chapter 10	The Internet in Your Zire	141
	Channel Surf with AvantGo	142
	Vindigo: A Concierge in Your Pocket	147
Chapter 11	Throw Away Your PC!	149
	Building the Perfect Beast	150
	The Wonderful World of E-Books	151
	Creating and Editing Documents	155
	Printing from Your Zire	161
Chapter 12	Games and Music	163
	Turn Your Zire into a Game Machine	164
	Sketch and Draw on Your Zire	170
	Collaborate on a Sketch	171
	Make Music on Your Zire	172
Chapter 13	Graffiti Enhancements and Other Utilities	179
	X-Master and the Wonderful World of "Hacks"	180
	Other Utilities	185
	Organize Icons with a Launcher	187
	Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives	189
Chapter 14	Problems and Solutions	197
	Cure Zire Problems with a Reset	198
	Avoid Battery Problems	200
	Fix Scratched Screens	200
	Fix a Screen That No Longer Responds Properly	201
	Reclaim Memory for Software and Data	201
	Resolve Hack Conflicts	203
	Fix a Zire that Won't "Wake Up" for Alarms	203
	Beaming Problems	204
	Deal with a Zire that Will No Longer HotSync	205
	Manage Multiple Zires or PCs	207
	Where to Find Help	208
	Index	209