Palm Zire 21 - Manual (Page 186)

Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions
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Tapping and writing problems
My handheld is not making any
sounds. Check the System, Alarm and Game Sound settings.
See
“General preferences” in Chapter 15 .
My handheld has frozen. Perform a soft reset. See “Resetting your handheld” in
Appendix A .
Problem Solution
When I tap the buttons or screen
icons, my handheld activates the
wrong feature. Calibrate the screen. See “Digitizer preferences” in
Chapter 15 .
When I tap the Menu icon ,
nothing happens.
Not all applications or screens have menus. Try changing to
a different application.
I can’t get my handheld to
recognize my handwriting.
■
For your handheld to recognize handwriting input with
the stylus, you need to use Graffiti writing. See
“Using
Graffiti writing to enter data” in Chapter 3 .
■ Make the Graffiti character strokes in the Graffiti writing
area, not on the display part of the screen.
■
Write Graffiti strokes for letters in the left-hand side, and
the strokes for numbers in the right-hand side of the
Graffiti writing area.
■ Make sure that Graffiti is not shifted into extended or
punctuation modes. See
“Using Graffiti writing to enter
data” in Chapter 3 .
■ See “Graffiti tips” in Chapter 3 for tips on increasing your
accuracy when you write Graffiti characters.