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Entering data, Onscreen keyboard – Palm Zire 21 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Exploring Your Handheld

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Select options in dialog boxes

Open the onscreen keyboards

Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer,
you can also drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the
slider of any scroll bar.

Entering data

There are several ways to enter data into your handheld:

Using the onscreen keyboard.

Using Graffiti writing.

Using Note Pad.

Entering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then synchronizing
with your handheld.

Beaming data from another device that has an infrared port. See

“Beaming

data”

in

Chapter 3

for details.

Onscreen keyboard

When you create or edit a record in an application such as Address Book, you can
open the onscreen keyboards to enter data.

Tap here for
alphabetic keyboard

Tap here for numeric
keyboard