Palm TX - Manual (Page 578)

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CHAPTER 26 Customizing Your Handheld
Correcting problems with tapping
Is your screen not responding to taps? Are you getting unexpected results when you tap?
For example, when you tap the number keyboard icon, does the Bluetooth
® dialog box open
instead? If this happens, it’s time to align the screen.
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1
Open Touchscreen Preferences:
a. Go to Applications .
b. Select Prefs .
c. Select Touchscreen.
2
Tap the targets on the screen as precisely as possible, and then select Done.
You need to tap at least three targets—maybe more if you don’t tap
carefully.
Done
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Key Term
Touchscreen Another
name for your handheld’s
screen and the internal
circuitry that enables it
to respond appropriately
to taps.
Tip
If your screen is not
responding to taps, use
the 5-way navigator
to open Touchscreen
Preferences.
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Key Term
Calibration The process
of aligning your
handheld’s touch-
sensitive screen so that
when you tap an element
on the screen, your
handheld detects exactly
what you want it to do.
NOTE