Palm T5 - Manual (Page 129)

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CHAPTER 5 Moving and Managing Info Between Your Handheld and Your Computer
Importing information from other applications
Do you have information on your computer in spreadsheets or databases and want to transfer it to
your handheld? Don’t spend time retyping it. Instead, import the info into Palm Desktop software.
Palm Desktop software can import the following types of files:
Calendar vCal/iCal (VCS/ICS) and Calendar archive (DBA)
Contacts vCard (VCF), comma-delimited (CSV, TXT), tab-delimited (TAB, TSV, TXT), Contacts
archive (ABA)
Memos Comma-delimited (CSV, TXT), tab-delimited (TAB, TSV, TXT), Memos archive (MPA),
Text (TXT)
Tasks Tasks archive (TDA)
WINDOWS ONLY
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Save the file on your computer in one of the accepted formats.
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Import the file into Palm Desktop software:
a. Double-click the Palm Desktop icon on your computer desktop.
b. Click the icon in the launch bar for the application you want to import the
information into.
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Tip
Palm Desktop Help has
lots of information about
importing from other
applications, including
step-by-step instructions.
Open the Help menu in
Palm Desktop software
and select Palm Desktop
Help for more details.