Document Outline

• About this Manual
• First things first
  • Your guides
  • Package contents
  • Maintaining your Acer s10
    • Proper care and usage of your Acer s10
    • Resetting your Acer s10
    • Battery considerations
  • Assigning security options
• Contents
• 1 Getting started
  • System requirements
  • Acer s10 tour
    • Front panel
    • Rear panel
    • Elements of the Acer s10 interface
    • Command interface
  • Preparing to use your Acer s10
    • Connecting the cradle
    • Charging your Acer s10
  • Palm Desktop software
    • Installing Palm Desktop software
    • Using your Acer s10 with another personal information manager
    • Setting up your Acer s10
  • Synchronizing data
    • Performing the first HotSync operation
  • Tapping versus clicking
    • Calibrating your Acer s10 screen
  • Opening applications
  • Using menus and menu commands
    • Using Graffiti to execute commands
  • Displaying online tips
  • Entering data
• 2 Entering data in your Acer s10
  • Entering data using Graffiti
    • Writing Graffiti characters
    • The Graffiti alphabet
    • The Graffiti numbers
    • The Graffiti punctuation marks
    • The Graffiti symbols and extended characters
    • The Graffiti accented characters
    • The Graffiti non-English characters
    • Graffiti navigation strokes
    • Using Graffiti ShortCuts
    • Graffiti tips
  • Using the onscreen keyboard
  • Using an external keyboard
  • Importing data
    • To import data:
  • Beaming data
• 3 Managing your applications
  • Using the Applications Launcher
    • To open an application
    • Switching between applications
    • Categorizing applications
    • Changing the Applications Launcher display
  • Setting preferences for applications
    • Assigning applications to buttons
  • Installing and removing applications
    • To install add-on applications on your Acer s10
    • To remove an add-on application
  • Removing the Palm Desktop software
  • Security
    • Assigning and editing passwords
    • Locking your Acer s10
    • Recovering from a forgotten password
    • Displaying private records
• 4 Working with your basic applications
  • Overview of basic applications
  • Date Book
  • Address Book
  • To Do List
  • Memo Pad
  • Calculator
  • Expense
  • Mail
  • Common applications tasks
  • Creating records
  • Editing records
    • Selecting text
    • Using the Edit menu
  • Deleting records
  • Purging records
  • Categorizing records
  • Finding records
    • Finding Address Book records
    • Using the Find option
    • Using Phone Lookup
    • Adding names to an Expense record
  • Sorting records
  • Making records private
  • Attaching notes
  • Choosing fonts
  • Getting information on an application
  • Application-specific tasks
  • Using Date Book
    • Scheduling events
    • Adding Address Book information to an event
    • Setting the alarm for an event
    • Setting alarm options
    • Changing the Date Book view
    • Date Book menus
  • Using Address Book
    • Creating an Address Book entry
    • Selecting different types of phone numbers and addresses
    • Duplicating an entry
    • Editing Address Book entries
    • Changing the Address Book display
    • Address Book menus
  • Using To Do List
    • Creating To Do List items
    • Setting To Do List priorities
    • Checking off a To Do List item
    • Changing To Do List items details
    • Sorting To Do items
    • Displaying completed and due items
    • To Do List menus
  • Using Memo Pad
    • Creating memos
    • Reviewing memos
    • Changing the order in which memos appear in the Memo list
    • Memo Pad menus
  • Using Calculator
    • Using the Calculator buttons
    • Displaying recent calculations
    • Calculator menus
  • Using Expense
    • Creating an Expense item
    • Changing the date of an Expense item
    • Entering receipt details
    • Adding attendees’ names to an Expense item
    • Filling in the expense type automatically
    • Changing the Expense List display
    • Changing the currency and symbols display
    • Customizing currency symbols
    • Transferring your data to Microsoft Excel
    • Using expense report templates
    • Expense menus
• 5 Working with your supplementary applications
  • Overview of supplementary applications
  • Clock
  • AudioBox
  • Recorder
  • eBook Reader
  • Backup
  • Service Launcher
  • Using Clock
    • Clock modes
    • City Clock mode
    • Big Clock mode
    • Timer mode
    • Clock menu
  • Using AudioBox
    • Using AudioBox functions
    • AudioBox playlist
    • Alarm reminder
    • AudioBox menu
  • Using Recorder
    • Recorder main screen
    • Audio recording function
    • Audio playback function
    • Alarm reminder
    • Recorder menus
  • Using eBook Reader
    • Working on the Book Manager screen
    • Reading your eBook files
    • Working in Read Document mode
    • Working with bookmarks
    • Using the Jump To function
    • Working with hyperlinks
    • Attaching a note to an eBook
    • Working on Note Manager
    • eBook Reader menus
  • Using Backup
    • Backup function
    • Restore function
    • Deleting a backup file from the Memory Stick
    • Viewing backup error log
    • Backup menu
  • Using Service Launcher
    • Using Service Launcher
    • Using the Quick Launcher function
• 6 Working with your PC-end utilities
  • Overview of PC-end utilities
  • Palm Desktop software
  • Voice Converter
  • eBook Converter
  • Using Voice Converter
    • Installing Voice Converter
    • Voice Converter toolbar
    • Voice Converter source file list
    • Voice Converter menus
  • Using eBook Converter
    • Installing eBook Converter
    • eBook Converter toolbar
    • eBook Converter source file list
    • eBook Converter menus
• 7 Using expansion features
  • Inserting and removing a Memory Stick
  • Switching between your Acer s10 internal memory and a Memory Stick
  • Copying applications to a Memory Stick
  • Deleting applications from a Memory Stick
  • Displaying information for Memory Stick applications
  • Card Info
    • Reviewing card information
    • Renaming a card
    • Formatting a card
    • Card Info menu
• 8 Using the Attention Manager
  • Insistent alarms
    • Using the Reminder command buttons
    • Setting the alarm volume
    • Setting alarm sound effects
    • Using the Reminders list screen
  • Subtle alarms
    • Understanding the blinking alarm indicator
• 9 Managing your desktop email
  • Setting up the Mail application on your computer
    • Setting up the Mail application and HotSync options
    • Synchronizing Mail with your email application
  • Viewing, creating, and replying to email
    • Viewing email items
    • Creating email items
    • Looking up an address
    • Adding details to email items
    • Creating a signature for your email item
  • Storing and editing email items
    • Storing and editing unsent email items
    • Setting mail preferences
    • Drafting email
    • Filing an email item
  • Deleting email items
  • Categorizing and sorting email items
  • Managing your email application with HotSync
    • Using filters to control downloading
    • Defining filter strings
    • Mail menus
• 10 Beaming information
  • Beaming a business card
  • Beaming a record
  • Beaming an application
  • Receiving beamed information
  • Turning off beaming
• 11 Exchanging and updating data using HotSync operations
  • Performing a HotSync operation
    • Creating a user profile
    • Performing the first HotSync operation
  • Selecting HotSync setup options
  • Customizing HotSync application settings
  • IR HotSync operations
    • Preparing your computer for infrared communication
    • Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication
    • Performing an IR HotSync operation
    • Returning to using the cradle for HotSync operations
  • Performing a HotSync operation via modem
    • Preparing your computer
    • Preparing your Acer s10
    • Selecting conduits for a modem HotSync operation
    • Performing a HotSync operation via a modem
  • Performing a HotSync operation via a network
    • Performing a HotSync operation via a network
  • Using File Link
• 12 Setting preferences for your Acer s10
  • Selecting the Preferences screen
  • Buttons preferences
  • Connection preferences
    • Connection Types
    • Setting modem configurations
    • Setting an Infrared to modem connection
  • Date & Time preferences
  • Digitizer preferences
  • Formats preferences
    • Setting default country
    • Setting time, date, week start, and number display formats
  • General preferences
    • Setting the Auto-off interval time
    • Setting your Acer s10 to stay on while in the cradle
    • Setting the sounds and volumes
    • Setting the LED settings
    • Turning Beam Receive on and off
  • Network preferences
    • Connecting to your ISP or dial-in service
    • Customizing service templates
    • Entering DNS numbers and IP addresses
    • Creating a login script
    • Using non-ASCII characters in login scripts
    • Plug-in applications
    • Troubleshooting TCP/IP connections
    • Network Preferences menus
  • Owner preferences
  • Phone preferences
    • Communicating with your mobile phone
    • Setting up related Network preferences
    • Setting up related Connection Preferences
    • Setting up Phone preferences
  • ShortCuts preferences
• 13 Frequently Asked Questions
  • Software installation problems
  • Operating problems
  • Tapping and writing problems
  • Application problems
  • HotSync problems
  • Beaming problems
  • Recharging problems
  • Password problems
  • Technical support
    • Finding version and memory information
• Appendix — Creating a custom Expense Report
  • About mapping tables
  • Customizing existing sample templates
    • To customize a sample Expense Report template
  • Determining the layout of the Expense Report
    • Labels
    • Sections
  • Analyzing your custom Expense Report
  • Programming the mapping table
  • Using applications other than Microsoft Excel
  • Expense file details
• Index