Palm-size PC
User’s Guide
For distribution with new Palm-size PCs only.
Your Palm-size PC comes with a Hardware Manual in addition to this
Palm-size PC User’s Guide. Be sure to read the Hardware Manual
first.
Before using your Palm-size PC for the first time,carefully read the
Safety Precautions in the Hardware Manual.
Keep this Palm-size PC User’s Guide on hand for reference whenever
using your Palm-size PC.
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• CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss
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third parties which may arise through the use of this product.
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caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, repairs, or battery replacement.
Be sure to back up all important data on other media to protect against its loss.
• Data can be uploaded from this unit to a personal computer for storage on a hard disk,
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• Sample displays shown in this manual may differ somewhat from the displays actually
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Contents
Welcome .................................................................................... i
About This User’s Guide .................................................................................... i
Where to find additional information ................................................................ ii
Part 1 Using the Palm-size PC ...................................1
Chapter 1 Palm-size PC Basics .............................................. 2
Palm-size PC Buttons ........................................................................................ 2
Touch Screen Operations ................................................................................... 4
Palm-size PC Programs ...................................................................................... 5
Assigning a Program to a Program Button ........................................................ 7
Active Desktop ................................................................................................... 8
Taskbar ............................................................................................................... 9
Start Menu ........................................................................................................ 10
Command Bar .................................................................................................. 11
Typing and Writing on your Palm-size PC ...................................................... 12
Viewing Data ................................................................................................... 14
Customizing Your Palm-size PC ...................................................................... 15
Chapter 2 Tutorial ..................................................................18
Recording a Message with Voice Recorder ..................................................... 18
Adding a Contacts Record ............................................................................... 19
Creating a Calendar Appointment .................................................................... 21
Entering a Reminder in Tasks .......................................................................... 23
Creating a Note with Note Taker ..................................................................... 26
Viewing the Active Desktop ............................................................................. 29
What’s Next? .................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 3 Voice Recorder and Note Taker ........................31
Using Voice Recorder ...................................................................................... 31
Controlling Voice Recorder Operations with Buttons ......................... 31
Controlling Voice Recorder Operations with On-screen Buttons
and Menu Commands .......................................................................... 33
Using Note Taker ............................................................................................. 37
Creating a New Note ........................................................................... 37
Inputting Text into a Note ................................................................... 37
Freehand Letters and Graphics ............................................................ 38
Editing and Formatting a Note ............................................................ 39
Saving a Note ...................................................................................... 40
Managing Your Notes .......................................................................... 41
Chapter 4 Pocket Outlook....................................................42
Calendar: Scheduling an Appointment ............................................................ 42
Contacts: Managing Business and Private Contacts ........................................ 44
Tasks: Keeping Track of Things You Need to Do ............................................ 45
Inbox: Sending and Receiving E-mail ............................................................ 47
Synchronizing Messages ..................................................................... 48
Windows CE Inbox Transfer ............................................................... 49
Using a New Dial-Up Connection ................................................................... 50
Received Messages .............................................................................. 52
Sending an E-mail ............................................................................... 55
Part 2 Communicating with a Computer .................57
Chapter 5 Dial-Up Connections ..........................................58
Remote Computers .......................................................................................... 58
Palm-size PC Dial-Up Connection Settings .................................................... 60
Setting the Dialing Properties ............................................................. 66
Setting Up the Remote Computer .................................................................... 67
Internet Service Provider or Corporate Network ................................ 67
Remote Desktop Computer ................................................................. 67
Establishing a Dial-Up Connection ................................................................. 68
Closing a Connection .......................................................................... 71
Chapter 6 Windows CE Services and Channels.................72
Windows CE Services ...................................................................................... 72
Installing Windows CE Services ......................................................... 72
Optional Infrared Communication Driver Component ....................... 77
Using the Mobile Devices Window ..................................................... 78
Changing Communications Settings ................................................... 79
Synchronization ............................................................................................... 80
Checking Synchronization Details ...................................................... 82
How Data is Synchronized .................................................................. 82
Resolving Synchronization Conflicts .................................................. 84
Changing ActiveSync Options Settings .............................................. 85
Using Channels ................................................................................................ 87
Displaying the Channels Screen .......................................................... 87
Synchronizing Channel Information ................................................... 88
Viewing Channel Information ............................................................. 88
Viewing Channel Information on the Active Desktop ........................ 88
Chapter 7 Data Backup and File Transfer ...........................89
Backing Up and Restoring Data ...................................................................... 89
Copying Files ................................................................................................... 90
Installing and Removing Software ................................................................... 91
Transferring Data with Infrared ....................................................................... 93
Part 3 Using the CASIO Programs...........................95
Chapter 8 Menu ....................................................................95
Using Menu ...................................................................................................... 96
Starting Up Menu ................................................................................ 96
Using the Main Menu .......................................................................... 96
Using Action Control for Menu Button Operations ............................ 97
Configuring Menu ............................................................................................ 98
Assigning Operations to Main Menu Buttons ..................................... 98
Submenu Buttons .............................................................................. 100
Chapter 9 Card Backup Tool .............................................103
Using Card Backup Tool ................................................................................ 104
Backing Up Data ............................................................................... 104
Restoring Data ................................................................................... 106
Deleting a Backup File ...................................................................... 108
Part 4 Reference ......................................................109
Appendix A Handwritten Character Recognizer .............109
Input Panel Areas ........................................................................................... 110
Symbols ......................................................................................................... 111
Character Writing Help .................................................................................. 111
Options ........................................................................................................... 112
Natural Character Set ..................................................................................... 112
Simplified Uppercase Character Set .............................................................. 117
Appendix B Tips and Troubleshooting ...............................123
Tips ................................................................................................................ 123
Conserving Battery power ................................................................. 123
Protecting Important Data ................................................................. 124
Other Tips .......................................................................................... 125
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 126
Dial-up Connection ........................................................................... 126
Infrared Communications .................................................................. 126
Display .............................................................................................. 127
Screen characters are too small. ........................................................ 127
Palm-size PC Response ..................................................................... 127
Other .................................................................................................. 128
When nothing else works... ............................................................... 128
Appendix C Icon Lists .........................................................129
Battery Icons .................................................................................................. 129
Connection Icons ........................................................................................... 129
Synchronization Icons .................................................................................... 130
Index .....................................................................................131
i
Welcome
Congratulations on your selection of our Palm-size PC.
Your new Palm-size PC comes with Microsoft Windows CE preinstalled, which means
it can be used in conjunction with a Microsoft Windows based personal computer. You
can use the Palm-size PC’s powerful software capabilities to take along the latest
version of your appointments, contacts, and other data, while using your desktop or
laptop for major input and editing work. You can even send and receive e-mail while
on the go.
Picture yourself in the following situations.
• You’re on a business trip and receive valuable feedback from an important client.
You can use Calendar to schedule a meeting with your colleagues back at the office.
Next, you can use Contacts to look up e-mail addresses and send messages
informing everyone about the meeting.
• You’re at a meeting taking notes and drawing diagrams with Note Taker. Afterwards,
you send copies of your notes to your colleagues by attaching them to an e-mail
message. When you get back to the office, you clean up and edit your notes after
uploading them to your desktop computer.
• While driving home from work, you suddenly remember two or three important
phone calls you need to make the first thing tomorrow. While stopped at a red light,
you reach for your Palm-size PC and use Voice Recorder to record a reminder for
later playback.
• You’re meeting friends for dinner and a movie tonight. You use Internet Explorer 4.0
on your desktop computer to get the latest movie information, which you then
download to your Palm-size PC. Later over dinner, you use your Palm-size PC to go
over the movie information with your friends to decide which movie you want to
see.
These are just some of the many ways you can use the software capabilities of your
new Palm-size PC in your daily life. In addition, there are a number of other additional
programs you can install to tailor the Palm-size PC to your specific data management
needs.
About This User’s Guide
This User’s Guide contains information about the following topics.
• Basic Palm-size PC operation
• How to use the standard software that comes pre-installed on your Palm-size PC
• How to connect the Palm-size PC to a Windows based computer
For information about replacing batteries and about the Palm-size PC hardware, see the
separate Hardware Manual. Information is also available from the sources listed in the
next section.
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Where to find additional information
Information
Source
Palm-size PC programs
Data synchronization and
file exchange with a
desktop computer
Toolbar buttons and
dialogs
Connection
troubleshooting
The latest information
about your Palm-size PC
and Windows CE devices
Windows CE release
information
• This User’s Guide
• Palm-size PC online help. On your Palm-size PC, tap
Start and then Help.
• This User’s Guide
• Palm-size PC online help
• Windows CE Services Help Topics. On the Mobile
Devices window of your desktop computer, click
Help and then Windows CE Services Help Topics.
Holding the stylus on a toolbar button or dialog on the
Palm-size PC screen displays context help (which
shows the name of the item along with a short
explanation). If you want to clear the context help
without performing the operation of the button or tool
where the stylus is located, slide the stylus from the
button or tool and then lift it from the Palm-size PC
screen.
Windows CE Services Help Topics. On the Mobile
Devices window of your desktop computer, click Help
and then Windows CE Services Help Topics.
The Windows CE home page.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/ppc
Release notes on your desktop computer.
On your desktop computer, click Start, point to
Programs then Microsoft Windows CE Services.
Then click Release Notes.
Palm-size PC hardware
information
Hardware Manual
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Note
• You must have Windows CE Services installed on your desktop computer before you
can access Windows CE Services Help Topics. See the separate Quick Start Guide
and Chapter 6 of this User’s Guide for information on installing Windows CE
Services.
• In this User’s Guide, the term “desktop computer” includes both desktop computers
and laptop computers.
• The modem card described in this User’s Guide is intended for use in the United
States and Canada only.