Palm Pilot Basics

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Palm Pilot Basics

• Randy Graff
• HSC IT Center
• rgraff_at_ufl.edu

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Palm Basics

• Palm Basics Part 1
• Palm Basics Part 2
• Software

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Palm Basics Part 1

• Entering Text
• Memo Pad
• To Do List

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Entering text
Desktop
On-screen keyboard.
Graffiti.
Portable Keyboard
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Open a keyboard
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Keyboard views
Text
Numbers
International
Tap box to switch views.
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Activity Keyboard

• Open Emulator
• Open Memo gtgt New
• Type in
• Ideas for Palm Use
• Replace Calendar
• Use Reminders
• Done
• Home

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Graffiti
Write inside this box
Graffiti Tip Write your letters as big as you can
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Letters on the left
Graffiti
numbers on the right.
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Everything else on either side
Graffiti
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Activity Graffiti

• Memo gtgt New
• Write the letters of the alphabet
• Write the numbers 0 through 9

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Memo Pad

• A place to take notes
• Add a memo
• Delete a memo

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To Do List

• Adding tasks
• Details
• Show

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Activity To Do List

• Add Task
• Due April 27, 2001
• Add a Note
• Set the Priority

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Review/ Q A

• 4 ways to enter text into the PDA?
• How do you open the Keyboard?
• What side do you write Graffiti text on?
• How do you delete a memo?
• How do you set the priority of a task?

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Palm Basics Part 2

• Address Book
• Date Book
• Preferences

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Address Book

• Adding names and addresses
• Details
• Note

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Activity Address Book

• Add your name and other information to address
  book

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Date Book

• Views
• Changing days
• Adding appointments

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Activities Date Book

• Set an appointment September 1, 2009, 3pm
• Alarm 1 hour before
• Include a note
• Recurring Friday lunch appt noon

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Preferences

• Set time and date
• Auto off
• Stay on in cradle
• Sounds
• Beam

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Review/ Q A

• How do you add a name to the address book?
• How do you delete an address?
• How do you change the day in your date book?
• How do you add an appointment?
• How do you beam your address?

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General Software

• Finding Applications
• Medical Applications
• Installing Applications
• Unzip
• Sync
• Palm Communities

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Finding Apps

• www.palmgear.com
• www.zdnet.com/downloads/pilotsoftware
• www.download.com
• www.memoware.com
• www.palmcentral.com
• pda.tucows.com/palm

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Medical Apps

• Epocrates/QID (free)
• http//www.epocrates.com/
• 5 Minute Clinical Consult (65)
• http//www.skyscape.com/products/fmcc.htm
• Code Doc (300 YR or DemoYou will be limited to
  nine entries in the master log and the program
  will not save code data)
• http//www.md-software.com/

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More Medical Apps

• Patient Keeper (35 or free 21 day demo)
• http//www.patientkeeper.com
• Think DB (40 or free 15 day demo)
• http//www.thinkingbytes.com
• Med Calc (free)
• http//medcalc.med-ia.net/

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Installing Apps

• Download app to a known location
• If compressed, decompress
• (see 9 Steps to Unzip a File handout)
• Double click on the .prc file
• Click DONE
• App will be installed next time you sync

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Communities

• www.avantgo.com
• www.wesync.com

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Review / QA

• What is a website where you can find palm
  applications?
• Where might you download a file to?
• How is a palm application installed?
• How do you delete an application from your palm?

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Thanks!