Handspring 300 User Manual

Section 2

The onscreen keyboard also includes a dialog box for international 

characters. You can switch among the three dialogs at any time to enter 
the exact text you need.

After you finish, tap 

 to close the onscreen keyboard and place 

the text in the record.

Many of the applications on your phone are available in Palm Desktop 
software and in most Personal Information Manager (PIM) applications. 
If you have a lot of data to enter, or prefer to use the computer keyboard, 
you can use Palm™ Desktop software, or any supported PIM such as 
Microsoft Outlook, to enter information. You can then perform a 
HotSync

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 operation to synchronize the information on your computer 

with the information on your phone. See the section that begins on page 
76 for details on HotSync operations. 

Refer to Palm Desktop online Help or the documentation that came with 
your PIM software for more information on entering data on your 
computer.

If you have data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets 
and databases, or if you want to import data from another Palm OS

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handheld, you can transfer the data to your phone without having to key 
it in manually. Save the data in one of the file formats listed below, 
import it into Palm Desktop software, and then perform a HotSync 
operation to transfer the data to your phone.

Palm Desktop software can import data in the following file formats: 

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Comma delimited (.csv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only

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Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only

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CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address only

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vCal (.vcs) Date Book only

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vCard (.vcf) Address only

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Date Book archive (.dba)

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Address archive (.aba)