| Acknowledgments | p. iv |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Getting Started | |
| Welcome to Visor | p. 3 |
| What Makes the Visor So Unique? | p. 5 |
| An Overview of the Visor Models | p. 8 |
| A Common Thread: The Palm Operating System | p. 13 |
| Visor Advantages | p. 13 |
| Visor Limitations | p. 14 |
| Where to Buy a Visor | p. 15 |
| A Guided Tour of the Visor | p. 17 |
| A Guided Tour of the Hardware | p. 18 |
| Using Your Visor for the First Time | p. 25 |
| Getting to Know the Operating System | p. 28 |
| Setting Visor Preferences | p. 32 |
| An Introduction to Palm Desktop | p. 37 |
| Getting Set Up with Your PC or Macintosh | p. 41 |
| Unpacking Your Visor | p. 42 |
| Installing the Desktop Software | p. 44 |
| Your First HotSync | p. 47 |
| Keeping Data Synchronized | p. 56 |
| HotSync Using a Notebook's IR Port | p. 58 |
| Getting Information in and out of Your Visor | p. 63 |
| The Three Ways to Enter Data | p. 64 |
| Getting to Know Graffiti | p. 69 |
| Beaming Data Between Palm OS Devices | p. 81 |
| Working with the Palm Desktop for Windows | p. 93 |
| Exploring with the Palm Desktop | p. 94 |
| Managing Your Schedule with the Date Book | p. 97 |
| Managing Your Contacts with the Address Book | p. 102 |
| Tracking Tasks with the To Do List | p. 109 |
| Taking Notes with the Memo Pad | p. 113 |
| Restoring Deleted Data to Your Visor | p. 118 |
| Using Outlook | p. 120 |
| Upgrading to Palm Desktop 4.0 | p. 122 |
| Working with Palm Desktop for Macintosh | p. 129 |
| Date Book (aka Calendar) | p. 130 |
| Address Book (aka Contact List) | p. 134 |
| To Do List (aka Task List) | p. 138 |
| Memo Pad (aka Note List) | p. 141 |
| Getting Things Done | |
| The Date Book | p. 151 |
| Viewing Your Appointments | p. 152 |
| Creating New Appointments | p. 161 |
| Editing Your Appointments | p. 167 |
| Working with Alarms | p. 168 |
| Using the Date Book + | p. 171 |
| The Address Book | p. 179 |
| View Your Addresses | p. 180 |
| Create New Entries | p. 187 |
| Assign Categories and Privacy | p. 190 |
| Edit and Delete Addresses | p. 192 |
| Create and Beam Your Business Card | p. 193 |
| The To Do List | p. 195 |
| Viewing the To Do List | p. 196 |
| Creating a To Do | p. 198 |
| Changing Task Priority | p. 200 |
| Working with the List View | p. 201 |
| Deleting Old To Dos | p. 206 |
| Sharing and Hiding Your To Dos | p. 207 |
| The Memo Pad | p. 209 |
| Viewing the Memo Pad | p. 210 |
| Creating New Memos | p. 212 |
| Arranging Memos in the Memo List | p. 215 |
| Working with Your Memos | p. 217 |
| Expense | p. 223 |
| Getting Started with Expense | p. 224 |
| From Expense to Excel | p. 230 |
| Alternatives to Expense | p. 235 |
| The Rest of the Palm OS Team | p. 239 |
| Visor Security | p. 240 |
| The Find Feature | p. 252 |
| The Calculator | p. 255 |
| CityTime | p. 259 |
| The Mail Program | p. 261 |
| Going on a Trip | p. 263 |
| Preparing Your Visor for the Road | p. 264 |
| Road Tips | p. 268 |
| Software to Bring Along | p. 269 |
| Wilderness Survival Tools | p. 281 |
| E-Mail and the Internet | p. 285 |
| An Introduction to the Palm Mail Program | p. 287 |
| Setting Up the Palm Mail Program | p. 287 |
| Third-Party E-Mail Programs | p. 301 |
| Instant Messaging | p. 304 |
| Turning Your Visor into a Web Browser | p. 306 |
| Browsing with Your Visor | p. 308 |
| Installing Apps from the Internet | p. 312 |
| Channel Surfing with AvantGo | p. 314 |
| All About MyPalm | p. 319 |
| Springboard Expansion Modules | |
| Communication and Wireless Modules | p. 327 |
| An Introduction to Springboard Modules | p. 328 |
| Modem Modules | p. 329 |
| Phone Modules | p. 333 |
| Connectivity Modules | p. 337 |
| Game and Sport Modules | p. 339 |
| Should You Buy Game/Sport Modules? | p. 340 |
| E-Book and Reference Modules | p. 347 |
| Merriam-Webster Dictionary | p. 348 |
| Holy Bible, King James Version | p. 351 |
| Medical Reference | p. 351 |
| Pocket Recipes | p. 352 |
| Star Trek BookPak | p. 353 |
| Multimedia Modules | p. 355 |
| Take Pictures with the eyemodule2 | p. 356 |
| Control Your Home Entertainment System with OmniRemote | p. 360 |
| Voice Recorders | p. 366 |
| Where to Find It | p. 371 |
| Productivity Tools | p. 373 |
| PowerPoint on Your Visor | p. 374 |
| Heavy-Duty Calculators for the Visor | p. 376 |
| Travel and Leisure Modules | p. 379 |
| Audible Advisor | p. 380 |
| CitySync | p. 382 |
| 5-Language European Translator | p. 382 |
| GPS | p. 383 |
| Memory and Backup Modules | p. 387 |
| Adding Memory to Your Visor | p. 388 |
| Backing Up Your Visor | p. 398 |
| Beyond the Box | |
| The Portable Office | p. 405 |
| Building the Perfect Beast | p. 406 |
| Working with Documents | p. 407 |
| Tracking Data with Spreadsheets and Databases | p. 415 |
| Printing from Your Visor | p. 422 |
| HackMaster and Other Utilities | p. 427 |
| HackMaster | p. 428 |
| Other Utilities | p. 434 |
| Visor Antivirus Utilities | p. 441 |
| Creating Your Own Palm Programs | p. 442 |
| Making Your Visor Run Faster | p. 443 |
| Time and Money Management | p. 445 |
| Managing Your Money with the Visor | p. 446 |
| Streamlining Your Day with Time-Management Tools | p. 455 |
| Playing Games | p. 459 |
| Turning Your Visor into a Game Machine | p. 460 |
| Installing the Bundled Games | p. 465 |
| Playing IR Games | p. 467 |
| Playing Text Adventures | p. 471 |
| Using the Visor as Dice | p. 474 |
| Games Worth Trying | p. 477 |
| Turning Your Visor into a Game Boy | p. 488 |
| Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives | p. 491 |
| Overlays: Wallpaper for the Graffiti Area | p. 492 |
| Graffiti Replacements: A Software Solution | p. 497 |
| Keys, Please | p. 499 |
| Giving Graffiti a Helping Hand | p. 500 |
| E-book Libraries, Photo Albums, and Movies | p. 507 |
| Building a Library of E-Books | p. 509 |
| Building an Electronic Photo Album | p. 515 |
| Watching Movies on Your Visor (Sort Of) | p. 522 |
| Creativity Software: Paint, Compose, and Organize | p. 525 |
| Painting on the Visor | p. 526 |
| Drawing on the Visor | p. 531 |
| Outlining Your Ideas | p. 533 |
| Animating Images | p. 535 |
| Capturing Screenshots of the Visor Display | p. 538 |
| Making Music on the Visor | p. 538 |
| Cases, Keyboards, and Other Accessories | p. 549 |
| Pick a Case, Any Case | p. 550 |
| The Stylus Decision | p. 551 |
| Keyboards | p. 552 |
| Protect Your Screen | p. 554 |
| Add More Memory | p. 555 |
| Recharge Your Visor's Batteries on the Road | p. 556 |
| Mount Your Visor in Your Car | p. 556 |
| Problems and Repairs | p. 559 |
| Cure Visor Problems with a Reset | p. 561 |
| Avoid Battery Problems | p. 562 |
| Prevent Scratched Screens | p. 564 |
| Fix a Screen that No Longer Responds Properly | p. 565 |
| Reclaim Memory for Software and Data | p. 565 |
| Resolve HackMaster Conflicts | p. 567 |
| Fix a Visor that Won't "Wake Up" for Alarms | p. 568 |
| Deal with a Visor that Will No Longer HotSync | p. 569 |
| Beaming Problems | p. 569 |
| Fixing Problems on Your Desktop | p. 570 |
| Back Up Your Visor | p. 570 |
| Solve HotSync Problems | p. 570 |
| Outlook HotSync Problems | p. 573 |
| Work with Windows 2000 | p. 573 |
| Manage Multiple Visors or PCs | p. 574 |
| Other Issues | p. 575 |
| Obtain Service and Repairs | p. 576 |
| Obtain Non-Warranty or Accident-Related Repairs | p. 576 |
| Find Technical Support on the Web | p. 576 |
| Upgrade from an Old Visor to a New One | p. 577 |
| Index | p. 579 |
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