User manual PALM TREO 600 SPRINT

[. . . ] Start Here to Activate and Learn to Use Your TreoTM 600 Smartphone www. sprintpcs. com Copyright 2003 Sprint Spectrum L. P All rights reserved. diamond logo design are trademarks of Sprint Communications Company L. P All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Portions copyright 2003 Handspring, Inc. All rights reserved. Treo and the Treo logo are trademarks of Handspring, Inc. , and may be registered in some jurisdictions. Handspring, Blazer Web Browser, and the Handspring logo are trademarks of Handspring, Inc. , are registered trademarks in the U. S. A. , and may be registered in other jurisdictions. [. . . ] Choose OK. 126 System Sound Settings You can immediately silence all sounds on your Treo, including phone ring tones, Calendar alerts, and system sounds. If the ringer switch is set to no sound, the ringer setting overrides the sound settings and all sounds are turned off. This does not, however, mute the speaker on your Treo during a phone call. To hear all sounds again, slide the ringer switch to Sound Mode On When you slide the ringer switch, it does not affect the software settings for the sounds on your Treo. For example, if the Phone ring volume is set to 7, sliding the ringer switch to Sound Mode Off does not change this setting, but you will not hear the phone ring because of the ringer switch position. Your Treo includes a silent alarm that vibrates when the ringer switch is set to Sound Mode Off. Customizing Ringer switch 127 Customizing Display and Appearance Turning the Keyboard Backlight On and Off When you turn on night mode, the keyboard backlight illuminates the keys and the screen dims slightly. To turn on the keyboard backlight, press Option To turn off the backlight, press Option then then again. Adjusting the Contrast and Brightness Depending on the lighting conditions in which you're using your Treo, you may need to adjust the screen contrast and brightness. Choose the contrast slider, and use Left and Right and Right to adjust brightness. to adjust contrast. Changing the Screen Font You can change the screen font in Calendar, Contacts, Memo Pad, SMS, and To Do. 128 Aligning the Touchscreen Occasionally, your Treo touchscreen may need to be readjusted. If it is out of alignment, you may see the wrong feature being activated when you tap the screen. To fix the problem, you can realign the touchscreen any time. Follow the onscreen instructions. Changing the System Color Scheme 1. Choose the Colors pick list, then select a color scheme. 129 Customizing Applications Launcher Settings You can change the Applications Launcher settings on your Treo so that you can easily access the applications you use most often. You can arrange and display your applications by category, reassign the buttons on your Treo, and choose default applications for specific tasks. Arranging Applications by Category The category feature enables you to manage the groups of application icons that appear in the Applications Launcher. You can assign an application to a category and then display just a specific category or all of your applications. Choose the pick list next to each application, then select a category. Tip: To create a new category, choose the category pick list, then select Edit Categories. Choose OK to close the dialog, then choose OK. 130 Displaying Applications by Category Do one of the following: Press Applications Launcher repeatedly to cycle through all your categories. Choose the pick list in the upper-right corner, then select the category you want to display. Choosing the Applications Launcher Display By default, the Applications Launcher displays each application as an icon. As an alternative, you can view a list of applications. The list view is particularly useful when you have several applications in a category. Choose OK. Customizing 131 Customizing Button Settings Buttons Preferences Buttons Preferences enable you to choose which applications are associated with the buttons on the front of your Treo and the HotSync button on the cable. You can also change the applications associated with these buttons when they are used in combination with the Option key. Choose the pick list next to the button or key combination you want to reassign, then select the application you want to assign to that button or key combination. Tips: You can also choose HotSync to pick an application to launch from the HotSync button on the cable. To restore all of the buttons and key combinations to their factory settings, choose Default. 132 Setting Default Applications Sometimes, one application looks for another application to handle some data (for example, a mail application might launch a browser when you choose a link in an email message). Default Apps Preferences enable you to designate a specific application as the default handler for a particular type of data. For example, you can choose Blazer Web Browser as the default Web browser. Choose the pick list in the upper-right corner, then select Default Apps. [. . . ] See repeating events anonymous information 190 Answer button 43 answering calls 43, 54, 56 antenna 24, 174 application buttons 28, 53, 132 applications accessing Palm OS 29 associating with buttons 132 beaming 105, 166 copying 117 displaying information about 114 displaying list of 131 displaying menus for 32 displaying private records in 142 downloading 79, 109 199 Index Index expansion cards and 115, 117 installing 84, 109111, 164 navigational control and third-party 30 opening 28, 71, 117 phone conversations and running 47 power consumption for 5 removing 112 setting default 133 setting preferences for 130 troubleshooting problems with 162 uninstalling 152 upgrades and 149 Applications Launcher customizing 130 defined 166 running 29, 117 Applications Launcher button 29 appointments. See calendar Archive folder 112 area conversions 101 arrow icons (documentation) 30 assigning passwords 139 attaching charger cable 3 attachments 164 audio files 43 Auto Lock Handheld box 139 Auto-Keyguard preference 137 automatic resets 163 Auto-off setting 136, 166 decreasing 5 B Back option 67 backing up data 18 image databases 68 200 backlight. See keyboard backlight Backspace key 38 Backup folder 113 battery caring for 172 charging 34 checking status 4, 44 conserving power for 45, 136 disposing of 173 extended 145 not charging 4 resets and 152 battery gauge 4, 44 battery icons 4 battery-ready indicator 3, 4 beam (defined) 166 Beam Business Card command 50 Beam Category command 104 Beam command 104, 105 Beam Receive option 136 Beam Status dialog 104, 106 beaming information 104106 beeps 27 See also alerts belt clip 146 birthdays. See repeating events Biz Conn icon 84 blank screens 154 Blazer customizing 8283 dialing from 80 downloading files from 79 emailing from 81 installing applications from 109 opening 28, 75 overview 75 setting as default browser 133 setting bookmarks for 7679 troubleshooting problems with 160 viewing Web pages from 7576, 78 Bookmark view 77, 78 bookmarks 7679 books ii brightness slider 128 browsers. [. . . ]