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32 Entering Data in Your Phone
Note: 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.
5. After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place
the text in the record.
Using your computer keyboard
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
®
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.
Importing data
If you have data stored in computer applications such as spreadsheets
and databases, or if you want to import data from another Palm OS
®
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:
ᮣ Comma delimited (.csv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only
ᮣ Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address and Memo Pad only
ᮣ CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address only
ᮣ vCal (.vcs) Date Book only
ᮣ vCard (.vcf) Address only
ᮣ Date Book archive (.dba)
ᮣ Address archive (.aba)