page 26 PalmPilot Handbookmeans the Cradle and optional PalmPilot Modem performtheir normal HotSync functions.Any changes that you make in the HotSync Buttons Preferencesscreen become effective immediately; you do not have to changeto a different screen or application.ShortCuts and Digitizer PreferencesThe Preferences pick list includes the ShortCuts item. ShortCutsare abbreviations for entering text. The use of ShortCuts isexplained in Chapter 8: Additional Features.The Preferences pick list also includes the Digitizer item, whichactivates the digitizer calibration screen. This is the same screenthat appears when you start your PalmPilot for the first time. Acomplete description of how to use the digitizer calibration screenappears earlier in this chapter, in the section entitled StartingPalmPilot for the First Time.PalmPilot ApplicationsYour PalmPilot is equipped with a variety of applications. The fourmain applications, Date Book, Address Book, To Do List andMemo Pad, can be activated with the front panel buttons on yourPalmPilot. These four buttons can also be reassigned to anyapplication installed on your PalmPilot, as described in the sectionentitled “Buttons Preferences” that appeared earlier in thischapter.However, all applications installed on your PalmPilot appear in theApplication picker. You can access and use the application pickerto start any application installed on your PalmPilot.
