Section 2: Understanding Your Phone2K: Entering Information into the Handheld Computer 113Using a ShortcutTo use a shortcut, you need to make the shortcut stroke followed by theproper characters. The shortcut stroke is a curl that starts from thebottom left and goes to the bottom right.Using a ShortcutTo use the shortcut, simply write the shortcut stroke and then the alphacharacters that are defined in the preferences. You know that you havecreated the correct stroke when the shortcut symbol is displayed on thescreen.To write a shortcut:1. Open a program into which you can enter text using Graffiti. (MemoPad, Address Book, etc.)2. With the application open and a blinking cursor on the first line,write the shortcut symbol as displayed above.3. The shortcut symbol is displayed on the screen.4. Write the letters “b” & “r”.5. The word Breakfast is displayed.Importing DataIf you have data stored on a desktop computer in applications such asspreadsheets and databases, or if you want to import data from anotherdevice, you can transfer the data to your handheld computer withouthaving to enter it manually. Save the data in one of the file formats listedbelow, import it into the Palm TM Desktop software, and then perform aHotSync operation to transfer the data to your handheld computer. PalmDesktop software can import data in the following file formats: Comma delimited (.csv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only. Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only.CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address Book only.
