10 Minute Guide to Pocket PCs 2002

the Pocket-sized Reference To The Pocket Pc - The Only Book That Isn't Bigger Than The Pocket Pc Itself! This Presentation Is Ideal For Pocket Pc Users Who Need A Quick, Lightweight, Portable Guide To Everything Their Pdas Can Do. This Book Presents Step-by-step Instructions To The 30 Most-used Features Of The Pocket Pc In Lessons That Can Be Completed In Ten Minutes Or Less. 10 Minute Guide to Pocket PC 2002......Page 2 Copyright © 2003 by Que......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!......Page 11 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK......Page 12 UNDERSTANDING THE CONTROL LAYOUT......Page 14 USING THE STYLUS......Page 17 WORKING WITH CARDS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES......Page 19 USING THE TODAY SCREEN......Page 21 USING THE NAVIGATION AND COMMAND BARS......Page 22 USING THE START MENU......Page 23 USING POP-UP MENUS......Page 26 ADJUSTING VOLUME SETTINGS......Page 27 SETTING SYSTEM SOUNDS......Page 28 ADJUSTING DISPLAY SETTINGS......Page 29 USING THE SOFT KEYBOARD......Page 32 USING BLOCK RECOGNIZER......Page 34 USING TRANSCRIBER......Page 35 ACTIVATING WORD COMPLETION......Page 36 MONITORING BATTERY LIFE......Page 38 CONFIGURING POWER PREFERENCES......Page 39 MONITORING MEMORY USAGE......Page 42 ALLOCATING MEMORY......Page 43 REDUCING MEMORY USAGE......Page 44 USING STORAGE CARDS......Page 48 RESETTING THE CLOCK......Page 50 CONFIGURING THE TODAY SCREEN......Page 51 CONFIGURING THE START MENU......Page 54 CONFIGURING THE NEW MENU......Page 55 REPROGRAMMING THE HOTKEY BUTTONS......Page 56 CHANGING OWNER INFORMATION......Page 58 DISPLAYING OWNER INFORMATION AT POWER-ON......Page 59 PERSONALIZING THE MY INFO SCREEN......Page 61 ADDING PASSWORD PROTECTION......Page 62 USING A WALLET PROGRAM TO STORE PRIVATE INFORMATION......Page 63 CONNECTING TO YOUR DESKTOP PC......Page 66 MANAGING CONNECTION OPTIONS......Page 67 CONNECTING TO A NETWORK......Page 69 CONNECTING TO ANOTHER POCKET PC......Page 71 CONFIGURING ACTIVESYNC......Page 73 USING ACTIVESYNC......Page 76 SETTING UP REMOTE SYNCHRONIZATION......Page 77 USING FILE EXPLORER......Page 81 FINDING FILES......Page 83 RENAMING AND DELETING FILES AND FOLDERS......Page 84 CREATING NEW FOLDERS......Page 85 MANAGING FILES FROM YOUR DESKTOP PC......Page 86 BACKING UP FILES......Page 89 RESTORING FILES......Page 91 OTHER BACKUP OPTIONS......Page 92 OPENING AN APPLICATION......Page 94 MINIMIZING AND CLOSING AN APPLICATION......Page 95 SAVING APPLICATION FILES......Page 96 INSTALLING A NEW APPLICATION......Page 97 REMOVING AN APPLICATION......Page 98 REINSTALLING A DELETED APPLICATION......Page 99 CREATING NEW CONTACTS......Page 101 VIEWING AND MANAGING YOUR CONTACTS......Page 102 SYNCHRONIZING CONTACT INFORMATION......Page 104 BEAMING CONTACTS......Page 105 VIEWING THE CALENDAR......Page 107 MAKING A NEW APPOINTMENT......Page 108 VIEWING APPOINTMENTS......Page 109 CONFIGURING NOTIFICATION......Page 110 SYNCHRONIZING APPOINTMENTS......Page 111 WORKING WITH TASKS......Page 112 WORKING WITH NOTES......Page 114 CREATING, OPENING, AND SAVING DOCUMENTS......Page 117 ENTERING TEXT......Page 118 FORMATTING TEXT......Page 119 SHARING DOCUMENTS WITH MICROSOFT WORD......Page 121 RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POCKET EXCEL AND MICROSOFT EXCEL......Page 126 CREATING, OPENING, AND SAVING SPREADSHEETS......Page 128 ENTERING AND FORMATTING DATA......Page 129 USING FUNCTIONS AND FORMULAS......Page 131 SHARING DOCUMENTS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL......Page 133 STARTING POCKET MONEY......Page 135 SYNCHRONIZING ACCOUNTS......Page 137 ENTERING ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS......Page 139 PROTECTING YOUR DATA......Page 140 USING THE POCKET PC CONNECTION WIZARD......Page 141 CONNECTING VIA A STANDARD MODEM......Page 144 CONNECTING VIA A WIRELESS MODEM......Page 145 CONNECTING VIA AN ETHERNET NETWORK......Page 146 CONNECTING VIA YOUR DESKTOP PC......Page 147 CONFIGURING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT......Page 148 CONNECTING AND RECEIVING EMAIL MESSAGES......Page 149 READING MESSAGES......Page 150 RESPONDING TO AND CREATING NEW MESSAGES......Page 151 MANAGING YOUR ADDRESS BOOK......Page 153 SETTING UP AN MSN MESSENGER ACCOUNT......Page 155 SENDING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES......Page 157 VIEWING WEB SITES......Page 160 CHANGING VIEW OPTIONS......Page 161 MANAGING FAVORITE SITES......Page 162 USING THE AVANTGO SERVICE......Page 163 COPYING DIGITAL AUDIO FILES......Page 165 LISTENING TO SONGS......Page 167 CREATING A PLAYLIST......Page 168 CHANGING SKINS......Page 169 VIEWING DIGITAL MOVIES......Page 171 ADJUSTING PLAYBACK SETTINGS......Page 172 MOVIES TO DOWNLOAD......Page 173 VIEWING PHOTOGRAPHS......Page 174 USING OTHER PICTURE VIEWING SOFTWARE......Page 175 TURNING YOUR POCKET PC INTO A DIGITAL CAMERA......Page 176 DOWNLOADING MAPS FROM THE WEB......Page 178 USING POCKET STREETS......Page 180 USING OTHER MAP UTILITIES......Page 181 USING GPS ACCESSORIES......Page 182 USING THE EBOOK READER......Page 183 FINDING AND DOWNLOADING EBOOKS......Page 185 LISTENING TO AUDIO EBOOKS......Page 186 PLAYING BUILT-IN GAMES......Page 189 FINDING AND DOWNLOADING POCKET PC GAMES......Page 190 EMULATING OTHER GAME PLATFORMS......Page 191 POCKET PC MANUFACTURERS......Page 194 POPULAR POCKET PC ACCESSORIES......Page 195 FINDING POCKET PC SOFTWARE......Page 198 SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND UTILITIES......Page 199 INDEX......Page 206 A pocket-sized reference to the Pocket PC which serves as a guide to everything their PDAs can do. It presents step-by-step instructions to the 30 most-used features of the Pocket PC in lessons that can be completed in ten minutes or less.