Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 9 line -2: "accepts is own batteries" changed to "accepts its own |
batteries" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 13 Backlight Alternatives, the URL for the PCL (Portable Computer Light) |
has changed from: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 36 under the last bullet item, added the following tip |
TIP If some Graffiti strokes strike you as unnatural, you can design |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 36 under the last bullet item, the following tip (added in the 10/98 |
reprint): |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 49 sidebar, para. 2, line 1 and 3 changed to |
While we're at it, note that some savvy Piloteers deliberately |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 56 para. 2, line 1: "Figure 4-9" to "Figure 4-8" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 56 para. -1, line 4: "example, all of the repeating occurences |
automatically shift by a ..." changed to |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 57 para. 1, line 1-2: "(delete it, add or delete..." |
changed to "(add or delete..." |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 78 Figure 4-25 caption, line 2: change "To-D" to "To-Do" |
and para. -2, line -2: changed "Figure 4-26 to Figure 4-25" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 89 para. 2, line 2: changed "lower right" to "lower left" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 97 Figure 5-4 caption: "Left: Palm OS 2" changed to "Left: Palm OS 1.0" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 118 para. 5, line 2: "Mac Pack" changed to "MacPac" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 121 para. under "Setting Up the Hardware", line 2: "Mac Pack" changed |
to "MacPac" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 139 para. 1, line 1: "For example, you might write mt, make |
the special penstroke, ..." changed to |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 151 para. 2, line 2: changed "developmentsby" to "developments by" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 171 para. 2, line 2: changed "change Palm Desktop" to "change in |
Palm Desktop" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 173 table row -1: changed "F6 (Palm III only)" to "F7 (Palm III only)" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 177 para. 2, line 3: changed "tapping" to "clicking" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 196 para. 3, line 2: changed "as shown in Figure 8-17." to |
"(you can see it in Figure 8-17)." |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 208 line 1: changed |
"If you bought a PalmPilot or Palm III model (not an original Pilot)" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 233 sidebar, para. 4, line 1: "in May 1998" changed to "at the end of |
1998" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 234 para. 2, line 3: changed "Palmorganizer" to "Palm |
Organizer" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 260 para. 4, lines 3-6: replaced the sentence in parentheses with |
the following: |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 260 para. 4, lines 3-6: the following sentence (added in the 10/98 |
reprint): |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 264 sidebar, line 2: changed "this program is huge by PalmPilot standards, |
using up 93K" to "this program uses up 31K" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 274 bullet item 7: changed "Stationary" to "Stationery" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 276 para. 2, line 3-4: removed "(there is only one target for this project |
file)" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 281 para. 1, line 7: replaced "Inside the Src folder is a folder named |
Resource.frk" with |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 286 Figure 11-8 caption: removed the extra "to" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 317 replaced Figure 12-5 with the correct screen capture |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 322 line -4: changed "described the" to "described in the" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 335 under "Server", changed "pop@company.com" to "pop.company.com" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 349 replaced caption for Figure 13-6 with "Most of ProxiWeb's Preferences are |
worth leaving alone." |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 358 replaced caption for Figure 13-16 with "The padlock icon (fourth from the |
left) means that a page is ready for viewing later." |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 359 code sample 2: put the following in constant-width bold font |
ALT="Map of downtown Boston" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 363 para. 2, line -1: changed "For details, point your browser to" to |
"Point your browser to" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 365 line -4: changed "Send Memo" to "Fax Memo" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 380 bullet item 2, line 1: changed "battery" to "memory card" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 388 sidebar, para. 3, line 3: changed "lower-right" to "lower-left" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 420 para. 1, replaced the entire one-sentence paragraph with this |
(Note: If the copies of HackMaster or MenuHack on this book's CD give you |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 420 para. 1, the following one-sentence paragraph (added as a temporary |
fix in the 10/98 reprint): |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 422 list item 2: changed the name from "Chronos" to "ClockWorks" |
and the URL from "http://www.lon.hookup.net/~aball" to |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 432 list item 1, "Backup Buddy!", line 4: changed from "free" to "$15" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 432 paragraph 6 |
My Little Buddy |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 433 last para. in section "Medicine", line 3: changed "drug dosage" |
to "alveolar-arterial pressure differences" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 435 removed the list item "Com2Com" and its description |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 442 under HackMaster: replaced sentence 3 ("Most of these hacks are...") |
with this: |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 442 under HackMaster: sentence 3 (added in 10/98 reprint) |
"(For best results, install the latest copy from www.daggerware.com |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 442 under MenuHack: sentence 2 (added in 10/98 reprint) |
"(This program, too, installs best if you download it directly from |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 443 Figure A-13 caption: changed "seee" to "see" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 446 TaleLight para., line -1: changed "light.html" to "light.htm" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 446 list item 2: "Mac Pack" changed to "MacPac" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 459 list item "PilotGear" last line: replaced text in parentheses with |
"(the site also offers a free daily email news blurb)" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 460 list item 1 (Ray's PalmPilot Software) URL: changed |
"http://www.9781565924208files.com" to |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 462 list item 3, The Daily Pilot Newspaper: changed the URL to |
"http://www.i2iuk.com/cgi-bin/NewsPage.pl" (in italics) |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 463 description of The Piloteer changed to |
"A fascinating e-mag (you download a set of web pages each month to |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 464 line 1: change "see Figure Figure C-4" so "see Figure C-4" |
and para. -1: changed "The only one devoted solely to the Pilot and Palm III |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 465 para. 2, line 1: changed "hebron.in.us.cal.ne" to |
"hebron.in.us.cal.net" (added the missing "t", in italics.) |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 470 removed the entry "Com2Com program, 435" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 478 line 1: index entry "Mac Pack, 446" changed to "MacPac, 446" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 479 removed the index entry "My Little Buddy program, 432" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 479 index entry "Minstral wireless modem" should be |
"Minstrel wireless modem" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 480 added the index entry "Palm Buddy, 432" |
changed to the original text: |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 498 the entry |
"When Eudora is running setting" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1998 |