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Palm and Treo Hacks
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Palm and Treo Hacks

by Scott MacHaffie
October 2005
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
240 pages
5h 45m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Everyone has their own techniques for entering text, but some simple techniques can make you more effective.

You have two main choices for handwritten text: Graffiti and Decuma. Depending on which device you have, you may have a choice between Graffiti, Graffiti 2, and Decuma. You can create shortcuts. A shortcut is an abbreviation that is automatically expanded for you. To create a shortcut, run the Prefs application [Hack #46] and select the Personal ShortCuts category. To use a Graffiti shortcut, write the shortcut character (see Figure 4-6), followed by the abbreviation. Your PDA will automatically replace the abbreviation with the corresponding text. For devices that come with a built-in keyboard, there is no Graffiti input area. To enter the shortcut character on these devices, you need to do the following:

  1. Enter the letter s into the text field.

  2. Press the Alt key to bring up the alternate-character list.

  3. Select the “shortcut” symbol at the bottom of the list. The easiest way to do this is to keep holding the Alt key for one second. Other ways are to press the Alt key three more times or to press down on the 5-way three times.

Shortcut character

Figure 4-6. Shortcut character

If you want to be able to use Graffiti on devices with built-in keyboards (and no Graffiti area), then you can use a program called GraffitiAnywhere This program allows you to write Graffiti strokes directly ...

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