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Session 1: Basic PDA UsageThursday June 15, 2006

Palm Telemedicine

Seminar Series

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Session 1 Agenda

▪ TX Orientation: Introducing Your Hardware▪ Basic Operations

▫ Navigating with the Stylus▫ Using the 5-Way Navigator▫ Introducing the Palm Interface: Menus and Input Options

▪ Applications: Favorites, Home and All Applications▪ Setting Preferences

▫ Digitizing for Better Input▫ Changing Button Launch Programs

▪ Power Tool: Using the Find Function▪ Troubleshooting: Soft Reset

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Introduction

Diane Cunningham▪ Palm user since 1996▪ Designed and developed "Computer

Training for Physicians" course – taught since 1995 and the "Physicians Palm Workshop" series

▪ Present Seminars, Presentation and Technology Workshops for:▫ The American College of

Surgeons (ACS)▫ CME Inc. ▫ Congress of Neurological

Surgeons (CNS)▫ Sierra Health Group Las Vegas▫ UCSD Topics and Advances in

Internal Medicine Conference▫ California Society of Addiction

Medicine (CSAM)▫ Kaiser Permanente▫ St. Joseph Heritage Health

Foundation

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TX OrientationIntroducing Your HardwareFront, Back Top and Bottom

Front

Status Bar

9 Options

http://www.palm.com/us/support/handbooks/tx/en/basics.pdf

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Input Area

Classic Wide Soft Keyboard

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Back

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Reset Button

▪ Resets your handheld if it stops responding▫ To do a soft reset, use the tip of the stylus to gently

press the reset button inside the hole on the back panel of your handheld (more later!)

Top

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Bottom

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Basic OperationsNavigation using the Stylus and 5-Way NavigatorIntroducing the Palm Interface

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Basic Operations

▪ You can operate your Palm handheld using the ▫ Stylus and

▫ 5-Way Navigator

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Where Is the Stylus Located?

The stylus is stored on the right hand side of your Palm handheld

NOTE: To avoid losing the stylus, always put it back in the holder of your Palm handheld after use

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Using the Stylus

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Using the Stylus

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Using the navigator / 5-way navigator / the 5-way

▪ The navigator consists of the two large, concentric buttons in the middle of the lower part of your Palm ▫ Press the edges to move up, down, right, or left, and

the center button to select items

▪ The navigator works differently in different applications, but it's usually an easy way to operate your Palm with one hand

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Introducing the Palm InterfaceMenus and Input Options

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Palm Interface

▪ Tapping a dotted box opens a dialog box

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Palm Controls and Selectors

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Palm Interface

▪ Tapping the triangle to the left of a word displays a pop-up menu

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Palm ApplicationsFavorites, Home and All Applications

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About Applications

▪ An application is a software program you use for a specific purpose▫ Some applications (apps) are built into your palm device, such

as Calendar and Tasks.

▫ Other applications are included on the Palm installation CD

▫ Still other applications are available for purchase and/or download

▪ Some excellent sources of Palm applications include: http://www.pdamd.com http://www.collectivemed.com http://www.healthypalmpilot.com http://www.palmgear.com http://www.handango.com http://software.palm.com/us/html/

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Favorites/Home Button

▪ Press once to open Favorites View, which lets you create a list of the items you want to quickly access▫ Favorites View can include applications and links to the web

▪ Press twice to open Applications View (Home), where you can see all of the applications installed on your handheld

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Favorites View

▪ Press the Home Icon again to open the Applications View

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All Applications View

▪ Home! ▫ From here, in the All

Category, you can access all of your installed Palm Applications!

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Setting Preferences

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Application Categories

▪ Other Categories are available

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Scroll Down, Click Prefs then Click Touchscreen

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Calibrate the Touchscreen

▪ Hold the Palm as you would normally, then tap exactly in the center of each target

▪ This aligns the position of your stylus to the screen’s electronic touch sensors, personalizing it!

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Success!

▪ Click Done ▪ Now Click on Buttons

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Redefining the Web Button

▪ Click on the Drop down button next to Web

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Redefining the Web Button

▪ Click Epocrates▫ Then click Done

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Launch Epocrates

▪ Click what was the Web hardware button▫ It should now launch Epocrates

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Success!

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Power TipsUsing the Find FunctionBeaming & Deleting ApplicationsPerforming a Soft Reset

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Using the Find Function

▪ You can find information by entering text with the Find function or searching for a phone number using the Phone Lookup function▫ These two functions are available for all the basic

Palm handheld applications

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Using the Find Function

▪ You can find records on your Palm handheld by entering the whole word or the first few letters▫ The search results are displayed by application

▫ NOTE: Start the application that contains the data you are looking for for a faster search result!

▪ This Find feature is also useful if you do not remember which application you used to create a record you are searching for

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Using the Find Function

▪ Click on the Find Icon on the Status Bar

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Using the Find Function

▪ Enter the text you want to find, in this case:▫ palm

▪ Then tap OK

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Using the Find Function

▪ The Find function starts to search and displays the list of search results

▪ The find feature that makes it easy to locate occurrences of a specific group of text characters in various applications on your palm▫ If you have a match, click

on the title

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Using the Find Function

▪ To stop searching▫ Tap Cancel

▪ To resume the search▫ Tap Find More

NOTE: The Find function is not case sensitive; searching for “palm" also finds “Palm"

TIP: Select text in an application prior to tapping the Find icon to automatically place that text in the Find dialog box

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Using the Find Function

▪ The Find application automatically launches the application, opens the matching record and highlights the word you searched

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TroubleshootingPerforming a Soft Reset

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Troubleshooting: Soft Reset

Restarting (resetting) your Palm handheld▪ NOTE: You do not usually need to reset your Palm!

▫ However, your Palm may no longer turn on, accept a beam, or respond to your operations for some reason

▪ In these cases, you may be able to solve your problem by resetting your palm to restart it

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Reset Button

▪ To do a soft reset, use the tip of the stylus to gently press the reset button inside the hole on the back panel of your handheld

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Any Questions?