Pocket PCs for Dummies

Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

What You're Not to Read

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: What You Can Do with a Pocket PC

Part II: Personal Organization with Your Pocket PC

Part III: Putting Your Pocket PC Tools to Work

Part IV: The Pocket PC and the Internet

Part V: Multimedia Time

Part VI: Working with Pocket PC Add-Ons

Part VII: The Part Of Tens

Part VIII: Appendixes

Icons in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: What You Can Do with a Pocket PC

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Great Features of the Pocket PC

Understanding Your Pocket PC

Your Desktop PC's Partner

Putting Some Multimedia in Your Pocket

Putting music in your pocket

Putting images in your pocket

The Pocket PC as Your Personal Assistant

Keeping in Touch While on the Go

Reading eBooks

Why a Pocket PC Beats a Palm

The Bottom Line

Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics

Using the Touch Screen

The Pocket PC Start button

The Pocket PC program menus

Using your stylus

Practicing safe stylusing

Navigating on Your Pocket PC

Opening your Start menu

Exploring your Pocket PC

Finding your stuff

Switching between programs

Closing programs

Using the Home Menu

Starting with Today

Adjusting Your Settings

Changing your screen settings

Adjusting your security

Setting the date and time

Changing memory settings

Setting your preferences

Chapter 3: Entering Information into Your Pocket PC

Handwriting and Your Pocket PC

Understanding the options

Using the Transcriber

Using the Character Recognizer

Using the Soft Keyboard

Typing on your screen

Some shortcuts to speed your typing

Using Other Ways to Input Info

Using a real keyboard with your Pocket PC

Using a portable keyboard with your Pocket PC

Using a folding keyboard with your Pocket PC

Part II: Personal Organization with Your Pocket PC

Chapter 4: Keeping Your Address Book

What You Can Do with Your Address Book

Your address book as an address book

Your address book as an organizer

Your address book as an electronic business card

Entering New Contacts

Doing it the old-fashioned way: Adding records manually

Doing it the new-fangled way: Bringing records over from your desktop

Beam It Over, Scotty!

Chapter 5: Taking Some Notes

Finding Uses for Your Pocket PC Notes

Writing Yourself a Note

Choosing your note options

Starting a new note

Editing your note

A picture is worth a thousand words

Recording a Note

How good do you want it to sound?

Choosing your recording format

Recording your note

Using your recording

Chapter 6: Keeping Your Mobile Calendar

Setting Up Your Options

Defining your week

Controlling the clutter

Sending meeting requests

Setting Up Your Schedule

Adding an appointment

Rescheduling an appointment

Changing your view

Using categories to simplify your life

Setting reminders

Tracking Your Tasks List

Setting Tasks options

Adding tasks

Sorting your to-do list

Chapter 7: Keeping It in Sync

Understanding Synchronization

Why you need to synchronize

Setting up partnerships

Exchanging Data

Using ActiveSync

Synchronizing your contacts with Outlook

Sharing data with other types of applications

Backing Up Your Pocket PC Files

Doing a backup

Restoring from your backup

An alternative to backup and restore

Exploring Your Pocket PC Files

Part III: Putting Your Pocket PC Tools to Work

Chapter 8: Working with Pocket Word

Uses for Pocket Word

Comparing Pocket Word to desktop Word

What you can do in Pocket Word

What you can't do in Pocket Word

Writing in Pocket Word

Reviewing your input options

Editing in Pocket Word

Formatting your text

Saving your work

Sending Your File

E-mailing your document

Sending your document on a light beam

Chapter 9: The Pocket Excel Numbers Game

Uses for Pocket Excel

Transferring Your Desktop Spreadsheet

Things to Forget about in Pocket Excel

Macros need not apply

Forget the graphs, just give me the facts

Functioning in a Pocket Excel world

No printing allowed

Creating a Pocket Spreadsheet

Entering formulas

Editing your spreadsheet

Controlling the view

Formatting cells

Navigating in Pocket Excel

Exchanging Spreadsheet Data

Chapter 10: Managing Your Money

Some Handy Uses for Pocket Money

Managing Your Money

Setting Pocket Money's options

Using a password

Setting up a new account

Organizing your money using categories

Entering your transactions

Tracking your investments

Sharing the Numbers with Money 2000

Chapter 11: Calculating Hard Numbers the Easy Way

Calculating the Uses of the Pocket Calculator

Doing Some Calculations

Using OmniSolve When You Need Something More

Setting OmniSolve's options

Choosing a calculator mode

Playing around with fancy calculations

Part IV: The Pocket PC and the Internet

Chapter 12: Connecting to the Internet

What You Need to Connect

Is it real (time) or synchronized?

Understanding the Pocket PC hardware realities

Understanding the service availability realities

Choosing Your Hardware Options

CF wired modems

CF digital phone cards

PC Card wireless modems

Minstrel wireless modems

Setting Up Your Pocket PC Connection

Setting up a wired modem connection

Breaking the connection

Setting up a digital phone card connection

Setting up a wireless modem connection

Chapter 13: Surfing with Pocket Internet Explorer

Introducing Pocket Internet Explorer

Understanding the Pocket Internet Explorer screen

Setting your general options

Choosing your connection options

Playing with the advanced options

Surfing the Connected Web

Entering URLs

Following links

Going home

Reloading pages

Viewing the page properties

Sending a link

Copying information you want to keep

Browsing your History list

Playing favorites

Offline Pocket Browsing

Using AvantGo

Getting favorites from your desktop PC

Making the Best Use of your Screen Real Estate

Getting rid of graphics

Expanding the usable screen area

Chapter 14: Keeping Track of Your E-Mail

Connecting to Your Mail Server

Setting up your e-mail account

Choosing your message options

Getting e-mail addresses

Setting your message storage location

Sending and Receiving E-Mail

Creating a message

Sending and receiving messages

Organizing messages in folders

Getting the entire story

Exchanging Messages with Outlook

Part V: Multimedia Time

Chapter 15: Reading eBooks

Understanding eBooks

Downloading eBooks

Copying eBooks to your Pocket PC

Building your eBook library

Managing your eBook library

Reading an eBook

Navigating an eBook

Adding notes and such

Listening to Audio Books

Chapter 16: Using Your Pocket PC for Music

Using Windows Media Player

Transferring music to your Pocket PC

Creating a play list

Playing your music

Setting the Windows Media Player options

Expanding Your Pocket PC's Musical Capabilities

Finding Music Online

Chapter 17: The Digital Camera Companion

Sharing Photos with Your Digital Camera

Sharing digital images on memory cards

Connecting to your digital camera

Editing Photos on Your Pocket PC

Displaying Your Photos

Chapter 18: Playing Around with Your Pocket PC

Playing Games

Golfing in your pocket

Playing Solitaire

Finding More Games to Challenge You

Downloading Pocket PC games

Looking at some other Pocket PC games

Part VI: Working with Pocket PC Add-Ons

Chapter 19: Finding Pocket PC Applications

Understanding What Will Run on the Pocket PC

Finding Pocket PC Web Sites

Getting down to business

Adding some utilities

Loading Programs You've Downloaded

Freeing Up Memory

Unloading programs you don't need

Deleting unneeded files

Using a memory card to hold extras

Chapter 20: Traveling with Your Pocket PC

Your Pocket PC as a Traveling Companion

Using your Pocket PC while traveling

Pocket PC travel considerations

Finding Your Way -- Without Asking for Directions

Reading maps on your Pocket PC

Connecting a GPS to your Pocket PC

Speaking the Language

Part VII: The Part of Tens

Chapter 21: Ten Great Pocket PC Accessories

Figuring Out Which Gadgets Work with Your Pocket PC

Adding Storage

Communications Accessories

Adding a modem

Adding a digital phone card

Connecting to your network

Getting Directions Via Satellite

Adding a Keyboard

Digital Cameras

Powering Your Way to Freedom

Getting the Most from Your Pocket PC

Chapter 22: Ten Great Pocket PC Web Sites

The Ten (Eleven, Actually) Best Pocket PC Sites

CEwindows.net

Developer One

Go2 Online Wireless

Handango

IDG Books Worldwide

IGo

Pocket PC eStore

PocketPC Online

Pretec

SanDisk

Socket

Some Other Great Pocket PC Sites

Chapter 23: Ten Great Pocket PC eBook Sites

Barnes & Noble.com eBookstore

Bookface

Bookmice.com

eBook Connections

eBookNet.com

Microsoft Reader

Midwest Book Review

MightyWords.com

Peanutpress.com

The eBook Directory

Chapter 24: Solving Ten Pocket PC Problems

Fixing an Unresponsive Pocket PC

Correcting Input Errors

Making Your Digital Phone Card Connect

Finding Room for Files

Fixing Synchronization Problems

Curing a Totally Black Screen

Finding Lost Files

Increasing the Volume

Resolving Short Battery Life

Recovering from a Lost Password

Part VIII: Appendixes

Appendix A: A Sampling of Great Pocket PC Business Programs

bFax Pro

BSQUARE Messenger

Surerange Pocket Database

Surerange Custom Convert

Developer One RapidCalc

Developer One Agenda Plus Pack

WinPhone Pocket
Appendix B: A Sampling of Great Pocket PC Utilities

bUSEFUL Utilities Pak

Developer One TaskPro Navigator

Developer One AccessPanel

Developer One ScreenSnap
Appendix C: Moving from a Palm to a Pocket PC

What's the Problem?

Moving the Information

Connecting your Palm with your desktop PC

Adding software to connect the Palm to Outlook

Sending data from the Palm to Outlook

Moving the data to your Pocket PC

Index

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