Specifications

Putting away beamed icons
If you receive an icon that was beamed to you from another
Newton product, you can store it in the Extras Drawer.
1 Tap Extras ´ to open the Extras Drawer, tap the folder
tab, then tap Unfiled Icons (if you filed the In Box in another
folder, tap the name of the folder).
2 Tap In Box I.
3 Tap the checkbox next to the beamed icon.
m To file the item in a folder in the In Box, tap the Folder
button F. In the slip that appears, tap the name of the folder,
then tap File.
m To create a log entry in the In Box, tap the Tag button t,
then tap Log.
m To file the item in the Unfiled Icons folder in the Extras
Drawer, tap the Tag button t, then tap Put Away.
Sending icons by electronic mail
You can send icons of third-party applications to someone
by electronic mail. You cannot e-mail icons of built-in
applications.
1 Tap Extras ´ to open the Extras Drawer.
2 Tap the folder tab, then tap the name of the folder that
contains the icon you want to mail.
3 Select the icon or icons (icons that are built in or copy-
protected cannot be mailed). Press the pen on or near the
icon until you see a large dot and hear a squeak. Then draw
the highlighting mark over or around the icon.
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Managing and Using Items in the Extras Drawer
The overview shows the amount of memory used for each
installed application and where applications are stored (card
or internal memory). To file or route applications in the list,
tap the checkbox next to each application, then tap the
Folder button F or the Routing button µ.
To go back to the icon view, tap the Overview button again.
Beaming icons
You can beam icons of third-party applications to another
Newton product. You cannot beam icons of built-in
applications.
1 Tap Extras ´ to open the Extras Drawer.
2 Tap the folder tab, then tap the name of the folder that
contains the icon you want to beam.
3 Select the icon or icons (icons that are built in or copy-
protected cannot be beamed). Press the pen on or near the
icon until you see a large dot and hear a squeak. Then draw
the highlighting mark over or around the icon.
4 Tap the Routing button µ. In the list that appears, tap
“Beam Icon.”
A slip appears showing you the progress of the beam. When
the beam is complete, the slip disappears.
For more information on beaming, see the section on
“Sending and Receiving Beamed Information” in the chapter
“Routing Information.”
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