Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Applications Handbook for the Palm III™ Organizer
- Copyright
- Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
- 3.5" Software Diskettes Available
- Getting Started With Address Book Entries
- Working With Address Book Entries
- Address Book Menu Commands
- Using the Calculator Screen
- Calculator Menu Commands
- Scheduling an Event
- Rescheduling an Event
- Setting an Alarm for an Event
- Scheduling Repeating Events
- Marking a Private Event
- Deleting an Event
- Changing the Date Book View
- Date Book Menu Commands
- Creating an Expense Item
- Entering Receipt Details
- Show Options
- Transferring Your Data to Microsoft Excel
- Expense Menu Commands
- The HotSync Process and the HotSync Manager
- Performing a HotSync Operation for the First Time
- Conducting a Local HotSync Operation
- Selecting HotSync Setup Options
- Customizing HotSync Application Settings
- Conducting a HotSync Operation via Modem
- Conducting HotSync Operation via a Network
- Creating a User Profile
- Using File Link
- Setting Up Mail on the Desktop
- Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail Application
- Opening Mail on your Palm III organizer
- Viewing Messages
- Creating Messages
- Looking Up an Address
- Adding Message Details
- Sending Messages
- Editing an Unsent Message
- Draft Messages
- Filing a Message
- Deleting Messages
- Message List Options
- HotSync Options
- Creating Special Filters
- Defining Filter Strings
- High-Priority Messages
- Truncating Messages
- Mail Menu Commands
- Working With Memos
- Arranging Memos
- Marking a Private Memo
- Deleting a Memo
- Memo Pad Menu Commands
- Buttons Preferences
- Digitizer Preferences
- Formats Preferences
- General Preferences
- Modem Preferences
- Network Preferences and Palm TCP/IP Software
- Selecting a Service
- Entering a User Name
- Entering a Password
- Adding Telephone Settings
- Connecting to your Service
- Creating Additional Service Templates
- Adding Detailed Information to a Service Template
- Creating a Login Script
- Deleting a Service Template
- Network Preferences Menu Commands
- TCP/IP Troubleshooting
- Owner Preferences
- ShortCuts Preferences
- Assigning a Password
- Hiding Private Entries
- Showing Private Entries
- Locking Your Palm III Organizer
- Changing or Deleting a Password
- Recovering from a Forgotten Password
- Opening the To Do List
- Working With To Do Items
- To Do Item Details
- Deleting a To Do Item
- To Do Show Options
- To Do List Menu Commands
- About Mapping Tables
- Customizing Existing Sample Templates
- Determining the Layout of the Expense Report
- Analyzing Your Custom Expense Report
- Programming the Mapping Table
- Using Applications Other Than Microsoft Excel
- Expense File Details
- Use of ^char
- Carriage Return and Line Feed
- Literal Characters
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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Defining Filter Strings
Messages are filtered based on the information contained in their To,
From and Subject header fields. The information that defines what
your Palm III organizer is looking for is called a filter string. You create
a filter string by listing the words you want your Palm III organizer to
find and separating them with either a comma or a space. Each word
in the filter string is joined by an implicit OR; because of this, you
should not enter connecting words such as AND or OR.
To create a more complex filter, you can define filter strings for the To,
From and Subject fields simultaneously. Your Palm III organizer joins
the filter strings for these fields using an implicit AND. Once again,
you should not add connecting words. Your Palm III organizer will do
that for you.
For example, suppose you want to receive only messages from John
Smith (jsmith@aol.com) or Jack Jones (jjones@aol.com) concerning the
Apollo Project. You would create the following filter strings:
To field filter string: jsmith@aol.com, jjones@aol.com
Subject field filter string: Apollo Project
Your Palm III organizer interprets this as, “Accept messages about the
Apollo Project from John Smith or Jack Jones. Do not accept messages
from other people. Do not accept messages from John or Jack about
any other subject.”
When you define a string, note that your Palm III organizer searches
for any instance of that collection of characters. For example, if you
create a filter that retrieves only messages containing the string “info,”
your Palm III organizer considers “info,” “rainforest” and “kinfolk”
appropriate matches.
To define filter strings:
1. Tap a header field in the HotSync Options dialog.
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