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IMPORTANT For details about using the Task Manager, refer to
Task Manager on page 4-72
.
Search Phone
This feature allows you to conduct a search through the data stored on your phone.
• Tap on Start>Search Phone icon.
• Tap in the Search For field, and type the information or a fragment of the information for which you are searching.
• In the Type: drop-down menu, choose the location in which you want to conduct the search.
• Tap on the Search softkey at the bottom of the screen.
The results of your search are displayed in the Search screen.
Office Mobile
This icon contains the following abridged Microsoft programs: Excel Mobile, OneNote Mobile, PowerPoint
Mobile , SharePoint Workspace Mobile and Word Mobile.
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• Tap on Start>Office Mobile.
Excel Mobile
Excel Mobile is an abridged version of Microsoft Excel, an electronic spreadsheet program. If you’re familiar the Excel application on your PC, you’ll be able to navigate Excel Mobile.
In addition to providing the tools to manipulate text and numeric values like statistics, percentages, using formulas that perform calculations, and so on, this program can also include graphics such as pie charts.
Excel Mobile allows you to copy Excel workbooks from your PC onto your Workabout Pro4 and update them while you’re away from your desk.
• Tap on Start>Office Mobile>Excel Mobile.
• If a list of workbooks is displayed rather than a new sheet, you’ll need to create a new workbook. To create a workbook:
• In Excel Mobile, tap the Menu>File>New.
OneNote Mobile
You can use OneNote Mobile to take notes wherever you are and then synchronize your notes with a notebook section in the OneNote version on your PC. For example, you can:
• Snap pictures of business cards on your Workabout Pro4 and then bring them into OneNote on your PC.
• Create short text notes and voice recordings on your Workabout Pro4 to remind you about important meetings, ideas, etc. and synchronize them with your notes.
• Prepare information in OneNote on your PC and then transfer it to your Workabout Pro4 where it will be available to you wherever you and your Workabout Pro4 go.
IMPORTANT Remember that you must have Microsoft Office OneNote 2010 and the latest version of
ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center installed on your PC before you can set up a partnership between your Workabout Pro4 and your PC.
Setting Up a Partnership
• Start Office OneNote and ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Center on your PC.
• Connect the Workabout Pro4 to your PC; you can use a USB cable or a Bluetooth connection.
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When a connection is established between the Workabout Pro4 and your PC, ActiveSync displays a New
Partnership screen.
• Choose Standard partnership, and tap on Next.
• To share information between OneNote Mobile and Office OneNote 2010 on your PC, tap Synchronize
with this desktop computer, and then tap on Next.
• Tap on Finish to begin the partnership between the Workabout Pro4 and the PC. Now you’ll be able to pass notes back and forth between your PC and your Workabout Pro4.
Creating A Note
• Tap on Start>OfficeMobile>OneNote Mobile icon. Tap on New in the softkey bar to display a blank note.
• Tap on New to create a note page. Begin typing.
• When you complete your note, tap on Done.
NOTE Remember that you can tap on the Menu softkey to Undo typing, add Formats (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough), and include Lists (Numbered, Bulleted, Clear).
Using the OneNote Menu
Tapping on Menu displays a list of options to help you work with the OneNote Mobile applet.
• Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy and Paste: These commands operate in the same way as they do in any
Windows Office application.
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• Format: Tapping on this command lists the formatting options you can apply to your note: Bold, Italic,
Underline , Strikethrough and Clear All.
• Take Picture: When you tap on this option, the Workabout Pro4 switches to camera mode so that you can snap a picture to include in your note.
Press [ENTER] to snap a photo that is automatically inserted into your note.
• Insert Picture: Tapping on this command automatically displays your My Pictures folder where you can tap on an existing picture to insert it into your note.
• Insert Recording: When you tap on this command, a recording panel is displayed.
Play
Stop
Record
Cancel
Save
Tap on the Record button to record your message.
Tap on Stop when you’ve completed your message.
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Tap on Play to listen to your voice message.
To discard your message, tap on X – the Cancel button.
To save your message, tap on OK. An audio icon is displayed in your note. You can tap on it to listen to your message.
Synchronizing Workabout Pro4 One Note With PC OneNote
• Connect the Workabout Pro4 to your PC using either a USB cable or Bluetooth.
When the connection is complete, take one of the following steps:
• In Microsoft ActiveSync on your PC, choose Sync or
• On your Workabout Pro4, tap on Start>ActiveSync, and then tap on Sync.
During synchronization, the notes you created on your Workabout Pro4 are copied to a new Office OneNote
2010 notebook called OneNote Mobile on your PC. When synchronization is done, you can drag the transferred notes into any other sections and other notebooks on your PC.
Word Mobile
If you’ve used Microsoft Word on your PC, Word Mobile will be familiar to you. Keep in mind however that
Word Mobile is designed for a small screen and limited memory.
NOTE Keep in mind also that a Word document created on your PC can lose key formatting features such as styles and tables if you make changes to it on your Workabout Pro4.
• Tap on Start>Office Mobile>Word Mobile.
NOTE If you’ve already created a Word document, it will be listed in a Word Mobile window. To launch a new Word document, you’ll need to tap on the New softkey.
Text Input Modes
In addition to the soft keyboard, you can enter text using the Workabout Pro4 keyboard, soft keyboard or the transcriber.
IMPORTANT Refer to
Notes on page 3-18
for details about the transcriber and soft keyboard text input methods.