How to Use the Keyboard on a Treo Smartphone

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With a Treo Smartphone, you can copy the keyboard driver from the expansion card to the handheld and enable the keyboard driver from that location. To copy the file from the card to the handheld and, then, delete the keyboard application from the expansion card, follow the steps below.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Copy the Driver to the Handheld

Step1
Tap on the Home icon in the Graffiti area.
Step2
Tap the Menu icon below the Home icon.
Step3
If the App menu did not display the drop-down list, tap on App at the top of the screen.
Step4
Tap Copy.
Step5
In the Copy From: drop-down menu, select the expansion card.
Step6
In the To: drop-down menu, select Handheld.
Step7
Scroll down to the Keyboard entry, and tap on it.
Step8
Tap Copy.
Step9
When the operation is complete, tap Done.
Step10
Tap the Home icon and then tap on the Keyboard icon.
Step11
Make sure the Enable Keyboard option is checked.

Delete the Keyboard Application From the Card

Step1
You can now delete the keyboard application from your expansion card. To delete the application from the expansion card, follow the steps below.
Step2
Tap on the Home icon in the Graffiti area.
Step3
Tap the Menu icon below the Home icon.
Step4
If the App menu did not display the drop-down list, tap on App at the top of the screen.
Step5
Tap Delete.
Step6
In the Delete From: drop-down list, select the expansion card.
Step7
Scroll down to the Keyboard entry, and tap on it.
Step8
Tap Delete.
Step9
Confirm that the file listed in the pop-up window is the application that you wish to delete.
Step10
If it is the correct application, tap Yes.
Step11
Tap Done.

Tips & Warnings

  • It is recommended you install the Keyboard.prc file to the internal memory on your Palm handheld.
  • Running the keyboard driver from the expansion card is not recommended.
  • If running the keyboard driver from the expansion card, you may receive error messages.

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