| Your handheld's menus are in a familiar place, along the top of the screen, but they don't become visible until you tap the upper-left corner of the screen. You can also open the menus in any app by tapping the Menu icon, located at the lower-left of the writing area. Commands are faster ways of calling up a menu action. The command bar 
The command bar pops up when you make a command stroke. In the input area, make the command stroke by dragging the stylus from the lower left to upper right. A toolbar (the command bar, pictured above) appears for a few seconds at the bottom of the screen. Tap the icon to complete the command. |
Three ways to use commands |
Create a new task with commands 
| Open Tasks, tap New to create a new task, and write  (for Look Up). | 
| Your Contacts address book opens. Select any name and tap Add. | 
| The name is automatically pasted into your new task with the first phone number listed. | 
| Attach a note with more detail about why you should call this person by writing  . | 
| You've just created a task. Tap Details to set the due date and priority level. |
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Using commands: Commands are an easy way to activate the menus To quickly see menus, tap the Menu icon. Menus appear at the top of the screen, just like on your computer. If a menu item has a command, you'll see it to the right of the item 
From the menu, tap the command, or in the writing area, write a slash followed by a letter. 
With the Home screen showing, try writing  to execute the Info command 
Note that some screens, such as this one, don't have menus. 
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Icon to look for 
Menu |
Frequently used commands 
| Beam item | 
| Copy | 
| Delete | 
| Font | 
| Graffiti 2 writing help |
| Info | 
| Keyboard | 
| New item | 
| Paste | 
| Select all | 
| Undo |
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Go to To learn how menus work in specific apps, check out chapters 5, 6, 10, 11, and 12.
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