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System Requirements |
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Formulas is designed to work on both the PalmPilot Professional
and Personal units, as well as the Palm III device. Throughout this manual,
PalmPilot is used to refer to any of these units.. |
| 1.3 |
Registering Formulas |
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Formulas is Shareware, and costs $12.00. |
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The Formulas Demo will work for a 30 day trial period. At
the end of the 30 Days,it will stop working. To avert this tragedy, you
will need to get in touch with Stand Alone to register your software. You
can register with us by several different methods. |
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You will need to include the following information, no matter
how you choose to register. Most importantly, you need to include your name
EXACTLY as it is entered in your PalmPilot, including spaces. We use this
to generate your password, so it must be precise. You will need to specify
which programs you wish to register, and include payment for each of them.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. If you are using normal
mail, you can send us a check as well. Make sure to include your card number,
the expiration date, and what type of card you are using. You also need
to give us a way to get in touch with you. Email is the preferred way, followed
by your address and phone number. An Email address is not strictly necessary,
but it will result in much faster service. |
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For instant gratification, register by phone, and pay using
Visa or Mastercard. To do so, call (773) 477-2492 and we will give you a
password right over the phone. |
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Alternatively, you can send us a check to the address below. |
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You can also Email us at sales@standalone.com. Just Email
us the relevant information, and we'll send you a code. If you are registering
through Compuserve, use, GO SWREG. |
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Once you register, you will receive a password from us. You
can install this password one of two ways. There is an option to Enter Password
via the Enter Password option in the menu. Tap on it to bring up a screen
that has a space to enter the password. |
1.5 |
Reporting Bugs |
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If you find a bug in our software, it would be helpful if
you reported the bug to us. To report a bug, please Email us with Bug Report
Request in the subject line. |
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In the Email, please include the following information: |
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·The type of PalmPilot you are
using (i.e. Personal) |
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·The software name & version
number (i.e. Lingua Franca 1.0) |
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·The error number |
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·A brief description of how we
can recreate the error |
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·Your name and Email address (so
we can contact you) |
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When reporting bugs, it is best to Email us, so that the programmers
have a written record of the information they need to solve the problem. |
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As soon as we receive your Email, a programmer will examine
the problem and fix it.. Because our programmers are busy creating software,
it can take a while for them to reply, but they will release a new version
of the software that fixes the bug as soon as they can. |
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A Myriad of Possibilities |
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Welcome to Formulas for the Palm OS, your own pocket mathematician,
tip calculator, area code directory, calendar, and metric converter. Calculate
the payments and interest rates for your student loans, track down any area
code in the country, plan how many days are left until the Millennium, increase
your currency exchange savvy, and even match your skills at metric conversion
with this handy little tool. You won't ever want to leave home without it. |
2.1 |
Clearing Data |
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Tap the menu silkscreen button and pull down the Options menu
to select Clear, or use the Graffiti Command-C to clear any data from your
screen and start anew. |
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2.2 |
Selecting Formulas |
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Tap the menu silkscreen button and pull down the menu under
the word Formulas to switch between various applications, or use the Graffiti
commands. |
2.3 |
Shortcuts |
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You will find that, unlike some other Pilot apps, Formulas
does not require you to tap the screen every time you want to move down
a line. Instead, simply tap the line you wish to move to, and voila! you
are there. |
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The aforementioned Clear button is also an easy way to undo
any mistakes you may have made when entering digits. |
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The Formulas |
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In this section, you will learn how to use all the applications
in Formulas for the Palm OS. |
3.1 |
Area Codes |
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Area Codes can help you find any area code, based on city,
state, or even the first 1 or 2 digits of the area code in question. You
may even use this application to find the city or state to match any 3-digit
area code. |
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Simply enter the Graffiti digits or letters you wish to track,
and plow forth. You have 3 options: city, state, or area code, which change
when you tap and hold the little arrow next to the current word. |
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3.2 |
Currency Exchange |
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This application is your own personal bank and international
currency headquarters! Select 2 countries from the list, and enter a number
into each blank for the amounts you wish to compare (ex: inputting 1 US
dollar yields .62401 British pounds). The default setting is always set
to 1 of each currency you select, unless you enter a different number. You
may also alter the exchange rate itself, as values of international currencies
are constantly fluctuating. Simply enter the rate, make the top country
the constant, and solve for the bottom nation... |
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3.3 |
Date Conversion / Calculator |
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This function enables you to effortlessly calculate the
number of days until your birthday, Christmas, next year, or whichever event
you choose.
Be creative: figure out your age in days, or calculate
how much time you have to buy next year's Mother's Day gifts... |
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Note: If you tap the option for Today when the calendar
appears, the date automatically selected is the current date. |
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Example: If you wish to figure out which day is a week from
today, enter Today's date as the Start Date and input 7 on the line marked
Number of Days. Then, the answer will be calculated for you and displayed
on the End Date line... |
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Date Converter also provides you with the day of the week
(Sun-Sat.) and numerical day in the year for each date you input or receive
as a solution. Even the numerical week in the year for each specific day
is calculated for you...
The possibilities are endless! |
3.4 |
Loan Payments |
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Use this application to compute those numbers you dread
the most: the amount of money you owe (or will owe) to loans...
Input a base amount in the line next to the word Amount,
and then add in any variable you wish: the interest you will also owe, the
number of months you will take to pay off these loans (Note: you must compute
this in months, as there is no option for years. So, for 10 years, you must
input 120 in the space for Months) |
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Your total payments and the total amount of interest you will
have paid are then shown at the bottom of the screen next to their respectable
titles, for better or for worse!Caution: This program cannot solve for the
initial interest you were charged... You must input this rate to generate
the final interest rates and the amount total. |
3.5 |
Metric Conversion |
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This convenient guide allows you to solve equations for 6
popular metric conversion units, as shown below. |
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Simply tap on an option in the main grid to change functions.
The current option is always highlighted. |
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Temperature |
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Enables you to find the temperature in both degrees Fahrenheit
and Celsius |
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Length |
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Allows you to convert units from and into inches, feet, yards,
miles, centimeters, meters and kilometers. Select conversion units by tapping
and holding on the little arrows next to each setting, and input the numbers
you wish to convert in the lines next to these units. |
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Liquids |
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compare units in Fluid Oz., Pints, Quarts, Gallons, Milliliters,
and Liters. No more faulty estimation! You may choose either British
or U.S. liquids. |
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Area |
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Provides the options of inches2, ft.2, yards, acres, cm2,
m2, and hectares. |
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Weight |
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Presents you with the conversion units of ounces, pounds,
tons and long tons, grams and kilograms. |
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3.6 |
Tip Calculator |
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No calculators or finger-counting needed! Simply input the
amount of the bill, the amount you wish to tip, and both the tip and the
total (tip included) are calculated for you on the lines below. |
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Note: You may also input a bill amount and a total amount
and then solve for the accompanying tip percentage. |