Topcard

Switching from one custom Topcard to another you have a number of different options when deciding what you want to appear on the Topcard, which is the screen that you see whenever you quit all applications (see Screen 1). To add your own information to the Topcard, go to Setup by pressing (Ctrl)+(FILER), then press MENU, Options, Owner. TAB down to the Name, Title, and Company lines and type in your personal information (see Screen 2).

Screen 1.

Screen 2.

If you check the Show Picture box (by tabbing down to it, then pressing the SPACEBAR), the default picture will surround your Topcard information (as in Screen 1). If the Show Picture box isn't checked, your Topcard information will be displayed without a background (see Screen 3).

Screen 3.

After filling out your personal information, press (F10) (OK). Your new Topcard will be displayed whenever you quit all applications. Another alternative is to create your own customized graphic image that will become your Topcard (see Screen 4 for an example of a Topcard that one of our subscribers uses). To substitute a customized Top-card for the default one, first create your desired image in a monochrome .PCX graphics file using a graphics program on your PC.

Screen 4.

If you want to fill the palmtops entire screen with your graphic, the image should be 640 pixels by 200 pixels. Then transfer the file to your palmtop. Next, go to the Owner dialog box in Setup (see instructions above) and press (F8) (Picture). Type or highlight the path and name of your .PCX file, then press (F10) (OK).

To display the new Topcard, quit all applications. You can, as subscriber Gary Silverman does, have more than one Topcard, and switch between them with macros. For instance, the (F1) function key could activate a macro that goes into Setups Owner box and selects as the Topcard image a graphics file that shows Gary at the beach (see Screen 5).

Screen 5.

Another function key (maybe (F2) ) could go to the Owner box and select an image showing him in his capacity as a salesman for Hewlett-Packard (see Screen 6).

Screen 6.

Ralph C. Turner, Managing Editor, The HP Palmtop Paper,

ralph_turner@thaddeus.com