Palm 2.5 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Getting, Sending, and Managing E-mail
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Downloading attachments to your handheld
At times e-mail contains attached files, such as Microsoft Word or text files, that
you want to view or install on your handheld. You can download and work with
the following attached files:
vCard (.vcf)
This is an address.
vCal (.vcs)
This is usually a calendar appointment or a To Do task.
Text (.txt)
This is usually a memo or another plain text file.
HTML (.html or
.htm)
Usually a web page or a formatted text file. Your handheld
displays HTML attachments with full formatting intact.
Microsoft Word
(.doc)
The formatting is stripped and the text of most Microsoft Word
documents is shown.
JPEG (.jpg),
bitmap (.bmp), and
TIFF (.tif) tiles
These are graphics files. You can download these files and view
them using the Palm™ Photos application on your handheld if
your handheld comes with this application. For other
handhelds, your handheld may contain a viewer that allows
other applications to pass it a file for viewing. For example,
your handheld may contain an image viewer that allows
another application to pass it a JPEG attachment for viewing.
You do not need to do anything different in the steps for
downloading and viewing attachments; if your handheld
contains such a viewer, the attachment is automatically
opened. If your handheld does not contain such a viewer, you
cannot view the attachment.
Other application
files
For other types of application files, your handheld may contain
a viewer that allows other applications to pass it a file for
viewing. For example, your handheld may contain an image
viewer that allows another application to pass it a GIF
attachment for viewing. You do not need to do anything
different in the steps for downloading and viewing
attachments; if your handheld contains such a viewer, the
attachment is automatically opened. If your handheld does not
contain such a viewer, you cannot view the attachment. Among
the file types that may be supported are GIF, MP3, and AAC
files.
PRC (.prc)
This is a Palm OS
®
application that you can install and run on
your handheld.
PDB (.pdb)
This is a file that works with specific Palm OS applications.