Using Microsoft Office on the Pocket PC
Nancy Clark, M.Ed. Director of Medical Informatics
EducationFlorida State University College of
Medicine
Objectives
• Effectively utilize Office tools on Pocket PC – Word– Excel– Outlook
• Transfer files to and from Desktop• Select interface to Pocket Access
Resources
• http://www.med.fsu.edu/informatics– Computer Literacy– PDAs
• Tutorials– http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/ – Help and How to
Pocket Word
• Documents• Procedures• Guidelines• Checklists• Take notes
Tour of Screen
• Menu Bar• Toolbar
Writing Options• Keyboard – tap tap
tap• Block Recognizer
– Graffiti
• Letter Recognizer– Grade school
• Transcriber– Write on the screen– Install from CD
Writing Options
Keyboard Block Recognizer Letter Recognizer
Block Recognizer
• Graffiti (Palm)
Aa 123
Letter Recognizer
• Jot (Palm)
ABC abc 123
Existing Word Documents
• Transfer to PDA– Put in Synchronize Files folder– Drag and drop into Mobile Device in
My Computer
• Formatting loss– Tables don’t work– Shorter is better
Pocket Excel
• Uses– Calculations– Tables of
information– Calculators– Tracking
numerical data
Tour of Screen
• Menus• Tool bar• Keyboard
numeric key pad
Create Desktop
• Keep small format in mind
• What needs to be mobile
• Keep simple
Outlook Calendar
• Create appointments
• Edit appointments
• Recurring appointments
• Set notifications• Views
Contacts
• Create contact• Beam Contact
Inbox: Email on the PDA
• Wireless • Create• Send• Reply• File• Delete
New Message
• Pick from contacts• Record audio• Quick (my) text• Send• Signatures
Email Cautions
• Very memory intensive• 64 M main memory +• POP only• Leave copy on server• Store attachments on memory card• Clean out old mail• Empty deleted items
Task List
• How OC are you?• Create task• Edit task• Set priority• Set reminder
o o o o
Sync Settings
• Active Sync• Options• Pick applications
you will use• Turn off all the
rest
