Once
a new message appears on the screen of your
Palm Handheld, you might want to address it. Enter the recipient's email
address(es) in the to field and message subject in the
subject field. You may click the
to, cc or bcc buttons to look up for addresses in the Address
program on your Palm Handheld and select your desired recipient(s).
When creating or replying to
riteMail messages, you have the following tools available via the riteMail Write Message Toolbar at the bottom of your screen (options shown from left to right):
- Close
: This
action saves the current message into the Draft folder, message's original
folder or most recently selected
folder as explained earlier.
- Send
: Sends the
current message to the riteMail Outbox.
- Color: This tool opens the color box and allows you to choose
up to 11 ink colors on 256 color models as shown below, Tap the
color of your choice to select it and continue to draw and write in the new
color.
On grayscale
models of Palm, up to 18 shades of gray are available,
and On Palm
handhelds with high resolution screens and enhanced
color palette, riteMail
application supports 32 colors.
- Line Thickness: This tool allows you to choose the ink width. You can select
one of the five ink widths
- Writing Tools: The
Writing Tools button (pencil) allows you to choose the following digital writing tools, from left to right:
- Pencil: The pencil has a round lead and is the tool most often used when creating or responding to
riteMail messages.
- Pen: The pen simulates a chisel point marker or a fountain pen
and is useful for adding calligraphy or other artistic effects to your
riteMail messages.
- Eraser: The eraser works like a liquid paper, erasing everything it passes over and replacing it with the background color.
Below are
samples of custom riteMail stationery.
: This tool allows you to delete entire strokes at once. Draw a line across the
stroke(s) you wish to delete. With this tool selected, drawing a
horizontal line across the screen from LEFT TO RIGHT deletes all content BELOW the line. Drawing a horizontal line from RIGHT TO LEFT deletes all content ABOVE the
line.
:
When this button is selected, you can scroll your riteMail message up and down
by "dragging" it with your pen
:
The riteShape tool automatically converts your freehand shapes into perfect geometrical objects. It recognizes quadrangles, triangles, ovals, arrows
and arbitrary "polylines" and allows you to draw high quality quick charts. When
selected,
riteShape converts everything you write or draw into smoothed shapes. You will normally want to
deactivate this tool when your precise drawing is complete. The following images illustrate a
rectangle before (left) and after (right)
the riteShape feature is used:
: This tool deletes the last stroke in your message. If you are using the
riteShape smoothing tool, the Undo button first recovers the initial (non-smoothed) strokes
and then deletes them on the second tap. This feature allows you to freely mix smoothed shapes and regular writing and drawing without having to constantly
care about toggling the
riteShape tool on and off.
: In
addition to Scroll button and navigation arrows, you can navigate your
handwritten messages using "Graffiti panel" on your device ( drag
your stylus across the panel to navigate the message) or jog wheel or other
navigation buttons on your device (may not be available on some models)
