EZ KB™
for the Palm Computing Platform

Users Guide

Version 1.1
February 2004

Installing EZ KB in Your Palm

EZ KB is designed to run on Palm handheld units with a "5-way navigator" only, which includes the various Tungsten models (T, T3, C, etc.) as well as the Treo 600 (as of this writing). If you do not have a unit with a 5-way navigator button, do not install this software.

Whether you downloaded the software from our Web site or received it in the mail, you should have a file called EZKB.prc on your desktop or laptop computer (on the hard disk or on a floppy diskette). If you have a file named EZKB.ZIP, that is not the proper file; that's a compressed or "zipped" file that you must uncompress with standard "unzipping" software (which we do not provide).

If you do not have the file EZKB.prc, you cannot proceed. If you do have EZKB.prc, here's how to install it on your handheld unit:

From a Macintosh:

Run your HotSync Manager software, and from the HotSync menu, select Install Handheld Files. Drag the file EZKB.prc into the window (or use the Add to List button to accomplish the same thing), quit the HotSync Manager, and perform a HotSync.

From Windows:

Double-click on the file EZKB.prc. If you are offered a window asking use to "Select a user", do so. Click Done on the Install Tool window which appears and perform a HotSync.

Starting the Application

Select the EZ KB icon from your Home screen, and you'll see the main screen of the program which looks like this:

Before registering the software, you will also see a License button in the upper-right hand corner of the screen. You can use EZ KB on 14 different days without a license. During that time, if you decide to use the software permanently, you can purchase a license and obtain a serial number. Once you do, tap on the License button and enter the serial number to license the software. If the serial number is correct, the License button will disappear.

If you run into a problem, this probably means that when you provided your Palm "HotSync name" (also known as your Palm user name) to Stevens Creek Software, you did so incorrectly. Check the name in the Enter Serial Number screen, and write it down exactly and email it to Stevens Creek Software technical support at support@stevenscreek.com and wait for a new serial number to be provided to you.

Activating the Popup Keyboard

You turn the functioning of EZ KB on and off by clicking the Activate or Deactivate checkbox on the main screen. When EZ KB is active, you can popup the on-screen keyboard by just pushing the right button on the 5-way navigator. Note that this will only happen if there is an "active field". You can test this using EZ KB itself. After checking Activate, do NOT click in either of the on-screen fields. Push the right button and nothing will happen. Now click on the "General input" field and push the right button, and you'll see the keyboard popup in its "ABC" mode. Dismiss the keyboard by tapping on Done (or pushing the Select button on the 5-way navigator). Now click in the Numeric input field, push the right button, and you'll see the keyboard popup in its numeric mode. Exit EZ KB, and now, in any other application which has input, you'll be able to use this functionality. You need not return to EZ KB again, unless you need to enter your serial number after purchasing a license, or you want to deactivate the software for some reason.

For Support

If you have any problems using EZ KB, you can contact Stevens Creek Software in one of the following ways:

If you lose your serial number, you can obtain a reminder online on our support page.If the serial number you were provided is incorrect, DO NOT CALL. First visit the support web page above, which will be the quickest way to solve your problem; as an alternative, email support@stevenscreek.com with your request.