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GoType! Driver Installation

 
 

Summary

The following is a summary of the steps required to upgrade your GoType! Keyboard driver:

  1. Download the latest GoType! driver

  2. Disable your current GoType! driver

  3. Delete your current GoType! driver from your handheld

  4. Install the new GoType! driver onto your handheld

  5. Enable the new GoType! driver

Instructions

Step 1. Save the GoType! Driver to your Desktop

  • Click the GoType! driver link

  • Select the Save to Disk option in your browser.
    (We recommend saving the file to your desktop.)

After the download has completed, the GoType! driver will appear on your desktop.

Step 2. Disable previous GoType! Driver

Important: The current GoType! driver must first be disabled before upgrading.

GoType! Pro DriverIf you're using GoType! driver 1.5 or later

  • Tap on the GoType! icon

  • Tap (darken) the OFF button.

  • The status Disabled will appear

 

If you're using GoType! driver 1.1 or earlier

  • Tap on the GoType! icon

  • Tap the button Disable GoType!

  • The message GoType is NOT enabled will appear

Step 3. Delete GoType! from your handheld

The GoType! driver will not function properly if installed over a previous version of the GoType! driver. It is therefore required that any previous GoType! drivers be deleted.

  • Go to the application list on your handheld (house button)

  • Tap the Menu button on your handheld (button below the house button)

  • From the menu, tap Delete. A list of installed applications will be displayed

  • From the list of applications, tap GoType!.

  • Tap the Delete button

  • The GoType! driver has now been removed from your handheld

Step 4. Install the new GoType! Driver

Windows Instructions

  • Click the Windows Start button at the lower left-hand corner of your PC

  • Select Programs > Palm Desktop > Install Tool
    (Franklin Planner owners: select Programs > Franklin Planner > Palm Install Tool)

  • Select the correct user name from the "User Name Dialog Window.
    Note: If you do not choose the correct user name, your software will not be installed onto your handheld

  • Click the Add button (or Browse button, if you have one)

  • Click the Look in drop down menu and select Desktop

  • Select the GoType! driver that you downloaded in Step 1

  • Click the Done button (or Install if you have one)

  • Perform a HotSync

  • Software installation is now complete

Macintosh Installation

  • Open your Palm directory from your Hard Disk

  • Double-click the HotSync Manager application

  • From the HotSync menu item, select Install Handheld Files

  • Click the Add to List button

  • Select your Desktop, then select the GoType! driver that you downloaded in Step 1

  • Click Open

  • Close the Install Handheld files Window

  • Perform a HotSync

  • Software installation is now complete

Step 5. Enable the GoType! driver

  • Power your handheld off

  • Place your handheld onto the GoType! keyboard

  • Power your handheld on

  • Tap the GoType! icon on your handheld

  • At the top will be an ON and OFF selection. The active selection is displayed in black.  If not already selected, tap ON

  • The status should change to Enabled, awaiting input

  • If the status becomes Enabled, no keyboard detected, follow these troubleshooting tips

Step 6. Start Typing!

You are now ready to type with your keyboard. GoType will allow you to enter text into any Palm OS application that accepts Graffiti input. Simply tap a field in the application where you would like to enter text, and start typing!

 

 


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