The PalmPilot Organizer Resource Kit, written by PalmPilot guru Glenn Brown, unleashes the enormous, untapped power and flexibility in PalmPilot and Palm III organizers. PalmPilot converts will especially enjoy the CD-ROM that comes with the package. The disk offers 300 examples of the best shareware and freeware available, ranging from the mundane to the remarkably useful: Tip Calc, Cookbook, Currency Calculator, Loan Wizard, AportisDoc Reader (which converts Microsoft Word and HTML documents to a compressed form readable by a Palm organizer), Thesaurus, Translation (which provides quick English-to-Spanish or Spanish-to-English translations for words or phrases), Holiday Planner, and many others. Downloading some of the programs can be complicated, but most include useful "Read First" files that suggest workarounds for maximize performance. Brown"s accompanying print volume is designed for both the novice and the power user. The first few chapters offer thorough, step-by-step instructions for starting out with a Palm organizer, working with Graffiti handwriting recognition, and improving HotSync performance. After these early sections, the book moves into more advanced topics that will attract long-time users of Palm organizers. Brown tours the top 50 PalmPilot Web sites and shares some arcane troubleshooting techniques gathered from countless hours logged on his own PalmPilot. The book continues with another 300 pages of specialized topics, including, financial and travel tools for the PalmPilot, hidden features of Palm organizers, document-reading applications, and utilities for improving desktop and Internet communications. If you"re new to the PalmPilot you"re likely to be surprised by the diversity of tools and games--from MoneyManager to Reptoids--that you can hold in the palm of your hand. If you"re an experienced user, you"ll revel in the resources provided in this comprehensive kit. As with the PalmPilot itself, the kit"s CD-ROM is Windows and Mac compatible; however, a PDF reader (available for free download on the Web) is required to view the files. --Patrick O"Kelley