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SYNCHRONIZING INFORMATION
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CHAPTER
This chapter discusses using ActiveSync
®
desktop software and other methods to
synchronize your smartphone and your
computer.
Synchronization enables you to enter or
change information on your smartphone or
in Microsoft Office Outlook
®
. Your info is
then automatically updated in both places;
there’s no need to enter the info twice.
This is true whether you sync with your
computer using ActiveSync desktop
software (see Setting up your computer for
synchronization) or wirelessly with your
company’s Exchange Server using
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (see
Setting up wireless
synchronization).
By default, the info from the following
applications is synchronized when you use
either method of synchronization:
You can, however, customize sync settings
to suit your needs and sync only some of
these applications.
If you set up ActiveSync synchronization
with your computer, information in the
Favorites application is synchronized by
default as well. You can also change the
synchronization settings to include Word,
Excel
®
, PowerPoint
®
, and PDF files, as well
as pictures, music, videos, and other types
of files (see Selecting which info to sync
).
For synchronization of music and videos,
you must also have Windows Media
®
Player 10 on your computer.
You can set up your smartphone to use any
combination of wireless synchronization,
ActiveSync synchronization, and Windows
Media Player synchronization.
DID YOU KNOW ? When you sync Favorites, it
creates a folder in your computer’s web
browser called Mobile Favorites that backs up
any favorites you create in the browser on
your smartphone. You can add or remove
favorites directly to or from the folder.
TIP If you don’t already have Windows Media
Player installed on your computer, you can
install it from the Getting Started CD. Insert
the CD into your computer’s CD drive, select
Add Programs, and then select Windows
Media Player.