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·Channels—Download Internet, intranet, or other Web- formatted content to the P/PC. For information on channels, see “Using channels” on page 52.

All files you create on your P/PC, such as Voice Recorder and Note Taker files, are stored in a My Documents folder. You can see these files by double-clicking your P/PC icon in the Mobile Devices window on your desktop computer.

When Note Taker files are copied to the desktop computer, they are converted to .doc files and can be opened in Microsoft Word. When Microsoft Word (.doc) files are copied to the P/PC, they must be converted manually to Note Taker (.pwi) files in order to be opened in Note Taker.

To convert .doc files to .pwi files

1.In the Mobile Devices window on your desktop PC, go to the Tools menu, and then select File Conversion.

2.Select the Desktop to Device tab, and select Microsoft Word Document from the list.

3.Click Edit, and in the Convert to mobile device file of the type drop-down list, select the Note Taker (*.pwi) format.

4.Click OK to exit. For more information, see Windows CE Services Help.

Voice Recorder files remain .wav files on both your P/PC and desktop computer. Synchronization gives you a handy way to move your Voice Recorder files to your desktop computer. A special playback codec, provided with the Windows CE Services installation, is needed to play P/PC .wav files recorded in Mobile Voice format on your desktop computer. PCM files can be played on any desktop PC.

To specify data to synchronize

1.On your desktop PC, open the Mobile Devices window, and then select the P/PC icon.

2.On the Tools menu, click ActiveSync Options.

3.On the General tab of the ActiveSync Options dialog box, select the check boxes beside the services you want to synchronize.