48 hp Jornada 560 series personal digital assistant User’s Guide
Microsoft ActiveSync
Microsoft ActiveSync enables you to synchronize the information on your desktop PC with the information on your hp Jornada. In addition, you can back up data from your hp Jornada to your desktop PC and restore this data to your hp Jornada, and copy files between your hp Jornada and desktop PC.
Before you begin synchronization, install ActiveSync on your desktop PC from the Pocket PC Companion CD. ActiveSync is already installed on your hp Jornada.
After installation is complete, the ActiveSync Setup Wizard helps you connect your hp Jornada to your desktop PC, set up a partnership so you can synchronize information between your hp Jornada and your desktop computer, and customize your synchronization settings. Your first synchronization process will begin automatically when you finish using the wizard.
Synchronizing Data
Synchronization compares the data on your hp Jornada with your desktop PC and updates both computers with the most recent information. For example, you can
•Synchronize Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files between your hp Jornada and desktop PC. Your files are automatically converted to the correct format.
•Synchronize
•Copy favorite Web site addresses and any Web pages you have marked for offline viewing in Microsoft Internet Explorer to your hp Jornada.
•Keep your Pocket Outlook Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks databases
Synchronization with Microsoft Outlook 2002 requires ActiveSync 3.5 on the desktop PC.