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ActiveSync displays the properties for that file or program, as if you had clicked Properties on the File menu.

The Mobile Device window on your desktop PC displaysthe contents of your HP Jornada.

Synchronizing data

Microsoft ActiveSync enables you to synchronize data between your HP Jornada and desktop PC, so the names you add to your Contacts database and the appointments you add to your Calendar while traveling can be automatically updated on your desktop PC when you return. You can also synchronize messages in your

HP Jornada Inbox with Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange on your desktop PC. And, you can synchronize files in the Synchronized Files folder on your HP Jornada. with files in a Synchronized Files folder inside your My Documents folder (Windows 95/98) or Personal folder (Windows NT and Windows 2000) on your desktop PC.

You can set ActiveSync either to synchronize automatically each time you connect your HP Jornada to your desktop PC or to synchronize continuously whenever the synchronized information changes, for as long as the computers are