HTC Pro2 Synchronizing Information With Your Computer, About Synchronization, Ways to Synchronize

Section 2E

Synchronizing Information With Your Computer

About Synchronization (page 69)

Ways to Synchronize (page 69)

Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista (page 70)

Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP (page 71)

Synchronizing With Your Computer (page 72)

Synchronizing via Bluetooth (page 73)

Synchronizing Music and Video (page 73)

You can take information from your computer wherever you go by synchronizing them to your device . This section explains how to connect your device to the computer and synchronize your data.

About Synchronization

The following types of information can be synchronized between your computer and your device:

Microsoft® Office Outlook® information, which includes Office Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes

Notes, which are created using Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007

Media, such as pictures, music, and video

Favorites, which are the bookmarked links to your favorite websites

Files, such as documents and other files

Before you can synchronize, you first need to install and set up the synchronization software on your computer. For more information, see “Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista” and “Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP” in this section.

Ways to Synchronize

After you have installed the synchronization software on your computer, connect and synchronize your device with your computer by:

Using the supplied USB sync cable.

Upon connecting the sync cable to your device and your computer, the synchronization process automatically starts.

Using Bluetooth.

You must first set up a Bluetooth partnership between your device and your computer before you can synchronize information between them using Bluetooth. For more information about setting up a Bluetooth partnership, see “Bluetooth Partnerships” on page 94. For information about synchronizing through Bluetooth, see “Synchronizing via Bluetooth.”

Try to synchronize regularly in order to keep information up-to-date in both your device and your computer.

Note You can also synchronize Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar, and tasks on your device with the Exchange Server at your workplace. For more information about setting up your device to synchronize with the Exchange Server, see “Working With Company Email and Meeting Appointments” on page 162.

Synchronizing Information With Your Computer

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