Palm 750 manual Using ActiveSync desktop software

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DID YOU KNOW? During software installation, you can select an option to synchronize email, contacts, calendar events, and tasks directly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. If you choose this option, you are prompted to enter your mail server address and domain name and your Exchange Server account username and password.

TIP You can also install additional software from the Windows Mobile Getting Started Disc; see Installing bonus software from the CD.

Using ActiveSync desktop software

After you install ActiveSync desktop software, synchronization happens automatically anytime you connect your Treo 750 to your computer, as described in the next section. However, you can open the ActiveSync window on your computer to do tasks such as the following:

•Install applications from your computer to your Treo 750 (see Installing applications from your computer) or to an expansion card inserted into the expansion card slot on your Treo 750 (see Installing applications onto an expansion card)

•Change which applications synchronize

•Enter settings to synchronize wirelessly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

DID YOU KNOW? You can also change which applications synchronize (see Changing which applications sync) and enter settings to synchronize wirelessly (see Setting up wireless synchronization) in the ActiveSync app on your Treo 750. Whether you enter changes on your Treo 750 or your computer, the changes are transferred to the other location the next time you synchronize.

To open the ActiveSync window, double-click the ActiveSync icon in the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your computer screen.

TIP If the ActiveSync icon does not appear in the taskbar, go to Start, navigate to

Programs, and select Microsoft ActiveSync

to open the ActiveSync window.

Desktop software installation also creates a Mobile Device folder on your computer, which you can see when you open My Computer or Windows Explorer. When

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