Google Calendar Sync For Outlook (Windows Pc); Supported Software (What You Need); Before You Install - Motorola DROID Manual

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CHAPTER 4: Other Sync Methods

Google Calendar Sync for Outlook (Windows PC)

Google provides a free application to sync your Microsoft Outlook Calendar to your
Google Calendar. From the Google Calendar, you use the standard DROID sync
software described in Chapter 3 to sync Google to your DROID. It is a two-step sync:
Outlook to Google Calendar to DROID Calendar. For this sync to stay updated, your
computer needs to be turned on, Microsoft Outlook needs to be running, along with the
Google Calendar sync, and you need an Internet connection. If any of these are not
working, the sync will stop. It should catch up next time everything is on and
connected.
Learn more on the Google Calendar Sync here:
www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955
Or you can perform a web search for "Google Outlook Calendar Sync."

Supported Software (What You Need)

In order to use the Google Calendar Sync, you need the following:
A Windows PC running XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010 (32-bit).
An active Internet connection
No special software on your DROID—you just use the standard
Calendar app and sync it to the Google Calendar.
NOTE: No Mac support was available to Sync your Google calendar to Outlook 2011 or Entourage
on the Mac. You can sync your Google calendar to iCal by setting up your Google calendar as a
CalDAV account under iCal preferences. Also, Outlook 2010 (64–bit) for Windows was not yet
supported, however we understand Google is working on this issue and may have it resolved
soon.

Before You Install

We highly recommend doing the following:
Turning off any other sync applications that are syncing to your
Outlook Calendar.
Making a backup copy of your Outlook Data File. See the "How to
Backup Your Outlook Data" section in this chapter.
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