Chapter 5
Synchronizing Information
5.1 About Synchronization
You can take information from your computer wherever you go by synchronizing
it to your phone. The following types of information can be synchronized between
your computer and your phone:
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Microsoft® Office Outlook® information — Office Outlook email, contacts,
calendar, tasks, and notes
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Notes created using Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007
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Media — Pictures, music, and video
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Favorites — Website addresses you save as Favorites in Pocket Internet
Explorer on your phone or in the Mobile Favorites folder of Internet Explorer
on your computer.
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Files — Documents and other files
Tips
• You can also synchronize Outlook email, contacts, calendar, and tasks on your
phone with the Exchange Server at your work. For more information about setting
up your phone to synchronize with the Exchange Server, see Chapter 7.
• Try to synchronize regularly in order to keep information up-to-date on both your
phone and your computer.
Before you can synchronize, you need to install and set up first 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 chapter.