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280 Section 5B: Increasing Your Productivity
Synchronizing Microsoft
®
Office and Other Files
You can create and edit Microsoft
®
Office files on your computer or on your Treo™ Pro
smartphone by Palm and then synchronize the files so that changes you make show up on
both your computer and your smartphone. You can use the same method to synchronize files
from other applications that do not appear in the sync list, such as Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
Notes.
(To learn about synchronizing pictures, videos, and music, see “Synchronizing Your Media
Files” on page 225.) How synchronization happens, however, depends on whether you use
Windows XP or Windows Vista
®
.
Synchronizing Files: Windows XP
1. Connect your smartphone to your computer with the USB cable.
2. On your computer, double-click the ActiveSync icon in the taskbar in the lower-right
corner of your computer screen to open the ActiveSync desktop software window. (If
you don’t see the ActiveSync icon in the taskbar, click Start > All Programs > Microsoft
ActiveSync to open the ActiveSync window.)
Before You
Begin
Install Microsoft
®
ActiveSync
®
desktop software (see “Installing Desktop
Sync Software: Windows XP and Windows Vista” on page 44).
Note
Most ActiveSync desktop software options are available only when your
Treo Pro smartphone is connected to your computer.