How to Do Everything With Your Pocket PC Third Edition

How To Do Everything With Your Pocket PC, 3rd Edition

by Frank McPherson
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, September 2003

Get the most out of your Pocket PC and all its features and capabilities with this easy-to-follow resource. You'll learn to personalize your portable device to suite both your style and a wide range of needs from business to pleasure. Use your Pocket PC to manage a wealth of information--from scheduling appointments and maintaining contact lists to tracking investments. Connect to the Internet, share data with other handheld devices, play music, download games, send instant messages, and stay on top of your e-mail wherever you go. This handy guide will show you how to be more productive and fully utilize all the functionality your Pocket PC has to offer.

Learn to:

• Maximize all the features and productivity applications on your Windows-based PDA
• Connect to the Internet--wirelessly--and browse your favorite web sites
• Create documents and crunch numbers using Pocket Word and Pocket Excel
• Install and remove programs, and backup and restore data on your Pocket PC
• Synchronize your Pocket PC with your desktop computer using the ActiveSync Partnership Wizard
• Configure and monitor the amount of space available to run programs and store files
• View pictures, give presentations, and make calls
• Customize Pocket PC settings and change the appearance to conform to your personal taste and needs
• Use your Pocket PC to create databases and store and query data
• Add peripherals to your Pocket PC to expand its functionality

Overview

What's in a name? Over the years since Microsoft first released software for handheld devices, Microsoft has changed the name three times. First it was Windows CE, then Windows Powered, and now Windows Mobile Software.

Regardless of the names, the software remains true to its Windows heritage, enabling us to use handheld computers in the much the same way as we use desktop computers. Critics claim that the Windows user interface was never designed for, and therefore not appropriate for, handheld computers. What the critics overlook is the power of familiarity that enables one to pick up a Pocket PC and use it right away.

Pocket PCs help you interact in different ways with a variety of information. Think about all of the information that is important to you. It might be appointments, addresses, bank account balances, or documents. It might even be voice recordings, web pages, video clips, or music.

Many people have turned to personal computers to help them keep track of all this different information. But, there is a problem with personal computers. Most sit on tables and desks at home, while we need the information they contain when we are sitting in meetings or out shopping. With a Pocket PC that information can be taken out of the computer so that it is with you at any time, and anywhere. And when you return home that information can be easily updated to your personal computer.

The Pocket PC is part of a series of hardware devices that run the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system and application software. Also in the series are the Smartphone, Handheld PC, Auto PC, and embedded devices. Microsoft calls the series Windows Mobile devices. The combination of Windows CE .NET and application software is known as Windows Mobile Software for Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs, and Smartphones.

These are incredibly powerful little devices that you can use for work and play. In How To Do Everything With Your Pocket PC I show you how to use the latest Windows Mobile Software for Pocket PCs to create documents and spreadsheets, check off those items on your task list, and then relax to the sounds of your favorite musician. If there is something that you want to do with a Pocket PC, this book will show you how to do it.

Part I of this book provides the information that you need to get started with your Pocket PC. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the devices that make up the Windows Mobile platform to help you decide which is right for you. Then starting in Chapter 2, I walk you through the experience of setting up your Pocket PC, and in Chapter 3 you learn how to personalize your Pocket PC.

One of the first things you will want to do is move information from your personal computer into the device. Chapter 5 shows you how to connect Pocket PCs with personal computers, and in Chapter 6 you learn how to use the ActiveSync software to synchronize data so that what is stored in Microsoft Outlook on your PC, also appears in Pocket Outlook on your device. As that information changes synchronization ensures that it is the same on both the PC and Pocket PC.

Part II, called "Make The Most of Your Pocket PC" focuses on how you will use your Pocket or PC every day. You will use Pocket Outlook to manage your appointments, addresses, and tasks, and Pocket Office to create documents and spreadsheets. I also provide tips for using your Pocket PC at the office, and when you are traveling. And when you are ready for a break you can install and play one of the many games available for Pocket PCs.

The Internet has become a very important tool for retrieving and exchanging information, and Part III, "Go Online with Your Pocket PC" provides all the instructions you need to connect to and use the Internet. Pocket PCs can connect to the Internet using landline and wireless modems, mobile phones, and wired or wireless local area networks. Once the connection is made you can send and receive e-mail, chat with friends using instant messaging, and browse any web site. You can download Web pages to your device so that they can be read any time, even when you are not connected to the Internet.

Part IV, "Customize Your Pocket PC" shows you how to tailor your device to suit your tastes. You can expand the storage space on Pocket PC to install software from a library of thousands of programs available on the Internet. In Chapter 23 you will learn about some of my favorite programs that you can use to expand the functionality of your Pocket PC.

A number of special elements have been added to help you get the most out of this book:

• How to  These special boxes explain, in a nutshell, how to accomplish certain tasks that use the skills that you learn in this book.
• Did You Know  These special boxes provide additional information about topics relating to Pocket PCs.
• Notes  These provide extra information or important things that you need to watch out for in certain situations.
• Tips  These tell you how to do something better, faster, or in a smarter way.

Contents at a Glance

Part 1 Getting Started
Chapter 1 Welcome to Windows for Pocket PCs
Chapter 2 Get Acquainted with Your Pocket PC
Chapter 3 Personalize Your Pocket PC
Chapter 4 Change Your Pocket PC System Settings
Chapter 5 Connect Your Pocket PC with Desktop Computers
Chapter 6 Synchronize Data with Desktop Computers
Chapter 7 Manage Your Pocket PC from Your Desktop

Part 2 Make the Most of Your Pocket PC
Chapter 8 Manage Appointments, Tasks, and Contacts
Chapter 9 Call a Friend from Your Pocket PC
Chapter 10 Create Documents with Pocket Word
Chapter 11 Crunch Numbers
Chapter 12 Manage Your Money
Chapter 13 Take Notes
Chapter 14 View Pictures and Presentations
Chapter 15 Store and Query Data
Chapter 16 Be Productive At Work
Chapter 17 Travel With Your Pocket PC
Chapter 18 Relax with Games, Music, Books, and Movies

Part 3 Go Online with Your Pocket PC
Chapter 19 Connect to the Internet with or without Wires
Chapter 20 Send and Receive E-mail
Chapter 21 Send and Receive Instant Messages
Chapter 22 Browse the Web

Part 4 Customizing Your Pocket PC
Chapter 23 Expand Your Pocket PC with Software and Hardware

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