Advanced Settings Tabs

Contents 1 Advanced Settings Tabs 1.1 Cleared Records Tab 1.2 Field Mapping Tab 1.3 General Settings Tab 1.3.1 Calendar Alarms 1.3.2 Synchronize Personal Category 1.3.3 Conflicts 1.3.4 Name Order 1.4 Phone Format Tab 1.4.1 Use US Formatting for Phone Numbers 1.4.2 Automatically Include Extensions 1.4.3 Clear Leading Zero 1.4.4 Format Phone Numbers for Windows Mobile Devices 1.4.5 Sync all Country Codes 1.4.6 Symbol to use for Extensions 1.4.7 Local Country Code 1.5 Timer Tab 1.5.1 Startup Idle Time 1.5.2 Sync Idle Time 1.6 Sync Timer Tab 1.6.1 Synchronize Always 1.6.2 Synchronize only Between the Times 1.6.3 Automatically Start a Synchronization 1.7 Phone Labels Tab 1.8 Calendar Format Tab 1.9 Category Field Tab 1.10 Applications

Advanced Settings Tabs

Cleared Records Tab

This option allows you to determine whether or not to sync cleared records to your handheld. Cleared records are tasks that have already been marked as complete.

Field Mapping Tab

Each of these is an option for which fields you would like to sync. If you have created special fields or do not find a specific field listed by default simply change one of the fields to the field you wish to sync.

General Settings Tab

Depending on your sync combination you may have some or all of the options listed on this tab. Please note the majority of sync combinations do not include all of these options, please do not be concerned if you do not have this tab, or have this tab but not all of the options listed.

Calendar Alarms

This option allows you to determine if you wish to sync alarms associated with your calendar.

Synchronize Personal Category

This option allows you to specify if you would like content assigned to the Personal Category to synchronize.

Conflicts

Note: the Conflicts Settings dialog is only available when syncing to Google.

In the result of information not matching on both ends of the sync what would you can specify any of the following options:

Latest changes are kept

Regardless of where you made the last change records will be modified to make both sides match the record modified most recently.

Contact Manager changes are kept This allows you to specify the contact manager as the primary, records will be modified to match the contact manager

PDA changes are kept This allows the records to be modified to match what is present on your PDA.

Create Duplicate Record This allows CompanionLink to create a new record with the information

Name Order

This allows you to specify the Name Order you would like CompanionLink to use when it syncs.

Phone Format Tab

Use US Formatting for Phone Numbers

This always you to specify the phone numbers to be synced in a US format

Automatically Include Extensions

This allows you to specify whether to automatically include extensions

Clear Leading Zero

This allows you to automatically clear the leading zero from in front of phone numbers

Format Phone Numbers for Windows Mobile Devices

This option allows Windows Mobile users to apply this format to their phone numbers prior to them being synced to the device.

Sync all Country Codes

This allows you to specify whether to include all country codes when syncing.

Symbol to use for Extensions

Determines which symbol to use as an extension.

Local Country Code

Specifies the local country code.

Timer Tab

Startup Idle Time

Specifies how long after the program has started before a sync is started.

Sync Idle Time

Specifies how long after the computer is left idle prior to a sync being started.

Sync Timer Tab

Synchronize Always

Allows CompanionLink to synchronize regardless of the time.

Synchronize only Between the Times

Allows you to specify times CompanionLink can start a sync

Automatically Start a Synchronization

Allows you to determine whether CompanionLink will automatically start to synchronize when the program is started.

Phone Labels Tab

This tab allows you to specify the order you would like the phone numbers to be synced in.

Calendar Format Tab

This tab allows you to determine what format you would like the information synced in to your device.

Category Field Tab

This tab allows you to specify how contacts will be categorized in your device.

Applications

1. This option prompts whether or not the Contacts are set to sync. If the box is unchecked Contacts are not set to sync. This option is also available for Calendar, Tasks and Notes.

2. This options prompts which direction information will travel. If you select your PDA to PC the information will transfer from your PDA to the PC, but PC information will not sync to the PDA. If you select PC to your PDA the information will transfer from the PC Database to your PDA, but information from the PDA will not be synced to the PC. The option to Sync Both Ways will allow the information from your PC to be sent to your PDA, and information from your PDA will be sent to the PC. These options are also available for Calendar, Tasks, and Notes.

3. This option prompts on the next sync for the information on your PDA to be cleared, and the information from the PC Database will then be synced to the phone. This option is also available for Calendar, Tasks, and Notes.

• Note: This option can only be used from the PC Database to your PDA. Please be aware CompanionLink will not perform a purge on your PC database.

4. This option allows you to choose the Primary Database. This means if you select the PC Database as your primary, if you delete content on your PDA the content would remain in the PC.

5. This option allows you to choose what data will be kept, in the case you've made changes to the same piece of data in both places, the PDA and the PC database, prior to syncing.