How to Sync Multiple Contact Folders in Outlook 2007 With a Smartphone
Outlook is a comprehensive organizational management tool with which you can create folders and sub-folders that create a convenient system of quick file retrieval. Until synced with another computer or device, your folders and contacts are only accessible from the computer containing your Outlook account. Some smartphones can be synced with Outlook, granting you access to your account on the go.
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Instructions
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Manual Sync
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Download Windows Mobile Device Center by visiting Microsoft.com. As of 2010, this is compatible with Outlook versions 2002, 2003 and 2007.
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Connect your device to your computer with the USB cable. Your Windows Mobile Device Center will open.
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Click "Set Up Your Device" when your Mobile Device Center recognizes a new connection.
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Select "Contacts" on the sync menu. Enter a device nickname and then click "OK."
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Click "Setup," and the synchronization process will begin. All contact folders will be synced to your mobile device.
Microsoft Exchange Server
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Click the "Settings" option on your phone. Choose "WiFi" or "Internet" to select a wireless Internet connection. If your phone automatically detects data networks, skip this step.
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Click "Email Accounts" from the Settings menu. Choose to add a new account. Click "Microsoft Exchange Server." Enter the server address. This is the same address used to configure your desktop Outlook account. If your desktop email was set up by an IT department or another administrator, you must contact them to get the server address information.
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Check the box labeled "This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection" if your server requires require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). You can check your desktop email account settings to see whether the SSL box is checked in your email user account information.
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Visit "Tools" and then "Account Settings" to view SSL details. Click "Next." Enter your user name, password and domain name. Choose "Save Password" when prompted. Click "Next." Choose the items in your Contacts folder on the Sync menu. Click "Finish." All Outlook contacts, including sub-folders, will be imported to your mobile phone.
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Comments
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Bryan Karlan
Nov 10, 2010
This is just wrong. Did you do any research on this prior to writing it? Neither of these will sync multiple contact folders with a WinMo device. Syncing multiple contact folders is the Holy Grail and only a few have tried to create a way to do it. Chapura used to have solution, but they gave up.
