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Over the past couple of months we've received at least thirty requests from HP Palmtop users asking if there's a way to synchronize the Palmtop's Appointment Book, ToDo List, Phonebook, and NoteTaker with Microsoft's Outlook.

We wish that we had the answer to this oft-repeated request but, as of now, we do not.

We've looked at the problem of synchronizing the two different programs and have tried coaxing veteran Palmtop programmers to solve the problem.

The best that has been done, so far, is a one-way conversion of Outlook's Calendar to the HP Appointment Book via MS Excel and the Intellisynch program from Puma. A second attempt at transferring files is also available but purportedly only works for the HP 100LX. These interim solutions may be found at http://www.PalmtopPaper.com/download.htm. Just type 'outlook' in the search box and click Fetch!. Download APPTMAKR and OUTLOOK.

Apparently no one has attempted to synchronize Outlook's Contacts and Journal applications with the HP Palmtop's Phonebook and NoteTaker.

If anyone solves this problem, please send e-mail to Hal Goldstein (hal@thaddeus.com).