I use an HP Jornada 420 Palm-size PC and a Palm Vx, and would like
to be able to synchronize them both with my desktop PC. Unfortunately,
my desktop PC only has one serial port, so I can only connect one PDA
at a time. When I connect one device to the desktop PC and try to
synchronize, my desktop PC seems to think that the other device's
synchronization program is in use and tells me that the COM port is
busy. Is there a way to select the right synchronization program for
the device I have connected?
Jack Coe
Jack, I got this advice from Microsoft tech support. To connect
both devices to the same COM port you will have to toggle between
ActiveSync 3.0 and Hotsync. (I assume that Hotsync is the program you
are using for the Palm.) To use the Jornada 420, you have to disable
Hotsync. Double click on the Hotsync icon in System tray and remove
the check next to "Local Serial." When you want to use
Hotsync again, make sure you re-check this option.
To use the Palm device you have to disable ActiveSync.
Double-click on the ActiveSync icon in the System tray. Go to the File
menu, select Connection Settings and remove the check next to
"Allow serial cable or infrared connection on this COM port."
--Rich
I'm having a problem with the spacing in any Pocket Word documents
I create. I am unable to get anything but single spacing unless I
press Enter a couple of times to put in hard returns. I find this to
be a real nuisance when typing memos or believe it or not papers at
university during the summer. Is there a way to set the spacing for
documents so that I don't need to import into Word and then have to
reformat? Thanks for your help and for a very useful magazine.
John Ridgley
John, You cannot modify the line spacing in a Pocket Word
document. However, you can set the line spacing (and other formatting)
in a Word document on your desktop PC, save the document and then copy
it over to your Handheld PC. The line spacing and most of the other
formatting will remain in the document. When you want to take notes or
type a memo in Pocket Word, open this preformatted document first, and
then save it immediately with a new file name (e.g.
"Notes1", "Memo3", etc.). You're ready to take
your notes or type your memo with the formatting you created in the
Word document. I set up a desktop PC Word 97 document with double line
spacing. Then I copied it over to my HP Jornada 680 Handheld PC Pro
twice. The first time I translated it to Pocket Word format. The
second time I kept it in Word 97 format. (The H/PC Pro version of
Pocket Word can open both types of documents.) Each document kept the
double line spacing. Hope this helps some.
--Rich
PocketDOS is an MS-DOS 6.22 compatible DOS emulator for your
Windows Powered Handheld and Pocket PC Computer. A free demo is
available at www.pocketdos.com.
What follows is a letter I received from PocketDOS customer support.
I've had good experiences with their tech support department. They
went out of their way helping me figure out the Word Perfect problem
even before they knew I was writing a review of their product. PocketDOS support wrote:
--Rich
We have succeeded in getting Word
Perfect 5.1 to run correctly on PocketDOS without having to resort to
the complicated process of using disk "images." It turned
out to be a one line change to our file system redirector code. We
will release a new version with this fix some time next week. Thank
you for your help with the Word Perfect issue.
pocketdos@pocketdos.com
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