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After way too much procrastination, I'm finally using the new computer (with Windows 7 and Office 10) full-time. While I haven't used my Palm Treo for a few years, I had been using the Palm (via Access) Desktop Manager for my contact list. The program is very convenient, but it doesn't connect to anything anymore. It is possible to do an export, and I probably will, but that's not my current problem. And it would be really stupid to hunt down a copy of the Palm software just to manage contacts on the new computer.
I want a long-term solution, and I almost have one. Outlook has a perfectly good contact manager, and my understanding is that it synchs with iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). (It does, right?) But I'm not sure how to set up an account in Outlook that's for me. I also have an account in Outlook that's for work, and that one uses Exchange. I don't want to touch that account, or do anything that might break it. It took a fair amount of work to get it working the way it needed to be, and I'm not sure it could be managed again.
What I want is a separate, non-Exchange, Outlook account for me personally, that I can use for both contacts and calendar. I've looked online for instructions on how to do this, and pretty much failed, though I've learned a lot about sharing other stuff on Outlook. What complicates things is that I don't want to use Outlook for e-mail, just for contacts and calendar. At this point, at least. And the one time I tried to set up a new Outlook account, the first thing it asked about was all the e-mail stuff.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I keep thinking this should be simple.
I want a long-term solution, and I almost have one. Outlook has a perfectly good contact manager, and my understanding is that it synchs with iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). (It does, right?) But I'm not sure how to set up an account in Outlook that's for me. I also have an account in Outlook that's for work, and that one uses Exchange. I don't want to touch that account, or do anything that might break it. It took a fair amount of work to get it working the way it needed to be, and I'm not sure it could be managed again.
What I want is a separate, non-Exchange, Outlook account for me personally, that I can use for both contacts and calendar. I've looked online for instructions on how to do this, and pretty much failed, though I've learned a lot about sharing other stuff on Outlook. What complicates things is that I don't want to use Outlook for e-mail, just for contacts and calendar. At this point, at least. And the one time I tried to set up a new Outlook account, the first thing it asked about was all the e-mail stuff.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I keep thinking this should be simple.
