Palm VII - Manual (Page 208)

Page 200 Advanced HotSync® Operations
Using File Link
The File Link feature enables you to import Address Book and Memo
Pad information onto your organizer from a separate external file such
as a company phone list. HotSync Manager stores the data in a
separate category on your Palm Desktop software and your organizer.
You can configure the File Link feature to check for changes to the
external file when you perform a HotSync operation.
With File Link, you can import data stored in any of the following
formats:
■ Comma delimited (.csv)
■ Tab delimited (.tsv)
■ Memo Pad archive (.mpa)
■ Address Book archive (.aba)
■ Text (.txt)
For information on how to set up a file link, see the Palm Desktop
online Help.
Creating a user profile
If you use the File Link feature to configure several Palm Computing
connected organizers with specific information (such as a company
phone list) before distributing them to their actual users, you can
create a user profile to load the data into an organizer without
associating that data with a user name. The User Profile feature is
designed only for the first-time HotSync operation, before you assign
a User ID to a particular organizer.
To create a user profile:
1. Open Palm Desktop software.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Users.
3. Click Profiles.