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9.2 Pocket Excel
You can create and edit workbooks and templates in Pocket Excel just as you would do in
Excel on your PC. Pocket Excel workbooks are usually saved as .pxl files, but you can
also save them in the .xls format. When you close a workbook, it is automatically named
and placed in the Pocket Excel workbook list. You can attach a password to a workbook
to ensure privacy.
Synchronizing Pocket Excel workbooks
Pocket Excel workbooks can be synchronized with Excel workbooks on your PC. To syn-
chronize files, select the Files type for synchronization in the ActiveSync Options settings on
your PC. When you select Files, a \My Documents folder is created on your PC’s desktop.
Place all the files you want to synchronize with the device in this folder. As with Word,
password-protected Excel files cannot be synchronized.
Pocket Excel files that are stored in \My Documents and its subfolders are synchronized
with the PC. ActiveSync converts documents during synchronization.
When you delete a file on your PC or your device, the file will be deleted in the other location
the next time you synchronize.
For more information on synchronization or file conversion, see ActiveSync Help on the
PC.
Workbook conversion
The Excel files (.xls) and templates (.xlt), created in Excel version 5.0/95 or later on the
PC, are converted to Pocket Excel workbook (.pxl) or template (.pxt) files. The conversion
takes place:
n During file synchronization.
n When you copy an Excel file from the PC to your Pocket PC Phone.
n When you open an E-mail message on your Pocket PC Phone that includes an attached
Excel file.
Pocket Excel workbooks are converted to Excel workbooks when they are synchronized
or copied back to the PC. During the conversion from Excel to Pocket Excel, most simple
text and paragraph formatting will be retained and displayed, but some formatting attributes
could be changed or lost.