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How to Set Up StarOffice to Sync with your Palm Device

2. Your Palm needs the prc file starsync.prc, located in your StarOffice installation directory: x:\office51\palmplt\starsync.prc Download this to your Palm.

3. Okay, next, have a look at Sun's OS/2 StarOffice faqOS/2 StarOffice faq and search for "Palm." Carefully follow the instructions for downloading and applying ftp://ftp.stardivision.de/pub/support/so51a/sync/os2icci3/syncptch.exe

4. Be sure to carefully study the entire section of the Sun faq -- note, for instance, that after a new installation, you should open the Task view first, before the Event view.

OTHER NOTES

In our experience, one or two of Sun's recommendations are unnecessary:

1. Running StarSynch at 38400 baud has worked fine.

2. Deactivation of the playing of sounds at event reminders in StarOffice schedule isn't necessary -- that is, so long as one is syncing only one way.

But as noted before, you should be aware that Palm syncing with StarOffice isn't without problems: in addition to the categories glitch and the inability to sync back and forth, you should exercise care with the StarOffice settings, particularly the PalmPilot Hotsync Configuration pulldown (under Tools). Always leave unselected the "Wait for PalmPilots connect confirmation for the specified port" option unless you are actually about to perform a sync. And, forget about being able to do anything else on the OS/2 desktop while you're syncing with StarOffice.