Many people use two or more computers for their daily business,
perhaps a desktop in their office and a notebook for travel.
The Bat!'s Synchronise
tool helps you to keep separate copies of The Bat! up to date. Synchronsing data
between installations is slightly more complicated than backing
up.
Step 1: Create a data file
1. |
Go to Tools->Synchronise |
2. |
Choose what to
synchronise |
3. |
Choose which Address
Books to synchronise |
4. |
Choose Step 1: Create
... |
6.
|
Choose the accounts/common folders to synchronise and click OK |
You have now created a map, which tells The Bat! the current settings and
contents of the selected components for installation A.
Beware: When
synchronising The Bat!
with The Bat! Professional you must Store external attachments in message
bodies!
Step 2: Generate synchronisation
archive
1. |
Open The Bat! on your
second computer |
2. |
Go to Tools->Synchronise |
3. |
Choose what to
synchronise |
4. |
Choose which Address
Books to synchronise |
5. |
Choose Step 2: Generate
... |
7.
|
Choose the data file created in Step 1 |
You have now generated a file containing the differences between
installation A and installation B.
Step 3: Importing synchronisation
data
1. |
Go to The Bat! on your
first computer |
2. |
Go to Tools->Synchronise |
3. |
Choose what to
synchronise |
4. |
Choose which Address
Books to synchronise |
5. |
Choose Step 3: Submit
... |
7.
|
Choose the synch data file created in Step 2 |
The Bat! now imports
the data from your second computer's installation to the first one
to give you two identical installs of The Bat!.
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