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files on my laptop before I leave, while it’s still plugged into the AC. It’s

tempting to throw the files on a thumb drive so I don’t have to break out my

laptop at the office, or to let Dropbox do my syncing for me when I get to a

Wi-Fi hotspot, but both USB and Wi-Fi use electricity.

Better than that, Windows enables me to designate the files and folders I

need as offline files, storing a local, duplicate copy of the files and folders on

my hard drive. When I connect my laptop to my office network, those offline

files are automatically synced with the files and folders on the file server.

Anything I changed on the laptop gets written to the server. Anything anyone

changed in those folders on the server gets written to my laptop. If changes

were made on both sides, a sync conflict pops up automatically, enabling me

to resolve problems without fear of overwriting anything important.

To designate a folder and its contents as offline files, right-click the folder

you want and select Always available offline from the context menu. The

sync will occur and you’re done. When you want to open the files offline, go

to the Control Panel and open the Sync Center applet (see Figure 23-25).

Click the Manage offline files link in the Tasks list to open the Offline Files

dialog box (see Figure 23-26). Click the View your offline files button and

you’re in.

Figure 23-25 Sync Center applet

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