Thanks Jeff.
I'll give it a try. the Axim will be a secret Xmas present for my wife so i don't expect I'll get back to you till January sometime.
In regards to the duplicaytes in outlook which are sometimes created I found a freeware program,hich is repitable for removing the extra outlook entries. I found it on the newbie board. I have yet to try it: perhaps you have already seen it.
http://www.hlyspirit.org.uk/outlook.php
Good Luck