Symantec PCANYWHERE - V12.5, User Manual

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Ways to connect another computer from a mobile
device
Symantec pcAnywhere Mobile lets you connect to a host computer in the following
ways:
You can use Quick Connect for one-time or infrequent connections
to a host computer.
See “Starting a mobile connection from Quick Connect” on page 292.
Quick Connect
You can create connection items for the host computers to which
you connect frequently.
See “Configuring a custom connection item on your mobile device”
on page 284.
You can use these connection items for subsequent connections to
the host computer.
See “Starting a mobile session from a custom connection item”
on page 292.
User-defined
connections
Configuring a custom connection item on your mobile device
You can create connection items to save and reuse the connection settings for the
host computers to which you frequently connect. Symantec pcAnywhere Mobile
names the connection item New Host to Call and adds it to the connection item
list on the main product screen. It stores the connection item in the All Folders
folder on your device.
You can edit the settings in the connection item. You can also rename the
connection item, copy it, move it, or delete it.
See “Managing connection items on a mobile device” on page 306.
To configure a custom connection item on your mobile device
1 Start pcAnywhere Mobile.
2 On the main product screen, do one of the following:
■
To create a new connection item, on the command bar, tap New.
■
To edit an existing connection item, in the connection items list, select
the connection item.
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