Calendar syncing problem with HTC Desire Z

I am running an HTC Desire Z, which I use as my daily calendar/diary for work. I log all the info through the day so I can transcribe it into my paper diary at the end of each week - yes, I said paper!
I would like to ask questions about sync'ing my phone and the current frustrations I have in not being able to do so!
Could you please tell me in which section I should post these Q's?
Cheers,
Neil.

— modified on Mar 2, 2012, 10:47:07 AM by moderator

Hi Aaron, thanks for the swift response.
I will try to be as clear as I can with the description of the problem I am having.

I am using the standard Calendar App on my phone, I add Events on a daily basis and am worried that the information I have on the phone could all be lost if I do not upload it to a Gmail Calendar.
I have a primary Gmail account and I have tried to sync my Gmail calendar to my phone calendar - no success. I have downloaded Google Calendar Sync, but, it all referes to Outlook as well.
My computer has Microsoft Office Starter installed - this does not include Outlook.
So ------- Can I sync with Gmail if you do not have Outlook - everwhere I have looked online gives me the impression that I have to have Outlook.
Whenever I try to sync my phone, I get this error message on my screen: Could not connect to Microsoft Outlook; error 2147221164.

I thought that maybe one way around this would be to copy the calendar files from my phone when my phone is connected as a hard drive to my computer, this however seems impossible as I can't even find the files.
Again, after some research, it would seem that these files are of a .vcs format and need to be sync'd with ............ Outlook Express!

So my basic question is: how can this be so complicated and is it that every user of an Andriod phone is forced to use Outlook for sync'ing their calendar?

If there is an alternative, I have not found it on the web, I am hoping that some of you guys with more experience with these Android can help.

I hear about this Cloud/Dropbox thing - is that the way to go - store it all virtually and then access the Cloud from my phone or computer when I want to look back through my calendar?

Please help if you can.

Regards,

Nigel.

Errrrrrrrrrrr, I am not sure. It is the Calendar that was on the phone when I got it. I am on an HTC Desire Z. I have checked the App to see if there is any mention of who wrote it, ceated it - there is nothing.

Jeremiah and Aaron,

You have saved the day !
The sequence I had to follow was:
Within Calendar - Menu, More, Calendars.
Once there I have the option of selecting one of the Gmail calendars or All Calendars. I had all calendars selected and assumed this would populate the Gmail calendars - silly me!
I have run a test and if I swap the Calendar to my primary Gmail account calendar it sync's !!!! I can't believe it - I have spent hours on this - thank you so much!

But now................. I have over 2 months of data on my All Calendars (which will not sync) and not on my Gmail Calendar - is there a way of moving all this info across onto my Gmail Calendar so I upload it? Should I post a new thread with this question ?

Thank you so much for your help so far. This is my first Forum post and I can't believe there are people out there kind enough to help us rather less tech savvy people out.