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Mike Tuller

Just ran into a HUGE problem. I am moving users from Outlook to Entourage,
and have an issue with contacts. I already noticed that the contacts stored
on the Exchange server may get chewed up when you move from Outlook to
Entourage, and it changes the permanently. Some contacts have the name in
the email address, some have the email address in the name, etc. I have
dealt with that. I also noticed that groups that are created in Outlook do
not show up in Entourage. Today I moved a person who had huge groups. 100+
people, and now I have a choice. Reenter all of the contacts, or have them
go back to Outlook 2001. Neither are good options. This is only one person
out of 300, so I either reenter everyone's groups manually or I have to
stick with Outlook as the email client.

Has anyone figured a way to move contacts and groups from Outlook to
Entourage without all of this work?

45 billion dollars in the bank, and they can't even get this right.
Standards are created for a reason.
 
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Roshawn

There is a pst to entourage converter but the pst file must come from
Outlook 2001 for Mac. I'm moving my contacts from Outlook 2002 on XP
to Entourage (on Mac) and haven't found a solution other than
converting each contact to a v-card and importing each individually. I
do not have Outlook for Mac and I do not have an exchange server. Is
there a way to go directly from an Outlook 2002 for XP PST file to
Entourage. I don't care about anything other than contacts.

Thanks
 
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Mike Tuller

This is for PST files. The groups I am looking to move to Entourage are on
the server, not on the local hard drive. I may be able to create PST files
first, but don't really want to go through the hassle, and of course issues.
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Export-Import doesn't import groups, since Outlook doesn't export
distribution groups.

There is a way to do it, but it also isn't simple unless They've improved
Outlook since first 2003 release.

The problem is that, as far as I know, there's no simple way to apply a
category to every member of an Outlook distribution group, although there
should be. (You ought to be able to select every member of the distribution
group and just apply the category to the selection.) Nevertheless, this is
still probably the only way to do it:

1. In Outlook, make a category of the same name as the distribution group in
the Master Categories List.

2. Laboriously or otherwise, apply the category to every contact member of
the distribution list.

3. Follow the instructions in the Export-Import Entourage ReadMe, Outlook
section, to export contacts as CSV (Windows), use the scripts to convert to
a text file - choosing "Import Script" when asked, and import into Entourage
using the "Contacts Import into X", choosing to import Categories.

4. Then use my free Category Group X script from

MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

to make a group from the Category.


--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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