Import Outlook Address book 2003 to 2007

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CJSM

I am installing Office 2007 & I am trying to import my address book saved as
..pst in version 2003 into the 2007 version. I am not getting very far. Can
someone please direct me to the correct link? Thanks. CJ
 
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Gordon

CJSM said:
I am installing Office 2007 & I am trying to import my address book saved
as
.pst in version 2003 into the 2007 version. I am not getting very far.
Can
someone please direct me to the correct link? Thanks. CJ
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"Not getting very far" is too vague. You MUST be more specific. Remember,
no-one here can see your machine.

Firstly do NOT import - you lose data that way.
Secondly, copy the pst file to somewhere on the HDD of your (presumably) new
computer. Do NOT overwrite any existing file. Remove any Read-Only
attribute. Then open Outlook and do File-Open-Outlook Data File and
navigate to where you put the file. Then just copy your contact data into
the Contacts folder on your new instance of Outlook.

HTH
 
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CJSM

Copied to HD, checked properties to make sure it was not read only, opened in
File then found & clicked on info - but it did not open or show up any where.
What else can I try? Thanks you for your time and help.
 
G

Gordon

CJSM said:
Copied to HD, checked properties to make sure it was not read only, opened
in
File then found & clicked on info - but it did not open or show up any
where.
What else can I try? Thanks you for your time and help.
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When you open the file, look under the "Contacts" tab at the bottpm left -
you should see your current contacts folder AND the contacts folder in the
pst file you have just opened. That one had me stumped for a while....
 
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CJSM

I'm soooo happy I've sort of found them! :) Thanks! The contacts are there
BUT -
The new problem is that the group is empty. The title is there but nothing
of the 50 people/emails. Where did they go, how do I get them back?
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

By group, do you mean Distribution List? Did you import/export your contacts? If yes, this is one reason the Outlook MVPs recommend not using that option - DLs are often lost.

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After furious head scratching, CJSM asked:

| I'm soooo happy I've sort of found them! :) Thanks! The contacts
| are there BUT -
| The new problem is that the group is empty. The title is there but
| nothing of the 50 people/emails. Where did they go, how do I get
| them back?
|
| "Gordon" wrote:
|
|| ||| Copied to HD, checked properties to make sure it was not read only,
||| opened in
||| File then found & clicked on info - but it did not open or show up
||| any where.
||| What else can I try? Thanks you for your time and help.
|||
||
|| When you open the file, look under the "Contacts" tab at the bottpm
|| left - you should see your current contacts folder AND the contacts
|| folder in the pst file you have just opened. That one had me stumped
|| for a while....
 
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CJSM

Yes, Distribution List, I saved my Outlokk files more than one way, now I
will go through my CD. Thanks.
 
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