1. Create a 97-2002 .pst file - File-->New-->Outlook Data File.
2. Type - Outlook 97-2002 (note the restriction explained for the Outlook
2003 data file type.)
3. Copy your old folders to the new .pst file (right click and drag to the
inbox on new .pst file and select copy.)
4. For the calendar, display the calendar by categories, select all and
drag/drop on the new calendar FOLDER, not the calendar.
5. Depending on the size of the calendar, go away and have a cuppa, then
come back.
Copy, not export, the 97-2002 .pst file to a cd (ensure Outlook is
absolutely closed - use task manager). Once you reinstall your older Office
version, copy the .pst file to the location of your choice - do NOT
overwrite the newly created .pst file - and remove the read only property.
Open Outlook and use File->Open->Outlook Data File (or Personal folders
file), navigate to when you pasted the .pst file and open it.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After furious head-scratching, Joan asked this group:
| Ok Milly....can I take this down to the real basics? Please bear
| with me...
|
| Re: the creating of the file and copying.Currently in my newer
| version of Office, I see Outlook, File->Open->Outlook Data
| File->Outlook.pst
|
| So, I copy this folder onto a CD (or whatever), yes? Then uninstall
| my current version of Office, install the old version of Office,
| follow your instructions of File->Open->Personal Folders File and
| paste that .pst file into the Personal Folders File, yes? Then, when
| this is all said and done, will Outlook "go to" that Personal Folders
| File for all of the data?
|
| Have I thought this out and will I be executing this correctly? I
| want to be sure that ALL of my addresses, appointments, etc. are
| contained in that one little .pst file that I will be copying and
| pasting, that's where all of my Outlook info goes?
|
| Thx,
| Joan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| If you are using the new 2003 unicode type .pst file, you will need
|| to create a new .pst file in the 97-2002 compatible style (ansi) and
|| copy your data to the new .pst file. Otherwise, your information,
|| including your addresses, will be unavailable.
||
|| If all you are concerned about is the addresses, you could always
|| export your contact folder to a .csv file to import into the new
|| .pst file, but importing will lose important connections in your
|| .pst file, like birthdays in the calendar, activities in the contact
|| activities tab, etc.
||
|| Best practice is to create the older style .pst file, copy (not
|| export) your data into that file and then open it in the new (old)
|| Office 2000 installation using Outlook File->Open->Personal Folders
|| File.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Joan asked:
||
||| Hi everyone~
|||
||| I work from home utilizing VPN over the internet to tie into a
||| company's computer system. I'm going to be taking on new work from
||| a new branch and they use a different software which does not work
||| with Office 2003. I now have to downgrade my current Office 2003 to
||| Office 2000 and am wondering if my current emails and address book
||| will transfer when I downgrade? Will my Word and Excel docs be
||| useable? How do I do this? I imagine I have to uninstall Office
||| 2003 and install the older version, so how does my .pst file survive
||| this transition? I have a TON of info in my address book. FYI, I
||| do have a current backup of my my c: drive.
|||
||| Any information or suggestions would be appreciated.
