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2002 Contacts Import Problem
I'm trying to move my contacts from one laptop to another and both have
outlook 2002. I did an Contacts EXPORT to Excel on the old laptop and then did an Contacts IMPORT from Excel on the new laptop (no mapping). Now my contacts are all screwed up after the import. I can see the name of the contact but there is NO EMAIL address and there are a bunch of blank contacts that I have no idea where they came from. What the majic to make this work? Thanks in advance for any help.... |
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2002 Contacts Import Problem
Exporting to a foreign file format is the best way I know to lose data.
There is no need to use export at all to transfer contacts. You aren't changing programs. Keep everything in Outlook's native PST format. Create a new PST file. Copy your Contacts into it. Open that PST in the other installation. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ray Mooney" wrote in message ... I'm trying to move my contacts from one laptop to another and both have outlook 2002. I did an Contacts EXPORT to Excel on the old laptop and then did an Contacts IMPORT from Excel on the new laptop (no mapping). Now my contacts are all screwed up after the import. I can see the name of the contact but there is NO EMAIL address and there are a bunch of blank contacts that I have no idea where they came from. What the majic to make this work? Thanks in advance for any help.... |
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2002 Contacts Import Problem
All I want are the contacts.
I thought that a PST file was mail messages. Can you outline in more deatil the steps you describe or is the process oulined somewhere? Thanks... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Exporting to a foreign file format is the best way I know to lose data. There is no need to use export at all to transfer contacts. You aren't changing programs. Keep everything in Outlook's native PST format. Create a new PST file. Copy your Contacts into it. Open that PST in the other installation. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ray Mooney" wrote in message ... I'm trying to move my contacts from one laptop to another and both have outlook 2002. I did an Contacts EXPORT to Excel on the old laptop and then did an Contacts IMPORT from Excel on the new laptop (no mapping). Now my contacts are all screwed up after the import. I can see the name of the contact but there is NO EMAIL address and there are a bunch of blank contacts that I have no idea where they came from. What the majic to make this work? Thanks in advance for any help.... |
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2002 Contacts Import Problem
PST is Outlook's native format for data storage. Your default PST file
contains all your Outlook data (Contacts, messages, Calendar, etc) in a single file. I already outlined the steps. When you want to transfer only a portion of your data, like your Contacts, create a new PST file (File New Outlook Data File...), copy your Contacts into it, then open the PST file you just created in the installation to which you want to transfer your Contacts and copy them into the default PST file there. Never use Import and Export to transfer data from one installation of Outlook to another. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ray Mooney" wrote in message ... All I want are the contacts. I thought that a PST file was mail messages. Can you outline in more deatil the steps you describe or is the process oulined somewhere? Thanks... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Exporting to a foreign file format is the best way I know to lose data. There is no need to use export at all to transfer contacts. You aren't changing programs. Keep everything in Outlook's native PST format. Create a new PST file. Copy your Contacts into it. Open that PST in the other installation. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ray Mooney" wrote in message ... I'm trying to move my contacts from one laptop to another and both have outlook 2002. I did an Contacts EXPORT to Excel on the old laptop and then did an Contacts IMPORT from Excel on the new laptop (no mapping). Now my contacts are all screwed up after the import. I can see the name of the contact but there is NO EMAIL address and there are a bunch of blank contacts that I have no idea where they came from. What the majic to make this work? Thanks in advance for any help.... |
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