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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have
to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
You have not even searched this group. If you had, you would already know
that importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. Fill in the blanks. Why are you trying to import? What happens when you try? Data files are perfectly compatible between these versions. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Janice" wrote in message ... My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Alternative suggestion(s) to buying O'2003 for old machine (in summary form)
#1 - First and foremost - if you just need to "move" contacts from one machine to another, don't suggest the "importing route" #2 - On your machine with '2003 - create a new PST file (selecting the '97-2002 format) #3 - Copy your contacts to this new PST file #4 - When done - copy the PST file to the old machine (by CD, network connection- whatever works) #5 - Open the PST file on the old machine that has O'XP (O'2002) #6 - Can now copy/move these contacts to your regular folder or leave as is - whatever the requirement is Karl __________________________________________________ _ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Janice" wrote in message ... My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Thanks, Karl. So I created a new pst file but when I try to copy my
contacts, it doesn't give me the option to save to the new pst file but rather just to my existing outlook folders. It doesn't give me the option to browse to other folders. Any ideas? Thanks again! "Karl Timmermans" wrote: Alternative suggestion(s) to buying O'2003 for old machine (in summary form) #1 - First and foremost - if you just need to "move" contacts from one machine to another, don't suggest the "importing route" #2 - On your machine with '2003 - create a new PST file (selecting the '97-2002 format) #3 - Copy your contacts to this new PST file #4 - When done - copy the PST file to the old machine (by CD, network connection- whatever works) #5 - Open the PST file on the old machine that has O'XP (O'2002) #6 - Can now copy/move these contacts to your regular folder or leave as is - whatever the requirement is Karl __________________________________________________ _ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Janice" wrote in message ... My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
"Janice" wrote in message
... Thanks, Karl. So I created a new pst file but when I try to copy my contacts, it doesn't give me the option to save to the new pst file but rather just to my existing outlook folders. It doesn't give me the option to browse to other folders. Any ideas? Thanks again! You have to open the new pst file in outlook - File-Open-Outlook Data File and then it will show in your folder list. |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Janice wrote:
My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! Unicode PSTs (the kind created by Outlook 2003) are not usable in Outlook 2002. You must use Outlook 2003 to create an Outlook 2002-compatible PST and copy the data from the OL 2003 PST tot he OL 2002 PST and then use the new PST. -- Brian Tillman |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Janice wrote:
Thanks, Karl. So I created a new pst file but when I try to copy my contacts, it doesn't give me the option to save to the new pst file How did you create it? When you create a new PST is shows up in Outlook. You can't help but see it. Are you using the Folder List view? -- Brian Tillman |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Not entirely clear on the exact problem you're having but sounds like I
forgot a step in the summary: #1 - After you created a new PST folder - you also needed to create a new "contacts" folder in the new PST file (just for clarity - this is all on your "O'2003" machine) #2 - The right click on the contact folder you want to copy - select appropriate option followed by selecting the new contact folder just created #3 - Close the newly created PST file and proceed with copying/moving that PST file to your old machine #4 - On old machine specifically open the new PST file in O'2002 and you'll see your new contact folder (again, the new PST file HAS to be created in '97-'2002 format from within O'2003 or this won't work) Hope this helps Karl "Janice" wrote in message ... Thanks, Karl. So I created a new pst file but when I try to copy my contacts, it doesn't give me the option to save to the new pst file but rather just to my existing outlook folders. It doesn't give me the option to browse to other folders. Any ideas? Thanks again! "Karl Timmermans" wrote: Alternative suggestion(s) to buying O'2003 for old machine (in summary form) #1 - First and foremost - if you just need to "move" contacts from one machine to another, don't suggest the "importing route" #2 - On your machine with '2003 - create a new PST file (selecting the '97-2002 format) #3 - Copy your contacts to this new PST file #4 - When done - copy the PST file to the old machine (by CD, network connection- whatever works) #5 - Open the PST file on the old machine that has O'XP (O'2002) #6 - Can now copy/move these contacts to your regular folder or leave as is - whatever the requirement is Karl __________________________________________________ _ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Janice" wrote in message ... My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! |
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Can't import my contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002
Thanks, guys, I think I finally got it! You were all very helpful!
"Brian Tillman" wrote: Janice wrote: My older home machine has 2002 and won't accept my 2003 contacts. Do I have to upgrade to 2003 on my home machine and if so, where is the link to the download? I have searched all over Microsoft's site to no avail. My home laptop is quite old so I didn't want to go to 2007. Any ideas out there? I have a ton of contacts that I want to get in my home pc and off my work pc. Thanks! Unicode PSTs (the kind created by Outlook 2003) are not usable in Outlook 2002. You must use Outlook 2003 to create an Outlook 2002-compatible PST and copy the data from the OL 2003 PST tot he OL 2002 PST and then use the new PST. -- Brian Tillman |
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