contacts from outlook 2003 to outlook 2007

[Guest]

I have Outlook 2003 on my computer. A friend has Outlook 2007. She has not
input any contact data yet. Can I build a contact database for her on my
computer, copy it to a cd and have her read it in to her Outlook database?
How?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes. All Outlook data resides in a data file with a PST extension. Just copy
the Contacts you create to a PST file. Close Outlook. Burn the PST file onto
the CD. Copy it to the friends hard drive and remove the read only
attribute. Then open that PST file in your friends version of Outlook and
copy the Contacts into your friends Contact Folder. PST files are perfectly
compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. A couple of other stupid questions...... obviously I use the
Export feature to create the .pst file and the Import feature to read it into
the other version. How can I keep the new contacts I create seperate from the
ones that are already in my contact folder? Also, how do I remove the read
only attribute? Sorry to be so dull!

Yes. All Outlook data resides in a data file with a PST extension. Just copy
the Contacts you create to a PST file. Close Outlook. Burn the PST file onto
the CD. Copy it to the friends hard drive and remove the read only
attribute. Then open that PST file in your friends version of Outlook and
copy the Contacts into your friends Contact Folder. PST files are perfectly
compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 on my computer. A friend has Outlook 2007. She has not
input any contact data yet. Can I build a contact database for her on my
computer, copy it to a cd and have her read it in to her Outlook database?
How?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No! It is not at all "obvious" that you use export or import. Nor did I tell
you to. You would only use that if you want to convert to a different file
format. Using it to create a PST file will lose data. That's why I posted
the instructions I did.
Why would you be creating Contacts that already exist in the other
installation? If you are, they should be easy to find and remove by using a
duplicate checker or using a sorted view.
You remove the read only attribute by accessing the file's properties in
Windows Explorer.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you. A couple of other stupid questions...... obviously I use the
Export feature to create the .pst file and the Import feature to read it
into
the other version. How can I keep the new contacts I create seperate from
the
ones that are already in my contact folder? Also, how do I remove the read
only attribute? Sorry to be so dull!

Yes. All Outlook data resides in a data file with a PST extension. Just
copy
the Contacts you create to a PST file. Close Outlook. Burn the PST file
onto
the CD. Copy it to the friends hard drive and remove the read only
attribute. Then open that PST file in your friends version of Outlook and
copy the Contacts into your friends Contact Folder. PST files are
perfectly
compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 on my computer. A friend has Outlook 2007. She has
not
input any contact data yet. Can I build a contact database for her on
my
computer, copy it to a cd and have her read it in to her Outlook
database?
How?

 

[Guest]

How do you create the pst file to copy (right click copy, to contact folder,
right click paste) the contacts to if not using the export feature?

Yes. All Outlook data resides in a data file with a PST extension. Just copy
the Contacts you create to a PST file. Close Outlook. Burn the PST file onto
the CD. Copy it to the friends hard drive and remove the read only
attribute. Then open that PST file in your friends version of Outlook and
copy the Contacts into your friends Contact Folder. PST files are perfectly
compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 on my computer. A friend has Outlook 2007. She has not
input any contact data yet. Can I build a contact database for her on my
computer, copy it to a cd and have her read it in to her Outlook database?
How?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

File > New > Outlook Data File...
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How do you create the pst file to copy (right click copy, to contact
folder,
right click paste) the contacts to if not using the export feature?

Yes. All Outlook data resides in a data file with a PST extension. Just
copy
the Contacts you create to a PST file. Close Outlook. Burn the PST file
onto
the CD. Copy it to the friends hard drive and remove the read only
attribute. Then open that PST file in your friends version of Outlook and
copy the Contacts into your friends Contact Folder. PST files are
perfectly
compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003 on my computer. A friend has Outlook 2007. She has
not
input any contact data yet. Can I build a contact database for her on
my
computer, copy it to a cd and have her read it in to her Outlook
database?
How?