Export and Import Between Outlook 2002 and 2003

[Guest]

I just purchased a new computer with Office 2003 installed and transferred my
Outlook pst files to it from my computer with 2002 installed. This worked
fine.

When I tried to import a .pst file that I created in 2003 to my 2002
computer, I get a message that the file is not compatible with the 2002
version.

Is there anything other than upgrading my other computer to 2002 that will
allow the import? I did not see any option in export from the 2003 setup
that allows older versions to be created.

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is there anything other than upgrading my other computer to 2002 that
will allow the import? I did not see any option in export from the
2003 setup that allows older versions to be created.

On the OL 2003 system, click File>New>Outlook Data File>Outlook 97-2002
Personal Folders File (.pst). After creating the PST, copy the items in the
OL 2003 PST to it. Close the new PST and Outlook. Copy the new PST to the
OL 2002 system, make sure it's not read-only, and open it with
File>Open>Outlook Data File.