Export contacts from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2002

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I need to move my Contacts from Outlook 2003 to another computer running
Outlook 2002. I first tried exporting to a .csv file, but the Outlook 2002
computer said it needed to install something, I think it said a translator.
It tried to do that, (did not ask for the install disk), but then said it
could not install it and gave me no other options.

It was suggested on this forum that a better way to move contacts was
creating a new .pst file on the 2003 computer, and copying the contacts to
it. I did that, and brought the pst file to the 2002 computer.
But when I tried to open that pst in Outlook 2002 it said it was an
incompatible version of a data file.

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
Vince said:
I need to move my Contacts from Outlook 2003 to another computer running
Outlook 2002. I first tried exporting to a .csv file, but the Outlook
2002
computer said it needed to install something, I think it said a
translator.
It tried to do that, (did not ask for the install disk), but then said it
could not install it and gave me no other options.

It was suggested on this forum that a better way to move contacts was
creating a new .pst file on the 2003 computer, and copying the contacts to
it. I did that, and brought the pst file to the 2002 computer.
But when I tried to open that pst in Outlook 2002 it said it was an
incompatible version of a data file.
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Nearly there - when you create the new pst file it must be in 97-2002
format, not 2003 format....you should get the option in the dialog box.
 
Within Outlook 2003 you create a new pst in '97 - 2002' format
Copy whatever to this, close the pst, within Outlook.
Copy that pst to eg documents on the other PC, open it within OL2002
(2003 default format pst, unicode, is not readable by earlier versions)
 
OK that fixed it. Thanks to both of you.

Gordon said:
Nearly there - when you create the new pst file it must be in 97-2002
format, not 2003 format....you should get the option in the dialog box.

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