how do i transfer my settings from outlook 2003 to 2007

[Guest]

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Thanks
Christos

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this
wizard

you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?

Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???

Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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[Guest]

Thanks Patrick,

What settings are that? Mainly rules?

If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007

I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!

Anyway!! The reason I’ve bought outlook 2003 in the first place was because
of the colored flags!! These flags are now disappeared from 2007! Any idea
how to replace the function of the colored flags? Do not tell me with the
colored categories because I use categories in order to avoid too many
folders. With categories I can have a lot of different emails into one folder
and easily sort and find the emails I need!

This function of the colored flags shouldn’t disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!

Thanks and regards,
Christos

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?

Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???

Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

What settings are that? Mainly rules?

If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. At least one user who is careful with
beta software
This should help you out:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/1a3fbe72-9de8-4b94-b254-586a61843a04.mspx
If you use it successfully, please post back and let us know how
complicated/easy it was

This function of the colored flags shouldn't disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!

Go ahead, ask: http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/
Her blog should answer all your questions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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Thanks and regards,
Christos

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?

Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???

Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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[Guest]

I have used the Easy Transfer and I transferred the settings from XP. It does
transfer a lot …but unfortunately not those that I wanted. It is easy to
operate (Easy Transfer, thus the name) but it takes a long time!!!!
If anybody has access to Microsoft Developers, please ask them why they have
“misused†the colored flags in outlook 2007. With those flags (associated
with my rules) I could see with one glance everything I needed to do during
my workday!!!! I’ll stick with Office 2003 which does the job. The new design
and the graphics are good for show but you don’t need them to work. You need
clever tools to work and save time and not sophisticated design!!!

Regards,
Christos

If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. At least one user who is careful with
beta software
This should help you out:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/1a3fbe72-9de8-4b94-b254-586a61843a04.mspx
If you use it successfully, please post back and let us know how
complicated/easy it was

This function of the colored flags shouldn't disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!

Go ahead, ask: http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/
Her blog should answer all your questions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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Thanks and regards,
Christos

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this
wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Did you go on the blog I gave you the link for? Melissa MacBeth is the
person responsible for task and time management in Outlook 2007. So if
you have questions or complaints, you can either post a comment on her
blog or use the email link provided there to send them directly to her.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

I have used the Easy Transfer and I transferred the settings from XP. It does
transfer a lot .but unfortunately not those that I wanted. It is easy to
operate (Easy Transfer, thus the name) but it takes a long time!!!!
If anybody has access to Microsoft Developers, please ask them why they have
"misused" the colored flags in outlook 2007. With those flags (associated
with my rules) I could see with one glance everything I needed to do during
my workday!!!! I'll stick with Office 2003 which does the job. The new design
and the graphics are good for show but you don't need them to work. You need
clever tools to work and save time and not sophisticated design!!!

Regards,
Christos

What settings are that? Mainly rules?
If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007
I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. At least one user who is careful with
beta software
This should help you out:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/1a3fbe72-9de8-4b94-b254-586a61843a04.mspx
If you use it successfully, please post back and let us know how
complicated/easy it was

This function of the colored flags shouldn't disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!

Go ahead, ask: http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/
Her blog should answer all your questions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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Thanks and regards,
Christos



:

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this
wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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[Guest]

Dear Patrick,

Thanks again for your reply.
I did post a comment in her blog but it was a brief one! I have posted
several times remarks to Microsoft but I have never got a reply. I can write
a letter with a lot of pages to Mrs. MacBeth, where I can use very good
arguments (at least I believe that they are reasonable enough) not only for
the flags but for a lot of other suggestions for saving time, but I don’t
have the time to write to someone who is not listening!

I can write back to you because you reply to me; and by replying I don’t
have the feeling that I am spending my time for nothing!

I can write a letter to you and you can forward it to her!
Tell me if this is something you can do and give your email address to send
it, as this is not an issue to publish in the discussion group.

Thanks and regards,

Christos

Did you go on the blog I gave you the link for? Melissa MacBeth is the
person responsible for task and time management in Outlook 2007. So if
you have questions or complaints, you can either post a comment on her
blog or use the email link provided there to send them directly to her.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

I have used the Easy Transfer and I transferred the settings from XP. It does
transfer a lot .but unfortunately not those that I wanted. It is easy to
operate (Easy Transfer, thus the name) but it takes a long time!!!!
If anybody has access to Microsoft Developers, please ask them why they have
"misused" the colored flags in outlook 2007. With those flags (associated
with my rules) I could see with one glance everything I needed to do during
my workday!!!! I'll stick with Office 2003 which does the job. The new design
and the graphics are good for show but you don't need them to work. You need
clever tools to work and save time and not sophisticated design!!!

Regards,
Christos

What settings are that? Mainly rules?
If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007
I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. At least one user who is careful with
beta software
This should help you out:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/1a3fbe72-9de8-4b94-b254-586a61843a04.mspx
If you use it successfully, please post back and let us know how
complicated/easy it was

This function of the colored flags shouldn't disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!
Go ahead, ask: http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/
Her blog should answer all your questions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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Thanks and regards,
Christos



:

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this
wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Send the email to me and I'll try to get it to her. I can't promise
though that you will get a response... You can get my email from my
website.

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--------------
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Dear Patrick,

Thanks again for your reply.
I did post a comment in her blog but it was a brief one! I have posted
several times remarks to Microsoft but I have never got a reply. I can write
a letter with a lot of pages to Mrs. MacBeth, where I can use very good
arguments (at least I believe that they are reasonable enough) not only for
the flags but for a lot of other suggestions for saving time, but I don't
have the time to write to someone who is not listening!

I can write back to you because you reply to me; and by replying I don't
have the feeling that I am spending my time for nothing!

I can write a letter to you and you can forward it to her!
Tell me if this is something you can do and give your email address to send
it, as this is not an issue to publish in the discussion group.

Thanks and regards,

Christos

Did you go on the blog I gave you the link for? Melissa MacBeth is the
person responsible for task and time management in Outlook 2007. So if
you have questions or complaints, you can either post a comment on her
blog or use the email link provided there to send them directly to her.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

I have used the Easy Transfer and I transferred the settings from XP. It does
transfer a lot .but unfortunately not those that I wanted. It is easy to
operate (Easy Transfer, thus the name) but it takes a long time!!!!
If anybody has access to Microsoft Developers, please ask them why they have
"misused" the colored flags in outlook 2007. With those flags (associated
with my rules) I could see with one glance everything I needed to do during
my workday!!!! I'll stick with Office 2003 which does the job. The new design
and the graphics are good for show but you don't need them to work. You need
clever tools to work and save time and not sophisticated design!!!

Regards,
Christos

:

What settings are that? Mainly rules?
If it was only rules I would export them and then import them from outook
2007. it is far more than that!!!! it is a lot of e-mail accounts, customized
toolbars etc!!!

If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007
I cannot remove 2003 and rely on Beta 2007 to run my business! I have
installed vista and office 2007 on another drive and I am trying to figure
out whether I should upgrade!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. At least one user who is careful with
beta software
This should help you out:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/1a3fbe72-9de8-4b94-b254-586a61843a04.mspx
If you use it successfully, please post back and let us know how
complicated/easy it was

This function of the colored flags shouldn't disappear from 2007! I still do
not understand why they did it! You could use the old function of the flags
to arrange the priorities by today, tomorrow or next week by assigning a
color for each case!
If they had kept the function of the red flags as it was in 2003 and would
have given the opportunity to create more colors flags as they did for
categories, then outlook 2007 would have been the best email client!!!!! (at
least for me)
I would really like to ask the developers of Microsoft what they had in mind
by altering the function of the flags! Would you or anybody else know why? I
would really appreciate an answer on this!!!!!
Go ahead, ask: http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/
Her blog should answer all your questions.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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Thanks and regards,
Christos



:

In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this
wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Hundreds of settings? What settings are that? Mainly rules?
Are you trying to transfer them from one computer to another? Or are you
trying to transfer them from one Windows to the other on the same
computer? If you are just trying to go from Outlook 2003 to 2007 on the
same computer and Windows, then remove 2003 and install 2007. 2007 will
probably work fine with them. I say probably, because depending on your
mail profile there might be a chance that your profile needs to be
recreated in 2007, which entails losing a lot of settings. I can't give
you the odds, because any Outlook upgrade could result in this, and it
is generally good practice to use a new mail profile when going to a new
version.

Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to 20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Ask the question in the Word group. The experts for AutoText and
AutoCorrect in 2007 are there. They'll also be able to tell you how that
works now in conjunction with Outlook.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
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[Bill]

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[Guest]

Patrick,
I know I'm a little late in the game coming to this thread but it's now
2/9/2007, and I
suspect many others waited just like I did for the final release. First, is
there any updated information on this? I know alot of people seem to be
having trouble. I know from your perspective it probably seems like it
couldn't be easier. Here's why, from my experience it isn't. I've tried all
these possibilities with no success.

1. Use Live OnceCare Backup and Restore. Unsuccessful
2. Use XP Pro Backup/Restore Utility. Unsuccessful
3. Use Outlook Backup/Restore Utililty. Unsuccessful
4. Use Windows Explorer/ Simple Copy. Unsuccessful

See what I mean? It's too messy. There needs to be HERE IS HOW YOU TRANSFER
FROM OUTLOOK 2003 TO OUTLOOK 2007. (STEP BY STEP)

Remember, we're idiots out here. I'm being facisious there. But seriously,
too much scattered information. Please tell MS to put a page on their site
that says, "here is how you do it." i can guaranteed you that seems much
easier than it is from this end.

</rant>

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[Guest]

Actually, to be technically precise. I need to know how to transfer my
outlook .pst file. The closest I came to success was to do an actual file
copy using windows explorer to CD on old computer. Then I put CD in new
computer. I did the copy to new location on hard drive, did the open file and
nothing shows up in mail, calender, or anything. I put the file as my default
outlook file but still nothing, and no error messages. The file size is
correct. Any ideas?

Oh, add to my previous list. I also tried the File and Settings Transfer
Wizard Unsuccesful.
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Thanks,
Bob S.

Patrick,
I know I'm a little late in the game coming to this thread but it's now
2/9/2007, and I
suspect many others waited just like I did for the final release. First, is
there any updated information on this? I know alot of people seem to be
having trouble. I know from your perspective it probably seems like it
couldn't be easier. Here's why, from my experience it isn't. I've tried all
these possibilities with no success.

1. Use Live OnceCare Backup and Restore. Unsuccessful
2. Use XP Pro Backup/Restore Utility. Unsuccessful
3. Use Outlook Backup/Restore Utililty. Unsuccessful
4. Use Windows Explorer/ Simple Copy. Unsuccessful

See what I mean? It's too messy. There needs to be HERE IS HOW YOU TRANSFER
FROM OUTLOOK 2003 TO OUTLOOK 2007. (STEP BY STEP)

Remember, we're idiots out here. I'm being facisious there. But seriously,
too much scattered information. Please tell MS to put a page on their site
that says, "here is how you do it." i can guaranteed you that seems much
easier than it is from this end.

</rant>

--
Thanks,
Bob S.

See my replies about the two tools in this thread. That's all that is
available.

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In office 2003 there was a wizard to save your settings and by this wizard
you could also get all settings from outlook. (rules, junk settings,
shortcuts etc)
How can i transfer hundreds of settings that I had in outlook 2003 to
outlook 2007?
Also, for one who uses word, how can I get my normal.dot from 2003 to
20004
with thousands of auto text and auto correct entries???
Thanks
Christos

 

[Brian Tillman]

Actually, to be technically precise. I need to know how to transfer my
outlook .pst file.

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

Transferring a PST is simplicity itself. With Outlook closed (essential) on
the source machine, burn a copy to a CD. (Note, though, that there is
anecdotal evidence that some burning programs don't handle PSTs well.) On
the destination machine, copy the PST from CD to any folder you please that
does not already contain a PST of the same name (i.e., DON'T overwrite an
existing PST). Remove the read-only attribute and start Outlook. Use
File>Open>Outlook Data File to browse to the copied PST and open it. You
can then either copy the data in the default folders and and non-default
folders (the actual folders themselves) to your existing PST or tell Outlook
to use the added PST as the delivery location. If you do the latter, it
will take effect after closing and restarting Outlook.

 

[Guest]

Hi Brian, that worked.

I had to go through the entire copy procedure again from the very beginning.
For some reason it had trouble reading the first file I copied. The procedure
was correct thought so thanks a million.