Outlook 2000 text not visible in Outlook 2003

[Guest]

I have been receiving and sending e-mail using Windows 2000 Outlook. Now, of
course, I want to move to my new Windows XP and MS Office Professional
Edition 2003 Outlook on my new laptop. I copied all my e-mail from W2K
Outlook to .msg files in normal folders, to back them up. When I
double-click them in W2K,l they open in normal-looking Outlook-type message
windows and display all their contents. I moved them all to my new laptop,
but now the files that’re in HTML format work fine but the files (from me)
that are not seem to have lost their text. They still have their
attachments, though, which are perfectly usable. I tried Windows XP Outlook
help and fiddled with the Tools | Options setup but to no avail. Opening the
..msg files with my favorite program editor (SlickEdit) shows the files do
contain the message text – it’s just that XP Outlook (at least in its default
setup) doesn’t display the text.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

That is not the way one migrates Outlook data.
Simply migrate your entire Outlook data file. Exporting is just a good way
to lose data, as you've now discovered.
Read the instructions:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx