Ah yes, sound advice thanks and this is what I did to open my messages
archived in .pst files. Works fine. But sadly, no contacts were transferred
which is why I (naively, obviously) thought I'd need to import them
separately. So I guess the question I should've asked is "Where does Outlook
2003 keep it's contacts, and how do I get them into 2007?" I did find a file
called "Address Book" in a Microsoft folder, but since it was last accessed
in 2003 and can't be opened as a data file (since it isn't a .pst file I
suppose) I imagine it isn't relevant?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook hasn't used PAB files for years. Here are the complicated
instructions for accessing an Outlook data file:
File Open Outlook Data File...
Notice that you do not touch any command that says Import. Ever.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Clive McF" Clive wrote in message
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Could some kind soul let me know how to do this? So - added a new hard
drive,
upgraded o/s to xp, and Office to 2007. At this stage all the original
software still on the old hard drive and can be accessed but not run.
Outlook
2003 doesn't seem to create .pab files (or at least I can't find any such
files on my drive), and if I try to import from a .pst file, 2007's import
function can't find .pst files created by 2003. All advice would be very
welcome.