You should never use export and import to transfer Outlook data.
There is no address book in Outlook. All Outlook data is stored in one file.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rich" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:18:48 -0000, "Gordon"
wrote:

Rich wrote:
i'm trying to export my address book in OL2000 but having problems
doing so.

FILE
IMPORT & EXPORT
EXPORT TO A FILE
COMMA SEPARATED VALUES (WINDOWS)

when clicking NEXT after doing the above i do not get a list of
folders to export from...the screen is blank. the same is true for
all of the other choices (excel, dbase, etc).

Why are you trying to export the address book? I mean, what are you going
to
do with it once you have exported it?

re-import it as a contact file on my desktop and import it as an
address book/contact file on my laptop.

73,
rich, n9dko