There is no need to install Outlook 2003. You can simply copy the old ..pst file to the new machine and open it with the File | Open | Outlook Data File command. At that point, you will have 3 choices:

1) use the data as-is

2) use the FIle | Data File Management command to make the old file your new default

3) copy the items in each default folder and for any non-default folders, the complete folder, into the new .pst file that OUtlook 2007 created

#3 will let you take advantage of the larger size and greater stability of the newer format.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Jonathan" jonathan7zerozero7(use numbers) at yahew dot usual domain wrote in message ...
All:
I plan to participate in the Beta2 for at least Outlook and OneNote. I have
a new laptop arriving in a few days and want to get the Outlook 2000 info
into the new laptop, then upgrade to the Beta2 software as soon as it's clear
that Beta2 has no missing elements I must have to run my 2006-2007 elementary
classroom.

What files need to be moved? Is there a reason to install 2003 on the new
laptop and upgrade to the Beta2 code BEFORE moving data? I do have an unused
Office 2003 Professional package I had planned to install anyway. I know that
once I convert to the 2007 file format there's no going back except to use
the backup files and revert to 2003 code.

I am new to Outlook (just installed Outlook 2000 a few weks ago) so know
only that the main data file is a .pst file. I remember reading a lot over
the years about Outlook's scattered data and preference files, though.

Jonathan