"Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote:

Aloha Lee,

Well, the why of it is pretty easy -- when Outlook 2003 was written it didn't
know anything about .PAD files because Act! 2006 wasn't available yet. As
to a workaround -- can Act! 2006 save in .PDF format which you could then
import into Outlook?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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Outlook 2003 only looks for the previous database files .dbf and will
not search for ACT! 2006's .pad database. Isn't there a way to make
Outlook 2003 search for this latest file format? Prior to the new ACT!
2006, I entered all contact info into ACT! and did a synch with
Outlook to get names and email addresses...now I can't. Is there a
work-around?



Thanks for your reply, Ben...but I don't know if ACT! 2006 can save the database in a form that Outlook 2003 can digest. Are .pdf files viable? I'll certainly look into it. I was looking for an update from Microsoft for Outlook 2003 that would let it be useful to current developing databases (like a virus update). I'm finding ACT! a difficult program which doesn't seem to do anything automatically when it comes to updating...like making sure it's new version would be useful to the many of us using Outlook in a less than current version. I wonder if the latest version of Outlook recognizes .pad files. Does anyone know that? Or is this only a problem that spending more money on software will solve? Thanks, Lee/