I will be upgrading my Office 2003 version of Outlook to MS Office Pro 2007.
What will happen to the current contents of my .pst file? I have emails,
4,000 contacts (with heavy attachments), etc. My business depends on my
having continuous access to my .pst data. Will it be converted to whatever
is used in Office 2007, or will I have to manually convert/import it? If the
latter is the case, how do I go about doing it?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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it's not required, but I think you'll have a better experience if you use
the new pst format. you can either import it or open the old pst using
file, open and drag/copy the items to the new pst.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:30:20 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

If you want to use Unicode, you just create a new PST file in Outlook
2007
and copy the data from your old one into it. There is no such thing as
"converting" an ascii file to Unicode.

Thanks for this information. In reading of changes introduced in
Outlook 2003 vis-a-vis Outlook 97, I seem to have gotten the
impression that a file conversion was necessary.

Richard

did you make the pst new when you started using outlook? if so, it should be
the new format and you won't need to do anything. You can check the format
by right clicking on the top level and choosing properties - if it says
outlook 97-2002 format, it's not the new format.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Z Man" wrote in message
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I will be upgrading my Office 2003 version of Outlook to MS Office Pro
2007. What will happen to the current contents of my .pst file? I have
emails, 4,000 contacts (with heavy attachments), etc. My business depends
on my having continuous access to my .pst data. Will it be converted to
whatever is used in Office 2007, or will I have to manually convert/import
it? If the latter is the case, how do I go about doing it?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
it's not required, but I think you'll have a better experience if you use
the new pst format. you can either import it or open the old pst using
file, open and drag/copy the items to the new pst.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:30:20 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

If you want to use Unicode, you just create a new PST file in Outlook
2007
and copy the data from your old one into it. There is no such thing as
"converting" an ascii file to Unicode.

Thanks for this information. In reading of changes introduced in
Outlook 2003 vis-a-vis Outlook 97, I seem to have gotten the
impression that a file conversion was necessary.

Richard