Importing calendars from .ics files
 

I wanted to move my calendar from Mozilla Sunbird to Outlook 2007. The
import options for Outlook didn't look too helpful so I first started by
exporting my Sunbird calendar to an .ics file on my desktop. For grins
I clicked on the file and it opened up in Outlook 2007 -- alongside its
still empty native calendar. I shunted the empty calendar off the
screen so now I have my original calendar neatly displayed in Outlook.
I haven't found in the help areas just what this all implies. Am I
done? Will the calendar now function like the native calendar? I do not
need to share appointments if that is an issue.

Importing calendars from .ics files
 

I think I understand now. It had the same effect as importing into a
separate calendar within Outlook. And I was wrong on the import options
-- they explicitly list .ics files.

MikeH wrote:
I wanted to move my calendar from Mozilla Sunbird to Outlook 2007. The
import options for Outlook didn't look too helpful so I first started by
exporting my Sunbird calendar to an .ics file on my desktop. For grins
I clicked on the file and it opened up in Outlook 2007 -- alongside its
still empty native calendar. I shunted the empty calendar off the
screen so now I have my original calendar neatly displayed in Outlook. I
haven't found in the help areas just what this all implies. Am I done?
Will the calendar now function like the native calendar? I do not need
to share appointments if that is an issue.

Importing calendars from .ics files
 

The ics calendar is not editable and new items will go to the other
calendar. You could switch to a table view, such as by category, select all
then use the Edit, Move to (or copy to) folder command to put the
appointments in your default calendar.

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"MikeH" wrote in message
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I wanted to move my calendar from Mozilla Sunbird to Outlook 2007. The
import options for Outlook didn't look too helpful so I first started by
exporting my Sunbird calendar to an .ics file on my desktop. For grins I
clicked on the file and it opened up in Outlook 2007 -- alongside its
still empty native calendar. I shunted the empty calendar off the screen
so now I have my original calendar neatly displayed in Outlook. I haven't
found in the help areas just what this all implies. Am I done? Will the
calendar now function like the native calendar? I do not need to share
appointments if that is an issue.

Importing calendars from .ics files
 

Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
The ics calendar is not editable and new items will go to the other
calendar. You could switch to a table view, such as by category, select
all then use the Edit, Move to (or copy to) folder command to put the
appointments in your default calendar.


I removed the calendar I imported that way then re-imported it into the
native calendar. I've done some test appointments and it seems to work
fine. Thanks.