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

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

Sue,
Thanks for your suggestions. When I get my new laptop in a couple of days, I
guess I'll have to install Office 2003 Professional anyway. There will be no
other way to open that .pst file unless I download Outlook's Beta2
immediately. In addition, I may not participate in the full Office Beta2,
that is, I might wait to do the Word or Excel pieces until later in the
summer.

Will adopting Beta2 piecemeal cause other issues I will want to avoid,
though? Word ties into OneNote and Outlook pretty tightly... My goal for use
of Beta2 is learning the interoperability of Outlook and OneNote during the
coming school year (I teach.) I didn't use Outlook or OneNote this last year
so I have to put together some structure before school starts in the second
half of July.

There is one other consideration: When the Beta is over I will have to buy
the Office2007 suite and need the 2003 code on the laptop to take advantage
of my right to "upgrade" as opposed to flat-out purchase of the full
Professional configuration. (I know there are new names for the product sets
and SKUs.) This would be a huge savings.

So, will the Office2003 code still linger for the upgrade if I do adopt the
full Beta2? Should I do the full Beta2 and all the release candidates, then
uninstall all that, install 2003 just before upgrade? That could cause a big
file mess on my new laptop in January!

My message has turned into a new question, sorry. I believe I will install
the 2003 code and adopt the beta bit by bit, unless you and other experts
here suggest otherwise. I will also go back to the Office12 site and see if
they have dealt with this upgrade question there.

Thanks, again, for your reply!

Jonathan

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

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.

Outlook 2007 doesn't use word.exe for email editing. It uses a separate ..dll with the Word editing functionality. If you install Outlook 2007 and OneNote 2007 but not Word 2007, you probably won't be able to do mail merge or insert addresses, but rich editing functions will still work.

You don't need to remove the Office 2003 programs, except for Outlook, when you install 2007. (I have one machine with Office 2003, PowerPoint 2007, and OneNote 2007 running on it with absolutely no problems.) Upgrade details and pricing are still several months away, I imagine.

--
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 ...
Sue,
Thanks for your suggestions. When I get my new laptop in a couple of days, I
guess I'll have to install Office 2003 Professional anyway. There will be no
other way to open that .pst file unless I download Outlook's Beta2
immediately. In addition, I may not participate in the full Office Beta2,
that is, I might wait to do the Word or Excel pieces until later in the
summer.

Will adopting Beta2 piecemeal cause other issues I will want to avoid,
though? Word ties into OneNote and Outlook pretty tightly... My goal for use
of Beta2 is learning the interoperability of Outlook and OneNote during the
coming school year (I teach.) I didn't use Outlook or OneNote this last year
so I have to put together some structure before school starts in the second
half of July.

There is one other consideration: When the Beta is over I will have to buy
the Office2007 suite and need the 2003 code on the laptop to take advantage
of my right to "upgrade" as opposed to flat-out purchase of the full
Professional configuration. (I know there are new names for the product sets
and SKUs.) This would be a huge savings.

So, will the Office2003 code still linger for the upgrade if I do adopt the
full Beta2? Should I do the full Beta2 and all the release candidates, then
uninstall all that, install 2003 just before upgrade? That could cause a big
file mess on my new laptop in January!

My message has turned into a new question, sorry. I believe I will install
the 2003 code and adopt the beta bit by bit, unless you and other experts
here suggest otherwise. I will also go back to the Office12 site and see if
they have dealt with this upgrade question there.

Thanks, again, for your reply!

Jonathan

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

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.