Re: Transferring calendar data

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From: Richard H Knoff (rhknoff_at_yahoo.no)
Date: 12/02/04

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    Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 06:52:42 GMT

    Jocelyn,

    thank you for explaining this. I'm getting optimistic - but still
    have one or two worries.

    I don't know yet which Outlook version my new employer uses, but I
    have Outlook 2000 on my laptop, running in Internet Mail Only
    mode.

    >From what you say, I should be able to export a PST file from the
    "Exchange Outlook" at work (no matter what version) - but it will
    import as "a separate set of folders" on my laptop. I need to sync
    the calendar on my laptop to my PDA (no USB ports at work) - will
    this work when the calendar data are in a separate folder?? How
    can I merge the data before syncing?

    The same problem may, perhaps, arise the other way around. That
    is, when I sync the PDA and laptop, any changes made on the PDA
    should be transferred to the laptop. I should then be able to
    export the updated calendar data the PST file, mail it to myself
    at my work e-mail address, and restore the PST data there. But
    will that work? That is - will the data integrate, or wind up in a
    separate set of folders?

    Regards,
    Richard

    "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" <jfiorelloNOSPAM@mvps.org>
    wrote in news:#b2NceC2EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

    > You shouldn't need to export PST files at all if that's what the
    > data was in originally -- just open the PSTs in Outlook on your
    > personal machine using File | Open. If you are trying to
    > transfer items from an Exchange mailbox to a local file then
    > you'd export to a PST directly, no need for an OST. PST is
    > Outlook's native file format and there is usually no need to
    > import or export PST files. Only Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000
    > had separate Internet Mail Only and Corporate/Workgroup modes --
    > Outlook 97, 2002 and 2003 only have one mode and it works with
    > both internet accounts and Exchange mailboxes.
    >
    > Once you have your data from work in a PST file, copy it to the
    > laptop's HD and remove the read-only attribute if it's set.
    > Then in Outlook on your laptop, go to File | Open | Outlook Data
    > File (or Personal Folders File in older versions) and select
    > your PST. It will open as a separate set of Personal Folders in
    > your Folder List and you can either view the items right from
    > there or move/copy them to your laptop's personal folders if you
    > like.
    >

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