Re: Transferring calendar data

From: Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] (jfiorelloNOSPAM_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/05/04


Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:55:20 -0500

The data would be separate. You should probably read the following pages
and see if you can figure out how to get all three machines synchronized
consistently (I only sync one machine with my PDA so I don't have personal
experience syncing a second PC as well).

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/olpda.htm

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook
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In news:Xns95B3502AC6A41rhknoffonlineno@193.213.112.19,
Richard H Knoff wrote:
> 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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