Re: How do I import an address book from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2003.

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From: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] (russval_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/03/05


Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:09:03 -0500

Outlook does not use an address book.
The file you need to transfer up is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm

-- 
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Tom G" <Tom G@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:AF7C5468-1B3C-4F52-80AE-5515B0AC42FD@microsoft.com...
>I am migrating from an old to a new computer, and want to move the Outlook
> address book from my old to my new system.  The two are networked.  The 
> old
> system is Outlook 2000 (part of Office 2000 Professional), running on a
> Windows 98 SE machine, and the new is Outlook 2003 (part of Office 2003
> Professional), running on a Windows XP Professional (SP2) machine.
>
> 


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