Carl,

That's great, and I'm glad I remembered something useful. I should have
Googled it myself. :-)

Best of luck to you!

Keith

"Carl D" wrote:

Thanks for the response Keith. I Googled for "Paul Thurrott microsoft
outlook" and found this excerpt on his site (www.winsupersite.com)

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Compatibility with previous PST formats

This one doesn't get the press it deserves, but I should mention one of the
most important if unheralded new Outlook 2007 "features": The PST file used
by this version of Outlook is the same as that used by Outlook 2003 and
previous versions. That means you can move PST files back and forth between
Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 very easily, which is hugely important,
especially during the beta period. Color categories (Outlook 2007) and labels
(Outlook 2003 and earlier) even correctly move back and forth, which is nice.
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As soon as I have a large enough block of time that I feel will accommodate
Murphy's Law (somewhere between 3 hours and three days) I will give it a shot.

"sylvaticus" wrote:

Hey, Carl,

I am NOT an Outlook expert, but I seem to recall that one of the joys of
2007 was that it used the same file format as 2003. I think I might have read
it on Paul Thurrott's site, but I can't swear to it. I
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