If I want to Export then Import Contacts from a previous employee to his/her
replacement's Outlook, what is the safest method?

Excel, DOS delineated, Win delineated, PST, etc.

We want just the Contacts so the new employee does not have to rebuild.

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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If I want to Export then Import Contacts from a previous employee to
his/her
replacement's Outlook, what is the safest method?

Excel, DOS delineated, Win delineated, PST, etc.

We want just the Contacts so the new employee does not have to rebuild.


Are you using Exchange, or stand-alone pst files?

"Gordon" wrote:

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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If I want to Export then Import Contacts from a previous employee to
his/her
replacement's Outlook, what is the safest method?

Excel, DOS delineated, Win delineated, PST, etc.

We want just the Contacts so the new employee does not have to rebuild.


Are you using Exchange, or stand-alone pst files?


Outlook 2000, 2003

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote:

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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If I want to Export then Import Contacts from a previous employee to
his/her
replacement's Outlook, what is the safest method?

Excel, DOS delineated, Win delineated, PST, etc.

We want just the Contacts so the new employee does not have to rebuild.


Are you using Exchange, or stand-alone pst files?


Outlook 2000, 2003


That's not what I asked - do you connect to Exchange Server or are you using
POP3 for email?

POP3

Sorry for misreading.

"Gordon" wrote:

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote:

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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If I want to Export then Import Contacts from a previous employee to
his/her
replacement's Outlook, what is the safest method?

Excel, DOS delineated, Win delineated, PST, etc.

We want just the Contacts so the new employee does not have to rebuild.


Are you using Exchange, or stand-alone pst files?


Outlook 2000, 2003


That's not what I asked - do you connect to Exchange Server or are you using
POP3 for email?

"Tecknomage" wrote in message
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POP3


In that case it's not recommended to use the import/export function. Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

As to your problem do this:
On Old Computer:
Close Outlook.
Search for, and copy the pst file. Default name and location a
C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name here}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst. (You may have to enable Hidden and
System files in your search)

On the New computer:
Copy the pst file to your HDD. Do NOT overwrite any existing file. Remove
any read-only attribute. (Right-Click-Properties).
Open Outlook.
Do File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where you copied the file.

Then copy the contact data from the old file to the new.
more info he

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx



HTH