Can Office2007 files be read by Office2003 ?

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Hi

Is it possible to copy ".PST" files backwards and forward between
Outlook2003 and Outlook2003?
i.e. Has the PST file structure changed much?
If so have Microsoft written any kind of plug-in that lets Outlook2003
read Outlook2007 files?

Background:
I have 3 PCs: One at work, one at home and one laptop.
I need to completely replace the home PC.
It is tempting to buy a cheap OEM version of msOffice2007.

Synchronisation:
At the moment do quite a lot of archiving and simply manually copy the
PST file(s) over whenever I need to synchronise them. (I keep the
latest PST file down to just the last 2 or 3 months worth of data).

- Any thoughts?


Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. On reflection, another option would be buy a RETAIL copy of
Outlook2007, which I believe Microsoft allows you to have installed on
two (or three??) other machines for personal use. Even then apart from
the hideous financial cost of buying a full retail edition, I would
need to make sure that my clients/the rest of my company can read my
excel files etc because the will still be using Outlook2003. In fact
the company database is still in msAccess2000 format - so editing it
in Access2007 could be a problem too...
 
Hi

Is it possible to copy ".PST" files backwards and forward between
Outlook2003 and Outlook2003?
i.e. Has the PST file structure changed much?
If so have Microsoft written any kind of plug-in that lets Outlook2003
read Outlook2007 files?

Background:
I have 3 PCs: One at work, one at home and one laptop.
I need to completely replace the home PC.
It is tempting to buy a cheap OEM version of msOffice2007.

Synchronisation:
At the moment do quite a lot of archiving and simply manually copy the
PST file(s) over whenever I need to synchronise them. (I keep the
latest PST file down to just the last 2 or 3 months worth of data).

- Any thoughts?

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. On reflection, another option would be buy a RETAIL copy of
Outlook2007, which I believe Microsoft allows you to have installed on
two (or three??) other machines for personal use. Even then apart from
the hideous financial cost of buying a full retail edition, I would
need to make sure that my clients/the rest of my company can read my
excel files etc because the will still be using Outlook2003.  In fact
the company database  is still in msAccess2000 format - so editing it
in Access2007 could be a problem too...
Click to expand...

PPS ALTHOUGH I am getting increasingly desperate to get away from
Outlook2003
because it is so quircky and pretty much unhelpful, on reflection,
having read
the reviews of Office2007 on Amazon I think I'll just keep my money.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev..._link_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=4
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Off...dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

I think those reviews are probably the worst I have seen for any
product
(with more than 200 reviews) on Amazon.

Before moving to a competitor I am aware just how useful is is to be
able to
RELIABLY synchronise my with my mobile phone (Blackberry Bold).
The software that come with my (otherwise excellent) SonyEriccson
(P910i)
was absolutely SHOCKING at synchronisation.

B*gger so maybe I'll be forced to wait... :^(


Ship
 
Outlook 2007 works fine for me without problems

Both 2007 and 2003 can read the unicode pst, which is the default format for
both

Hi

Is it possible to copy ".PST" files backwards and forward between
Outlook2003 and Outlook2003?
i.e. Has the PST file structure changed much?
If so have Microsoft written any kind of plug-in that lets Outlook2003
read Outlook2007 files?

Background:
I have 3 PCs: One at work, one at home and one laptop.
I need to completely replace the home PC.
It is tempting to buy a cheap OEM version of msOffice2007.

Synchronisation:
At the moment do quite a lot of archiving and simply manually copy the
PST file(s) over whenever I need to synchronise them. (I keep the
latest PST file down to just the last 2 or 3 months worth of data).

- Any thoughts?

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

P.S. On reflection, another option would be buy a RETAIL copy of
Outlook2007, which I believe Microsoft allows you to have installed on
two (or three??) other machines for personal use. Even then apart from
the hideous financial cost of buying a full retail edition, I would
need to make sure that my clients/the rest of my company can read my
excel files etc because the will still be using Outlook2003. In fact
the company database is still in msAccess2000 format - so editing it
in Access2007 could be a problem too...
Click to expand...

PPS ALTHOUGH I am getting increasingly desperate to get away from
Outlook2003
because it is so quircky and pretty much unhelpful, on reflection,
having read
the reviews of Office2007 on Amazon I think I'll just keep my money.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev..._link_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=4
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Off...dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

I think those reviews are probably the worst I have seen for any
product
(with more than 200 reviews) on Amazon.

Before moving to a competitor I am aware just how useful is is to be
able to
RELIABLY synchronise my with my mobile phone (Blackberry Bold).
The software that come with my (otherwise excellent) SonyEriccson
(P910i)
was absolutely SHOCKING at synchronisation.

B*gger so maybe I'll be forced to wait... :^(


Ship
 
There are no such compatibility issues between Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007
as both use the Unicode format and read each other's files.
You can also still save your Excel files in the xls-format and there also is
an update for Outlook 2003 that enables you to read in the new xlsx-format.
Access 2007 can also still handle Access 2000 files and even save in that
format.

As for the Office reviews on Amazon, many just like to rant there,
especially about Microsoft products ;-).
Looking at the newsgroups is usually also not a good indication as you won't
find people there for which it all works flawlessly ;-).

Eventually you'll have to decide for yourself where to invest in.
 
One thing I would not invest in, is a copy of only outlook. I'd spring for
at least office standard (approx $50 more for word, excel and powerpoint) -
the experience is much better when its installed as part of an office suite.

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