importing files into outlook

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I've been able to import .pst files containing contacts, personal folders,
etc into my full version Office 2003/Outlook 2003. I cannot seem to get
Outlook to import other file types (MDB, CSV, etc) from contacts which I've
converted into those formats. Any thoughts?

Thx
 
jim s said:
I've been able to import .pst files containing contacts, personal
folders, etc into my full version Office 2003/Outlook 2003.
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Never import PSTs.
I cannot
seem to get Outlook to import other file types (MDB, CSV, etc) from
contacts which I've converted into those formats. Any thoughts?
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What happens when you try?
 
I'll get to and past the box asking to import/export files with its
selections. Once I select import, it gives a drop down of all of the
choices. it will let me select .pst, and move on to the next box which would
allow me to browse. If I select Access or CSV it doesn't move past that
screen. Theres no hourglass, it's not thinking or anything, it just stops
dead. No delay when I hit cancel, its like I just hit a dead end.

PS- why never for .pst? I've always been able to move older versions of
outlook along into newer versions, or to switch data in outlook from one
computer to another doing just that.
 
jim s said:
I'll get to and past the box asking to import/export files with its
selections. Once I select import, it gives a drop down of all of the
choices. it will let me select .pst, and move on to the next box
which would allow me to browse. If I select Access or CSV it doesn't
move past that screen. Theres no hourglass, it's not thinking or
anything, it just stops dead. No delay when I hit cancel, its like I
just hit a dead end.
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Have you tried removing and readding the importers and exporters from the
Office installation or tried a Detect and Repair?
PS- why never for .pst? I've always been able to move older versions
of outlook along into newer versions, or to switch data in outlook
from one computer to another doing just that.
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PSTs are Outlook's native file type. How do you move a Word document from
one installation of Word to another? Do you export it from one and import
it to the other? Of course not. You simply copy it from one to the other
and open it in the second. Why would you treat Outlook's native file format
any differently? On top of that, just like saving a Word document to a
non-Word-native file and opening it on another Word can lose data in the
document, so too exporting and importing a PST loses data.
 
You have to realize I know just enough to hurt myself! Anyway, I've tried
running the setup disk and picking the radio button for detect and repair,
which was completed. i don't know how to go about re-installing the
components you mentioned (importers/exporters).
 
BTW, here is a reply from another guy of yours involving a different problem.
He says to use .pst format. Thats all I did.
 
Sorry for the third message here, but here is the Guy Valentine reference:

"You are transferring data from Outlook to Outlook. You have absolutely no
need to change the file format. Doing so is a good way to lose or corrupt
data, which you obviously managed to do.
Copy your Outlook data file (PST file) from one version. Open it in the
other. Copy what you want from it."
 
jim s said:
You have to realize I know just enough to hurt myself! Anyway, I've
tried running the setup disk and picking the radio button for detect
and repair, which was completed. i don't know how to go about
re-installing the components you mentioned (importers/exporters).
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If you choose the Add or Remove Features option of the Microsoft Office (or
Microsoft Office Outlook) Installation Wizard, you should find the Importers
and Exporters. Expand "Microsoft Office Outlook" and you should see
"Importers and Exporters" as one of the first few items listed. Expanding
that should show you the Importers and Exporters you have installed. Click
the ones giving yo trouble and change the selection to "X Not Available" to
uninstall. Click Update.

When the process completes, you can go back to the same place and change the
selection to "Run from My Computer" to reinstall them. Of course, you'll
need your Office CD to do this.
 
jim s said:
Sorry for the third message here, but here is the Guy Valentine
reference:
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That's Russ Valentine.
"You are transferring data from Outlook to Outlook. You have
absolutely no need to change the file format. Doing so is a good way
to lose or corrupt data, which you obviously managed to do.
Copy your Outlook data file (PST file) from one version. Open it in
the other. Copy what you want from it."
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Excellent advice which I, too, give. But you were discussing MDB and CSV
files in yor original post, so the above doesn't apply to those file types.
 
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