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Jg6124 - 05 May 2005 15:50 GMT

I want to transfer all my calendar information from my desktop to a new
outlook calendar on a notebook. Is this possible

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Oliver Vukovics - 05 May 2005 17:05 GMT

Dear Jg6124,

you can Export the calendar into a PST file (File/export/export into a
file/Personal Folder (PST)). Don´t export into an excel or another file,
only into a PST file.

Select the calendar folder you want to export and Outloook will create a
"backup.pst" (or another named PST file)

Here is a website how you can move the PST file to your new PC and on the
new PC you can import the calendar.
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2002/up020605.htm#movetonew2002

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Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Notebook Synchronisation for Outlook: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com

>I want to transfer all my calendar information from my desktop to a new
> outlook calendar on a notebook. Is this possible

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Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook - 06 May 2005 11:03 GMT

It is always safer to just copy the pst file and put it on the new computer.
See Russ Valentine's many posts about the problems caused by exporting as
described by Oliver.

Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]
Acorn Training and Consulting
www.acorntraining.com.au

Everyone - turn on your Advanced Toolbars and learn how to use the Field
Chooser and Group by Box!!

> Dear Jg6124,
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>>I want to transfer all my calendar information from my desktop to a new
>> outlook calendar on a notebook. Is this possible

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Oliver Vukovics - 06 May 2005 15:03 GMT

Dear Judy,

[...]

>See Russ Valentine's many posts about the problems caused by exporting as
>described by Oliver.

sorry, but I only posted what is recommended by Microsoft:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011030811033.aspx

> It is always safer to just copy the pst file and put it on the new
> computer.

the problem that we and also a lot of our customer have is, what do you do
if your PST file is arround 1.5GB or (special in Outlook 2003) is much
higher then 2 GB? Then you will need a DVD burner.

If you know how to work with Outlook, you can also move the items manually
into an additional PST file and move only this new PST file or if you have
only a few items to move, moveonly the .msg files.

For me the easiest way to move a PST file is to connect the 2 PCs with an
overcross-cable and then you can open both PST files in one Outlook or you
move the old PST file complete to the new computer without to burn it on a
CD.

If you have a small PST file and if you have a USB stick you can save also
the PST file on the USB stick.

There are several ways to move a few items or complete PST files but I only
found one, by Microsoft recommended, way.

The problems that Microsoft described is:

"You should not export items that were created in multiple languages or in a
language that is not supported by your system code page to a file type that
does not support Unicode."

Maybe this is the reason why it could give problems.

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Notebook Synchronisation for Outlook: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com

> It is always safer to just copy the pst file and put it on the new
> computer. See Russ Valentine's many posts about the problems caused by
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Jg6124 - 08 May 2005 22:29 GMT

Thank you to all that answered my question. I will attemt to do this as soon
as my new laptop arrives.

> Dear Judy,
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SEEDY - 14 Nov 2006 19:07 GMT

> I want to transfer all my calendar information from my desktop to a new
> outlook calendar on a notebook. Is this possible

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