How can I retrieve old Calendar entries from Outlook?

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baybariton - 13 Dec 2004 00:53 GMT

Am using Office XP and am trying to review business dates I had back in 2002
and 2003. Almost all entries from that period are gone. I assume they've been
stored in an archive file somewhere, but I can't seem to access them. I did
find some sort of archive file, but was unable to open it.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 13 Dec 2004 03:56 GMT

What happened when you tried to open it?

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After furious head scratching, baybariton asked:

| Am using Office XP and am trying to review business dates I had back
| in 2002 and 2003. Almost all entries from that period are gone. I
| assume they've been stored in an archive file somewhere, but I can't
| seem to access them. I did find some sort of archive file, but was
| unable to open it.

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Robert Braxton - 13 Dec 2004 21:01 GMT

This is essentially the same situation I report in my new post. In our case,
the old appointments (in Archive) are visible. My user just wants all those
appointments "merged" back into the main calendar, which apparantly means
doing a Move after selecting all appointments that are in the Archive
calendar. I just need to know exactly how one goes about doing those two
motions: select and Move.

> Am using Office XP and am trying to review business dates I had back in 2002
> and 2003. Almost all entries from that period are gone. I assume they've been
> stored in an archive file somewhere, but I can't seem to access them. I did
> find some sort of archive file, but was unable to open it.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 13 Dec 2004 23:54 GMT

Open the calendar from which you wish to move the old items in a table
view - categories works well for this. Select all (Ctrl+A), then right
click and drag the items to the preferred calendar. Release the mouse
button and select copy or move, as is your preference. I usually select
copy since I want to make sure all items moved correctly.

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After furious head scratching, Robert Braxton asked:

| This is essentially the same situation I report in my new post. In
| our case, the old appointments (in Archive) are visible. My user just
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|| seem to access them. I did find some sort of archive file, but was
|| unable to open it.

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baybariton - 14 Dec 2004 22:33 GMT

Hello Milly and Robert! Thanks for replying... I actually ended up figuring
it out on my own - I used the "import" function. Because I was unable to view
(open) the old calendar entries, I couldn't use the methos mentioned by
Milly, but again, thanks alll the same!

> Open the calendar from which you wish to move the old items in a table
> view - categories works well for this. Select all (Ctrl+A), then right
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> || seem to access them. I did find some sort of archive file, but was
> || unable to open it.

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Robert Braxton - 16 Dec 2004 16:57 GMT

I feel really stupid. I am having the problem of getting a Table view and
therefore do not see the option to Select All or Ctrl+A. I have opened the
Data File and opened the Calendar but how do I get the Table view (or
Categories)?

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Robert Braxton - 16 Dec 2004 18:27 GMT

Microsoft Outlook 2003 client
View | Arrange by | Categories
Sincerely, thank you all for all the help.

> I feel really stupid. I am having the problem of getting a Table view and
> therefore do not see the option to Select All or Ctrl+A. I have opened the
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> > || seem to access them. I did find some sort of archive file, but was
> > || unable to open it.

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