pab in Outlook 2003

[wdverner]

Hi All,
I wish to make use of my Work PC contacts on my Home PC. I thought easy create a .pab and transfer it via disk etc. However a quick read here confirms .pabs are a thing of the past. Whats my best options of sharing contacts over the 2 machines? (Both outlook 2003)

 

[CautionMP]

Try looking at Import...Export in the File menu.

 

[wdverner]

2003 no longer supports creation of a pab. you can import from a pab but not export?

 

[CautionMP]

Why would you Export to a pab? That file format is no longer supported.

Export to a *.pst file that you can then import/link to on your home machine.

 

[djpedrick]

I am trying to import a .pab file from the exchange server to the user. We just went from 2000 to 2003 and can not get this to transfer to her personal address book. I have the microsoft instructions, but they don't seem to work. Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance

DJ

 

[BlueHorizon]

Hi,
If you're looking to only transfer contacts, you can use the File/Import Export tool to export Contacts to an Excel file. Then you can Import the Excel file to your Contacts folder on another PC using the same method (File/Import Export). Using the .pst will recreate all objects in Outlook, including email, Calendar, etc.
HTH,

Best,
Blue Horizon

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