Are pst files backwards compatible? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Craven Morehead · 07-07-2010, 05:41 AM

Very long story, but essentially I'd like to take a pst file from Office Outlook 2007 and import it into Office 2000. Is this possible? If not would there be another way of transferring email and contacts?

thanks

Jinn · 07-07-2010, 08:45 AM

Why anyone would want to use the abortion that is Outlook 2000 is beyond me, but basic contacts should be backwards compatible from 2007 to 2000.

If your enterprise is using Exchange Server (particularly Exchange 2007) you may have other backwards compatibility issues.

Cynthetiq · 07-07-2010, 12:14 PM

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Very long story, but essentially I'd like to take a pst file from Office Outlook 2007 and import it into Office 2000. Is this possible? If not would there be another way of transferring email and contacts?

thanks

Aside from potential compatibility issues you can save each folder inbox calendar etc as an individual csv file this format ensures compatibility. I have done it up and down the Office products.

Daniel_ · 07-07-2010, 01:18 PM

There is a caveat to this "yes" and that is that it depends on whether when you created the PST file you selected:

* - "Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst)" - this is compatible with office 2003, 2007 and 2010.
* - "Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst)" - this works with every form of office, but does not support some non western type (Arabic and Chinese for example can be lost).

If you have trouble, you probably picked the first type but should have picked the second type.

All is not lost!

Re-import the new PST into 2007, re-export it as the old type, and Robert is your mother's brother.

LordEden · 07-07-2010, 01:23 PM

What Dan said.

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Originally Posted by Jinn

Why anyone would want to use the abortion that is Outlook 2000 is beyond me

It was the last version of office that didn't require you to register with M$'s servers before the 30 day/30 use mark was up. My last boss expolited that heavyly.

Jinn · 07-07-2010, 01:30 PM

sounds like a business-ending lawsuit waiting to happen

Craven Morehead · 07-07-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jinn

sounds like a business-ending lawsuit waiting to happen

Nah, I've got the CDs for 2000. And for 2007 for that matter. I want to move one identity from a Win7/Office 2007 PC to an lesser machine that will run XP Pro on which I'll install Office 2000. Its still a long story to explain why, but that's the short version.

LordEden · 07-07-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jinn

sounds like a business-ending lawsuit waiting to happen

That and pretty much everything he did was bad and not kosher. This is one of the reasons I don't work for him anymore.

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Craven Morehead Custom User Title	Are pst files backwards compatible? Very long story, but essentially I'd like to take a pst file from Office Outlook 2007 and import it into Office 2000. Is this possible? If not would there be another way of transferring email and contacts? thanks

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Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Why anyone would want to use the abortion that is Outlook 2000 is beyond me, but basic contacts should be backwards compatible from 2007 to 2000. If your enterprise is using Exchange Server (particularly Exchange 2007) you may have other backwards compatibility issues. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

07-07-2010, 01:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	There is a caveat to this "yes" and that is that it depends on whether when you created the PST file you selected: * - "Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst)" - this is compatible with office 2003, 2007 and 2010. * - "Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst)" - this works with every form of office, but does not support some non western type (Arabic and Chinese for example can be lost). If you have trouble, you probably picked the first type but should have picked the second type. All is not lost! Re-import the new PST into 2007, re-export it as the old type, and Robert is your mother's brother. __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

07-07-2010, 01:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	sounds like a business-ending lawsuit waiting to happen __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel