how do I import 2007 pst file into 2002?

[Mark Knowles]

I have uninstalled office 2007 and replaced with office XP. contacts list
was importable and readable when listing contacts, however when clicking To:
in an email, no contacts are available and a prompt appears to add a PAB
file. When I attempt to add a PAB file I receive a prompt that says file is
incompatible. I have uninstalled 2007 from "add/remove programs" and
uninstalled, reinstalled Office XP multiple times, also selected "repair
office installation". When trying to import "office data files" from Office
2007 export, files are incompatible. All email history appears to be lost.

 

[DL]

The contacts are contained within the *.pst file
Outlook hasnt used a pab since Outlook 97(?)
An outlook pst file created in Outlook 2003 or higher is not compatible with
earlier versions of outlook

Was your outlook 2007 a trial which has now expired?

 

[Mark Knowles]

This copy of outlook was an office pro 2007 I installed for my mother-in-law.
She didnt like 2007 and wanted the version my wife had, so I am attempting
to swap versions. probably TMI.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Then you had better convert your UNICODE PST file back to ANSI.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ansi-to-unicode.asp

 

[DL]

You would need to use either Outlook 2007 or 2003 to open the data file,
then create a new data file in 97-2002 format, then copy data from the
origonal to this data file, before closing it and copying to Document folder
on the other PC, then within outlook opening it.