Installing Office 2007

[Michael Patterson]

When installing Office 2007, are mail folders and messages from our current
Outlook 2003 converted over to Outlook 2007 or are they history? Would
appreciate any advice.

Regards, Michael Patterson

 

[DL]

Uninstalling an app or upgrading does not impact on data, but a backup of
data files is allways wise

 

[dgmacmi]

When installing Office 2007, are mail folders and messages from our
current
Outlook 2003 converted over to Outlook 2007 or are they history? Would
appreciate any advice.

Regards, Michael Patterson

When you upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007, the prior Outlook.pst file
{which contains your prior mail folders and messages} is converted to
Outlook 2007 format. I do nor recall if the conversion occurs during
installation or on first use of Outlook 2007. I think the later.

Even so, data back up is still a good idea.

Don

 

[TedMi]

Files for Office apps other than Outlook are not converted, but left in the
format of the previous version. You can open and save these files with
Office 2007 - they will open in "Compatibility mode." You can choose to save
them in that mode, or in 2007 format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.).
-TedMi

 

[LVTravel]

When installing Office 2007, are mail folders and messages from our
current
Outlook 2003 converted over to Outlook 2007 or are they history? Would
appreciate any advice.

Regards, Michael Patterson

Read the two following KB articles for everything (almost) you could want to
know about Outlook and it's associated PST files

How to manage .pst files in Outlook 2007, in Outlook 2003, and in Outlook
2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287070

AND

The .pst file has a different format and folder size limit in Outlook 2007
and in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830336