New computer - how to transfer Entourage settings and data

[Kyle M. Burns]

I've been asked to help a friend migrate from her old Macbook running OSX
and Microsoft Office X to the one that she just purchased. She has some
documents on her old machine, but her biggest concern is her email and
contact list in Entourage. Is there a simple (or even a not-so-simple but
well documented) way to transfer her settings and data for Entourage from
the old machine to the new one?

 

[Mickey Stevens]

I would suggest that you simply copy the "Microsoft User Data" folder,
located in Old Computer/Users/<Friend>/Documents/, to the same location on
the new machine. Choose to replace the existing folder if prompted. Then,
when you open Entourage on the new machine, you should see your data. If
not, go to Entourage > Switch Identity, and re-select the proper identity.

If you run into a problem opening the proper identity on the new machine (a
version error), make sure the copy of Office X on the new machine is
up-to-date. If not, you can download and install the latest Office X
update, which is 10.1.7. It's available from Microsoft.
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#OfficeX>

By the way, the <microsoft.public.office.mac.entourage> newsgroup is no
longer active. In the future, remember to post to the current newsgroup at
<microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage> as listed here:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups>