Using Office 2003 with Outlook 2002

[simon wb]

Dear all, I use an accounts package called QuickBooks Pro 2005 and it only
synchronises with outlook 2002. I have tried to find a way of synchronising
it with Outlook 2003 but no luck. What I want to do it to run Outlook 2002
with Office 2003 - that means uninstalling Outlook 2003 and installing
Outlook 2002. This seemed straight forward, but then I could not import the
Outlook 2003 pst file into 2002 - also I wonder if there might be some
problems running Outlook 2002 with the other Office 2003 components. Does
anyone have any advice? With many thanks in advance. Best regars, Simon

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook 2003 uses a unicode format for its .pst file that is not backwards
compatible. Reinstall Outlook 2003, then create a new .pst file using the
97-2002 format. Drag and drop your information from the new unicode .pst
file to the old. Then, open the old ,pst file in Outlook 2002. Do NOT
import it.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, simon wb asked:

| Dear all, I use an accounts package called QuickBooks Pro 2005 and it
| only synchronises with outlook 2002. I have tried to find a way of
| synchronising it with Outlook 2003 but no luck. What I want to do it
| to run Outlook 2002 with Office 2003 - that means uninstalling
| Outlook 2003 and installing Outlook 2002. This seemed straight
| forward, but then I could not import the Outlook 2003 pst file into
| 2002 - also I wonder if there might be some problems running Outlook
| 2002 with the other Office 2003 components. Does anyone have any
| advice? With many thanks in advance. Best regars, Simon