Re: Converting PST files from PC to Mac
Outlook 2001 doesn't support HTML mail, explaining why they wouldn't be showing up properly. However, if you follow Paul's advice to import messages into Entourage X, the HTML mail should be readable. On 10/7/03 11:29 AM, Carlo Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am also trying to import .pst files from PC to Mac using Outlook 2001 under Classic (inside personal folders) and it works fine except all the messages are converted without any formatting, like plain text and no line breaks and the like. -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: http://www.pptfaq.com/ Entourage Help Page: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/ old-archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/
Re: Converting PST files from PC to Mac
On 10/7/03 09:29 AM, Carlo Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This might be already discussed here but I am new to the list, so forgive me! Also it is surely off topic because it is also about Outlook 2001... Is there any way to import .pst (MS exchange) files into Entourage X? I am also trying to import .pst files from PC to Mac using Outlook 2001 under Classic (inside personal folders) and it works fine except all the messages are converted without any formatting, like plain text and no line breaks and the like. Is there any right way to import .pst files or convert them before I can use them? This is FAQ 74 FAQs for Entourage:Mac http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/faqs.html#anchor-74 74) How do you import a windows based *.pst file (from Office XP) into Entourage? There is nothing except Outlook that can read .pst files. What you need to do is borrow a friend's PC with Outlook for about an hour. Ask him or her to create a new Outlook profile for you. Import your .pst file(s) into the new profile. Immediately export again as .csv files with default mappings the Contacts , calendar, tasks and/or notes folders, as in the instructions of the Outlook section of the ReadMe in Export-Import Entourage. Then follow the instructions for importing the Outlook mail folders into Eudora and out from there as .mbox files, again according to the instructions in the ReadMe. Then your friend can delete your profile, although I'd suggest asking him to keep it for a couple of days until you have everything safely transferred to Entourage.) Burn all these files to a CD - they will probably be too big to email to yourself but that's the alternative. Then follow the rest of the instructions in Export-Import Entourage for converting them and getting them into Entourage. Export-Import Entourage X Export-Import Entourage 2001 http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/category.php?search=export-import -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/ old-archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/
Re: Converting PST files from PC to Mac
On 10/7/03 9:29 AM, Carlo Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends, This might be already discussed here but I am new to the list, so forgive me! Also it is surely off topic because it is also about Outlook 2001... Is there any way to import .pst (MS exchange) files into Entourage X? I am also trying to import .pst files from PC to Mac using Outlook 2001 under Classic (inside personal folders) and it works fine except all the messages are converted without any formatting, like plain text and no line breaks and the like. Is there any right way to import .pst files or convert them before I can use them? Entourage doesn't read .pst files - nothing but Outlook does. (And I find it pretty amazing that the Outlook 2001 programmers were able to get Outlook 2001 to read and write .pst files that interchange with Outlook PC.) If you're using Outlook 2001, you must be on Exchange Server. You already have Entourage 10.1.4 and so can access Exchange from Entourage. Back in Outlook Windows, open your .psts and transfer the Mail Folders .pst back up to the server - in a new profile if it's more convenient that way. (Or if you have only one big .pst with all your data, do this in a new profile.) Or simply use your current Folders if they're current, without bothering with the .psts at all. Make sure that your Mail Folders are on the server, and simply access them in Entourage. If you want to remove those messages form the server (again), drag-copy messages from Exchange folders to local mail folders within Entourage, then delete them from Exchange. HTML formatting will be preserved, but mail that was written in Outlook's RTF format will become plain text, as you're seeing in 2001, since Entourage can't read that RTF. If any of those RTF messages contain important attachments, you should convert those messages to either plain text or HTML within Outlook - otherwise they may become inaccessible within winmail.dat attachments. (Actually I don't know if that's happening on Exchange itself within Entourage- ca someone say if it is? Perhaps it isn't. Anyway, if you do see any of those, you can open them on the Mac with a free utility called TNEF's Enuf available at http://www.versiontracker.com ) For Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes, you can get my Export-Import Entourage X shareware scripts at MacScripter.net http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/ You will be exporting all those items from Outlook Windows (any version) as .CSV files, not as .PST. Everything will come across to Entourage with all fields, categories, etc. intact. (Apologies for the plug.) -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/ old-archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/
