Please Please Please can an outlook geek help me

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I have a very urgent problem. I am a regular but have namechanged because my mission is top secret for now. If you can help me I will be eternally grateful.

I have a contact list in outlook. It has notes in it. Very Very comprehensive notes. Very Very important notes. I need to copy the contacts onto another computer. Unfortunately when I try to export the contacts to a file it doesn't export the notes because they are just too long - it takes the first 10 lines or so, but some are 200+ lines long.

The contacts file is not stored on my computer - I am accessing it through a secure connection.

Is there anybody that can come up with a way to export/copy this data without losing any of it? Or am I doomed to spend the next few days manually copying 1500 contact details into word?

Oh dear

This isn't really possible as far as I am aware

What ways have you tried?

Exporting to PST?
Exporting to Excel?

Are you working off an Exchange Server or just a client machine with a pop3 feed or similar?

erm - I have tried exporting to csv and excel - in some cases the first few lines come through in the notes cell, in some of the longer ones nothing comes through.

I think I'm working off an exchange server - in fact yes I almost definatly am- it's called **exch1

I have to go out now, but if you can come up with anthing else for me to try I am v. grateful -I'm not ignoring your much appreciated efforts to assist.

Morningpaper had the correct idea.

1. create a local PST file (File, New, Outlook Data file)

this will create a second "Personal Folders"

1. go into contacts and "File", "Folder". in there is copy "Copy Contacts" (if you are in the correct folder)

Copy to your new "Personal Folders" (the one without a "Contacts" folder already

1. Go back to Mail and disconnect the "Personal Folder" that you just created

then copy that PST file somewhere else and you can open it on the other machine and copy back

Hope this helps

Hi
a messaging tech here ...

MrCSWS is correct that is one method of resolving this.

If the PST file you create is not ridiculously big, you can mail it to the other Outlook mailbox (SMTP address) rather than copy it.

Alternatively if the other mailbox is part of the same exchange/messaging organisation you could simply open up the permissions of the originating Contact folder and grant the second mailbox (display name or alias name)view/read/write/edit/delete access to the original contacts file.

Finally
If you are trying to copy from an Outlook 2007 version back to Outlook you may need some additional help.

OP you will not have to manually copy this data - I promise

Yes various techniques here - basically if you are on an Exchange server then you will be FINE, so don't worry.

I blardy love you all. And so does my dh. I now have the contacts on my laptop, in my googlemail and on a flashdrive. They aren't ever going to be deleted.

You have saved us huge amounts of time and dh is once again astounded by the power of Mumsnet.