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Is this Outlook installed at home or a work's PC?<br />
What protocol have you configured for your Email account - POP3 ,IMAP, Exchange ?<br />
If using Personal Folders, then you should back that up to &nbsp;offline storage before upgrading.
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Is this Outlook installed at home or a work's PC?
What protocol have you configured for your Email account - POP3 ,IMAP, Exchange ?
If using Personal Folders, then you should back that up to  offline storage before upgrading.

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Sorry for not including the details. &nbsp;This is a work computer that is using POP.
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Sorry for not including the details.  This is a work computer that is using POP.

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I am using outlook 2007. &nbsp;I want to upgrade to outlook 2013. Are there any steps I should take so I won't lose any emails and contacts? &nbsp;What is the best way to do this upgrade?
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I am using outlook 2007.  I want to upgrade to outlook 2013. Are there any steps I should take so I won't lose any emails and contacts?  What is the best way to do this upgrade?

Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.