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Looking for Lotus Organizer 6.1 software

Hello,

I have a working Lotus Organizer 6.1 in one of my laptops. I will be using a new laptop and want to transfer all my data. Can't find the disc. Is there any place I can download the software? if not, is there a similar software available to replace it other than Outlook? Any ideas will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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Karl Timmermans (Outlook MVP 2012-2018)

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Francois Koutchouk

You may want to read this article:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/287688/description-of-the-lotus-organizer-to-outlook-conversion-issues

Shiv Saha

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@Francois - I am stumped ... I followed all the step... the exported txt file is ready... but when I goto Outlook 2016 to import it, I don't find this option:

"Under Select file type to import from, select Tab Separated Values (Windows), and then click Next"

So, the Tab separated Values option is not there.. Any ideas?

Thanks

Francois Koutchouk

Hmm, does this work?
https://www.lifewire.com/import-contacts-from-excel-csv-to-outlook-1173714
or the only option you see is .pst or .eml format?

Karl Timmermans (Outlook MVP 2012-2018)

So, the Tab separated Values option is not there.. Any ideas?

As of OL'2013, only CSV text files are supported for import. Open the tab file in Excel and save it as a CSV file if you're in a region where the "field delimiter" character is a comma. Otherwise, you should temporarily change your regional settings (number formats) to use <English US> (or anything where comma is the list sep char), open the Tab file in Excel, save is as CSV, and then reset your regional settings accordingly.

(Outlook will only import csv text files using comma sep files, whereas Excel will use the Regional setting for the list sep character when saving a CSV file)

Francois Koutchouk

BTW if you have difficulties with Excel try to turn TAB delimited files into CSV with the free notepad++ editor. No unexpected conversions.

Shiv Saha

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Many thanks Karl for pointing me to EssentialPIM. Actually, I tried CSV, Outlook way. Outlook failed. So glad to know Essential PIM . Great software. Perfectly imported all my contacts and calendars. Thanks again.