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diff --git a/bin/Migration-HowTo.txt b/bin/Migration-HowTo.txt index 0fc7f70..321d317 100644 --- a/bin/Migration-HowTo.txt +++ b/bin/Migration-HowTo.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Migration HowTo Outlook 200X -> KDE -Version 1.0.2 +Version 1.0.3 The latest version of this file can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdepimpi/ Please choose there package/project/file: general Files for KDE/Pim @@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ and the other needed files accessable on your workstation. Getting the contact data Please start kapi.exe. Choose menu: -File - Import - Import from OL... +File - Import - Import from Outlook... You will get a dialog which shows all "Personal Folders" of Outlook. Choose the Contact Folder(s) you want to import and select them with a hook. (All other folder but the contact containing folders are shown, but disabled). (If the data you want to import is not stored in one of the shown folders, @@ -308,13 +308,18 @@ Don't forget to sync the IMAP account to upload the calendar data to the server. APPENDIX A) Problems and solutions when reading contact data ************************************************************* All data, which can be displayed and accessed in KAddressbook is imported from Outlook. + +1) Addresses + In Outlook you can assign an attribute "This is the mailing address" to one of the addresses. This address shows up in KAddressbook twice. The first time with the original attribute from Outlook ( e.g. "work" for "business" in OL ). The second time with the attribute "postal". +2) Telephone Numbers + All telephone numbers of OL are imported. OL offers special case telephone numbers, like "Assistant", which have no counterpart in KAdressbook. In that case, the imported number has special combined attributes in KAddressbook. Here is the mapping of types in OL to attributes in KA: @@ -342,8 +347,27 @@ Radio Video Callback Voice + Pref Some mapping may not be very senseful, but it helps to identify the original OL types. +3) Additional fields + +For some contact fields in Outlook there is no corresponding field in KAddressbook. +The following contact fields are imported to KAddressbook and the field name and content is +prepended the notes information of the contact item in the notes field. +The following fields of Outlook are mapped to the notes field: +Language, Hobby, Homepage, Billing information, Customer ID, User1, User2, User3, User4 + +Example: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Additonal fields created +by KA/Pi Outlook import: +Language: Swedish +Hobby: Golf,fishing +End additonal fields created +by KA/Pi Outlook import! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +<Below that are your notes of this contact> + ************************************************************* APPENDIX B) Problems and solutions when reading calendar data ************************************************************* |