How to Export Outlook 2000 Calendar Files As ICS

Microsoft Outlook 2000 is a desktop program for managing e-mail, contacts and calendar events, which came bundled with Microsoft Office 2000 Professional. To make Outlook 2000 compatible with other calendaring software, Microsoft included options for exporting Outlook calendar files to other file formats, including the iCalendar standard, which uses files with a .ics extension. Outlook 2000 users can save their calendar files as .ics files and export them from Outlook to share with users of the iCalendar standard.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Launch Outlook and access your calendar by selecting "Calendar" in the Navigation Pane. Select the calendar event for conversion to the iCalendar file format. To select multiple calendar files, hold down the "Control" key on the keyboard while selecting.

2. Select "Save As" from the Outlook File menu. Select "iCalendar Format (*.ics)" from the "Save as type" dialog box.

3. Select "Import and Export" from the Outlook File menu. Choose the files created in the previous step in .ics format for export. Give the files unique names, if desired, and select a file location for the files to be exported to.

Tips & Warnings

• This procedure can also be used to save and export Outlook calendar items in vCalendar format, another popular calendar standard used on the Internet.

References

• Microsoft Office Online: Outlook 2000 and Internet Standards
• Microsoft Office Online: Save an appointment in iCalendar or vCalendar format