You will need to know the “bitness” (32-bit or 64-bit) of your old Outlook program (which is the same as for the whole Office suite). My point is that it would be a good idea to write down or take an image of these sections if they are important to you.ģ. Also, the “Favorites” section of the main email page was not maintained. For example, the Quick Access Toolbar at the top-left of each Outlook page was not maintained. Most of the settings are maintained when you upgrade, but a few are not. I happen to use Macrium Reflect with an external hard drive.Ģ. There are several excellent free backup utilities. My first attempt at doing this upgrade was a disaster and I had to completely restore the disk image. I can’t stress strongly enough how important it is to make a full disk image backup of your hard drive (or SSD). What To Do With Your Old Microsoft Office Before Upgradingġ. The images are from Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2021, but they should be similar to whatever versions of Outlook you are dealing with. This article will explain step-by-step how to update Microsoft Office successfully. However, it was much more complicated than that. I incorrectly assumed that all I had to do was buy an Office 2021 key, download and run the Office 2021 installation program and I’d be done. I’m glad I did because it turned out to be very much like my old Outlook. I chose Outlook 2021 (part of Office 2021) because it’s very similar to my Outlook 2013. In my case, I was very comfortable with my old Outlook version and wanted to continue with Outlook, assuming I could maintain all my previous Outlook email and data. For example, I know that the current version of the free Mozilla Thunderbird can use the OAuth 2.0 authentication mentioned in the Google email above. Using another app to replace your outdated Outlook is a possibility. I found lots of Internet websites selling Office 2021 keys for far less cost than Microsoft. To avoid no longer being able to use it after May 29th, I upgraded to Office 2021. In my case, I received the email above because I was using Outlook 2013. If your version of Microsoft Office is Office 2016 or older, you probably received this email: If you are using Outlook with Gmail, you might need to take action by May 30, 2022.
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