CodeTwo Outlook Export

CodeTwo Outlook Export is an easy-to-use free tool for quick and advanced export of data from Microsoft Outlook to CSV text files. The program allows exporting much more data than offered by the built-in export feature in Outlook incl. custom fields.

Pros: This is a tool that lets you export Outlook data to CSV text files. Publishers claim that this program can export more data than the Outlook itself can do. These include non-standard user defined fields from Outlook. Data can be from any of the modules of Outlook such as Contacts, Calendar, E-mail, Post, Tasks, Journal, and Notes etc. After installing the program, a new icon appears on the standard Outlook toolbar. Clicking it runs CodeTwo Outlook Export. The pop up page that appears let the user select the target file/ create a new one. Then it is the turn of choosing the fields to be exported. One can export all fields or pick and choose from a filed chooser pop up that appears. After clicking the Add button the Field chooser dialog will be displayed. It allows you to add fields of data exported to the CSV file to the Exported fields list. The Field chooser dialog box displays a variety of fields. Depending on the module you are operating from the choices would differ. From options one can choose the field separator and text qualifier. Text separator can be comma of course but there are couple of other choices available too. Field names could be changed if you like in the field names the data items are exported to. That change is as simple as clicking on the field name and just typing the desired name into the text field that appears. Custom field names too can be added.

Cons: No problematic issues noticed.

Overall: Simple application with a specific purpose and it does that well. It is rated at 4 star level.

CodeTwo Outlook Export is an easy-to-use free tool for quick and advanced export of data from Microsoft Outlook to CSV text files. The program allows exporting much more data than offered by the built-in export feature in Outlook, allowing the export of non-standard user-defined fields from Outlook and is quicker and easier to use. Data can be exported from folders of all types, such as: Contacts, Calendar, E-mail, Post, Tasks, Journal, Notes.
After installing the program, the new icon will appear in the standard Outlook toolbar. Clicking it runs CodeTwo Outlook Export.
In the CodeTwo Outlook Export window a user can choose whether to export data from all items in the current folder or to export only the selected items. Then the user defines the path to the CSV file to store the exported data.
After clicking the Add button the Field chooser dialog will be displayed. It allows you to add fields of data exported to the CSV file to the Exported fields list. The Field chooser dialog box displays a variety of fields, depending on the folder type, from which the data is currently exported.
In order to add exported fields to the Exported fields list, you need to select them in the Field chooser dialog box and click the Insert button. You can select more than one field at a time. The Field chooser initially displays standard Outlook data fields only. To display user-defined fields, created in a folder or in the other objects, click the Refresh button. If after selecting the Refresh command, a user-defined data field does not appear in the Available fields list, the name must be entered in the Custom field name field and you need to click Add. The field will then be added to the Available fields list.
The 64-bit version of the program is now available on company's website.