Before the new Microsoft Office Suite Installation:

Export Rules

Microsoft Office 2007

  1. Open Outlook
  2. In the Navigation Pane, click Mail.
  3. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
  4. In the E-mail Rules tab, click on Options.
  5. Click Export Rules.
  6. In the File name box, type the path and file name for the set of rules that you want to export.
  7. Click Save. (Please, SAVE the rules on a location that you can remember. IT will NOT know where you saved your rules.)

Microsoft Office 2013-2016

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click the File tab.
  3. Click Manage Rules & Alerts.
  4. Click Options.
  5. Click Export Rules.
  6. Select the folder where you want to save the rules file, and then In the File name box, type a name for the set of rules that you want to export.
  7. Click Save. (Please, SAVE the rules on a location that you can remember. IT will NOT know where you saved your rules.)

Once the new Microsoft Office Suite has been installed:

Import Rules

 Microsoft Office 2007

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. In the Navigation Pane, click Mail.
  3. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
  4. In the E-mail Rules tab, click on Options.
  5. Click on Import Rules.
  6. Select the rules file that you want to import.
  7. Click Open.

Microsoft Office 2013-2016

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click the File tab.
  3. Click Manage Rules & Alerts.
  4. Click Options.
  5. Click Import Rules.
  6. Select the rules file that you want to import.
  7. Click Open.