I have a MacBook Air and am running Office 2011.  I moved the "Office 2011 Identities / Main Identity" files into my Google Drive folder, in an attempt to create a backup function for a large amount of Outlook folders I created to store old emails.  When I relaunched Outlook all the folders were gone. I copied the folders back to the place where I found them, but that has not helped.  What can I do to restore them on Outlook?
I have received an email and documents which I want to forward to someone else together with my comments.
When I open Outlook 2011 on my AirMac it no longer functions properly, it stays open for up to a minute and then closes and I have paid way to much for a program that no longer works. What do i do to fix it so it is useable?

I attend the University of Alaska Anchorage and cannot for the life of me get my email address to work on my Mac. I have office 2011, but can't get it to work in outlook.

Any ideas??
the messages are just stuck there.  Outlook goes nuts trying to resend them.  the stuck messages have a couple of faulty email addresses so that's why apparently this hideous thing developed.  The messages are indicated to be in the outbox by the number (2) but there's no way to make them visible or delete them.  I tried to change the filters or clear the filters but i'm not using filters, and none of that worked. i tried working offline, but the messages still won't appear or let me delete them.  
I'm using a gmail account as the sender address, Outlook 2011 Version 14.1.4, on an iMac with Lion software.  
Why is Outlook such a nightmare to use?


I have two group emails with faulty addresses stuck in my Outbox.  I can't access them or see them except the outblox shows (2) emails are stuck there and Outlook is going crazy trying to resent them every few minutes.  I tired to use the filters to make the troubled messages visible but nothing worked.  Should i just delete the email account that they're being sent from?  this is a nightmare.  i've tried working offline to make them visible but that doesn't make them show up easier.  I can still send other messages from that email account.  I don't want to delete all my messages in my google account to cure this.  How do i get OUtlook to work properly?
I keep getting a message in outlook saying: Character not allowed in mailbox name: '.'    It pops up every few minutes and i can't seem to resolve it, and it is getting really disruptive. It is linked to an IMAP email account i have with my old university set to download into outlook. Does anyone know how i can resolve this?
I have just recovered the use of my Outlook for Mac after I reinstalled Lion OS.  I have 3 copies of PST files which show up as contacts.  I made several changes the other day, and when I pulled them up today, the changes weren't there.  How can I merge, or backup these PST files into one Database of contacts?

Thanks for all your help so far.

David Kruger
I accidentally set up my outlook as IMAP instead of POP.  How do I switch it?

I went into accounts and it looks like it is permanently in IMAP...
Thx.
Ideally a 3 user licence upgrade for Outlook
Thks