该.PAB文件扩展名是用于微软电子邮件程序创建的文件。文件具有.PAB扩展被称为地址簿文件,因为它们是使用由这些电子邮件程序,允许从不同的发件人和收件人的各种发送和接收电子邮件。这些文件被称为地址簿文件,因为它们包含的信息是关于该用户的联系人的个人信息以及包括电子邮件地址,名称和这些触点通过其中所有的信息从电子邮件分开保存其他联系信息用户发送和接收。他们更可以创建和存储电子邮件的目的,而不是联系人信息来随着电子邮件的地址簿文件。使用此文件扩展名是最常见的电子邮件程序是Microsoft Outlook和Microsoft Outlook Express和他们是微软Office这两项计划。这两个Microsoft Office程序也可以用来打开这些.PAB文件。
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is integrated with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. It is also bundled with a number of versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9. In Windows Vista, Outlook Express was outdated by Windows Mail, then again by Windows Live Mail as separate software in Windows 7. Microsoft Entourage, sold as part of Microsoft Office for Macintosh, has changed the Macintosh version. Outlook Express is a diverse application from Microsoft Office Outlook. The two programs do not share a common codebase, but do share a common architectural philosophy. The similar names lead many people to incorrectly conclusion that Outlook Express is a stripped-down version of Microsoft Office Outlook. Outlook Express utilizes the Windows Address Book to store contact information and incorporates tightly with it. On Windows XP, it also joins together with Windows Messenger.
Microsoft Outlook is available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite, and a personal information manager from Microsoft. The present version is Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Office Outlook 2011 for Mac. Although frequently used primarily as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, a journal and Web browsing. It can be utilized as a stand-alone application, or can work with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server for many users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, exchange public folders, SharePoint lists and meeting schedules. There are third-party add-on applications that integrate Outlook with electronic devices such as BlackBerry mobile phones and with other software like Office & Skype Internet communication. Developers can also make their own conventional software that works with Outlook and Office components using Microsoft Visual Studio. Moreover, Windows Mobile devices can synchronize almost all Outlook data to Outlook Mobile.