A reader asks: "How can I have all of the future re-occurring meetings (ie for 2006) removed from my calendar, but keep the 2005 appointments? A further twist to this scenario - some of the individual meetings in 2005 were cancelled, and some moved to other times, so I cannot just recreate the re-occurring appointment for 2005 myself and then remove the re-occurring appointment originally sent by the other user. "

Easy. Export to Excel or CSV format and import back into Outlook. Outlook can't export recurring appointments and will create individual items for each date instead.

Because all of the appointments in your calendar will be exported, you'll need to edit the file in Excel to remove the other appointments before importing. While you can use notepad to edit CSV files, Excel (or any spreadsheet program) makes it easier to delete rows of appointments.

Once you're sure the imported dates are correct you can delete the recurring appointment.

Notes:
There are limitations to the size of an exported Notes field. If you have extensive notes in the appointment, they may not be included in the new items. Verify the note field is complete before deleting the original.

If the recurring appointment does not have any exceptions, you can just change the end date, unless you want to break the recurring appointment into individual appointments.