By default, Olminator will convert all content of the .olm file into specific, though portable application file formats (e.g. .mbox for email or .ics for contacts information). This allows to import the conversion results into the respective applications for those content types (e.g. Apple Mail for emails). But if you want to preserve the content of your .olm archive, i.e. all the Microsoft Outlook for Mac items, for decades to come and be independent of such applications, or if you don't bother about editing those items in the target applications after import, then you may also consider converting them to PDF or HTML files.
PDF (Portable Document Format) and HTML files are amongst the most commonly supported file types across platforms. They can be archived, displayed, printed, shared or indexed (by your Mac's Spotlight search engine) and thus will allow you to have fun with them for decades to come.
When Olminator introduced the Viewer tab allowing you to navigate the entire content of the selected .olm archive, it provided with a completely new and very convenient way to select subsets of items contained in your Microsoft Outlook for Mac export. PDF and HTML generation now make use of that fact:
To generate PDF or HTML, open the Viewer tab in Olminator's navigation bar and browse the folders of your archive displayed to the left. Select the folder (e.g. an entire account, or "Emails" or "Calendar" or any sub-folder thereof) that you want to turn into PDF. The "Start [converting into format]" button at the button bar on the bottom of Olminator's window will be enabled, once you have a folder selected. Press that button to start the PDF or HTML generation with the respective format being selected in the drop-down menu.
Alternatively, you can right-click a folder from the folder tree and select "Convert to PDF" or "Convert to HTML" from the popup-menu.
Olminator will convert the items of the folder you selected plus all contained folders' items to PDF or HTML, except those that have the little blue checkbox to the left of their name unchecked. This allows you to fine-tune which folders' items actually show up as PDF afterwards. E.g. you may uncheck the "Calendar" folder so that when you afterwards pick your Account folder as root folder for the PDF generation, it will effectively turn all sub-folders' items into PDF, except for the Calendar items.
You can stop a lengthier PDF or HTML conversion at any time by pressing the "Stop" button. It may take a few seconds for all conversion jobs under way to cease.
The progress of the PDF or HTML generation will be accordingly reported with a progress wheel on screen. You can't navigate to other sections in Olminator while Olminator is busy with the current content – my apologies.
Once the conversion is finished – either by having all items turned into PDF or HTML or by you having pressed the "Stop" button in between – the progress wheel will stay visible for a few seconds and then close automatically (you can also close it immediately by pressing the little chevron button in the Viewer's bottom action bar). Once it is closed, you can continue working with Olminator as before.
Please see the respective paragraphs in the documentation about configuration options, which can be found on the Configuring Olminator page. The most straightforward defaults have been chosen to guarantee a smooth PDF or HTML generation "out of the box". Feel free to experiment and tweak to your needs if required.
