OK I'm not very computer skilled and I seem to have dropped a clanger:
I am using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on my desktop PC with Windows 7.
I use the contacts facility extensively and this is my only record of the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of all my contacts. I also use the calendar and reminders on a daily basis and have a large number of regular and ad hoc reminders set up. This system has worked very well for a long time.
Recently I was having a look at a facility called iCloud which I don't really understand, but it has crept onto my PC because we use that for storage of my wife's ebooks and music and links to her iphone.


Somehow I think I have clicked on an option to link Outlook with iCloud. Big mistake. I now don't have my contacts in Outlook and they are only on iCloud in an unfamiliar format. I'm also getting duplicate reminders for some, not all appointments.
Can you please explain to me how I can get my contacts back into Outlook?
And I think I need to delete the sync facility - it just confuses me. Can I do this without losing all my contact details and calendar reminders?
Would be very grateful for any advice.......
please bear in mind that I'm not very familiar with new stuff.