If these are user-defined fields, they will not import.

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After furious head scratching, Phil Rabichow asked:

| I have an Excel database of students that I want to import into
| Outlook. However, I'm trying to map fields such as MotherFirstName,
| FatherFirstName, MotherCell, etc. How can I create fields with the
| same names in Outlook? (I can do it by adding user defined fields to
| individual contacts after the fact, but I'd like to create default
| user fields.)