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Old May 9th 09, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
johnnie2130
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Default Exporting address book in Office 2003

Rich,
Thank you for the detailed reply. This is what I was looking for.

"Rich/rerat" wrote:

johnnie2130,
You can create a Comma Separated Value (*.CSV) file, for each contact
folder, in each mail profile you have in MS Outlook on the PC. Which can be
imported into several mail programs address book/contact folders. Now some
of the MS Outlook fields may not be able to import into these programs, or
you may need to rename or remap the fields to correspond with fields of the
new mail program. Also be aware that Distribution/Group Lists are not
transferable, and will have to be created manually in those programs, if the
feature is allowed.

1. Create a folder that you are going to use to move information to new PC.
For this example I will call it, "Outlook Contact Folder". Make sure that it
is located, in a place that you can easily find, such as Desktop or My
Documents.
2. Open MS Outlook Open Contact Folder.
3. Under FILE Export/Import Export to a file Select Comma Separated
(Windows) Select Browse Go to Outlook Contact Folder you created in Step
#1.
4. Type in a name that you can identify, especially if you have multiple
profiles in MS Outlook on that PC. You will need to create a separate *.CSV
file for each contact folder in each mail profile. Press OK
5. A *.CSV file should be created in the "Outlook Contact Folder". You can
right click the folder and open with the NotePad, WordPad, Word, Excel,
Access. I prefer using Excel or a spread sheet program, easier to look
through and make sure that everything was transferred correctly.

Remember you cannot use this method to copy/transfer distribution/group
lists, you will need to manually recreate them. Also you need to do this
procedure with each Contact folder in each Mail Profile that you have in MS
Outlook on the PC. This is addition to transfer process used when moving
Outlook Data (*.PST) files. Plus it provides another layer in your Backup of
important files and data process, in case something goes wrong.

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"johnnie2130" wrote in message
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I'm changing computers and need to know how to export the e-mail addresses,
names, etc in my Outlook 2003 address book so I can put this info on another
computer's e-mail program. I'm not sure if the new computer will have
Outlook
or Outlook Express. How do I export the info from Outlook 2003 to import on
another computer's address book? Thanks



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