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Old April 10th 06, 10:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How do I setup an EXCEL file to import to Outlook 2003 contact

You can also work in a Table view in Outlook if you prefer that.
Considering the difficulty you are having trying to work first in Excel then
import into Outlook, you clearly need to broaden your horizon.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Fred Zimnoch" wrote in message
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Hi, Well in Excel I can work in a worksheet were all fields are visible,
I can also type in column field and tab or move to next field. Hit enter
to
find myself in the next row and start again. Also I'm more familiar with
Excel commands so mistakes are easier to correct.

If you have an example that shows MS Outlook to be as easy and straight
forward I'll not only be happy to try it but I might be come a cheering
customer.
FRED


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Dubious claim. Explain why adding Contacts in Outlook is more difficult
than
adding them in Excel.
Your contention suggests you are simply not familiar with Outlook.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Fred Zimnoch" wrote in message
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What I want to do is create a contact folder with a list of people and
organizations that I want to send emails to. The list may be up to 200
entries.

Doing this by adding individual contacts in MS Outlook is time
consuming.

It's easier in EXCEL. So I'd like to create a contact list in Excel and
import it into a MS contact folder.

To test this operation I created a contact folder in EXCEL and using
the
OUTLOOK wizard I exported it to EXCEL. It worked fine.

I added a couple of new rows to the EXCEL file and used the Outlook
wizard
to import it into MS Outlook and that worked fine.

When I tried to add more rows to the EXCEL file and import with wizard
to
MS
OUTLOOK the new rows did not appear in Outlook after importing.

Can you provide an example of how to do this correctly?

Thanks.
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FRED


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You'll need to provide at least some information. There is none here.
What were you trying to achieve by exporting Outlook data to a
different
format, then re-importing it? I can think of no reason to do so unless
you
wanted to lose or corrupt your data.
You said you go through "the steps." What steps exactly and what
happens?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Fred Zimnoch" wrote in message
...
I basically exported a contact folder to an EXCEL file. Then I
thought I
could just add new row (records) to this Excel file and import back
into
OUTLOOK. I go through the steps but new records are not imported.
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FRED








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