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Old January 19th 06, 07:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Jessie via OfficeKB.com
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Default Import Contact Data for certain fields only - update not replace entire contact

Russ thanks for message. I am working in Excel for the cleanup. Maybe my
posting wasn't clear. I exported all the fields except e-mail & categories
(that was my first mistake) - then we had someone enter in all the missing
addresses and that's what I want to import back into Outlook contacts.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Next time I wouldn't use export to the PST format to "clean up Contacts"
since you have no control over the fields you want to alter. Most users who
do this export to a format such as Excel to manipulate their data, then
import back so they can retain full control over field mapping.
There's almost never a good reason to export to Outlook's native format. Too
many surprises if you do.
I have contact data to import back into Outlook. These are contacts that
already exist in this Outlook Contacts folders with good e-mail address

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Thank you!


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