Exporting and importing is never the right way to back up Contacts.
I'd suggest posting what you did more completely and accurately.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"David Black" wrote in message
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Sometime ago I created a backup of my contacts for my Microsoft Office
Outlook Standard 2003. No matter what I do I cannot export/import the
backup
file into the program. Can someone offer some help how to do this without
having to re-enter hundreds of names? I have the backup file stored on my
hard drive in My Documents Folder. When I go to Outlook , then click on
File, then open data file the backup file is not there and I cannot move
it
there.