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Andrew Story January 30th 06 11:22 AM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts folder to a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.



Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] January 30th 06 11:28 AM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
You can certainly export Contacts just by using the Export Wizard.
DL's do not survive exporting--one of the many reasons they are such a poor
choice for grouping Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Andrew Story" andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts folder to
a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to
export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.





Andrew Story January 30th 06 11:39 AM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
Quick response, much appreciated. Thanks for clearing that up Russ.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You can certainly export Contacts just by using the Export Wizard.
DL's do not survive exporting--one of the many reasons they are such a

poor
choice for grouping Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Andrew Story" andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts folder

to
a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the

actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to
export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.







Chris January 30th 06 10:32 PM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
Russ-

Did you ever figure out how to export your contacts to another file? I am
hoping to figure out how to export to a word file or pdf file so i can print
them out and always have a backup copy. Exporting them to excel doesn't work
very well..i lose a lot of the information I entered into the actual contact.

Chris

"Andrew Story" wrote:

Quick response, much appreciated. Thanks for clearing that up Russ.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You can certainly export Contacts just by using the Export Wizard.
DL's do not survive exporting--one of the many reasons they are such a

poor
choice for grouping Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Andrew Story" andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts folder

to
a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the

actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to
export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.








Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] January 30th 06 11:05 PM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
The best way to backup your data is simply to make a copy of your PST file.
If for some reason you want to create a printout of your data, then File
Import and Export Export to a file will return the file type to which you
can export.

Most users who want to create a printout of their Contacts will use a mail
merge to Word to do so.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Russ-

Did you ever figure out how to export your contacts to another file? I am
hoping to figure out how to export to a word file or pdf file so i can
print
them out and always have a backup copy. Exporting them to excel doesn't
work
very well..i lose a lot of the information I entered into the actual
contact.

Chris

"Andrew Story" wrote:

Quick response, much appreciated. Thanks for clearing that up Russ.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You can certainly export Contacts just by using the Export Wizard.
DL's do not survive exporting--one of the many reasons they are such a

poor
choice for grouping Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Andrew Story" andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts
folder

to
a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the

actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to
export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.










Chris January 30th 06 11:37 PM

Exporting Outlook contacts
 
Gotcha, thanks

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The best way to backup your data is simply to make a copy of your PST file.
If for some reason you want to create a printout of your data, then File
Import and Export Export to a file will return the file type to which you
can export.

Most users who want to create a printout of their Contacts will use a mail
merge to Word to do so.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Chris" wrote in message
...
Russ-

Did you ever figure out how to export your contacts to another file? I am
hoping to figure out how to export to a word file or pdf file so i can
print
them out and always have a backup copy. Exporting them to excel doesn't
work
very well..i lose a lot of the information I entered into the actual
contact.

Chris

"Andrew Story" wrote:

Quick response, much appreciated. Thanks for clearing that up Russ.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You can certainly export Contacts just by using the Export Wizard.
DL's do not survive exporting--one of the many reasons they are such a
poor
choice for grouping Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Andrew Story" andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Is it possible to export the contents of an Outlook 2k3 contacts
folder
to
a
CSV or excel file?

I've been trying but can only seem to export the headings, not the
actual
address and name data etc. I have around 100 contacts that I need to
export
in this fashion, 90 or so of which are personal distribution lists.

Is there a way to export them all in a oner to an excel or csv file?

Thanks.












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