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Old December 20th 07, 02:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
william
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William
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Old December 20th 07, 10:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
Outlook.
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Russ Valentine
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"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William


  #3  
Old December 21st 07, 02:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
william
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William


  #4  
Old December 21st 07, 09:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
news
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William



  #5  
Old December 21st 07, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
william
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

Thanks again. Have a great Christmas and New Year!
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
news
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William


  #6  
Old December 26th 07, 03:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
william
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName," but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
news
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William


  #7  
Old December 26th 07, 04:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

How did you map your fields?
Are the email addresses valid?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is
not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName,"
but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
news
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then
import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to
the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William



  #8  
Old December 26th 07, 10:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
william
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Default Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

Mapping did the trick. Thanks.
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How did you map your fields?
Are the email addresses valid?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is
not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName,"
but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
news Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then
import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"William" wrote in message
...
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to
the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
William



 




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