Importing contacts from excel??

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MMR - 13 Jul 2005 03:37 GMT

Anyone that can guide me would be soooooo helpful...I had outlook when I was
with my last employer...I exported my contacts when I left that employer to
excel file...I now have outlook again with my new employer and need all my
excel contacts in there....I cannot figure this out...anything to not have to
re-enter 250 contacts again..pls advise..thanks...MMR

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 13 Jul 2005 04:47 GMT

In Outlook->File->Import->From a File->Excel (or comma separated values -
Windows). Select your destination folder and press enter.

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After furious head scratching, MMR asked:

| Anyone that can guide me would be soooooo helpful...I had outlook
| when I was with my last employer...I exported my contacts when I left
| that employer to excel file...I now have outlook again with my new
| employer and need all my excel contacts in there....I cannot figure
| this out...anything to not have to re-enter 250 contacts again..pls
| advise..thanks...MMR

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Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] - 13 Jul 2005 04:48 GMT

In Outlook, File | Import and Export; choose Import from another program or
file, then choose Microsoft Excel and follow the prompts.

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> Anyone that can guide me would be soooooo helpful...I had outlook when I was
> with my last employer...I exported my contacts when I left that employer to
> excel file...I now have outlook again with my new employer and need all my
> excel contacts in there....I cannot figure this out...anything to not have to
> re-enter 250 contacts again..pls advise..thanks...MMR

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