how do i export my address book from Microsoft Outlook?

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boycey - 19 Oct 2005 12:57 GMT

please help!! i have to restore my system and before i do that i want to
export my address book in case i lose it, not my contacts and i can't do
it!!!! please help!

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Oct 2005 13:41 GMT

What version of Outlook are you using? Normally your address book is
dynamically generated from your Contacts folder

> please help!! i have to restore my system and before i do that i want to
> export my address book in case i lose it, not my contacts and i can't do
> it!!!! please help!

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boycey - 19 Oct 2005 13:56 GMT

i'm using outlook 3 and i DID have outlook express a couple of years ago. i
saved THAT address book to a WAB file and managed to import it into my
M.outlook. but now i have more addresses and they are stored in my address
book and NOT CONTACTS.

> What version of Outlook are you using? Normally your address book is
> dynamically generated from your Contacts folder
>
> > please help!! i have to restore my system and before i do that i want to
> > export my address book in case i lose it, not my contacts and i can't do
> > it!!!! please help!

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Oct 2005 15:22 GMT

Outlook 3? There's no version called Outlook 3. There's not even an Outlook
Express 3. Do you mean Outlook 2003?

> i'm using outlook 3 and i DID have outlook express a couple of years ago.
> i
> saved THAT address book to a WAB file and managed to import it into my
> M.outlook. but now i have more addresses and they are stored in my address
> book and NOT CONTACTS.

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boycey - 19 Oct 2005 15:30 GMT

sorry, yes

> Outlook 3? There's no version called Outlook 3. There's not even an Outlook
> Express 3. Do you mean Outlook 2003?
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> > M.outlook. but now i have more addresses and they are stored in my address
> > book and NOT CONTACTS.

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boycey - 19 Oct 2005 15:26 GMT

i need to ask again now, i've managed, i think, to add my address book to my
contacts. now, before i restore, i've exported my contacts list as a pst
file. will i be able reinstate this file to my addresses later once i've
sorted my laptop?

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Oct 2005 16:12 GMT

You should be able to..

>i need to ask again now, i've managed, i think, to add my address book to
>my
> contacts. now, before i restore, i've exported my contacts list as a pst
> file. will i be able reinstate this file to my addresses later once i've
> sorted my laptop?

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Brian Tillman - 19 Oct 2005 16:17 GMT

> i need to ask again now, i've managed, i think, to add my address
> book to my contacts. now, before i restore, i've exported my
> contacts list as a pst file. will i be able reinstate this file to my
> addresses later once i've sorted my laptop?

Never export a PST. There's no need. See
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

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Terry - 24 Oct 2005 08:06 GMT

I agree with Brian about not using .pst files. The best thing is a
"delimited" (usually comma-seperated) text file, because EVERY program
understands it. That way, you can also share between different programs,
especially if you decide to switch email clients or need to share your
contacts with another person who uses a different email client.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Oct 2005 11:40 GMT

That's not what Brian said at all. He said not to EXPORT to a PST file.
PST files are still the preferred format for transferring data from one
installation of Outlook to another.
Use a different file format only if you want to lose a lot of data.

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>I agree with Brian about not using .pst files. The best thing is a
> "delimited" (usually comma-seperated) text file, because EVERY program
> understands it. That way, you can also share between different programs,
> especially if you decide to switch email clients or need to share your
> contacts with another person who uses a different email client.

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