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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / June 2006How to import contacts in a .msg format?
We have Outlook 2003 Professional. I have a new employee that has his contacts from a previous company on a CD in a .msg format. If I use Windows Explorer and double click on a .msg the file will open in an Outlook contact screen. How do I import the files into his "Contacts" folder? Seems like this should be easy but the Import/Export utility does not seem to be written to Import a .msg. MSG format is for messages, not Contacts, so no, of course you can't import it. What exactly do you see when you open this file? You need to convert it to a format that can store Contact information and that Outlook can import (like CSV), or go back and save this information correctly in a PST File.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > We have Outlook 2003 Professional. I have a new employee that has his > contacts from a previous company on a CD in a .msg format. If I use [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > written > to Import a .msg. Actually the .msg format applies to all Outlook item types, not just messages. Blaine can try dragging the .msg files into the appropriate folders in Outlook. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > MSG format is for messages, not Contacts, so no, of course you can't import > it. What exactly do you see when you open this file? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> written >> to Import a .msg. Yes. Of course. How obvious. Import is not supported. Copy/Paste is not supported. But drag and drop is. I just love Outlook. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] Actually the .msg format applies to all Outlook item types, not just messages. Blaine can try dragging the .msg files into the appropriate folders in Outlook. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > MSG format is for messages, not Contacts, so no, of course you can't > import [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> written >> to Import a .msg. Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You! The drag and Drop worked. :-) > Yes. Of course. How obvious. Import is not supported. Copy/Paste is not > supported. But drag and drop is. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> written > >> to Import a .msg. To overcome the new way Outlook 2003 sorts the "By Category" view: Use the Detailed or Simple List view, show the columns you want to see (field chooser), click the column (eg Last Name) you want to sort by, THEN use the group by box to group by Category. That should have alphabetical as well as the grouping. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > We have Outlook 2003 Professional. I have a new employee that has his > contacts from a previous company on a CD in a .msg format. If I use [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > written > to Import a .msg. |
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