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charlene - 27 Oct 2006 18:41 GMT

I am trying to export my contacts in Outlook to another program and the new
fields I have set up are not transferring??

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 27 Oct 2006 18:47 GMT

Outlook doesn't support exporting custom fields directly. Quick and dirty method:

1. Put all the items from your form in one folder.
2. Use a table view to display all the data fields that you want to export to Excel.
3. Choose Edit | Select All.
4. Choose Edit | Copy.
5. Paste to Excel.

If some of the fields are multi-line, see Eric Legault's handy tip for an Excel formula to break up the lines -- http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/archive/2005/04/08/4502.aspx

The alternatives are to write your own custom VBA code or to use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm

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>I am trying to export my contacts in Outlook to another program and the new
> fields I have set up are not transferring??

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