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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / November 2006exporting Oxlook XP Contacts to Windows Address Book
After a computer crash I had a backup of my Outlook contacts, but not my WAB address book. Is there anyway that I can construct a WAB from my Outlook XP contact list? I know that you can import from WAB to contacts, but can't figure it the other way. > After a computer crash I had a backup of my Outlook contacts, but not > my WAB address book. Is there anyway that I can construct a WAB from > my Outlook XP contact list? I know that you can import from WAB to > contacts, but can't figure it the other way. Open Outlook and click File>Import and Export>Export to a file>Next. Select "Comma separated values (Windows)" and click Next. Answer all the remaining prompts, creating the CSV file. In Outlook Express, click File>Import>Other Address Book, choose "Text File (Comma Separated Values)", click Import, and answer the remaining prompts.  SignatureBrian Tillman Superb reply. Worked perfectly. How do I go about rating you? Secondly, could you take me one step further? I now have a working WAB, but still when I create an email in outlook and click on the "To" button to add names the list is still empty. Is there a way that I can make Outlook see the address list which I assume it uses for this function, as it cannot see the names in my Contact folder? > > After a computer crash I had a backup of my Outlook contacts, but not > > my WAB address book. Is there anyway that I can construct a WAB from [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > In Outlook Express, click File>Import>Other Address Book, choose "Text File > (Comma Separated Values)", click Import, and answer the remaining prompts. > Superb reply. Worked perfectly. Glad to hear it. > How do I go about rating you? Beats me. I don't use the web interface. > Secondly, could you take me one step further? I now have a working > WAB, but still when I create an email in outlook and click on the > "To" button to add names the list is still empty. Is there a way that > I can make Outlook see the address list which I assume it uses for > this function, as it cannot see the names in my Contact folder? Right-click the COntacts folder and choose Properties. Click the Outlook Address Book tab. Is the box labeled "Show this folder and an e-mail Address Book" checked? If not, cheeck it. If you can't, then you need to add the Outlook Address Book service to your mail profile. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329920/en-us SignatureBrian Tillman Thanks again spot on - I am very grateful. How on earth did you learn these little backways of Outlook? Thanks > Thanks again spot on - I am very grateful. You're welcome. > How on earth did you learn these little backways of Outlook? Two ways: I spent hours reading all of the mesages in this and the other Outlook newsgroups and I spent hours going through settings in Outlook and seeing what changes they engendered. SignatureBrian Tillman |
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