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Steve Thompson - 27 May 2008 18:38 GMT

I imported a CSV contact list into Outlook 2007. When mapping fields, I
didn't see a "Nickname" field, so imported that field to User 1. Is there any
way now to move that data from User 1 to Nickname in Outlook?

Thanks.

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Brian Tillman - 27 May 2008 20:15 GMT

> I imported a CSV contact list into Outlook 2007. When mapping fields,
> I didn't see a "Nickname" field, so imported that field to User 1. Is
> there any way now to move that data from User 1 to Nickname in
> Outlook?

I don't believe the Nickname field is included by Outlook during either
import or export. Even if it were, the address resolution wouldn't use it
anyway so it would be fairly useless.

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Steve Thompson - 27 May 2008 21:56 GMT

> > I imported a CSV contact list into Outlook 2007. When mapping fields,
> > I didn't see a "Nickname" field, so imported that field to User 1. Is
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> import or export. Even if it were, the address resolution wouldn't use it
> anyway so it would be fairly useless.

Since it can't be imported, can the data be moved from the User 1 field to
the Nickname field after importing? (Users don't use it for address
resolution. It's just for knowing what to call contacts when they call.)

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Brian Tillman - 28 May 2008 13:30 GMT

> Since it can't be imported, can the data be moved from the User 1
> field to the Nickname field after importing? (Users don't use it for
> address resolution. It's just for knowing what to call contacts when
> they call.)

Certainly manually. I imagine it can be done with VBA as well, but that's
outside my area of expertise. Try asking in
microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba

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