Importing Address Book as New Contacts Group

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Chuck Anderson - 02 Jan 2004 01:48 GMT

Can this be done? And if so how?

I have a mailing list that I created a separate Address Book for -
NewMailList.wab. Can I import it into Outlook Contacts as a group so
that the entries don't get mingled in with all my other previous
contacts - but as a separate new Group?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Jan 2004 03:33 GMT

Outlook cannot import from a WAB. It can only import directly from OE.
Outlook does not use groups. It uses Contacts Folders.

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> Can this be done? And if so how?
>
> I have a mailing list that I created a separate Address Book for -
> NewMailList.wab. Can I import it into Outlook Contacts as a group so
> that the entries don't get mingled in with all my other previous
> contacts - but as a separate new Group?

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Chuck Anderson - 02 Jan 2004 05:42 GMT

>Outlook cannot import from a WAB. It can only import directly from OE.
>Outlook does not use groups. It uses Contacts Folders.
>

Sorry, I'm helping someone else and only installed Outlook for a short
time.

(For some reason, it, and it alone, makes my hard drive (Windows XP)
make a horrendous noise - manic disk seeking - so I've uninstalled it.)

All I really need to know is if it's possible to import into a Contacts
folder from OE? I can get the addresses into OE's default address book.

I'm trying to help a friend move a comma separated (.csv) list of "Name,
email address" into Outlook contacts - hopefully into a separate folder.
Just knowing if that is possible will help me forge on. I can already
import the .csv file into OE.

Thanks for any help

>> Can this be done? And if so how?
>>
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>> contacts - but as a separate new Group?
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Jan 2004 10:20 GMT

Outlook can import a CSV file, too. That option is in the Import Wizard.
Also, if you've already imported into OE, you can import directly from OE.

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> >Outlook cannot import from a WAB. It can only import directly from OE.
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> >> that the entries don't get mingled in with all my other previous
> >> contacts - but as a separate new Group?

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