Android Forums - View Single Post - FAQ: Transfer Contact List from Microsoft Outlook to Google Contacts

QrafTee · November 18th, 2009, 02:03 AM

There are four versions of Microsoft Outlook that I'm covering... hopefully I got them all right--since I haven't used Outlook Express in many years.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Beta)
1. Open Microsoft Outlook
2. Click on File
3. Click on Open
4. Click on Import (Yes, I said Import; I have no idea why they don't have an Export button)
5. Click on Export to a File
6. Click on Comma Separated Values (Windows)
7. Click on the appropriate Contacts files you require.
8. Save exported file as: Contacts (it should already be converted to CSV so including .csv is redundant)
9. Log into Gmail/Google Voice
10. Click on Contacts
11. Click on Import
12. Browse for the Contacts (.csv) file
13. Click Import

Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Technical Preview)
1. Open Microsoft Outlook
2. Click on the Microsoft Logo (top left MS icon)
3. Click on Open
4. Click on Import (Yes, I said Import; I have no idea why they don't have an Export button)
5. Click on Export to a File
6. Click on Comma Separated Values (Windows)
7. Click on the appropriate Contacts files you require.
8. Save exported file as: Contacts (it should already be converted to CSV so including .csv is redundant)
9. Log into Gmail/Google Voice
10. Click on Contacts
11. Click on Import
12. Browse for the Contacts (.csv) file
13. Click Import

Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003/2007
1. Open Microsoft Outlook
2. Click on File
3. Click on Import and Export
4. Click on Export to a File
5. Click on Comma Separated Values (Windows)
6. Click on the appropriate Contacts files you require.
7. Save exported file as: Contacts (it should already be converted to CSV so including .csv is redundant)
8. Log into Gmail/Google Voice
9. Click on Contacts
10. Click on Import
11. Browse for the Contacts (.csv) file
12. Click Import

Outlook Express
1. Open Outlook Express
2. Click on File
3. Highlight Export and click Address Book
4. Click on Text File (Comma Separated Values)
5. Save exported file as: Contacts (it should already be converted to CSV so including .csv is redundant)
6. Click on the appropriate Contacts files you require.
7. Log into Gmail/Google Voice
8. Click on Contacts
9. Click on Import
10. Browse for the Contacts (.csv) file
11. Click Import

I'd like to thank Android Forums member mplevy for "inspiring" me to write this FAQ.

Also, I'd like to thank Android Forums member syntrix for informing me that Outlook 2000 shares a similar method to Outlook 2003 for transferring contacts to a .csv file.