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To import this le into Gmail, open Gmail and choose Contacts→Import, as shown in

Figure 5-5. Note that after a successful import, you may need to switch from “Most Contacted”

to “All Contacts” to see the new contacts (and to further edit them in Gmail, as you see t).

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If you have signed up with Windows Live Hotmail but you want to switch to Gmail, you can take your

address book with you as well. Start by logging in to Hotmail.com. Click the Contacts button to the

left side, and then choose Options→Export contacts from the top-right menu. Click the “Export

contacts” button to start the le download. Save the CSV le somewhere, and import it into Gmail

by choosing Contacts→Import from within Gmail.

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Importing the address book into Gmail

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If you are using Thunderbird as your mail client, you can export your contacts by opening up the

address book and selecting Tools→Export from the menu, as shown in Figure 5-6. In the save dialog,

choose Comma Separated as le type. Pick any le name, like “contacts”, and save. Open the saved

le by choosing Contacts→Import in Gmail.

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If you use Apple’s Mail program, all your contacts are probably in Apple’s Address Book application,

which cannot export CSV on its own. However, the free A to G utility, available at http://bborofka.

com/atog/, can do this for you.