Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Import Contacts

You can import contacts from another contacts-management program into Outlook’s Contacts. This saves you the time it takes to retype all of your contacts from the other program.

Note that if you upgraded from an earlier edition of Outlook to Outlook 2007, your contacts are imported automatically.

Import Contacts

1.	If Contacts is not currently open, click the Contacts button in the navigation pane. Outlook switches to Contacts.
2.	Click File.
3.	Click Import and Export. Note: Before you can import your contacts, you may first need to export your contacts from the original contacts-management program. When you do, pay attention to what type of file the export operation creates, as well as where you save the exported file. For more information, refer to that program’s help information. The Import and Export Wizard opens.
4.	Click Import from Another Program or File.
5.	Click Next. [View full size image]
6.	In the Import a File page, click the type of file you want to import. This example selects a comma-separated value file.
7.	Click Next. [View full size image] Outlook ...