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Address Book
Exporting contacts from other mail providers
Learn how to export the address book from other webmail services -- choose your provider
from the list below.
[ Yahoo! - Hotmail - Hotmail
Live - Outlook and Outlook Express - orkut - AOL - Others ]
- Hotmail: Here's one way to export your contacts
from Hotmail to Gmail:
Using Internet Explorer:
- Sign in to your Hotmail account.
- Click the 'Contacts' tab.
- Click 'Print view.'
- Align the cursor with the first letter of the 'Name' column.
- Highlight your contacts by holding down the cursor and dragging it down the list.
- Hold down the 'Control + c' keys to copy the list.
- Open Microsoft Excel (or a similar spreadsheet program that supports comma separated
values).
- Select cell A1 in Excel (the top square on the left side).
- Hold down the 'Control + v' keys to paste (don't use 'Paste Special').
- Choose 'Save as' from the 'File' menu, and select the type 'CSV (Comma delimited).'
Make a note of where you saved the file.
Using Mozilla or Firefox:
- Sign in to your Hotmail account.
- Click the 'Contacts' tab.
- Click 'Print view.'
- Align the cursor with the first letter of the 'Name' column.
- Highlight your contacts by holding down the cursor and dragging it down the list.
- Hold down the 'Control + c' keys to copy the list.
- Open Microsoft Excel (or a similar spreadsheet program that supports comma separated
values).
- Select cell A1 in Excel (the top square on the left side).
- Right click in cell A1 and select 'Paste Special.'
- Select 'Text,' and click 'OK.'
- Choose 'Save as' from the 'File' menu, and select the type 'CSV (Comma delimited).'
Make a note of where you saved the file.
- Hotmail Live
- Sign in to your Hotmail account.
- Click the Contacts list on the bottom left of the page.
- Click the Manage drop-down menu at the top of the Contacts list and
select Export.
- On the page that appears, click the Export Contacts button.
- When you're prompted to open or save the file, click Save.
- Select a location to save the file, and click Save.
- Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express: Here are
some general directions to follow, though instructions may vary by version. For more detailed
instructions, open 'Help' in Outlook or Outlook Express and type 'export' in the search
box. Look for topics that include 'export wizard,' 'export information,' 'exporting contacts'
or 'exporting address book contacts' in the title.
From Outlook:
- Select File > Import/Export > Export from the main menu
- Choose Comma Separated Values (Windows) > Select "Contacts"
> Save exported file
From Outlook Express:
- Select File > Export > Address Book from the main menu.
- Select Text File (Comma Separated Values).
- Click Export.
- orkut: Log in to orkut, then click 'Friends' along the top navigation.
Next, click 'Download your contacts' on the bottom of the page to save your contacts as
a CSV file.
- AOL: AOL doesn't have the functionality to export your address book,
so you'll have to create a custom CSV file if you use this service.
- Others: Refer to your service or client help section for information
on how to export your address book. If you have trouble uploading a file in to Gmail, you
may need to open the file in Excel, alter
the columns and/or headers, and then save the file as .csv.
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