Friday, February 15, 2008

Export Outlook Contacts to Google Gmail...

Here are some helpful instructions on how to Export Outlook Contacts to Gmail.

I was doing this myself and found this:

Export Outlook Contacts

  1. In Outlook, on the File menu, click Import and Export.
  2. Click Export to a file, and then click Next.
  3. Click Comma Separated Values (Windows), and then click Next.
  4. In the folder list, click the Contacts folder, and then click Next.
  5. Browse to the folder where you want to save the contacts as a .csv file.
  6. Type a name for the exported file, and then click OK.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Finish.

Import Contacts into Google Gmail

  1. Log on to Gmail, and then click Contacts at the top of the page.

    The Contacts list opens in a new window.

  2. Click Import Contacts.
  3. Click Browse, and then navigate to the .csv file that you created in the "Export Outlook Contacts" section of this article.
  4. Select the file, and then click Import Contacts.

After your contacts are imported, a dialog box appears and displays the total number of contacts imported.

Notes

  • Outlook Contacts without an e-mail address are not imported.
  • Outlook distribution lists are not imported. Gmail does not support distribution lists.
  • If an Outlook Contact that matches an existing Gmail contact is imported, your Outlook Contact information replaces the Gmail contact.

You can find the original post here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011489021033.aspx

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I went through this process and it worked except the addresses in Outlook Contacts were not picked up when imported into Gmail Contacts. Any suggestions?

James said...

this sounds like a mapping issue. You may need to check if there is a corresponding address mapped from the .csv file to Google. I'll take a look and see what I can come up with for you.