Exporting An Outlook Express Addressbook
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| There are many reasons for wanting to export your Outlook
Express addressbook. Having a backup file is always a good idea so that
you can replace your addressbook if it becomes damaged or lost. I would
recommend backing it up to removable media that can be stored away from
your computer. If you back up to the hard drive (usually "C"
drive) your back up can become corrupted or destroyed if you have hard
drive trouble. You can also import your addressbook easily into another
computer if you save it to a floppy or other removable storage media.
There are two ways to export and import addressbook files. You can use
OE's proprietary WAB format or use the text or CSV formats.
(To
find out how to export in Outlook Express's WAB format, go to this page)
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| One important note: If you are
exporting to a CD Rom and then importing it from there to another computer
you should drag the file onto your computer first, I'd suggest to your
"Desktop", then right click on it and check the properties. It
is usually set to "Read only", which will be unusable for
import. Just uncheck it and then follow the import steps. |
Exporting your address book to a text or comma
separated value (CSV) file.
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| 1. Open Outlook Express email client. Choose "file"
from the menu, then scroll down to "export...". Choose
"addressbook" from the side pop out menu. |
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| 2. You will then be given some choices, at least two. They
will be choices for the export format. One is Microsoft Exchange
addressbook and the other is "text file (comma separated
values)". Choose text file (csv) and click "Export". |
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| 3. You will then get the export wizard. You will need to
select a place to store the file. Use the "browse" button
to locate a place to store the file, I would suggest "desktop"
to make it easy to find. Make a name for the file, like "addy";
and choose a format, either txt or csv (comma separated values). Click
"save" and you will be taken back to the wizard. |
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| 4. At the wizard box, click "Next" and you
will get a new dialog box where you can choose which fields will be
exported. For instance, if you have Names, email address, and phone
numbers checked, but don't wish to include the phone numbers, just uncheck
that box. When you have selected the fields you want, click "finish"
and the program will create the file.
I would suggest that you create the file both as txt and csv. Comma
Separated values are great for importing into databases and spreadsheet. |
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Importing your text or CSV file back into Outlook
Express
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| To import the addressbook into an addressbook in Outlook
Express, choose "file" then "import..."
"other addressbook". You will get a dialog box
asking for the type of file. |
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| Choose "text file (comma separated value). You will
get a dialog box for finding the file. Navigate to it and then just follow
the directions and the new addresses will be exported. Note that if,
during the importing process, OE finds matching addresses, it will ask if
you want to overwrite. |
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