Export Outlook 2003 contacts by category

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I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
 
Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own Contacts
Folder in that file.
 
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted Items and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it creates an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

Russ Valentine said:
Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
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It's not hard.
File > New > Folder. You have the option of creating a Contacts Folder in
the "Folder Contains" dropdown.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted Items
and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it creates an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

Russ Valentine said:
Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own
Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or
more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks Russ. For some maybe, but for me at least, nothing is easy with
Outlook. E.g. why not just make it possible to export contacts by category,
e.g. into an excel file??? ANyway, here's what I tried/got: Icreated a new
folder named Orbis (my client). A new personal folder called Personal Folders
appears in my folder tree. Hmm... then I click the new personal folders and
create a new folder in it called contacts, and tell it to make it contain
contacts. I double check that it's creating it in the new personal folders.
Nothing happens. I have tried it numerous times, with different pst file
names, folder names, deleting, rebooting, etc. UI can't get it to create a
contacts folders. Hmm...
Help!!! Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
It's not hard.
File > New > Folder. You have the option of creating a Contacts Folder in
the "Folder Contains" dropdown.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted Items
and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it creates an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

Russ Valentine said:
Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own
Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or
more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What do you mean by "nothing happens?" What exactly are you doing and what
isn't happening that you think should?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Thanks Russ. For some maybe, but for me at least, nothing is easy with
Outlook. E.g. why not just make it possible to export contacts by
category,
e.g. into an excel file??? ANyway, here's what I tried/got: Icreated a new
folder named Orbis (my client). A new personal folder called Personal
Folders
appears in my folder tree. Hmm... then I click the new personal folders
and
create a new folder in it called contacts, and tell it to make it contain
contacts. I double check that it's creating it in the new personal
folders.
Nothing happens. I have tried it numerous times, with different pst file
names, folder names, deleting, rebooting, etc. UI can't get it to create a
contacts folders. Hmm...
Help!!! Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
It's not hard.
File > New > Folder. You have the option of creating a Contacts Folder in
the "Folder Contains" dropdown.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted Items
and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst
file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it creates
an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

:

Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own
Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or
more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Presumably a contacts folder should appear in the new personal folder. I
think I just answered my question. I am accustomed to looking at the "Mail"
folder list, not the complete folder list. By switching views, the contacts
folder appears and I have solved my problem. Thank you very much for being so
responsive. How can I "rate" your service?
David

Russ Valentine said:
What do you mean by "nothing happens?" What exactly are you doing and what
isn't happening that you think should?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Thanks Russ. For some maybe, but for me at least, nothing is easy with
Outlook. E.g. why not just make it possible to export contacts by
category,
e.g. into an excel file??? ANyway, here's what I tried/got: Icreated a new
folder named Orbis (my client). A new personal folder called Personal
Folders
appears in my folder tree. Hmm... then I click the new personal folders
and
create a new folder in it called contacts, and tell it to make it contain
contacts. I double check that it's creating it in the new personal
folders.
Nothing happens. I have tried it numerous times, with different pst file
names, folder names, deleting, rebooting, etc. UI can't get it to create a
contacts folders. Hmm...
Help!!! Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
It's not hard.
File > New > Folder. You have the option of creating a Contacts Folder in
the "Folder Contains" dropdown.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted Items
and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst
file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it creates
an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

:

Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own
Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one or
more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Your thanks is enough. No one keeps score on the volunteers.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Presumably a contacts folder should appear in the new personal folder. I
think I just answered my question. I am accustomed to looking at the
"Mail"
folder list, not the complete folder list. By switching views, the
contacts
folder appears and I have solved my problem. Thank you very much for being
so
responsive. How can I "rate" your service?
David

Russ Valentine said:
What do you mean by "nothing happens?" What exactly are you doing and
what
isn't happening that you think should?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
dprawel said:
Thanks Russ. For some maybe, but for me at least, nothing is easy with
Outlook. E.g. why not just make it possible to export contacts by
category,
e.g. into an excel file??? ANyway, here's what I tried/got: Icreated a
new
folder named Orbis (my client). A new personal folder called Personal
Folders
appears in my folder tree. Hmm... then I click the new personal folders
and
create a new folder in it called contacts, and tell it to make it
contain
contacts. I double check that it's creating it in the new personal
folders.
Nothing happens. I have tried it numerous times, with different pst
file
names, folder names, deleting, rebooting, etc. UI can't get it to
create a
contacts folders. Hmm...
Help!!! Thanks.

:

It's not hard.
File > New > Folder. You have the option of creating a Contacts Folder
in
the "Folder Contains" dropdown.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hmm... File->New->Outlook Data File? THe new PST contains Deleted
Items
and
Search folders. How then do I create a Contacts folder in this pst
file? I
tried creating a new folder and dragging contacts to it, but it
creates
an
email to all the addresses (cause it's not a contacts forlder).

:

Exporting is never a good way to transfer Outlook data.
Just create a new PST file and copy these contacts into their own
Contacts
Folder in that file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have thousands of contacts in Outlook. I want to export only one
or
more
categories to a PST file. Anyone know how?
Thanks.
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