How can I make the members of a distribution list into contacts?

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I made up distribution lists for Outlook by importing names and email
addresses. I gather that I should have started by making individual
"Contact" files for each. Now I have a set of DL's whose members I would
like to make into individual contacts. Can't I get Outlook to do that for
me? How? I would appreciate help.
 
Save the DL in RTF format. Use Word to convert it to a plain text file and
Excel to convert that to a CSV file. Make sure the file has clear headers
that Outlook can recognize as Field Names, then import it into Outlook.
 
Easier -- save it as a plain text file, then edit it in Notepad to remove
the first few lines that contain the DL name and description. Save and
import as a tab-delimited file.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Russ Valentine said:
Save the DL in RTF format. Use Word to convert it to a plain text file and
Excel to convert that to a CSV file. Make sure the file has clear headers
that Outlook can recognize as Field Names, then import it into Outlook.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
gcarls said:
I made up distribution lists for Outlook by importing names and email
addresses. I gather that I should have started by making individual
"Contact" files for each. Now I have a set of DL's whose members I would
like to make into individual contacts. Can't I get Outlook to do that
for
me? How? I would appreciate help.
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Both methods are pretty convoluted if you ask me ;)
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Sue Mosher said:
Easier -- save it as a plain text file, then edit it in Notepad to remove
the first few lines that contain the DL name and description. Save and
import as a tab-delimited file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Russ Valentine said:
Save the DL in RTF format. Use Word to convert it to a plain text file
and Excel to convert that to a CSV file. Make sure the file has clear
headers that Outlook can recognize as Field Names, then import it into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
gcarls said:
I made up distribution lists for Outlook by importing names and email
addresses. I gather that I should have started by making individual
"Contact" files for each. Now I have a set of DL's whose members I
would
like to make into individual contacts. Can't I get Outlook to do that
for
me? How? I would appreciate help.
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