Moving contact from distribution list to Contact folder

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William

When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
 
It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
Outlook.
 
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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Thanks again. Have a great Christmas and New Year!
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName," but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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How did you map your fields?
Are the email addresses valid?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is
not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName,"
but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then
import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to
the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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Mapping did the trick. Thanks.
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
How did you map your fields?
Are the email addresses valid?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
William said:
Russ, I'm almost there, but have one additional problem. I have created a
cleaned up csv file of the distribution list. There are two columns, the
headers of which are "Names" and "Email." But when I import this csv file
into the contacts folder, only the name shows up. The email address is
not
imported. I tried renaming the email address column "EmailDisplayName,"
but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Happy New Year!
--
William


Russ Valentine said:
No. Just save it as a text file, clean it up in Excel so that each column
has a header, save as CSV, then import the CSV file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Would your tip mean saving as a
pst
file and then importing, or is there a superior approach?
--
William


:

It isn't. You can only save the DL in a format that you can then
import
into
Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When one creates a distribution list, a check box option is given to
also
add
the name and address to the Contacts folder. Once the distribution
list
is
created, however, is it possible to add those names and address to
the
contact folder? If so, how?

Thanks for any ideas.
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