Converting from a MAPI address book to PAB or Contacts
If you have been
using a third-party address book, such as Corel's, with
Outlook/Exchange, you may not have a direct method to
convert those addresses to the Personal Address Book or an
Outlook Contacts folder. You can, however, try this
generic method posted by MVP Athena (thanks!). For Outlook
98 and Outlook 2000, it applies only to Corporate or
Workgroup mode.
This method imports only records with an e-mail or fax
address. If you need all records, not just e-mail and fax
addresses, you will have to find a way to export from the
third-party address book to a text or database file. Then,
either import that directly into the Contacts folder (for
Outlook) or (for Exchange) use the Import
to Personal Address Book tool with Word.
Convert to PAB
Start Outlook/Exchange using a profile that contains
both the third-party address book and the Personal
Address Book service. (If necessary, use Tools
| Services to add the PAB service, then exit
and restart Outlook/Exchange.)
Choose Tools | Services. If you
want to use a fresh, empty PAB to hold the imported
addresses, select Personal Address Book,
then click Properties and change the
name and location to create a fresh PAB file.
In the Services dialog box, switch
to the Addressing tab. Under Keep
personal addresses in, make sure that
Personal Address Book is selected.
Close the Services dialog.
Click the Address Book toolbar button, or choose Tools
| Address Book to display the Address Book.
In the Address Book, under Show names from,
choose the Corel Address Book or whatever third-party
address book you want to import from.
Highlight the first entry, then press Shift+Ctrl+End
to select every name in the third-party address book.
Right-click on the selected names, and choose Add
to Personal Address Book. That will
copy all the entries to the PAB.
Convert to Contacts
Import
to a PAB file, as described above, then follow these
steps:
If the Contacts folder you want to import to is not
in the current profile, use File | Exit and
Log Off to quit Outlook completely. After
MAPI has shut down completely, restart with a profile
that contains both the target Contacts folder and the
Personal Address Book service.
If the PAB service is not pointing to the PAB file
you used above, choose Tools | Services.
Select Personal Address Book, then
click Properties and change the name
and location to point to the PAB used for importing
from the third-party address book.
Use File | Import and Export to
import the records from the PAB to your Contacts
folder.
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