How do I export my email client's address book?

Outlook
To export a CSV or tab-delimited text file from Outlook:

1. Open Outlook
2. Select "Import and Export" from the File menu
3. When the wizard opens, select "Export to a file" and click "Next"
4. Select "Comma separated values (Windows)" and click "Next"
5. Select the Contacts folder you would like to export and click "Next"
6. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop), then click "Next"
7. Confirm what you are exporting: make sure the checkbox next to "Export..." is checked and click "Finish"

Outlook Express
To export a CSV or tab-delimited text file from Outlook Express:

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
3. Click "Export", and then click "Address Book"
4. Select "Text File" (Comma Separated Values), and then click "Export".
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop) and click "Next"
6. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click "Finish". Please be sure to select the email address and name fields
7. Click "OK" and then click "Close"

Windows Address Book
To export a CSV file from Windows Address Book:

1. Open Windows Address Book
2. From the "File" menu, select "Export", then "Other Address Book..."
3. When the "Address Book Export Tool" dialog opens, select "Text File (Comma Separated Values)" and click "Export"
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop) and click "Next"
5. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click "Finish". Please be sure to select the email address and name fields
6. Click "OK" and then click "Close"

Mozilla Thunderbird
To export an LDIF file from Mozilla Thunderbird:

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird
2. Select "Address Book" from the "Tools" menu
3. When the address book window opens, select "Export..." from the "Tools" menu
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.ldif" on the Desktop) and click "Save"

Palm Desktop
To export a CSV file from Palm Desktop:

1. Open Palm Desktop
2. Display your contact list by clicking the "Addresses" icon on the lefthand side of the screen
3. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
4. When the dialog box opens, enter a name for the file you are creating in the "File name:" field; select "Comma Separated" in the "Export Type" pulldown menu; be sure to select the "All" radio button from the two "Range:" radio buttons
5. A second dialog box "Specify Export Fields" opens. Leave all of the checkboxes checked, and click "OK"

Palm Desktop (vCard)
To export a vCard file from Palm Desktop:

1. Open Palm Desktop
2. Display your contact list by clicking the "Addresses" icon on the left hand side of the screen
3. Select the contacts you would like to export
4. Select "Export vCard..." from the "File" menu
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.vcf" on the Desktop), then click "Save"

Entourage
To export a tab-delimited text file from Entourage:

1. Open Entourage
2. Select "Export" from the "File" menu
3. Select "Local Contacts to a list (tab-delimited text)"
4. Click the "Next" arrow
5. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.txt" on the Desktop), then click "Save"
6. Click "Done" in the confirm dialog

Mac OS X Address Book
To export a vCard file from Mac OS X Address Book:

1. Open Mac OS X Address Book
2. Select the contacts you would like to export
3. Select "Export vCards..." from the File menu
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the file (for instance, "Contacts.vcf" on the Desktop), then click "Save"

LinkedIn
To export a CSV file from LinkedIn:

1. Sign into LinkedIn
2. Visit the Address Book Export page
3. Select "Microsoft Outlook (.CSV file)" and click "Export"
4. Choose a filename and a place to save the exported file (for instance, "Contacts.csv" on the Desktop)

Other
Many email clients and PIM programs allow contacts to be exported to a file. We support the following types of contact file:

• Comma-separated values (.csv)
• vCards (.vcf)
• Tab-delimited text (.txt)
• LDAP Data Interchange Format (.ldif)

Please check your email client's documentation to see whether contact export to one of these formats is supported. If it's not, you can make a suggestion for us to add support for the contact file format that your email client is capable of exporting.