Tag: ContactGenie
Understanding Multi-line Outlook Street Addresses
A complaint seen frequently is that when street address fields are exported from Outlook, the field is either not exported correctly and/or the field contains strange characters. This would particularly be the case if the data was exported to either a Microsoft Excel or Access file in Outlook ‘2010 or earlier or to a CSV […]
Understanding when to use Outlook Import/Export
The primary purpose of this article is to review the most common reasons that people opt to use the Outlook import/export process and highlighting better and more reliable options. There is certainly no single one-size fits all blanket answer as to whether or not you should import/export Outlook data. Certainly, if the purpose is to […]
List of Outlook Standard Contact Field Names
There are two sets of field names used by Outlook for standard fields – internal names and Display Names (used by the Field Chooser during custom form design and shown in the All Fields List when displaying detailed contact information). The Display Names are based on the Microsoft Office language setting in use and change […]
How to import data into Outlook from another program
People new to import/export frequently pose a question in an Outlook forum asking “How do I import from program “x”? The typical (and correct) response is “Look to see what formats “program X” exports to and select a format supported by Outlook” For some reason, when Outlook is involved, far too many people seem to think that […]
Understanding When Outlook Import/Export Is Not An Option
Using the Outlook import/export wizard is not an option when you want to import/export: any user-defined fields (standard message class) custom fields contained in a custom form an Exchange public folder a delegate Exchange folder any standard field that does not appear in the Outlook import/export field map The Outlook import/export wizard only creates new […]
