Tag: Outlook contact importing
Understanding Importing Unicode CSV files from Outlook.com, Hotmail, Windows Live Mail
Outlook.com (aka Windows Live Mail, Hotmail etc) generates a unicode text file when exporting contacts to a CSV text file. This file generates a MAPI translation error when attempting to import it into Outlook. If this is the cause of the problem, it can be easily identified by opening the CSV file in Excel which […]
Understanding Outlook Home, Business, Other Mailing Address Fields
There are 3 sets of address fields that can be used when importing information in Outlook (Home, Business, Other). To use the Business Address as an example (everything applies equally to all 3 address groups), the fields applicable to that group are (field names are shown as Internal Outlook names followed by the Outlook Display […]
Outlook 2013 Import/Export changes
With the introduction of Outlook 2013, there are now only 2 file types supported for both import and export: 1) CSV file 2) PST File While <CSV> is actually an Excel file type, the one thing that has not changed is how Excel 2013 generates a CSV file from a worksheet. Like it’s predecessors, Excel […]
Understanding How Outlook PST2PST Import / Export Differs
Something that is often overlooked when importing data from another PST file are the extra options that need to be correctly set which are not the norm when importing from any other kind of data file. This can result in the import being completed with the imported data being contained in an unexpected location giving […]
List of Import Contact Field Names for Outlook.com Using CSV
When importing a file into Outlook.com via the Outlook.com web interface, you do not have the option to select which fields to import or map fields contained in the CSV file against corresponding fields in an Outlook.com contact item. The field names used in the CSV file are required to be labeled according to what […]
