Transfer Outlook Express Address Book

To transfer your outlook express/windows address book either between email clients like IncrediMail, Firebird, Eudora you need to export your address book in a format that is readable in the other client.

To create a copy of your contacts/addresses so that you can transfer it either to another program or system.

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click the addresses icon ( not file>export). The address book opens.
3. Select File>Export>Address book.
4. Select Other Address book  and then Text file (common separated values).
5. Click Export.
6. Give the file name (contacts) and using browse store in the desired location.
7. Select the fields your require to export and click finish.
8. After the confirmation message click close.

If you are creating a copy of the address book so as you can move it to outlook express on another computer or as a backup then the procedure is:

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click the addresses icon ( not file>export). The address book opens.
3. Select File>Export>Address book.
4. Select Address book (WAB).
5. Click Export.
6. Give the file name (contacts), and using browse store in the backup directory you created for the email messages.
7. After the confirmation message click close.

Importing an Address Book.

If the Import file is in WAB format then:

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click the addresses icon ( not file>import). The address book opens.
3. Select File>Import Address book (WAB).
4. Select the .Wab file to import and click ok and the address book will be imported.

If the Import file is in .csv format then:

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Click the addresses icon ( not file>import). The address book opens.
3. Select File>Import other Address book
4. Select Text file (comma separated values).
5. Click Import.
6. Select the .csv file to import and click open.
7. Click Next.
8. You can now change the address book to name mapping (not normally done).
9. Click Finish to complete the import.
10. Click Ok when import complete and and close the import window.

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• Outlook Express Address Book
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• Organizing the Outlook Express Address Book
• Outlook Express Address Book Folders
• Outlook Express Groups or Mailing List
• Backing up the Outlook Express Address Book