Mac Outlook 2016 - Import Contacts

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I can't find a straightforward answer on this, so hoping you can help. I want to import a list of contacts in Excel (Mac 2016) into my Outlook (Mac 2016) contacts list. This used to be easy, but I cannot find the functions to do this now. Is this another functionality Microsoft has stripped from Mac Office or is there a way to do it?

Many thanks

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You can't import it straight into Outlook, but there is a way around this:

• Export from Excel to a csv file.

• Import the csv file into the System Contact app (it should be fairly

straightforward, especially if all fields are properly labeled).

• Select all contacts there and drag them to the desktop to create a .vcf

• drag the .vcf into the address book where you want them imported in

Outlook.

That should do the trick.

Corentin

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Anonymous

2018-04-10T19:30:44+00:00

Hi Cortig- where do I find the System Contact app?
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Anonymous

2017-11-22T20:55:15+00:00

The trick is to import one group at a time into Contacts in your built in app on your computer...

NICE.
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Anonymous

2017-02-07T13:57:00+00:00

The Contacts App is in your System/Applications folder (comes stock with Macs). It may already be in your dock (the lil' brown notebook icon).
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2017-01-14T00:07:27+00:00

Corentin - Thx! One minor change I made. Drag and drop did not work. I had to right mouse on VCF file and "open with" Outlook. Done.
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