Mac Outlook 2016 - Import Contacts

Anonymous
2015-11-07T08:24:58+00:00

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

Outlook | MacOS | Legacy Outlook for Mac | For business

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Anonymous
2015-11-09T15:08:29+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-22T00:03:45+00:00

    So brutal,  This is not a reasonable work around for a long list of contacts.  Office keeps getting worse.  I don't understand it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-20T14:08:46+00:00

    This worked great for me with a few tweaks...

    Nice!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-20T00:26:24+00:00

    This worked great for me with a few tweaks. You can import CSV via the Contacts app that comes with Macs. I then selected all the contacts in Contacts and exported to a vCard. I then dragged and dropped the vCard generated from Contacts into the Outlook contacts pane. Microsoft should just have a CSV import option like PCs, but whatever! (Edited 10 Jan 2018)

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-07T09:18:13+00:00

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

    straightforward, especially if all fields are properly labeled).

    can you explain how to do this part.

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