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
    2015-11-24T05:04:29+00:00

    You should be able to drop the vcf into your Outlook. I was able to select all of my .vcf files (i saved them out of Entourage) and dragged them directly on top of the words "Address Book" in the left column of the "People" section of Outlook. Have you tried that yet?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T14:32:22+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

    My outlook365home for mac only provides for the import of .pst, .olm and 'outlook 2011 data on this computer'.

    Common formats such as .csv and vCard do not seem to be supported.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T13:12:07+00:00

    What is the system contact app?And where is it?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-24T07:44:27+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

    I am sorry it has taken me a while to reply to this but thank you, this did indeed work for me.

    Why MS chose to make this so complex (Or more likely just didn't bother to make it easy) is beyond me, but this work around gave me the result I wanted.

    Thank you

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