exporting contacts FROM Outlook 365

Anonymous
2013-04-24T14:12:41+00:00

I've worked as a computer consultant for 20 years. I have to say that Office 365 is the LEAST user friendly product I've ever seen. Impossible to do do simply things that in other products are intuitive. Right now I'm trying to export my contact list. When I search on this topic all the examples say something like go to OUTLOOK -> FILE --> OPTIONS --> ADVANCED.   After an hour of searching I dont find anything in outlook that says file . I find options but not Advanced and nothing else that leads to exporting

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Anonymous
2013-04-25T08:52:35+00:00

Hi Steve,

I will assist you with the query you have in exporting contacts from Outlook 365.

You may follow the steps below to Export the Outlook contacts:

Open Outlook, click File, Open and export and then click Export to a file.

Once you are in the import\Export window follow the on screen instructions to export the items from Outlook.

If you want to import the data into Outlook, then you may refer to the direction mentioned in the link below:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/import-contacts-HA102919678.aspx

Note: Instead of Import, you need to look for the Export option in the above link.

I hope the above information helps. If you need any assistance reply and we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-30T20:06:30+00:00

    When I tried Alt+F, nothing changed.

    The version of Outlook on my Mac looks exactly the same as the version on my Dell laptop.

    I don't see anything that allows me to "unhide" any kind of toolbar.

    Here is a screen shot of the window after I followed the instructions that told me how to export my contacts to "Export for Outlook.com and other services": file:///Users/Beki/Desktop/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-30%20at%201.55.25%20PM.png

    (If it doesn't come up, it is a blank window with a tab at the top that is labeled "People" and another tab (the one that is open now) that is labeled "Untitled" with an entirely blank window.

    When I try to export it for Outlook 2010 and 2013, I get a window with instructions: file:///Users/Beki/Desktop/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-30%20at%202.04.07%20PM.png

    that don't work.

    This is the entire reason I'm moving away from Outlook. I need to be able to utilize my contacts for mass emailings, etc.

    Thanks for trying to help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-29T11:10:50+00:00

    Hello Rebecah,

    Do you find the information from the ‘File’ tab if you use Alt+F key?

    If no, you may provide us the screen shot for Outlook 2013 to check and help you better.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-28T23:14:14+00:00

    There is no "File" tab on my version of Outlook. How do I use the ribbon to export files?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-28T23:13:20+00:00

    There is no "File" tab anywhere in Outlook. All there is is a ribbon that has absolutely no information on how to export anything.

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