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Click on File from the main menu at top left and New. Select Folder. |
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Give the new folder a name.
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Select Contact Items from the Folder Contains dropdown menu. |
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Choose Contacts from the list of areas in the Select where to place the folder: box and click OK. |
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Click on File and choose Import and Export. to open the Import and Export Wizard. |
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Select Import from another program or file and click Next.
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In the Import a File: box select Comma Separated Values (Windows) and click Next.
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Click on Browse... to select your file.
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In the Look In: dropdown, find the directory which contains the data file.
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In the Files of Type: box, choose Comma Separated Values (Windows).
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Locate your file and double click it.
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In the box under Options, select whether or not you want duplicates and click Next.
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Highlight the folder that you just created and click Next.
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In the next window, click on the box that appears under The following actions will be performed: This will place a check mark in the box.
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Click on File and choose Import and Export. to open the Import and Export Wizard.
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Now click on Map Custom Fields...
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The From: box will contain the fields in your import file. (If your file has a header record, put a check mark in the box that says First record contains field names.)
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Click on each field from the file to be imported and drag it to the corresponding field in Microsoft Outlook. (If the field in outlook has a + next to it, you can click the + and it will bring down the rest of the fields in that category.)
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When you are done mapping the fields, click OK
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| 20.) |
Click Finish to being importing the records into the folder you created in Steps 1-4.
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