Microsoft KB Archive/940766

= How to import contacts from a Works 9 database or from a spreadsheet into Windows Contacts =

Article ID: 940766

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 9

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INTRODUCTION
Windows Vista uses a new contact manager called Windows Contacts. Windows Contacts replaces the Windows Address Book and adds new features, such as adding pictures to your contacts. Windows Contacts can import data from a Microsoft Works 9 database or from spreadsheet programs when the data is saved in the Comma Separated Values (*.csv) export format.



MORE INFORMATION
To save a Works 9 database or a spreadsheet as a CSV file, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Works 9, and then open the Works database.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 3) Under Files of Type, click Text & Commas (*.csv).
 * 4) Type a name for the file, and then click Save.

To import CSV files into Windows Contacts, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Startvistastartbutton.jpg], click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Windows Contacts.
 * 2) Click Import, and then select Comma Separated Values (*.csv).
 * 3) Click Import, locate the CSV file that you saved from Works 9, and then click Open.
 * 4) When Windows Contacts finishes the import, click OK, and then click Close.

Keywords: kbhowto kbinfo kbexport kbimport kbcontacts kbexpertisebeginner KB940766

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