outlook 2010 contacts

Kewreeuss

I have googled this and haven't found a solution. I am hoping that someone here knows how to solve my little problem.
I have been emailed a load of contacts as attachments to copy into my outlook which is the 2010 version. I don't know how to do it, can't find enlightenment on google and I was hoping to to it at home over the holidays.
Does anyone know how to do it - do I have to save each attachment to my desktop and then? How do i move them into outlook 2010.
Thank you

yoyo

Kewreeuss wrote: »

I have googled this and haven't found a solution. I am hoping that someone here knows how to solve my little problem.
I have been emailed a load of contacts as attachments to copy into my outlook which is the 2010 version. I don't know how to do it, can't find enlightenment on google and I was hoping to to it at home over the holidays.
Does anyone know how to do it - do I have to save each attachment to my desktop and then? How do i move them into outlook 2010.
Thank you

You can use CTRL & A to select all attachments I think, then right click on the highlighted files>Save as and save them to a new folder on your desktop (to keep things clean). In Outlook 2010 you can import via File->Open->Import and choose the format of the contacts (possibly Vcard) or whatever and select the files

Nick

Kewreeuss

Thank you for your help. I copied out the attachments as you said, the second part didn't work your way but I messed around and got them in to my outlook one at a time.
all the best for 2012

BostonB

If you are doing this again I'd suggest the sender send the info in a better format.

Kewreeuss

BostonB,
If it happens again that someone wants to send me a load of contacts, how should I ask they be sent to me? What format do you suggest?

BostonB

something like this

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/export-contacts-HA101870639.aspx

http://microsoftfeed.com/2011/how-to-import-your-contacts-from-csv-file-into-microsoft-outlook-2010/

yoyo

Try receiving the contact data in VCard format, Outlook probably won't work with proprietry formats, do you know what file extension the contact file is, i,e: .xxx

Nick

BostonB

What propriety format?

yoyo

BostonB wrote: »

What propriety format?

Well I meant ones that are designed for specific applications, none in particular, theres probably hundreds of different formats contact data could be stored in

Nick