How to get address book out of outlook 2003 in to a wab file?

[opethdisciple]

As title says, I need to get a clients address book out of outlook 2003 and in to a wab file.

Any ideas?

 

[marc2003]

this any good?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/o...outlook-express-address-book-HA001092038.aspx

 

[opethdisciple]

Il give it a shot thanks!

edit*

still stuck...

 

[opethdisciple]

This is not as easy as it seems, or it should be!

 

[opethdisciple]

Any one got an idea.

Iv been struggling with this one all afternoon. Its so simple, and yet I can not figure out a way to get the contacts out of outlook 2003 and in to windows address book, in a way that respects all the fields in the contact details.

 

[Molegrips6]

Any one got an idea.

Iv been struggling with this one all afternoon. Its so simple, and yet I can not figure out a way to get the contacts out of outlook 2003 and in to windows address book, in a way that respects all the fields in the contact details.

Hi Opethdisciple,

See below, copied from the help file from outlook 2010, should be simular, once you have a csv file, you should be able to import it into other mail programs,

Regards, Mole

Export contacts
You can export contacts to a file that can then be imported into other applications, such as Web mail clients, Excel spreadsheets, or database applications.

The most common export file format is a comma separated value (CSV) file. If you are exporting contacts for use in another copy of Outlook, we recommend that you choose an Outlook Data File (.pst) in step 6 below.

1.Click the File tab.
2.Click Options.
3.Click Advanced.
4.Under Export, click Export.


5.In the Import and Export Wizard, click Export to a file, and then click Next.
6.Under Create a file of type, click the type of export that you want, and then click Next.
The most common is Comma Separated Values (Windows), also known as a CSV file.

7.Under Select folder to export from, select the contact folder that you want to export, and then click Next.
Note Unless you chose to export to an Outlook Data File (.pst), you can only export one folder at a time.

8.Under Save exported file as, click Browse, select a destination folder, and in the File name box, type a name for the file.
9.Click OK.
10.In the Export to a File dialog box, click Next.
11.Click Finish.

 

[opethdisciple]

Hmm well this is more difficultthan it seems.

My requirements are to get contacts out of Outlook 2003 in to the Windows address book, so I can create a .wab file.

Alternatively, if any on knows how to get the contacts from Outlook 2003 in to a .wab file in any other way, please fire away.

Edit*

Importing .csv file did work to a certain degree...

So thanks for that.

I was trying more elaborate ways of getting the contact in to the windows Address book, like trying to import pab files etc..