Contact Lists and Importing

[Ter]

I am wanting to import a Microsoft Access 2007 contacts list into Outlook
2007, but I would like to have a new Contacts (or sub folder of the existing
one) used. How do I create a new Contacts list and still retain the personal
one that I have now? I need to separate the importing contacts as they are
strictly business. Please advise.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Create the new Contacts folder in Outlook (File | New | Folder) and when you
do the Import (File | Import and Export) it will let you specify which
Contacts folder you want to import to.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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[DesignPrintCafe.com]

I am interested in this as well.
Once done, is it then possible to send an email to only this newly created
Contacts folder? Sort of how Distribution Lists work?

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Required step before all else if this is a native Access '2007 database
(.accdb) - must convert it to a supported Access format (Access 97-2003 .mdb
file) or you won't be able to import anything. Other alternative, export the
data from Access to a CSV file and import the CSV file as per Ben's
response.

Karl

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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Yes, certainly. Just select all of the contacts in that Contacts folder and
do a "New Mail To"...

Of course, you might want to copy/paste those addresses from the TO: field
to the BCC: field, and watch out for contacts that have multiple e-mail
addresses but otherwise it should work fine.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon