Export unicode contacts to CSV?

[Grace]

Hi,
I would like to export my contacts to CSV in order to upload them to Gmail.
My contacts are in hebrew, so both DOS CSV and Windows CSV come out as
question marks. Is there a way to export these Hebrew contacts correctly to
CSV?
Thanks
Grace

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I would like to export my contacts to CSV in order to upload them to Gmail.
My contacts are in hebrew, so both DOS CSV and Windows CSV come out as
question marks. Is there a way to export these Hebrew contacts correctly to
CSV?

What formats can gmail import? What version of Outlook? If gmail can import
vCard files, perhaps one of the tools you can find on the Internet that can
export the Outlook Contacts folder as a VCF would serve. I believe VCF can
handle Unicode.

 

[Grace]

I have Office 2007.
Gmail can only import CSV files.

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Haven't tried the following so can't guarantee whether or not it will work
but the following is worth a try....

#1 - Import your contacts into an MS Access table which hopefully will
retain the Unicode encoding
(import the data directly from Outlook via Access - no
intermediate file)
#2 - From Access, export the table you just created to text file - you will
be presented with the option to specify what encoding to save the exported
file as

That should give you the CSV file required to import into GMail which as far
as I know fully supports Unicode characters.

Karl

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