Office 2007: Outlook - Windows Contact Import Problem

[Shatin]

OS: Vista

I have been using Windows Mail and Windows Contact as my email and contact
programs. I have just installed Office 2007 and want to replace Mail and
Contact by Outlook. However, when I tried to import my contacts into
Outlook, I find that some fields are missing:

Birthday
Anniversary
Spouse/Partner
Children

I see that there are fields for Birthday and Spouse/Partner in Outlook but
the data has not been imported. As for Anniversay and Children, I can't find
these fields in Outlook.

What can I do to make sure that all these fields are properly imported?

Thanks!

 

[Gordon]

Anniversay and Children, I can't find these fields in Outlook.

Open the Contact, click on "Show All Fields" and in the "Select From" box
select Personal

 

[Shatin]

Open the Contact, click on "Show All Fields" and in the "Select From" box
select Personal

OK, I can see the fields, but they are empty as Outlook has not imported the
relevant data from Windows Contact.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have been using Windows Mail and Windows Contact as my email and contact
programs. I have just installed Office 2007 and want to replace Mail and
Contact by Outlook. However, when I tried to import my contacts into
Outlook, I find that some fields are missing:

Birthday
Anniversary
Spouse/Partner
Children

I see that there are fields for Birthday and Spouse/Partner in Outlook but
the data has not been imported. As for Anniversay and Children, I can't find
these fields in Outlook.

What can I do to make sure that all these fields are properly imported?

There's nothing you can do. As far as I can tell, those fields aren't
included in the import map and you can't export them from Windows Mail,
either.

 

[Shatin]

Thanks Brian. I guess I am stuck with Windows Mail and Windows Contact then.
I am most reluctant to re-enter all that data into Outlook again. I am
disappointed that such a problem would arise between two Microsoft programs.

 

[Gordon]

Thanks Brian. I guess I am stuck with Windows Mail and Windows Contact
then. I am most reluctant to re-enter all that data into Outlook again. I
am disappointed that such a problem would arise between two Microsoft
programs.

What you need to realise is that Outlook is designed for business use
primarily, where things like anniversaries, birthdays, children etc etc are
not of the first priority...

 

[Retireco]

In the same vein as the problem Shatin is having, if you simply export
Windows Contacts to a CSV file, the fields birthday, anniversary,
spouse/partner, children, etc. are not exported.

Now, why the hell would we be allowed to enter this "other" data for the
contact, yet not be allowed to export it!

I want to export all of my contact data so I can read it into an Access data
base.

Please, anyone, if I'm missing something here when I to export my contacts,
let me know.

Thanks.