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How to Convert Microsoft Office Contacts to a Mac Address Book

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    Selected Contacts

    • 1). Insert the USB thumb drive in the appropriate port on your Windows computer, launch Outlook and select the Address book.

    • 2). Highlight the desired contacts by holding down the "Control" key and pressing the mouse button to select each contact. Release the "Control" key when you're finished selecting contacts.

    • 3). Select "Forward as vCard" under "Action" in the top menu bar to create an email message containing all selected contacts as separate attachments in vCard format.

    • 4). Select all attachments in the email message by clicking the "Attachments" section of the email message, selecting "Select All" under "Edit" in the top menu bar.

    • 5). Click the "Save" button next to the "Attachments" list and save these files to your USB thumb drive. Click the "Save" button.

    • 6). Safely eject the USB thumb drive from the Windows computer.

    • 7). Insert the USB thumb drive into the appropriate port on your Mac computer and double-click the hard drive on your desktop to open a directory of files.

    • 8). Select all contact files on your drive and drag the file to the application icon for Address Book located on your dock.

    • 9). Click the "Yes" button when prompted to add contact to the Address Book.

    Large Contact List

    • 1). Insert the USB thumb drive in the appropriate port on your Windows computer and launch your Web browser.

    • 2). Download and install the Mozilla Thunderbird email application from "mozillamessaging.com."

    • 3). Launch the Thunderbird application and select "Import" under "Tools" in the top menu bar to launch an Import wizard.

    • 4). Select "Address Book" option and click the "Next" button.

    • 5). Select the option, "Outlook," click the "Next" button and then click the "Finish" button.

    • 6). Select the "Address Book" button at the top of the Thunderbird main window to open a new view of your address book.

    • 7). Select "Personal Address Book" in the left-hand frame and select "Export" under "Tools" in the top menu bar.

    • 8). Select the USB thumb drive as the destination location and type the file name for the contact file in the field next to "File Name."

    • 9). Select "LDIF" from the drop down menu next to "Save As Type." and click the "Save" button.

    • 10

      Safely eject the USB thumb drive from the Windows computer and insert the device into the appropriate port on the Mac computer.

    • 11

      Launch the Address Book application, select "Import" under "File" in the top menu bar and select the "LDIF" option.

    • 12

      Locate the exported contact list created in step 9 and click the "Open" button to add the contact list to your Address Book.

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