Importing Contacts into Your Address Book from a Generic CSV File

You can quickly build a generic comma separated values (.csv) file with the first name, last name, and email address of each contact you want available in your Address Book, and then upload that file. To do this, you can create the file with a Text Editor of your choice.

Note: To use a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet sample file that you can save as the csv file, refer to Importing Contacts into Your Address Book Using the Sample XLS File.

Step 1: Open Your Text Editor

Open the Text Editor and start your blank file.

Step 2: Enter the Header Line

On the first line, type First,Last,Email (using commas to separate the words). Note that this format is case sensitive.

Step 3: Enter Your Contacts

On the next line, type in a contact by entering their first name, last name, and email address in the format above (for example, Pat,Smith,patsmith@friends.net).

Repeat this step for each contact you want to include in the file.

Note: Contact entries may not contain special characters (other than @, which is part of the accepted format for an email address). Some address books may allow the use of special characters and these can cause problems when importing the address book.

Step 4: Save Your File

Save this file in a convenient location on your local computer.

Next Step: Upload the Contacts File

Refer to Uploading the Contacts File and Importing the Data into Your Address Book