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Old 03-26-2008   #1 (permalink)
Toyman
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EXPORTING CONTACTS


I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out a
way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail site.
They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by exporting
the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?

Toyman
__________________________________________


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Old 03-27-2008   #2 (permalink)
Toyman
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Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere within
Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue. Any
other ideas?

Toyman
___________________________

"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
> a
> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail site.
> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
> exporting
> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button on
the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #3 (permalink)
John Spence
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Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

What about using "File" the "Export" and then choosing "cvs"?

"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
> within
> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
> Any
> other ideas?
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>
>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>> a
>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>> site.
>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>> exporting
>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>
> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
> on
> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #4 (permalink)
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
now appears on its toolbar.

"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
> within
> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
> Any
> other ideas?
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>
>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>> a
>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>> site.
>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>> exporting
>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>
> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
> on
> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #5 (permalink)
Toyman
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

Thanks, but that didn't help.

After opening Contacts, when I right-click in the empty area to the right of
the toolbar, there is NO option to customize. The only choices on the
Contacts tool bar are File - Edit - View - Tools - Help. The only options
when I right-click the right end of the Contacts tool bar are Google - Show
Norton Toolbar - Lock the Toolbar.

Also when I open Contacts, it displays as an Explorer folder. Don't know if
it matters, but to organize my contacts so I don't have to look at every one
of them when choosing addresses, I've put them into sub-folders - e.g.
archive, business, pix, personal, etc. I wonder if the Contacts file/folder
has to be in a specific location.

Having recently helped a buddy to set up his Vista Mail & Contacts, I
realize there are additional items on his Contacts toolbar that I don't
have - including Import & Export. His setup is similar to mine.

I wonder if it's time to remove/re-install Mail.

Toyman
___________________________



<robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%238DxKeDkIHA.1132@xxxxxx
In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
now appears on its toolbar.

"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
> within
> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
> Any
> other ideas?
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>
>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>> a
>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>> site.
>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>> exporting
>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>
> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
> on
> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #6 (permalink)
Toyman
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

There isn't an Export item under File on either Windows Mail or Contacts.
Wish there was.
______________________
"John Spence" <jespence97@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23ZWociBkIHA.6136@xxxxxx
What about using "File" the "Export" and then choosing "cvs"?

"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
> within
> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
> Any
> other ideas?
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>
>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>> a
>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>> site.
>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>> exporting
>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>
> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
> on
> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #7 (permalink)
Dave
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

you're not clicking on the right spot... keep trying. Don't click on a
Contact first.

another way is to click on Organize - Properties - Customize
in the pull-down box, select Contacts
Ok


--
Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OPvk3jEkIHA.4712@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks, but that didn't help.
>
> After opening Contacts, when I right-click in the empty area to the right
> of
> the toolbar, there is NO option to customize. The only choices on the
> Contacts tool bar are File - Edit - View - Tools - Help. The only options
> when I right-click the right end of the Contacts tool bar are Google -
> Show
> Norton Toolbar - Lock the Toolbar.
>
> Also when I open Contacts, it displays as an Explorer folder. Don't know
> if
> it matters, but to organize my contacts so I don't have to look at every
> one
> of them when choosing addresses, I've put them into sub-folders - e.g.
> archive, business, pix, personal, etc. I wonder if the Contacts
> file/folder
> has to be in a specific location.
>
> Having recently helped a buddy to set up his Vista Mail & Contacts, I
> realize there are additional items on his Contacts toolbar that I don't
> have - including Import & Export. His setup is similar to mine.
>
> I wonder if it's time to remove/re-install Mail.
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%238DxKeDkIHA.1132@xxxxxx
> In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
> space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
> Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
> OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
> now appears on its toolbar.
>
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
>> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
>> within
>> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
>> Any
>> other ideas?
>>
>> Toyman
>> ___________________________
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
>> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>>
>>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure
>>> out
>>> a
>>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>>> site.
>>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>>> exporting
>>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>>
>> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
>> on
>> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>>
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #8 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

Don't right-click ON the toolbar.
Right-click somewhere in that vast empty white space below it.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OPvk3jEkIHA.4712@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks, but that didn't help.
>
> After opening Contacts, when I right-click in the empty area to the right of
> the toolbar, there is NO option to customize. The only choices on the
> Contacts tool bar are File - Edit - View - Tools - Help. The only options
> when I right-click the right end of the Contacts tool bar are Google - Show
> Norton Toolbar - Lock the Toolbar.
>
> Also when I open Contacts, it displays as an Explorer folder. Don't know if
> it matters, but to organize my contacts so I don't have to look at every one
> of them when choosing addresses, I've put them into sub-folders - e.g.
> archive, business, pix, personal, etc. I wonder if the Contacts file/folder
> has to be in a specific location.
>
> Having recently helped a buddy to set up his Vista Mail & Contacts, I
> realize there are additional items on his Contacts toolbar that I don't
> have - including Import & Export. His setup is similar to mine.
>
> I wonder if it's time to remove/re-install Mail.
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%238DxKeDkIHA.1132@xxxxxx
> In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
> space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
> Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
> OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
> now appears on its toolbar.
>
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
>> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
>> within
>> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
>> Any
>> other ideas?
>>
>> Toyman
>> ___________________________
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
>> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>>
>>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>>> a
>>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>>> site.
>>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>>> exporting
>>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>>
>> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
>> on
>> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>>
>
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-27-2008   #9 (permalink)
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

Windows Mail is part of Vista and very hard to uninstall or reinstall
without doing the same to the rest of Vista.

Try again, but this time, instead of right clicking on the toolbar,
right click on the larger empty space below the toolbar.

"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OPvk3jEkIHA.4712@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks, but that didn't help.
>
> After opening Contacts, when I right-click in the empty area to the right
> of
> the toolbar, there is NO option to customize. The only choices on the
> Contacts tool bar are File - Edit - View - Tools - Help. The only options
> when I right-click the right end of the Contacts tool bar are Google -
> Show
> Norton Toolbar - Lock the Toolbar.
>
> Also when I open Contacts, it displays as an Explorer folder. Don't know
> if
> it matters, but to organize my contacts so I don't have to look at every
> one
> of them when choosing addresses, I've put them into sub-folders - e.g.
> archive, business, pix, personal, etc. I wonder if the Contacts
> file/folder
> has to be in a specific location.
>
> Having recently helped a buddy to set up his Vista Mail & Contacts, I
> realize there are additional items on his Contacts toolbar that I don't
> have - including Import & Export. His setup is similar to mine.
>
> I wonder if it's time to remove/re-install Mail.
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%238DxKeDkIHA.1132@xxxxxx
> In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
> space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
> Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
> OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
> now appears on its toolbar.
>
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
>> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
>> within
>> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
>> Any
>> other ideas?
>>
>> Toyman
>> ___________________________
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
>> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>>
>>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure
>>> out
>>> a
>>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>>> site.
>>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>>> exporting
>>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>>
>> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
>> on
>> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>>
>
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-28-2008   #10 (permalink)
Toyman
Guest


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

I can get to the 'Customize' tab, but those steps don't reveal the options
to add/remove tool bar items. ___________________________________________


"Dave" <dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uc1afzEkIHA.5260@xxxxxx

"another way is to click on Organize - Properties - Customize
in the pull-down box, select Contacts"

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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