Eureka! I migrated my address book from Entourage to Outlook. Not the simplest of procedures, but manageable. I basically followed the plan outlined on this page:
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050109010758399> Here's a more detailed description. The following was only tested once, moving only address book data (contacts) from Entourage 11.3.3 in OS X 10.4.9 to Outlook 2007 in Vista. I have no idea whetheer this works for other versions of Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, HotMail, etc. 1) In Entourage, select File > Export. The Export screen prompts "What would you like to export?" Select "Local contacts to a list (tab-delimted text)." Save the file. 2) In Excel, select File > Open. The file opening window presents an Enable menu to filter file types. Choose "Text Files", and open the exported text file. 3) The Text Import Wizard appears. For step 1, choose "Delimited" for file type. Click "Next". 4) For step 2, click the "Tab" checkbox for Delimiters. Click "Next". 5) For step 3, you can remove columns from the table. I did not bother to do this. Empty columns are skipped. Click "Finish". 6) Save the Excel file in "CSV (Windows)" format. Excel will complain about incompatible features, asking you if you want to save without those features. Click "Yes". 7) Now you need to get the csv file into Outlook. In Outlook select File > Import and Export. The Import/Export Wizard appears. From the list of actions, select "Import from another program or file". Click "Next". 8) From the list of file types to import from, select "Comma Separated Values (Windows)". Click "Next". 9) Locate the file to import. For destination folder, choose Personal Folders\Contacts 10) When the "Import a File" screen appears, click the button "Map custom fields." This is the trickiest part of the procedure. You need to compare the field names in the Entourage and Outlook address books. Some are the same, and these are already mapped for you. Others are different, and you need to manually set the mappings. Follow the instructions on the screen. Recheck both sides, and when you are satisifed that you have the correct mappings, click "OK'. 11) Click "Finish". When you check the results, you may find some data fields that are empty, mapped incorrectly, or formatted differently than they were in Entourage. For those contacts that have multiple email addresses and/or phone numbers, you may need to reset the default choices. If you had photos attached to your Entourage contacts, you will need to reattach those manually. Photos are correctly included if you import contacts on vCards. Importing vCards is a different procedure, and if you are just moving one contact, or a small group, it's probably an easier route than exporting and importing via text file. -- Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
