Select Your Meeting Export Your Contacts From Outlook How to create a csv contact file from Outlook to import into Select Your Meeting www.selectyourmeeting.com
Open your Outlook account Select Contacts (bottom left of screen) Select File (top left of screen) Check it’s the right Outlook account on the right side, then select Open and Export on the left side
Select Open & Export (on the left side) Select Import / Export Select Export to a file and next
Select Comma Separated Values and Next Select Contacts and Next
Look at the name of the file that will be created and where it will be saved (Either leave or adjust as you prefer) – Then select Next Select Map Custom Fields
Select Clear Map Click on the + by the Name on the left (and the name fields will be displayed)
Drag the following 6 fields into the right panel
First Name Last Name Company Business City Business Country/Region E – Mail address Select OK Select Finish The csv file will then be exported from Outlook
Open the file you just created in Excel Example below: Look at the columns of information and check that the information looks right for the contacts and most importantly that the email addresses are in the correct format such as jsmith@companyX.com If the email addresses include names and other symbols, you should clean up the email addresses before you load them to Select Your Meeting. Very Important - Save the file by selecting Save As Save as type: CSV (Comma delimited)
You are all set – Your file is now ready to import into Select Your Meeting! Full details of the process with more detailed explanations are available in the User Guide