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Import Contacts Info from other SourcesIn the Tools menu, you will find commands of importing from MS Outlook, Outlook Express (WAB file), Eudora, CSV/Excel, Netscape/Mozilla/Thunderbird, vCard, LDIF, Windows Vista Contacts and XML. For any of the sources of importing, you will have an option of dropping imported contacts into categories after importing. Most existing address book programs do not have concept of separating people and organizations and linking them. After importing these contacts, you may convert selected people which should be organizations to organizations. And you may convert selected organizations to people if mistakes were made. In addition, you may refer to the mappings of importing, which can be customized if you have basic knowledge of XML. Import from MS OutlookThe details of an imported contact will be grouped into multiple sections: Home, Work and Other. Only data fields with data in MS Outlook's contact address book will be imported. The mapping between Outlook data fields and Open Contacts is defined in an XML template "templates\ImportOutlook.xml", thus the mapping is customizable if desired. When importing from MS Outlook, you have an option of letting Open Contacts import categories (groups) of each contact. The categories will be created at the first level of the category tree. If a contact item has no name but company name, the item will be imported into companies. Notes:
Import from CSVIn Open Contacts, data fields are grouped in sections, therefore, You need to define the mapping between CSV data columns and Open Contacts data fields. The mapping will be saved in an XML file. If you have Excel files, please save them as CSV files before proceeding. กก Step 1: Analyze the CSV file
Step 2: Define the mapping between columns of the CSV file and Fields of Open Contacts
Step 3: Import from the CSV with predefined mapping
Import from vCardYou may select multiple vCard files of a folder to import. Please be aware that info of mailing labels of a vCard will not be imported. Note: Open Contacts can export multiple contacts into a vCard file, and import a vCard file containing many vCard records. Import from MS Outlook ExpressYou may import from the default address book of Outlook Express or from a WAB file. Import from Windows Vista ContactsWindows Vista Contacts are stored in separated text files coded in XML. These files are by default stored in the Contacts directory of current user profile. To import, simply drag selected files into the box and press the import button. Import from EudoraDuring importing each book of Eudora's address book, you will have an option to create new category, and then you can apply categories to imported contacts right away. Or, you may let Open Contacts create a category for each book automatically with the book name. The mapping is defined in an XML template "templates\ImportEudora.xml". Import from Netscape/Mozilla/ThunderbirdBefore importing, please open Address Book of Netscape/Mozilla/Thunderbird and export contacts into a LDIF file. Then you run the Import wizard to load the LDIF file and then import. The default template file of mapping fields between Open Contacts and the LDIF is ImportNetscapeMozillaThunderbird.xml in the Templates folder. Import from LDIFYou need to define the mapping between Open Contacts' fields and the LDIF's fields. Please refer to ImportNetscapeMozillaThunderbird.xml in the Templates folder for details. When importing, the program will use the template file loaded to do the mapping. Import from XMLAfter getting an XML file exported from another address book database managed by Open Contacts, you may import the XML file to add contact info into your address book. If a contact in the XML file exists in your database (identified by Name), Open Contacts will prompt you a list of options of further processing: Update, Change name, Skip and Stop. If you choose "Update", the Title field and the single-line fields will be updated or added, and the name fields and the notes fields will keep their contents unchanged. The XML file might contain info of categories, relationships and setting etc., the importing may overwrite such info in the targeted database. Please refer to charter Export for more details. References |