Export Contacts from Outlook

Overview

Outlook is able to store and export contacts beyond those found in the SLU Global Address book. When setting up SLU email across your devices, it can sometimes become the default service by which your contacts are stored. It is important to export your contacts before you lose access to them if/when your SLU account access ends.

Instructions

Click on one of the choices below to view the contents.

Outlook on the web
  1. Open the Outlook web app.
  2. On the left side of the page, click on the People button. (The button that looks like two person icons)
  3. On the top right of the page, click Manage Contacts.
  4. Click Export Contacts.
  5. Click Export.
  6. Your contacts will be downloaded in the form of a CSV file. That file can be imported into other email clients or servers.
Legacy Outlook on Windows
  1. Open Outlook.
  2. At the top of the window, click File.
  3. Click the Open & Export tab.
  4. Click Import/Export.
  5. In the window that appears, click Export to a file.
  6. Make sure "Comma Separated Values" is highlighted in the list, then click Next.
  7. Make sure that "Contacts" is highlighted in the list that appears, then click Next.
  8. Click Browse...
  9. Choose a location you would like to have the file downloaded and give it a name, then click Ok.
  10. Click Next.
  11. Click Finish.
New Outlook on Windows
  1. Click the people icon in the left sidebar. 
  2. Click Manage Contacts.
  3. Click Export contacts. 
  4. Click Export.

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