Import contact information in a file to your address book

You can add information about multiple contacts simultaneously to your personal address book, by importing a comma-separated or tab-delimited values file (CSV). You can export information from many spreadsheet and email programs in CSV format.


If an error exists in any new or updated contact information, a message appears, informing you that no contact information was imported.


If you add a new contact, ensure that the UUID field is blank.

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In the upper right-hand corner, click the dropdown arrow next to your name, then click My Contacts.

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Export your personal contacts as a Comma- or Tab-Delimited File. Use that file as a template to add contacts to.

For more information, see Export Contact Information to a CSV File.

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In the View list, select Personal Contacts.

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In the Import From list, select Comma- or Tab-Delimited Files, and then select Import.

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Choose the CSV file in which you added new contact information, and select Open.

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Select Import.

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If the preview shows all the contacts that you want to import, select Submit.

Export contact information to a CSV file

You can save your contact information as a CSV file to import it into another application, or to generate a CSV file template that you can then use to add contact information and then import it later.


If you add a new contact, ensure that the UUID field is blank.

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In the upper right-hand corner, click the dropdown arrow next to your name, then click My Contacts.

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In the View list, select Personal Contacts, and then select Export.

Create a distribution list in your address book

You can create distribution lists for your personal address book. A distribution list includes two or more contacts for which you provide a common name and appears in your Personal Contacts list.

For example, you can create a distribution list named Sales Department, which includes contacts who are members of your Sales Department. If you want to invite members of the department to a meeting, you can select the group rather than each member individually.

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In the upper right-hand corner, click the dropdown arrow next to your name, then click My Contacts.

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Select Add Distribution List.

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Enter a Name for the distribution list.

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Under Members, locate the contacts that you want to add to the distribution list, by doing any of the following:

  • Search for a contact, by typing all or part of the contact's first or last name in the Search box.

  • Select the letter that corresponds to the first letter of the contact's first name.

  • Select All to list all contacts in your Personal Contacts list.

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In the box on the left, choose the contacts that you want to add to the distribution list, and select Add>.

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After you finish adding contacts to the distribution list, select Add to create the list.