How to Export From Outlook Express

Outlook Express is an easy-to-use Microsoft email program that allows you to send and receive emails as well as to share information with others in newsgroups. Outlook Express stores contacts on the Microsoft Windows address book file with an extension of ".wab." The name of the file is based on your Windows log-in name. Exporting contacts from Outlook Express personal address book allows you to share them with others over different programs. These exported contacts can be uploaded to other email providers such as Gmail and Yahoo mail.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Adding the Personal Address Book to Outlook

1. Launch Outlook Express and click "Tools," then click "E-mail Accounts."

2. Select "Add a new directory or address book" and click "Next." Select "Additional Address Books" and click "Next."

3. Click "OK" and type a name for the personal address book in the "Name" box. Select a last name under "Show names by" and click "OK."

4. Close Outlook Express and restart it. Click "Tools," then "Address Book," then "Options." Select the name you gave your personal address book in the "Keep personal addresses in" field. Click "OK."

Exporting Contacts in Outlook Express

5. Click "File" on the top menu and click "Export."

6. Click "Address Book." Click "Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book," then click "Export."

7. Select an output contact file from the address book you added and click "OK." Click "OK" when export is finished and click "Close."

References

• Exporting Contacts in Outlook Express