How to Sync Outlook 2003 Contacts to Gmail

You must export your contacts from Outlook before you can import them into Gmail.

Because Gmail is operated by Google, one of Microsoft's chief industry rivals, there is no way to directly transfer Outlook 2003 contacts to your Gmail account. Despite the lack of direct connectivity, it is still easy to import your contacts into Gmail. You can save your Outlook 2003 contacts to an application-neutral CSV text file and then you can import the contacts contained in that CSV file into your Gmail.

Instructions

1. Run the Microsoft Outlook 2003 application.

2. Click "File" in the menu bar and choose "Import and Export" to open a new dialog window.

3. Click "Export to a file" and click the "Next" button.

4. Click the box next to "Comma Separated Values (Windows)" and then click the Next button. A file browser window will appear.

5. Navigate to the folder to which you would like to save your contacts information. Type a name for the contacts CSV file, then click "OK," "Next" and "Finish."

6. Open your Web browser, then navigate to gmail.com and log in with your username and password.

7. Click the "Contacts" link in the upper-left of the program window, then click "Import Contacts" in the left browser pane.

8. Click "Browse" and locate the CSV contacts file that you just created. Click on the file, then click the "Open" button.

9. Click "Import" to save your Outlook 2003 contacts to your Gmail account.

References

• Microsoft Outlook: Export Outlook Contacts to Gmail