Export contacts

You might want to export contacts if you want to create a backup copy of your 25Live Address Book or if you want to import the contacts into another program.

You export contacts in groups. The Address Book group is comprehensive and includes contacts from all of your other groups, distribution lists, and sharing lists. To create a complete backup of all your contacts, export the Address Book group.

To export a subset of your contacts, select an existing group or create a new one.

How do I create contact groups?

When you export contacts, you create a text file in Comma Separated Values (.csv) format. You can open .csv files in Microsoft Excel or import them into many other email programs.

The .csv file that you export contains three columns and looks something like this:

• EmailAddress

  This column lists the contacts' email addresses.

• EmailDisplayName

  This column lists contacts' display names.

• EmailGroup

  This column lists the groups in 25Live Publisher to which the contact belongs. When no groups are listed, the contact is a member of only the Address Book group. If you import the file into another program, this column will most likely be ignored.

To export the contacts in a group

1. At the top of any calendar page, click Address Book.
2. On the Address Book page, under Groups, click the group that you want to export.
3. Click Export Email Addresses.
4. In the dialog box, choose to save the file to your computer.