Steps to Export Outlook Contacts into vCard/CSV/WAB

SIMPLE MIGRATION

STEP 1

Launch the vCard Export Software on your Windows machine and click on Browse File/Folder or Auto Detect Outlook PST File from your system & click Browse to Add file.

STEP 2

Choose from the following Export Options : vCard, Google CSV, Yahoo CSV, WAB file, PDF, PST, CSV, MSG, HTML formats..

STEP 3

After Export is completed successfully, you can view exported vcard files.

ADVANCE (CUSTOMIZED) MIGRATION

STEP 1

Go to Start » All Programs » SysTools® vCard Export» Run SysTools® vCard Export Application

STEP 2

Load Outlook PST file

Once the application starts, click on File menu from the upper right corner of the software screen. Also, you can simply click on "Add File" to locate your Outlook (PST) file.

STEP 3

Here you have the option to select your PST file :

Browse for File: If you know the location where your PST file is located, simply choose this option and provide the path of the respective file.
Browse for Folder: If contacts exist individually in separate PST files and are stored in one folder, then just select the "Folder" option and browse to that file location.

STEP 4

Auto Detect: If you are not sure of the location where your contact exists, just select the Auto Detection option and the software will automatically browse to the default Outlook Contact location. Once you are done, just click "Add" button to proceed to the next step.

Note: Microsoft Outlook must be installed on your PC to auto detect the location of the PST file.

STEP 5

The software will scan contacts from the archive.pst (If it exists) and regular Outlook PST / OST file. Wait for the scanning and analysis process of your Outlook PST file to get completed. Click "Ok" to proceed further.

STEP 6

Now, the software will show you the preview of all your contacts. In the upper left corner in the "Contacts" section the software shows you all the contact associated with that file in a directory structure format. The contacts have been categorized and shown in folder structure based on the PST file the contact belongs to. So, if the software detects contacts in "Outlook" it will get listed in "outlook.pst" section. Similarly, contacts will be shown underneath the PST file to which they belong (name that you have set for that PST file).

STEP 7

Moreover, you can switch the Views from using one of the mode, i.e., Horizontal View or Vertical View:

STEP 8

Export Selected Outlook Contacts

Select the Outlook contacts which are required to export. After selecting contacts, right click on them & select the Export option. If you want to export selected contacts from the list, then choose "Export Selected" option:

STEP 9

Now, select the format in which the Outlook contacts are needed to be converted:

vCard: Export the Outlook contacts in VCF format.
Single vCard: Export the multiple Outlook contacts into single vCard contact.
Google CSV: Convert Outlook contacts in CSV. The created CSV has the entire field similar to Google contact field such that the mapping of contacts in Google accounts becomes easier.
Yahoo CSV: Convert Outlook contact in CSV. The created CSV has the entire field similar to Yahoo contact field such that the mapping of contacts in the Yahoo account becomes easier.
WAB: Convert the Outlook contacts into Outlook Express WAB contacts.
PDF: Export Outlook contacts into Portable Document Format.
CSV: Convert Outlook contacts into Comma-separated values to access them in tabular format.
MSG: Convert contacts into mail message format to access them in MS Outlook and Exchange.
PST : Convert contacts into Outlook data file.
HTML: Move Outlook contacts into HTML format to access them in any web browser.

Note: Outlook Express must be installed on your PC to convert the Outlook contacts into Outlook Express WAB contacts.

STEP 10

In the vCard format, users can select the vCard version (2.1, 3.0, 4.0) as per their requirements by clicking on "Advance Settings". You can merge all contacts into a single vCard file.

STEP 11

Browse a destination location to save the resultant file in your local system. Tick the Maintain Folder Hierarchy checkbox to have the same order of folders in your resultant file as the source file. Click on Export button to begin the process.