Time
passes but the people you connect with remains almost same. Nowadays
people usually, accumulate their contacts on the cloud to stay
assured that their contacts will remain with them forever. Generally,
people backup contacts in web-based email clients like Yahoo so that
they can access it from anywhere but, what will happen if the Yahoo
account you are using gets crashed. For a safer side, you should
always keep an archive of your Yahoo Address Book in the desktop
based email clients like Outlook. In this article, we will discuss
about how to export Yahoo contacts to Outlook .
Yahoo
is one of those web-based email clients which provides all the
advanced features like contacts import/export, calender, etc. The
contact file which is created in Yahoo can be converted in many
formats like vCard, CSV, etc.You can save vCard to Outlook contacts to backup your contacts. But it is
suggested that you always import your Yahoo Contacts to vCard format
only. vCard is supported by almost all the mail clients and
platforms. Then, that vCard file is transfer to Outlook 2013 / 2010 /
2007 / 2003 / 2000.
Why
Only Outlook?
Before
proceeding towards the steps to export Yahoo Contacts to Outlook, we
should be aware of the fact "why only Outlook" as there are
many other desktop based email clients are available.
The
reasons are quite simple ;
1.
Outlook keeps all the files in only one format i.e., PST file
2.
It is easy to move Yahoo Address Book to Outlook 2013.
3.
Outlook stores data on the local server which means no loss of
information even if the mail account crashed.
4.
You can also import many other contact file formats to the Outlook
2013 / 2010 / 2007.
Need
to Transfer Yahoo Address Book to Outlook
Let's
consider the following scenario from a user query trying to
backupYahoo Contacts to Outlook 2013 / 2010
"I
have stored all my contacts to Yahoo mail but I am not able to access
my contacts due to some issues in my Yahoo mail. Now, I don't know
how to view my address book as they contain very important contacts
of my business partner. Can I export Yahoo Contacts to Outlook?"
"I
want to saveYahoo Contacts to Outlook 2013 because I do not have
internet access all the time. My 90% work is done from desktop and I
want transfer Yahoo Address Book to Outlook."
Are
you familiar with this situation ? Does the query seem similar to
you?
Do
not worry, in the next section we will be explaning the manual
solution to the problem.
How
to Export Yahoo Contacts to Outlook Manually
Yahoo
Contacts can easily be converted to Outlook PST file by using one of
the following methods
METHOD
1: Convert Yahoo Contacts to Comma Separated Values
1.
Open your Yahoo
Account.
2.
Go to the
Contacts.
3.
Select the contacts you want to export and then click on the "Action"
4.
Then choose Export &
select the first option Microsoft Outlook
5.
The contact will be saved as a .csv file on your system, then you can
import it in Outlook.
METHOD
2: Convert Yahoo Contacts to vCard File
1.
Open your Yahoo
Account.
2.
Go to the
Contacts.
3.
Select the contacts you want to export and then click on the "Action"
4.
Then choose Export &
select the fourth option vCard file
5.
The contact will be saved in vCard format.
The
above mentioned method is a two step process. First, you have to
convert Yahoo Contacts to vCard or Comma Separated Values. Then, save
Yahoo Address Book to Outlook 2013 / 2010 / 2007. By using any of the
technique, you can export Yahoo Contacts to Outlook 2013.
Importing
vCard to Outlook
1.
Open your Outlook account
and choose File from the navigation wizard
2.
Select Import/Export option.
A dialog box will appear
3.
Select "Import a vCard File"
and click on NEXT
4.
Select the file format in which you want to import
5.
Select the file which you want to import
6.
Click on Next and
then Finish
Limitations
of Manual Method to Export Yahoo Contacts to Outlook
There
are many drawbacks of the manual method. Some of them are listed
below:
1.
Manual method requires some basic technical knowledge of data files
2.
Contact information can be mismatched during conversion of one file
to another.
3.
Manual method is a long two step process and takes more than the
required time
4.
This method is not reliable for large number of contacts.
5.
Manual method cannot be used to import multiple vCard files at the
same time.
Alternative
Solution
The
above mentioned method is quite useful but it lose its credebility
when we want to export multiple contacts at the same time. We have a
much better solution to move Yahoo Address Book to Outlook. You can
use vCard Importer tool to import all your contact from any email
client whether Web-based clients like Yahoo or desktop based like
Thunderbird. The tool is just marvelous in its area. The vCard
Importer Software will batch import all your vCard files to Outlook.
Conclusion
From
above discussion, it is clear that you can export Yahoo Contacts to
Outlook with manual method as well as automated tool. Both the method
can somehow import contacts to Outlook but it is highly recommended
to use software as it will backup all your Yahoo Address Book to
Outlook without any hassle.
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