If you have only few contacts in
Lotus Notes mailbox, I’ll suggest you recreate them in Outlook because it will
easier to recreate them rather than exporting them into certain file formats
and import into Outlook profile. However, if you have the list of contacts,
there is another quicker way to move them into Outlook.
Either you can follow the manual
procedure described below, or try out the Lotus Notes NSF file
conversion tool to append Lotus Notes contacts to an existing Outlook
account or to a PST file. So I’m outlining the manual procedure first, later
I’ll describe how to export contacts using the third party software.
Steps to Export Lotus Notes Contacts
Open your Lotus Notes inbox and
access your Contacts/Address Book.
While browsing your contacts,
make sure that 'My Contacts' is
selected.
Now you can select here contacts you
want to export from Lotus Notes.
Once you have chosen the
contacts, navigate through File -> Export Contacts
Check the both options 'Only the contacts you selected in this
view' and 'Only Basic Fields',
and select a location to save this file.
Make sure that you must include .CSV file extension while saving the
file. (For example: mylotusnotescontacts.csv)
Select 'Comma Separated Value (.csv)' and click 'Export'.
The exported CSV file will be
saved at the desired location.
Steps to Import Lotus Notes Contacts CSV file to Outlook
If you’re an Outlook user, then
you will surely know that how simply is the file import feature in MS Outlook.
Open Outlook and navigate through
File -> Open & Export ->
Import/Export
Select 'Import from another program or file' option from the 'Choose an action to perform:'
Select 'Comma Separated Value (.csv)' and click 'Next'
Now browse the location where you
have saved the exported Lotus Notes contacts file in your computer. Select the
.CSV file you’ve recently created and click 'OK'
Next step is the optional choice.
Select anyone from 'Options' for how
do you want to handle duplicate contacts. Click 'Next' to continue.
Now click 'Finish' to begin the process to import Lotus Notes contacts file into
your Outlook account.
That’s it!
However, every manual procedure
always has some limitations that’s why it doesn’t come with any warranty. You
will certainly find some discrepancy in the output and probably you may miss
few contacts due to certain limitations. This is why I suggest you try NSF
Converter tool for exporting Lotus Notes contacts to either in existing Outlook
profile, or any other saving format.
Stellar NSF to PST Converter tool
(http://www.stellarservertools.com/nsf-pst-converter.php)
is one such tool that facilities you to export contacts from the NSF file and
save them in multiple saving formats as PST, Office 365, PDF, HTML & RTF. All
you need to do is - just scan the NSF
file using the software and look for the Contacts folder where contacts might
be stored.
You can either select full
Contacts folder or selective contacts, and export them to your desired destination;
either in existing Outlook profile, existing PST file, new PST file, or to the
Office 365 user account.
It’s simple as that!!
