So I had a **** of a time trying to export my address book to my computer because I am running Vista, which does not have Outlook but instead "Windows Contacts," which Desktop Manager doesn't support. So here's how to do it. I'm not sure if this is the quickest way, but it doesn't take that long and is very easy to do:

Open up a Yahoo account if you don't already have one (it is free). Open up desktop manager, connect to your Blackberry and double click on "Synchronize." Go to the "Configuration" tab, and click on "Configure synch." Click on "Address Book" and then the "Choose" button. Select "Yahoo" and "Export," then back to the main Syncrhonize window. Click the "Syncrhonize" tab, make sure "Syncrhonize Organizer Data" is on, then press "Synchronize now." Now go to address. yahoo. com. In the upper right corner, click "Import/Export." Under Export, click the button next to "Microsoft Outlook," and save the file. Now open up Windows Contacts, click the "Import" button, choose "CSV (Comma Separated Values)," and click Import. Find the CSV file that you saved from Yahoo, and there ya go. You're all set.

Hope this saved some people a headache. Any questions just post to this forum.

You are obviouslsy very creative! Do you have a workaround that would enable me to import the CSV file of my Gmail address book into my Blackberry Pearl?

This worked immensely better than the utility I paid $25 for. Genius points for you!

Hi there - I really appreciate your posting. I had a **** of a time trying to export address book to my computer because of Vista. I followed your tips however came across a snag. I went to yahoo.com. I didn't see the "Import/Export" in the upper right hand corner? Thanks!

Did you try Options>Import contacts? :-)

Originally Posted by ChangingthewaywecelebrateCoach:
Hi there - I really appreciate your posting. I had a **** of a time trying to export address book to my computer because of Vista. I followed your tips however came across a snag. I went to yahoo.com. I didn't see the "Import/Export" in the upper right hand corner? Thanks!

I've found that if you switch to Mail Classic, the Import/Export feature becomes available.

My problem is backwards of that. I need my contacts from my yahoo account onto my BB. -s it still going to be a Blackberry Desktop process?

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Originally Posted by DrTsaks:
Open up a Yahoo account if you don't already have one (it is free). Open up desktop manager, connect to your Blackberry and double click on "Synchronize." Go to the "Configuration" tab, and click on "Configure synch." Click on "Address Book" and then the "Choose" button. Select "Yahoo" and "Export," then back to the main Syncrhonize window. Click the "Syncrhonize" tab, make sure "Syncrhonize Organizer Data" is on, then press "Synchronize now." Now go to address. yahoo. com. In the upper right corner, click "Import/Export." Under Export, click the button next to "Microsoft Outlook," and save the file. Now open up Windows Contacts, click the "Import" button, choose "CSV (Comma Separated Values)," and click Import. Find the CSV file that you saved from Yahoo, and there ya go. You're all set.

You can do the same thing without the Yahoo account part... When you get to the "Choose" part from the instructions above, choose "ASCII Importer/Exporter". This creates the same .csv file on your desktop which you can then use to import inot other programs or phones. Make sure you don't muck with the field headers or layout if you're going to use it to import back into your bb device.

sweet i had this exact question when moving my contacts from my iphone and yahoo address book to my bold 9k thanks guys!!!

I need to export all the contacts from my adress book to the sim card of my pearl 8100. I need some help here.

Thanks!

Ive Been Using The Free Trial Of MS Outlook. Now It has expired & certain tools I Can not use Like Save & Close

I can Not Add or Edit Any Contacts At This Time of Bad Economy I Can Not Afford to Purchase MS Outlook. $399 is out Of My budget.

Is There an Appliction I can use Similar to Outook for My Address Book that will Sync to My Phone?

Too Bad Verizons Backup Assistant does not work On Blackberry:-):-)