Download the ELA Member Contacts file

  1. Click here to download the file containing the ELA Member Contact data
  2. You should see a pop-up dialog box asking if you want to Open or Save the file, select Save.
  3. Save the file anywhere on your computer, but remember where you saved it to.

 

Import the .csv file into Outlook®

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook, On the File menu, click Import and Export.
  2. Click Import from another program or file, and then click Next.
  3. In the list, click Comma Separated Values (Windows), and then click Next.
  4. Click Browse, then locate and select the .csv file you saved earlier (the default file name is: view-contact_export.csv), and then click Next.
  5. Click your Contacts folder or another folder that contains contacts, and then click Next.
  6. In the list, click the .csv file that contains the ELA Member contact information, and then click Map Custom Fields.

 

Translate your entries into Outlook fields

You'll need to connect the values from the .csv file to fields that are used in Outlook. You'll see in the From box of the Map Custom Fields dialog box the value types contained in the .csv file (Full Name, Address Line 1, Website, etc.). Drag each value type from the From box to the correct Outlook field type in the To box.

By dragging and dropping the value types, you will be assigning the values in the .csv file to their equivalent values in Outlook. When you have finished, click OK, and then click Finish. All ELA Member contact information will be imported into your Contacts folder in Outlook.