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Wednesday
Nov162011

Flossing CSV Address Book File

No matter how many different services are there.

No matter how simple an automated software appears

No matter how many duplicates are removed.

Nothing.  Aboslutely nothing, can replace a good old fashion cleaning with a standard Outlook formatted comma separated value (CSV Windows) file and a basic spreadsheet program like Excel or Google Docs.

Think of it as using floss and tooth picks to really get through the address book to fix all those nooks and cranies.  

The simple, yet detailed, spreadsheet view shows contacts and their information displayed in a way that no other address book client can offer, which can then be quickly edited

  • Easily track down improperly formatted fields
  • See NOTES that contain addresses, Birthdays, screennames, etc...
  • Discover Home Addresses that should be Business Addresses

So take a moment.  Export your address book into the Outlook CSV file.  Import it into Outlook and look it over.  I bet you'll be surprised at what you see.