Contact data merge from Excel into Outlook

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Larry

Hi,

I was wondering if I could get some guidance with regard
to merging data from Excel into Outlook. I have an Excel
spreadsheet with about 19,000 contacts: names, addresses,
phone numbers, etc... I'm trying to merge them into an
Outlook "contact file". So far, I think I figured out how
to "name the ranges" by selecting the entire worksheet
including the labels at the top of each column and then
using insert, create, names, and "top". I then save the
file and close it. Next I go to Outlook, import, I select
the file and folder and begin. The merge starts, gets
through the first names and goes into merging the last
name. Then I get the "Outlook has encountered a problem
and needs to close..." error message. I sent the error
off to MS.

Is the file I'm trying to import maybe too big or
something???

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

Lar
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

A good troubleshooting scheme would be to use a smaller range to test the
import. If that doesn't work, then try changing the columns being imported.
 
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