I did a search both here on ars and via Google, but couldn't find any info about this exact problem - perhaps I didn't use the correct keywords? I apologize if this has been discussed a hundred times.

Outlook email application and .CSV file format for contacts. Contacts are very important to most users. But why does Outlook provide such a sh1tty way to export them....in CSV? From my experience, ...

The Export Friends to CSV Facebook application creates a .csv file you can import to your Gmail and Outlook contacts, but the data certainly doesn't travel well. Dennis O'Reilly Former CNET ...

Moving important company contact information from one computer to another is vital to maintaining communication with clients, suppliers and other contacts. Microsoft Outlook has a tool called the ...

Part Two of this three-part article covers how to import your Outlook contact list—the CSV file—into Excel, then how to refine, maintain, and manage that database so, in Part Three, you can merge it ...