There is no direct method for importing a Novell GroupWise Personal Address Book into Outlook. You can move your Personal Address Book from a GroupWise client to Exchange with the following process:

Export the Personal Address Book from GroupWise

  1. Start the GroupWise client program
  2. Go to Tools menu, click Address Book
  3. On File menu, click Export
  4. In Export Question dialog box, click Entire Address Book
  5. Type a name for your address book, specify a location where you wish to save it and click Save to save the address book as a .nab file.

Important: .nab file is a text file in the comma separated values (CSV) format, it may be opened and verified in Notepad or any other text editor application.

Import Personal Address Book from GroupWise to Outlook

  1. Start Outlook Express
  2. On the File menu, click Import and Export
  3. Click Import from another program or file and then click Next
  4. Click Comma Separated Values (Windows) and click Next
  5. Locate the file that you want to import and click Next
  6. Click the folder to which you want to import your Personal Address Book and click Next
  7. Map the fields for your Contacts folder layout and click Finish. For detailed information about mapping fields, click Microsoft Outlook Help on the Help menu, type how to map fields in Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard and click Search to view the topic.

This way the GroupWise Personal Address Book is imported to your Outlook Contacts folder.

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