Organising contacts - help please (1 Viewer)

[icantremember]

Over the years I have ended up with a right mish-mash of contact lists in my various email addresses on computors and mobile phones.oh:

I am looking for a simple way to bring these all together on the pc so I can edit them before trying to sync them an all my devices and would be grateful for any solutions.

Brian

 

[Popeye]

Now that is a smart thread, well done Brian, I'll keep an eye on this one........

I'll bet Grommet has the answer. :thumb:

 

[Xoxoc]

Simple, eh...?

hmmm...

I'd suggest trying to export the details from the various sources as .csv files
If you get offered a choice of something called a delimiter choose a comma (make sure you choose the same delimiter across all sources if possible.)

Then create a spreadsheet and import each new .csv file and cut/copy/paste to your hearts content saving the final file as a new csv file.

I use google for my contact now as I use android phones etc. That way all my contacts are accessible from any PC and if I change phone for any reason, as soon as I sign into google again on a new phone my contacts are there.

HTH

Bryan

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[Xoxoc]

...oh, and to get the contacts off the mobile phones I'd be tempted to copy them to the sim and use a pc sim card reader to get them off the sims into the pc.


Then switch to android phones

 

[Popeye]

...oh, and to get the contacts off the mobile phones I'd be tempted to copy them to the sim and use a pc sim card reader to get them off the sims into the pc.


Then switch to [HI]android[/HI] phones

or better still....an iPhone

 

[Chris]

Pen and paper.

Old fashioned but effective:thumb:

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[tofo]

or better still....an iPhone

word of warning my freind uses google with a blackberry

tried the sim in an old i phone 3 wiped google contacts

from his mac and i pad

not seen him since he told me

but it may have been corrected since it happened

:thumb:

 

[Gromett]

Now that is a smart thread, well done Brian, I'll keep an eye on this one........

I'll bet Grommet has the answer. :thumb:

Nope no ideaoh:

I have a blackberry. I use the sync software built in to sync with windows contact manager. I then force thunderbird to use this instead of the built in one.

I don't like using external sources such as google or facebook as it gives them more information than I am comfortable with them having.

Most programs that deal with contacts have a way of dealing with windows contact manager so although it isn't brilliant it make an easy central repository.

 

[icantremember]

Simple, eh...?

hmmm...

I'd suggest trying to export the details from the various sources as .csv files
If you get offered a choice of something called a delimiter choose a comma (make sure you choose the same delimiter across all sources if possible.)

Then create a spreadsheet and import each new .csv file and cut/copy/paste to your hearts content saving the final file as a new csv file.

I use google for my contact now as I use android phones etc. That way all my contacts are accessible from any PC and if I change phone for any reason, as soon as I sign into google again on a new phone my contacts are there.

HTH

Bryan

...oh, and to get the contacts off the mobile phones I'd be tempted to copy them to the sim and use a pc sim card reader to get them off the sims into the pc.


Then switch to android phones

...................and that's the simple way! ....my head hurts just reading it
Thanks for all that Bryan, the phones I am working with are both Android, Samsung galaxy S and a Galaxy S3 but I'm a bit thick when it comes to this techie stuff.oh:
All I really want to do is to organise my complete contact list on the pc and then transfer to the phones. I have tried Kies but seem to get a load of problems Brian

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