Managing Personal Address Books in CSV files

Manages personal Address Book data in a CSV file.

Importing Data from a CSV File

Import data from a CSV file.

Steps:
  1. Create a CSV file to import data.

    For information on CSV files, refer to the CSV format in the Address Book.

  2. Click User name in the header. Screenshot: User name in the header is highlighted

  3. Click Personal Settings.

  4. Click Setting of each application.

  5. Click Address Book.

  6. Click "Import Personal Address Book".

  7. In the "Import Personal Address Book - Step 1/2" screen, select the CSV file that you created in step 1.

  8. Set the data to import, and click Next.

    The setting fields are as follows:

    • Character encoding:
      Encodes data from a CSV file with the selected character code.
      The following character encoding can be selected:
      • UTF-8 (Unicode)
      • Shift-JIS (Japanese)
      • ASCII
      • Latin1 (Western European)
      • GBK/GB2312 (Simplified Chinese)
      • TIS-620 (Thai)
    • Skip the first row:
      If the header row contains information other than data such as an item name and a comment, select "Yes".

  9. On the "Import Personal Address Book-Step 2/2" screen, confirm the contents of the CSV file, and then click "Import".

Exporting Data to a CSV File

Export data from the Personal Address Book to a CSV file.

Steps:
  1. Click User name in the header. Screenshot: User name in the header is highlighted

  2. Click Personal Settings.

  3. Click Setting of each application.

  4. Click Address Book.

  5. Click "Export Personal Address Book".

  6. On the "Export Personal Address Book" screen, set required settings for the exported data.

    The setting fields are as follows:

    • Character encoding:
      Select the character code that you want to use for encoding.
      The following character encoding can be selected:
      • UTF-8 (Unicode)
      • Shift-JIS (Japanese)
      • ASCII
      • Latin1 (Western European)
      • GBK/GB2312 (Simplified Chinese)
      • TIS-620 (Thai)
    • Include header row:
      To export an item name to the header row of a CSV file, select "Yes".

  7. Confirm your settings and click Export.

  8. Save the file with a function provided by your Web browser.