

Right click on the selected names, and choose Add to Personal Address Book from the popup menu.Hold down the Shift key as you click the last name. If you want to select all names, click on the first name in the list, then use the scroll bar to see the last name. Hold down the Ctrl key as you click on each name you want in your portable GAL PAB.Back in the Address Book dialog box, under Show Names from the, select Global Address List (or any Recipients container or address book view).

Under Path, enter a new path, if desired, and the file name GALTransfer.pab. To create a new PAB named GALTransfer.pab, right-click on Personal Address Book in the Show Names from the list, then choose Properties.Under Show Names from the, select Personal Address Book. In Outlook, click the Address Book button to display the Address Book dialog.

MVP Hal Hostettler devised this method, which requires that you have Outlook Express and that the Personal Address Book (PAB) service be installed in your Outlook profile: The Add to Contacts command was added to Outlook several versions ago, but if you are still using a really old version of Outlook, you can use the following method to add the GAL contacts to Outlook. PAB + Outlook Express Method | Tools PAB + Outlook Express Method (You may have noticed that GAL entries added to Outlook contacts resolve to the Exchange X.400 address, not the SMTP address.) We suggest several methods below.

In older versions of Outlook the Exchange x.400 address is used and you'll need to use the methods below to export the SMTP addresses.Įxchange administrators with POP3 or IMAP users who won't or can't use LDAP have asked whether it's possible to extract the SMTP addresses from the Global Address List and distribute them in some portable format. If you have the Social Connector enabled and the GAL version of the Contact is updated, the Outlook contact will be updated as well. If you have Check for duplicates enabled in Options, People ( Contacts in older versions of Outlook), Outlook will let you know if any of the contacts are already in the Contacts folder.
