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Excel to vCard Conversion

Do it Manually

Naitik Semwaal

9/12/2016

Have you ever heard about vCard file? What is it and

how is it useful for us? Are you looking for a way to

export contacts from Excel to vCard file? The vCard is a

popular file format for storing contacts and information.

To save our contacts into an Excel file is now an old

trend. As vCard format is accepted by many programs,

devices, and operating systems, we should store all our

contacts data and other information into this format. To

know how to convert Excel to vCard format, I request you

to keep reading this article.

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In general, the vCard is widely known as the standard file format that is

commonly used for storing contacts and information about an individual

or an organization. The information may typically include a name,

occupation, address, contact number (either mobile or home), email

address, and any other specific details. Additionally, the vCard also

includes custom fields, images, and other common types of media.

The vCard is now becoming a highly popular file format as it’s highly

supported by many devices, such as: mobiles, smart cell phones, PDA

(personal digital assistant) devices, iPhone, tabbing devices as well as

the online email accounts and other popular email clients. This format

allows users to import and export the contacts from address books.



Old Trend for Storing Contacts Information

In the earlier days, Excel file was excessively used as the conventional

way to store contacts and information. In fact, Excel files are still used in

some organizations or by some individuals for saving contacts. But

because of a modern transformation in our devices and programs, the old

format has been transformed to vCard, a universally supported format.

The format is widely accepted by almost all operating systems including

Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and many others.

We all know that Excel is an important component of Microsoft Office

suite. Some computer users are still using Excel for managing their

contact details. The reason is pretty simple and clear, i.e. the contacts are

in readable format and users can modify with ease.

Sometimes you need to import your contacts from the Excel file or

export the contacts to an Excel file. Both the tasks are just next to

impossible. You can’t import the contacts from your Excel file to any

other program or device as this format is not widely accepted over other

programs or distinct devices. In the same way, you can’t export the

contacts to an Excel file directly. It will definitely require a lot of hard

work and sometimes the task becomes time-consuming as you need to

add numerous contacts manually (one by one).



Need for Excel to vCard Conversion

It’s always better to save our contacts in a unified format which is highly

supported by a wide range of devices and programs. And vCard is the

most popular and highly supported format. It has replaced the Excel file,

which was commonly used for storing contacts.

To export all the contacts from an Excel file to vCard format, there are

two things which can be used:

An easy manual trick

A third-party Excel to vCard Converter tool

I always recommend the manual tricks first before using any third-party

tool. Sometimes the manual tricks resolve our issues without requiring

any other tool. Though a manual trick is considered the most economical

way, but it may sometimes require higher human efforts and enough

time while execution. If any sort of mistake or error takes place while

performing any manual trick, this may lead to loss of crucial data and

information.

To perform the manual trick, first convert your Excel worksheet into

CSV (Comma Separated Values) format. It’s very simple.



Convert Excel to CSV in just four steps:

Step 1: First of all, open your Excel file (XLS or XLSX) on your system.

Click Office button (on the top) > Save As > Other Formats. Or, you may simply

press F12 button.

Step 2: Select a new location at where you want to save the file. You may also

give a new name to this file.

Select Save as type: CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv). Click Save.



Step 3: An error message will be appeared if the selected workbook contains

multiple sheets.

To save only the active sheet, click OK.

Step 4: Now finally click Yes to keep the selected workbook in the same format.

After this process, the selected Excel file will be converted into CSV format and

the original file will remain intact or unchanged. Now you need to import all the

contacts from this new CSV file to your system. And then, you can export the

contacts to VCF files.



Note: If Excel spreadsheet is corrupt, it can’t be opened. You need to repair Excel

file first. You can read here few manual tricks to repair corrupt Excel

spreadsheets.

Import contacts to your system

Step 1: Click Start button > type Contacts on search bar.

Click Contacts under Programs.

Step 2: In the Contacts window, click on Import tab.

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Step 3: In the Import to Windows Contacts pop-up window, select CSV (Comma

Separated Values) and click Import button.

Step 4: Now locate the *.csv file on your system.

Click Browse button to browse the location.



Step 5: Select the *.csv file which you want to import.

Click Open to confirm your selection.

Step 6: The selected file will be listed in the edit box.

Now click Next button to continue the process.



Step 7: Now map the text field and contacts field.

Click on the box of Name of the Employee.

Step 8: Select a Contact field for the text field: Name of the Employee.

Step 9: Click OK to confirm selection.



Step 10: Map all the fields you want to import.

Step 11: Now click Close to end the import process.

All the contacts have been successfully imported to your system. Now you need to

export all the contacts to new vCard files.



Export contacts to VCF files

Step 1: Again in the Contacts window, select all contacts which you

want to export to VCF.

Then click on Export tab.

Step 2: In the Export Windows Contacts window, select vCards (folder

of .vcf files).

Then click Export button.



Step 3: Select the location at which you want to save these contacts.

You may create a new folder to save the contacts at any desired location.

Click OK to confirm your selection.

Step 4: Within a few seconds, all your selected contacts will be exported

in VCF format at your desired location.



Step 5: Now click Close button to end the export process.

You should only use the manual trick if you have a limited number of

contacts which you need to convert or export to vCard format. If you’re

having numerous contacts, the manual trick would not be a right choice

as it will definitely take a lot of time.

If you’re an Outlook user and looking for a way to import VCF contacts

to MS Outlook, you must read this post how to import VCF to Outlook

using an easy manual trick.

Professional Solution for Excel to vCard Conversion

In such situation, you must try a third-party converter that can perform

easy and quick Excel to vCard conversion. It can easily export numerous

contacts into a single or multiple vCard files in just a blink of an eye.

One of the easiest and safest ways to convert Excel to vCard format is an

advanced third-party Excel to vCard Converter tool provided by

SysInfoTools Software. The tool can export all your contacts which are

saved in your Excel files into new vCard files without causing any

changes or data loss. It takes no more time during the operation and

exports numerous contacts in just a few seconds. Users are strongly

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recommended to try free demo version of this tool before purchasing its

licensed version. Demo version of the tool performs Excel to vCard

conversion in a partial manner. This is the only limitation in the demo

version which can be avoided in the licensed version of the tool.