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Export Your Microsoft Outlook Contacts

To move your BW Microsoft Outlook Contacts to your Gmail account, export your Outlook contact to a comma-separated file (CSV), which Gmail will use to import.

 

STEP 1: Sign in to your BW Email account at email.bw.edu with your BW Credentials.

STEP 2: Click the People icon (formally known as contacts), located along the left side menu.

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STEP 3: Click Manage Contacts in the top ribbon bar on the People page.

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STEP 4: Click Export contacts from the drop-down menu.

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STEP 5: A pop-up box will appear; click the Export button at the bottom of this window.

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Your contacts are now exported and downloaded to a file called contact.csv. You will use this file to import your contact into your Gmail account.

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Import Your Contacts in Gmail

STEP 1. Sign in to your Gmail account with your Google credentials. 

NOTE: If you do not have a Gmail account, please look at the How Do I Create a Gmail Account knowledge article. 

 

STEP 2: Click the Google Apps icon represented as nine dots in the Gmail menu bar.

STEP 3: Search for and click Contacts from the Google Apps menu.

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STEP 4: The Gmail contact menu will open; click Import contacts.

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STEP 5: A file window will open; search for the contacts.csv file exported from your Outlook email.

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STEP 6: Now that the file is selected, click Import to begin importing your BW Contacts

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Your BW Contacts have now been imported to your Gmail. 

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