Connect with Windows Live People

Pt. 3 of 10 | 2:38 |

Getting to Know Windows Live and Spaces

Wednesday July 8, 2009

Part of the fun of using Windows Live is having your own

network of friends and family

. Your network is all the people that you communicate with.

Windows Live

makes it easy to

add new contacts

. You can enter them one at a time or you can

import your contacts from another email service

using a standard CSV (comma-delimited) file which most email services and programs make it easy to export. Organize your contacts into Categories,

set your Windows Live Favorites

and more.

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Show Notes

- In Windows Live, on the Home page, click on

People

.

- You can click New to

add a new person

.

- Once you have contacts listed under People you can edit all of their information and add and delete as needed.

- You can delete people you're no longer in contact with.

- To import a CSV file just click Manage and then Import.

- If you use

Outlook or Outlook Express there's a special Contacts Importer you can download

and use.

- A CSV file from one of the many supported email programs like Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, and others is the best and easiest option.

- Select your type and then click Browse.

- Select your CSV file, click Open, and then click Import Contacts.

- Once your contacts are imported it will show you how many were imported, how many duplicates there were along with other pertinent information.

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