Import and Export

With the new import/export framework KAddressBook offers a dialog where you can select which contacts are to be exported.


The export selection dialog.

The export selection dialog.


The following import and export plugins are available at the moment:

vCard

the vCard format is standardized format (RFC 2426) that is supported by most addressbook applications — KAddressBook can import and export versions 2.1 and 3.0;

Mobile Phone

this plugin can import contacts from Nokia mobile phones via the gnokii library;

Eudora Addressbook

with this plugin you can import your contacts from the Eudora mail client;

CSV

CSV (comma separated value) is a format that is used by many (addressbook) applications — you can import and export your contacts with this format;

KDE2

to import your old addressbook data from KDE 2.X you can use this item;

LDIF

LDIF is a plain-text representation of LDAP data, used by Netscape and Mozilla to store their addressbook data — KAddressBook supports import and export of this format;

PAB

PAB is the MS Exchange Personal Address Book format, used by MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express to store their contact data — KAddressBook supports the import of this format;

Opera

use this plugin to import the contact database of the Opera web browser;

Bookmarks

this is a pseudo export plugin that makes the web URLs of your contacts available in the bookmark menu of konqueror.