LibreOffice: import address book - how it works

With the address data source assistant, you create an address book as a table in LibreOffice, which you can import into a document at any time. We'll show you how it works.

Import address book into LibreOffice

You can import address books for your LibreOffice work from various sources.

1. From the LibreOffice menu bar, choose File> Wizards> Address Data Source.
2. First select the source in the wizard. Here you can choose between Mozilla / Netscape, Thunderbird / Icedove, LDAP address book, Outlook address book, Windows system address book and other external data sources.
3. Then click "Next" and follow the next steps, for example select the database type.
4. Enter the file path from which your address book should be imported.
5. Define a table type and give the data source a title.
6. Then insert your address book into your document for editing via the "Data sources"> "Tables" icon.

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