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# Exporting/Importing LAN-Fax Address Book data

This section describes how to export or import LAN-Fax Address Book data.

- The following procedure is based on Windows 7 as an example. If you are using another operating system, the procedure might vary slightly.

Exporting LAN-Fax Address Book data

LAN-Fax Address Book data can be exported to a file in CSV (Comma Separated Values) format.

Follow this procedure to export LAN-Fax Address Book data.

Open the LAN-Fax Address Book, and then click [Export].

Navigate to the location to save the LAN-Fax Address Book data, specify a name for the file, and then click [Save].

Importing LAN-Fax Address Book data

LAN-Fax Address Book data can be imported from files in CSV format. You can import address book data from other applications if the data is saved as a CSV file.

Follow this procedure to import LAN-Fax Address Book data. To import address book data from other applications, you must select the appropriate items to import.

Open the LAN-Fax Address Book, and then click [Import].

Select the file containing the address book data, and then click [Open].

A dialog box for selecting the items to import appears.

For each field, select an appropriate item from the list.

Select [*empty*] for fields for which there is no data to import. Note that [*empty*] cannot be selected for [Name] or [Fax].

Click [OK].

If a destination with the same name is found during the import process, select one of the following operations:

- [Skip]: Skips the destination, and imports the remaining data.

- [Save as new User]: Imports the current destination as a separate destination under the same name as an existing destination.

- [Save All as new User]: Imports the current and subsequent destinations as separate destinations under the same names as existing destinations.

- [Overwrite]: Imports the destination, overwriting the data in the LAN-Fax Address Book.

- [Overwrite All]: Imports the current and subsequent destinations under the same names as existing destinations, overwriting the data in the LAN-Fax Address Book.

- [Cancel]: Cancels the import operation.

If a destination does not contain a name, or invalid characters are used in the telephone number or fax number, select one of the following operations:

- [Skip]: Skips the destination, and imports the remaining data.

- [Save]: Imports the destination as is.

- [Save All]: Imports the current and subsequent destinations as is.

- [Cancel]: Cancels the import operation.

- CSV files are exported using Unicode encoding.

- LAN-Fax Address Book data can be imported from CSV files whose character encoding is Unicode or ASCII.

- Group data cannot be exported or imported.

- Up to 1000 destinations can be registered in the LAN-Fax Address Book. If this limit is exceeded during importing, the remaining destinations will not be imported.