I don't have microsoft office disks but need them to install something.?

Question

I bought an off-lease laptop and am trying to import contacts from an excel program to outlook. When I try to do this, it says that I need to have the Office CD in order to installer. Not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Suggestions thus far are good, but do not answer my question. I need to know how to get an installer file that would normally be on the Office CDs.

Answer 1

Get a Microsoft Office CD.

Answer 2

This is how I imported my Excel file into Outlook. If you have Excel and Outlook, I don't know why it won't work.

Read – Import – Copy – Contacts into Outlook

First, you have to open your Excel file and save a copy it as a CSV file. (This is a comma separated value file and can be imported and exported into almost any program you can think of.)

In Outlook, create a folder to receive the imports.
-sel a folder to highlight (contacts), cl File, cl New Folder, follow prompts.

-cl the folder you created
-cl File
-cl Import/Export
-cl from another program or file
-cl in this case, browse to and select the CSV file
stop here -- you have to "map custom fields"
(all this means is you have to match your header, like Fname, to the Outlook field name which might be firstname, and so on for all fields you wish to import )
-cl Map Custom Fields
[see your fields on the left, Outlook’s on the right]
-cl the + signs to display additional fields
-cl and drag your fields from the left, to the matching named field on the right.
-cl o.k.
-The records will read in.

I hope I've been clear. It does work.

Answer 3

Save your contacts as a ".csv" file (not ".xls") and import the file into Outlook. You will need to map the fields but it shouldn't take long.

Answer 4

www.openoffice.org

This will reconize any office program.