How do you actually edit your contacts after/before backing up to a new phone?

I recently backed up the contacts on my computer to my new iPhone5C but I ended up with over 1,400 contacts. Most of which are totally useless one-off emails or numbers of people long dead & buried.
Is there a way - apart from manually deleting each contact one by one - to actually edit one's contacts before backing up to a new phone?
I know iTunes only pulls the contacts from my Outlook so I get a bucket load of email addresses and old numbers that I never use.
Any ideas?

Thanks zelous, it's a slow process but yes, faster than manually deleting contacts one by one on my iPhone.
Cheers
Joe

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