How to transfer my address book from Windows?

Is there a way to transfer my contact names from my windows XP outlook to my Mac address book?
Thank you
fred

"Is there a way"...?
probably.
I Googled for you.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006080808104835
Depending on the version of Outlock...
Use Thunderbird on the PC as an intermediary step.
Import contacts to T-Bird.
Export addresses from t-bird to LDIF file
Get that file to your mac, and use the import function of AddressBook.

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Use "Backup Address Book" in Address Book > File to make a copy then
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I'm sure there is an easy answer out there somewhere - Can anybody tell me how do I import an address book from Windows Live to my Mac?
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http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/windowsLiveMail/addressBooksAndContacts/export Contacts.htm
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On your old computer (XP), go to Thunderbird (TB)
select Address Book
highlight which address book you want (such as Personal Address Book)
from menu bar select Tools then Export
enter a name such as addresses.ldif Use LDIF rather than CSV format!
select a destination folder such as Documents
click Save
copy the file (addresses.ldif) to your new computer via disk, memory card, or even email!
put the file in your Documents folder on the new computer (Win7)
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click Next
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success! click Finish
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The address book you import will take on the name of the file without the .ldif extension (e.g. addresses). You can rename the file before you import it. Just keep the .ldif extension.
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I got the bluetooth to pair up and it gives me the option to transfer my address book...and it even says it does transfer it....but nothing got moved over....anyone have a clue?

Can you sync that phone with Outlook? If so, do that and then plug in the BB and transfer the Outlook Addresses to the BB....also, I know that the Y ahoo 3.0 program will sync the addresses, so use that with the samsung, load it onto the BB and transfer that way.
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How can I import address book from thunderbird on another computer

I just purchased a new laptop and have dowloaded Thunderbird for my e-mail as that was what I was using on desktop. I have 2 e-mail accounts, my personal e-mail addresses came thru with no difficulty however my other account the contacts in address book didn't come thru. So question is how can I get address book imported for this account too. My desktop is Windows XP and my laptop is Windows 8
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The neat thing to do would be to copy the profile from the XP machine to the W8 machine. This would have transferred your messages, your account settings and your Address Book and much else.
Given that you have set up Thunderbird and have started using it, copying over the profile may not now be terribly attractive for you.
So, instead, you can export and import your Address Books.
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Put the exported LDIF files where the W8 computer can see them, e.g. a USB memory stick.
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