Create vCard(.VCF) File from Spreadsheet

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By exporting your contacts from excel sheet to .VCF format will help you to import contacts from spreadsheet to your smartphones.

In Ubuntu

1 Put contacts on a spreadsheet with a common First name and Phone number in two columns and save as a CSV file on the Desktop as contacts.csv.

   * Give Common First Name (Program name as part of the contact name). For example "RIE.XYZ." next column "Mobile number" 

2 Convert csv to vcard by running below commands on terminal.

                git clone https://github.com/mridah/csv2vcf.git
                 cd csv2vcf
                 python csv2vcf.py ~/Desktop/contacts.csv -s '{"name":1, "tel":2}'                

3 Copy vcf file to the phone.
4 Import vcf file to the contacts

In Windows

1 Open Excel file in Microsoft Office.
2 Arrange the data if not already arranged.

   * Give Common First Name (Program name as part of the contact name). For example "RIE.XYZ." next column "Mobile number" 
Arranging the contact in xlxs.png

3 Click 'File' and click 'Save As'.
4 Click 'Browse' and select the location where you want to store the file.
5 Select ''CSV(Comma delimited)(*.csv)'' in Save as type.
6 Check if the encoding is set to UTF-8 or any similar Unicode encoding format.
7 Head over to www.csvtovcard.com and download their software. (Size <1MB)
8 Install it on your computer and open it.
9 Select 'CSV file' you just exported. Select the 'format' you want to export it in. (Single file or Separate file for each row)
10 If attributes/vCard property is not identified automatically then specify it manually.
11 Click 'Convert'. Your file will be converted in seconds.

V Business card.png

12 Copy vcf file to the phone.
13 Import vcf file to the contacts