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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" <br>
2 Convert csv to vcard by running below commands on terminal.
                 '''<code>git clone <nowiki>https://github.com/mridah/csv2vcf.git</nowiki></code>'''

                  '''<code>cd csv2vcf</code>'''

                  '''<code>python csv2vcf.py ~/Desktop/contacts.csv -s '{"name":1, "tel":2}'</code>'''                
3 Copy vcf file to the phone. <br>
4 Import vcf file to the contacts

=== In Windows ===
1 Open	Excel file in Microsoft Office.<br>
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" <br>
[[File:Arranging the contact in xlxs.png|center|frame]]
3 Click <nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''''File''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>''' and click <nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''''Save As''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''.<br>
4 Click <nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''''Browse''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>''' and select the location where you want to store the file.<br>
5 Select '<nowiki/>''''CSV(Comma delimited)(*.csv)''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>'''' in Save as type.<br>
6 Check if the encoding is set to '''UTF-8''' or any similar Unicode encoding format.<br>
7 Head	over to [http://www.csvtovcard.com/ www.csvtovcard.com] and download their software. (Size <1MB)<br>
8 Install it on your computer and open it.<br>
9 <nowiki/>'''''<nowiki/>'''''<nowiki/>Select '<nowiki/>'''''CSV	file'<nowiki/>''''' you	just exported. Select the '<nowiki/>'''''format'''''' you	want to export it in. (Single file or Separate file for each row)<br>
10 If	attri<nowiki/>butes/vCa'''''<nowiki/>'''''rd property is not identified au<nowiki/>tomatically then	specify it manually.<br>
11 Click '<nowiki/>'''''Convert''''''.	Your file will be converted in seconds.<br>
[[File:V Business card.png|center|frame]]
12 Copy vcf file to the phone. <br>
13 Import vcf file to the contacts