Create vCard(.VCF) File from Spreadsheet
By exporting your contacts from excel sheet to .VCF format will help you to import contacts from spreadsheet to your smartphones.
In Ubuntu
- Put contacts on a spreadsheet with a common last name and phone number in two columns and save as a CSV file on the Desktop as contacts.csv.
- 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}'
- Copy vcf file to the phone.
- Import vcf file to the contacts
In Windows
- Open Excel file in Microsoft Office.
- Arrange the data if not already arranged.
- Click 'File' and click 'Save As'.
- Click 'Browse' and select the location where you want to store the file.
- Select 'CSV(Comma delimited)(*.csv)' in Save as type.
- Head over to www.csvtovcard.com and download their software. (Size <1MB)
- Install it on your computer and open it.
- Select 'CSV file' you just exported. Select the 'format' you want to export it in. (Single file or Separate file for each row)
- If attributes/vCard property is not identified automatically then specify it manually.
- Click 'Convert'. Your file will be converted in seconds.