====== Importing Events from a CSV file into your Calendar Application ====== With this tutorial, you will learn how to import comma separated value (CSV) files into your calendar application. ==Outlook== - Download the CSV file you wish to import into Outlook and note where it is downloaded to. - Open **Outlook** if it is not already opened, and select the **Calendar** view within Outlook. - **This step is optional:** If you wish to create a separate calendar for the events that will be imported, you can do so now: - In the navigation pane on the left side of the Outlook window, right click on the list of calendars and select **New Calendar**. - Name the calendar and save it where you wish (the folder **Calendar** is the default choice selected). - Select the **File** tab at the top of the Outlook window. - Select **Open & Export**. - Select **Import/Export**. This will open a new wizard. - Select **Import from another program or file** within the wizard and select **Next**. - Select **Comma Separated Values** and select **Next**. - Navigate to the CSV file you wish to import and select it. Then, choose what you wish to do with duplicate items and select **Next**. There are three options: - **Replace duplicates with items imported**: Existing data will be overwritten with the information in the file being imported. - **Allow duplicates to be created**: Existing data will not be overwritten, and duplicates will be added to the current Outlook folder. - **Do not import duplicate items**: Existing data will be kept, and the duplicate information in the file will not be copied to the current Outlook folder. - Select the calendar you wish to use as the destination folder and select **Next**. - The wizard will now show the actions to be performed. Select **Finish** and the events within the CSV file will be added to your chosen calendar. ==Google Calendar== - Open Google Calendar. - **This step is optional:** If you wish to create a separate calendar for the events that will be imported, you can do so now: - Click on the downward arrow to the right of **My Calendars** on the left side of the page. - **Select Create new calendar**. - Fill out the information and click **Create Calendar**. - At the main calendar page, select the downward arrow to the right of **Other Calendars** on the left side of the page. - Select **Import Calendar**. - In the pop-up, select **Choose File** and select the CSV file containing the events you wish to import. - Select the calendar you wish to contain the imported events and select **Import**. - Your selected calendar will now contain the event data from within the CSV file.