Address Book Conversion Tools
Canon's proprietary .abk address book format is often a nuisance to work with. Especially when you're replacing a competitor's copier with a Canon and you need to transfer perhaps a couple of hundred email addresses and fax numbers. The .abk format also presents a problem if you're replacing a Canon copier with another brand.
While there are somewhat complicated methods involving importing, or exporting .csv files into, or from, a Canon fax driver, and performing a 'search and replace' of various words in an .abk file, you can convert a .csv into an .abk, or the reverse, but it's time consuming.
With the two tools that can be downloaded on the home page of this site, you can convert a simple two-column .csv (name, email or name, fax number) into a Canon .abk. Or you can convert a Canon .abk into a simple two-column .csv .
Both programs have an 'Instructions' button that when clicked will show you exactly how to convert your files.
Using Excel you can easily manipulate the address book of any device that uses the .csv format to get it into the correct format to be used by the CSV to Canon ABK Converter. Or if you're converting an .abk into a .csv with the ABK to CSV Converter, you can use Excel to arrange the converted .csv into the correct form to be used by your Ricoh, etc. copier.
While there are somewhat complicated methods involving importing, or exporting .csv files into, or from, a Canon fax driver, and performing a 'search and replace' of various words in an .abk file, you can convert a .csv into an .abk, or the reverse, but it's time consuming.
With the two tools that can be downloaded on the home page of this site, you can convert a simple two-column .csv (name, email or name, fax number) into a Canon .abk. Or you can convert a Canon .abk into a simple two-column .csv .
Both programs have an 'Instructions' button that when clicked will show you exactly how to convert your files.
Using Excel you can easily manipulate the address book of any device that uses the .csv format to get it into the correct format to be used by the CSV to Canon ABK Converter. Or if you're converting an .abk into a .csv with the ABK to CSV Converter, you can use Excel to arrange the converted .csv into the correct form to be used by your Ricoh, etc. copier.