Some users would like to send contacts as text files. Yet, Outlook doesn’t offer such a native feature. Thus, in this article, we will expose a piece of VBA code, which is able to attach multiple contacts as plain text files to an email.

By default, Outlook only permits users to send contacts as vCard files or Outlook items. However, many users would like to send contacts as text files. Therefore, it is necessary to seek other solutions, say the following way. It is using VBA code, which is easy and convenient.

Attach Multiple Contacts as Plain Text Files to a New Email

1. At the very outset, start your Outlook program.
2. Then, access Outlook VBA editor by “Alt + F11” key buttons.
3. Subsequently, put the following VBA code into a project or module.

Sub AttachMultipleContacts_AsTXTFiles()
    Dim objSelection As Outlook.Selection
    Dim objNewMail As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim objItem As Object
    Dim objContact As Outlook.ContactItem
    Dim strTempFolder As String
    Dim strTXTFile As String
 
    'Create a temp folder
    strTempFolder = Environ("Temp") & "\" & Format(Now, "YYYYMMDDhhmmss")
    MkDir (strTempFolder)
 
    'Save all selected contacts as text files
    Set objSelection = Outlook.Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
    If Not (objSelection Is Nothing) Then
       For Each objItem In objSelection
           If TypeOf objItem Is ContactItem Then
              Set objContact = objItem
              objContact.SaveAs strTempFolder & "\" & objContact.FullName & ".txt", olTXT
           End If
       Next
    End If
 
    'Create a new email
    Set objNewMail = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    objNewMail.Display
 
    'Attach the TXT files
    strTXTFile = Dir(strTempFolder & "\")
    Do While Len(strTXTFile) > 0
       objNewMail.Attachments.Add (strTempFolder & "\" & strTXTFile)
       strTXTFile = Dir
    Loop
End Sub

4. After that, you can close the current window.
5. Later, according to the article – “How to Run VBA Code in Your Outlook”, you can add the new macro to Quick Access Toolbar.
6. Finally, try this macro right now.

• First off, select the source contacts you want to send.
• Then, click the macro button in Quick Access Toolbar, like the screenshot below:
• Immediately, a new mail will display, which is attached with the contacts in .TXT format.

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