How do i import my contacts (address book) from my hotmail accoun

When I set up outlook to connect to Hotmail I was able to import my
addresses(contacts) Now a couple of years later I am trying to update my
outlook contact list but seem to be having difficulty - when i go online with
outlook and clik on Contacts and 'send receive' I get nothing - so when i
just want to work with outlook I dont have my current addresses and am forced
to open Hotmail to get them - I know I could manually type them all in but
was hoping for a quicker way

Pl help and thanks