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Group: microsoft.public.outlook.contacts · Group Profile
Author: Karl Timmermans
Date: Sep 16, 2008 10:33

Please see your other msg (Subject: importing from Excel) addressing the
same question and to which I posted a response.

Karl

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"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

"ddsadmin" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5819A59B-15F4-43AA-9C42-8EE00D843DB5@microsoft.com...
>i was able to get the names to import, but only the first letter of each
> email address imported. what did i do wrong? thanks!
>
> "Karl Timmermans" wrote:
>
>> If you ended up with an additional 17000 empty records, the most likely
>> cause is that your named range was not set correctly in Excel. The Named
>> Range should only include the header and data rows/columns you wish to
>> import - no more - no less.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you're not familiar with Excel named ranges, just save
>> your worksheet as a CSV file from within Excel and import the CSV file
>> into
>> Outlook instead - strongly suggest you manually map all your fields in
>> either case.
>>
>> Karl
>> _____________________________________________________________
>> ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
>> "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
>> http://www.contactgenie.com
>>
>>
>> "ddsadmin" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A42F6B75-4A85-4A51-B1C5-A1E746DF712E@microsoft.com...
>>> figured out the deleting problem. but still need help with importing
>>> the
>>> info so it comes over properly - not blank! thanks
>>>
>>> "ddsadmin" wrote:
>>>
>>>> in importing email addresses from excel to outlook 2002, i ended up
>>>> with
>>>> almost 17,000 empty contacts. when i try to delete them, i get "file
>>>> is
>>>> full" error message. how to delete all these? how to properly import
>>>> so
>>>> this doesn't happen again? thanks!
>>
>>
>>
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