importing from excel to contact

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peg - 23 Dec 2004 17:49 GMT

from excel I saved my file as .cvs and also defined a name for it and
imported to outlook contact folder. The columns fist name , last name imports
fine but the two fields that I created and there is no match for it in
outlook won't import. can someone give me some tips please.thank you in
advance.
Peg

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 23 Dec 2004 18:01 GMT

Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields that you create. You'd
have to write custom code or use a third-party application. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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> from excel I saved my file as .cvs and also defined a name for it and
> imported to outlook contact folder. The columns fist name , last name
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> advance.
> Peg

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AZMichael - 27 Dec 2004 23:59 GMT

Are you using the "Map Custom Fields..." feature? Even if you don't find a
corresponding Outlook field, you can map to something else, such as "Notes".

> from excel I saved my file as .cvs and also defined a name for it and
> imported to outlook contact folder. The columns fist name , last name imports
> fine but the two fields that I created and there is no match for it in
> outlook won't import. can someone give me some tips please.thank you in
> advance.
> Peg

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