Saving Table data in txt format Tab delimited? Can it be done? How

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I have tried to follow the instructions given through outlook and the data
from the table comes through but teh tabs that separate the fields were no
recognized. I end up with 4000 contacts instead of 400. Any suggestions?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Give us more information on what you actually did.

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I imported my contacts from MS outlook in Tab Delimited format
I used word to open the file and then manipulated the file to fit into the
table format. I needed to eliminate some data so all cloums would line up
properly.
I saved the work and then coverted it back to txt format.
I can still see the tab marks but when I try to import with Outlook it does
not seem to recognize the tabs?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Are you saying that you exported the data from Outlook, modified it and are
then trying to import it back into Outlook.

You should have it as a .csv file for that purpose, or paste it into Excel
and then import it into Outlook from there.

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Yes Doug, We have about 10 contact folders that I am trying to merge into 1
folder. I am exporting them so I can eliminate duplicates and to make working
with contacts easier. We need to keep our notes intact. I would like to do
the CSV method but I understand the character limit for excel is 255 per
field, and assume my notes will be lost useing this method? When I get it
back into Outlook I was planning to use Duplicate Killer to do the merge.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Maybe you should ask about this in an Outlook newsgroup as it is perhaps
more of an Outlook issue than a Word issue.

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