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June 4th 06, 07:17 AM
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Import to custom fields
Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined
fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom 
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June 4th 06, 07:45 AM
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Aloha TxTom,
When you do the import do you get the option to Map Custom Fields? -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom
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June 4th 06, 07:56 AM
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Yes, there are 2 options, Map Custom Fields & Change Destination. When I
click on Map Custom Fields, it only appears to bring up the "standard" options. Tom "Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote: Aloha TxTom, When you do the import do you get the option to Map Custom Fields? -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom
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June 4th 06, 08:10 AM
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Aloha TxTom,
Hmmm...it's possible that you may have to do some VB coding to get data imported into custom fields. It's been a while since I've looked at that, though, you might try asking over in the .programming newsgroup. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm Yes, there are 2 options, Map Custom Fields & Change Destination. When I click on Map Custom Fields, it only appears to bring up the "standard" options. Tom "Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote: Aloha TxTom, When you do the import do you get the option to Map Custom Fields? -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom
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June 5th 06, 12:02 AM
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You'd have to write custom code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "TxTom" wrote in message ... Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom
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June 5th 06, 08:23 AM
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Import to custom fields
The term "Map Custom Fields" in the Outlook wizard is a misnomer - has
nothing to do with custom fields but rather only lets you map specific fields from your data source to the available fields shown by Outlook (which is also not a complete list of available fields). Short answer is that you can not import into any custom fields not to mention that Outlook will not import any of your data to anything other then the standard Outlook contact form (IPM.Contact). So as Ben stated - you either have to write your own code or use a 3rd party tool. You may find one of the ContactGenie products of interest. Karl -- __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2003" http://www.contactgenie.com "TxTom" wrote in message ... Yes, there are 2 options, Map Custom Fields & Change Destination. When I click on Map Custom Fields, it only appears to bring up the "standard" options. Tom "Ben M. Schorr - MVP" wrote: Aloha TxTom, When you do the import do you get the option to Map Custom Fields? -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm Are there any simple solutions to importing an Excel file into custom defined fields in Outlook? I found out that you can even customize fields in BCM, so I created a useful (for my business) template in Outlook, but now find out that importing is a more complicated endeavor. Any tricks or suggestions? How about a contractor that could write the translations script for me? Thanks, Tom
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