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June 15th 06, 02:21 AM
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How can I export Notes field from Contact records in one field?
On exporting contact records with Notes, I find that the export creates a
separate cell for every line in the Notes field instead of one cell for the entire Notes field. Is there any way to keep all of the Notes data together in one field? This is a biggy for me. Any advice is very welcome! Thanks. -- Deb H. 
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June 15th 06, 03:49 AM
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How can I export Notes field from Contact records in one field?
Version of Outlook? Version of Excel? (assume you're referring to Excel
since you used the term "cell"). Not a behaviour we've ever seen using Outlook. Actually just tried this again before responding just to be sure and multi-line note fields were exported to a single column using CSV, XLS and .MDB as output formats using O'2003's export wizard. Ran this test using both hard and soft returns in the Notes field. Outlook's import/export wizard has remained pretty much the same between O'2000-O'2003 (if not actually remaining absolutely identical). What program are you using to read the resulting data file - an MS product or some other program? Not all programs are "multi-line" aware but that would typically result in multiple lines per contact versus multiple "cells". 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... On exporting contact records with Notes, I find that the export creates a separate cell for every line in the Notes field instead of one cell for the entire Notes field. Is there any way to keep all of the Notes data together in one field? This is a biggy for me. Any advice is very welcome! Thanks. -- Deb H.
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June 22nd 06, 04:36 PM
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How can I export Notes field from Contact records in one field
Yes, Outlook, Excel 2003 (sorry). I think you solved the problem. I am
importing it into ACT! which requires a .txt file. However, if I export it as a csv file instead of a txt file, it works fine. There is one other issue you might have a solution for. Is there a way to strip out the carriage return symbol (I think that's what it is) before saving it as a txt file? I don't really want to import it with that in it but I don't know how to replace it with a space. Is there a way? Thank you very much for your advice. You hit on the problem. Now I just need a way to replace the funky symbol. Deb -- Deb H. "Karl Timmermans" wrote: Version of Outlook? Version of Excel? (assume you're referring to Excel since you used the term "cell"). Not a behaviour we've ever seen using Outlook. Actually just tried this again before responding just to be sure and multi-line note fields were exported to a single column using CSV, XLS and .MDB as output formats using O'2003's export wizard. Ran this test using both hard and soft returns in the Notes field. Outlook's import/export wizard has remained pretty much the same between O'2000-O'2003 (if not actually remaining absolutely identical). What program are you using to read the resulting data file - an MS product or some other program? Not all programs are "multi-line" aware but that would typically result in multiple lines per contact versus multiple "cells". 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... On exporting contact records with Notes, I find that the export creates a separate cell for every line in the Notes field instead of one cell for the entire Notes field. Is there any way to keep all of the Notes data together in one field? This is a biggy for me. Any advice is very welcome! Thanks. -- Deb H.
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June 22nd 06, 09:36 PM
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How can I export Notes field from Contact records in one field
Been far too long since I've looked at the Act data structures to remember
what is imported or exported in terms of street address line fields. Yes it is the CR (Hex value "0D" / decimal value 13 to be exact) that shows up as the special char. For a CSV (or any text) file - you'd need a text editor that has Hex search & replace capabilities but you'd want to make sure that you only do it for the specific column - not exactly a straightforward approach in most cases. Have seen a number of Excel Add-ins that provide enhanced Find & Replace capabilities but not familiar with any of them directly or if selective special characters were supported. Perhaps someone else in the Excel newsgroup can be of more help to you in that regard or alternatively search Google for one of those Excel addins. (Reason for Excel would be to strip the character in a specific column only and then saving it as a CSV file for use in Act) 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... Yes, Outlook, Excel 2003 (sorry). I think you solved the problem. I am importing it into ACT! which requires a .txt file. However, if I export it as a csv file instead of a txt file, it works fine. There is one other issue you might have a solution for. Is there a way to strip out the carriage return symbol (I think that's what it is) before saving it as a txt file? I don't really want to import it with that in it but I don't know how to replace it with a space. Is there a way? Thank you very much for your advice. You hit on the problem. Now I just need a way to replace the funky symbol. Deb -- Deb H. "Karl Timmermans" wrote: Version of Outlook? Version of Excel? (assume you're referring to Excel since you used the term "cell"). Not a behaviour we've ever seen using Outlook. Actually just tried this again before responding just to be sure and multi-line note fields were exported to a single column using CSV, XLS and .MDB as output formats using O'2003's export wizard. Ran this test using both hard and soft returns in the Notes field. Outlook's import/export wizard has remained pretty much the same between O'2000-O'2003 (if not actually remaining absolutely identical). What program are you using to read the resulting data file - an MS product or some other program? Not all programs are "multi-line" aware but that would typically result in multiple lines per contact versus multiple "cells". 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... On exporting contact records with Notes, I find that the export creates a separate cell for every line in the Notes field instead of one cell for the entire Notes field. Is there any way to keep all of the Notes data together in one field? This is a biggy for me. Any advice is very welcome! Thanks. -- Deb H.
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August 28th 06, 09:12 PM
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How can I export Notes field from Contact records in one field
If some of the fields are multi-line, see Eric Legault's handy tip for an Excel formula to break up the lines -- http://blogs.officezealot.com/legaul...4/08/4502.aspx
-- 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 "Karl Timmermans" wrote in message ... Been far too long since I've looked at the Act data structures to remember what is imported or exported in terms of street address line fields. Yes it is the CR (Hex value "0D" / decimal value 13 to be exact) that shows up as the special char. For a CSV (or any text) file - you'd need a text editor that has Hex search & replace capabilities but you'd want to make sure that you only do it for the specific column - not exactly a straightforward approach in most cases. Have seen a number of Excel Add-ins that provide enhanced Find & Replace capabilities but not familiar with any of them directly or if selective special characters were supported. Perhaps someone else in the Excel newsgroup can be of more help to you in that regard or alternatively search Google for one of those Excel addins. (Reason for Excel would be to strip the character in a specific column only and then saving it as a CSV file for use in Act) 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... Yes, Outlook, Excel 2003 (sorry). I think you solved the problem. I am importing it into ACT! which requires a .txt file. However, if I export it as a csv file instead of a txt file, it works fine. There is one other issue you might have a solution for. Is there a way to strip out the carriage return symbol (I think that's what it is) before saving it as a txt file? I don't really want to import it with that in it but I don't know how to replace it with a space. Is there a way? Thank you very much for your advice. You hit on the problem. Now I just need a way to replace the funky symbol. Deb -- Deb H. "Karl Timmermans" wrote: Version of Outlook? Version of Excel? (assume you're referring to Excel since you used the term "cell"). Not a behaviour we've ever seen using Outlook. Actually just tried this again before responding just to be sure and multi-line note fields were exported to a single column using CSV, XLS and .MDB as output formats using O'2003's export wizard. Ran this test using both hard and soft returns in the Notes field. Outlook's import/export wizard has remained pretty much the same between O'2000-O'2003 (if not actually remaining absolutely identical). What program are you using to read the resulting data file - an MS product or some other program? Not all programs are "multi-line" aware but that would typically result in multiple lines per contact versus multiple "cells". 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 "Deb" wrote in message ... On exporting contact records with Notes, I find that the export creates a separate cell for every line in the Notes field instead of one cell for the entire Notes field. Is there any way to keep all of the Notes data together in one field? This is a biggy for me. Any advice is very welcome! Thanks. -- Deb H.
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