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I fixed my Outlook 98 problem, now I am trying to import TEXT files from Notepad to outlook 98 contacts. This text is contacts that I moved there when I had outlook 97. I go into "Import from another program","tab separated (windows),Browse for the file, click on Contacts (location to import to). I get a box that has "Import contacts.txt into contact folder, when I click on that option it gives me a warning box that says The requested fields listed below were not detected in the file you are importing. Please add the fields to the first ROW of your file and import again.  There is nothing listed below? What am I doing wrong? Can I sync my contacts in my Palm back to Outlook 98 without loosing them on my Palm. I am a new Palm owner. I started my New Year with the resolution to get organized, and I keep running into brick walls. Maybe I'll go on a diet instead, it may be easier!You never POSTED a reply to my last post in your other thread on the problem of installing Outlook 98.  And, now I know you did get it INSTALLED.  How about posting a reply there explaining how you resolved that?  We like feedback in here.  Did my comments in that thread help resolve the problem or did you discover some other way?

Regarding the question at hand here, does your text file, the ONE you exported from Outlook 97 have column headings in it?  Did you add column heading fields to the first row of your text file and try the import again, as the message advised you to do?I'm not sure what they mean by column headings. I just entered my client info in contacts of Outlook 97, and saved them in Notepad.



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