OL97: Error Converting Outlook Contacts to Schedule+

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To Export Contacts From Outlook

1. On Outlook's, File menu click Import and Export.
2. Click "Export to a File" and click Next.
3. Click the Contact folder you want to export and click Next.
4. Click "Comma Separated Values (Windows)" and click Next.
5. Type a path and file name for the file to be exported and click Next.
6. Click "Map Custom Fields...".
7. Click Clear Map.
8. Drag the following fields from the left pane to the right pane:

         Anniversary
         Assistant's Name
         Assistant's Phone
         Birthday
         Business City
         Business Country
         Business Phone
         Business Phone2
         Business Postal Code
         Business State
         Business Street (NOTE: Not "Business Address")
         Company
         Department
         Business Fax or Home Fax or Other Fax (NOTE: Schedule+ only
         supports one "fax" field)
         First Name
         Home City
         Home Country
         Home Phone
         Home Phone 2
         Home Postal Code
         Home State
         Home Street (NOTE: Not "Home Address")
         Last Name
         Mobile Phone
         Notes
         Pager
         Private
         Spouse
         Title
         User 1
         User 2
         User 3
         User 4
   						

   NOTE: If User 1, User 2, User 3 and User 4 are not used in Outlook, any other four fields may be substituted.
9. Click OK and Finish.

To Import and Manipulate Contacts in Microsoft Excel

1. On Microsoft Excel's File menu, click Open.
2. Navigate to the file exported above and click Open.
3. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
4. Type 0/0/00 in Find What.
5. Leave Replace With, empty.
6. Click Replace All.
7. Select any completely unused columns and on the Edit menu, click Delete.
8. On the File menu, click Close, click Yes, and then click Save to replace the existing file.

To Import Contacts to Schedule+

1. On the Schedule+ File menu, point to Import and click Text.
2. Type or Browse to the file name to be imported, then click Next.
3. Click Yes and then click Next.
4. Click Comma, select the quotation mark (") as "character used to surround text fields", and click Next.
5. Click Contact List and click Next.
6. Select types for each field in the incoming file.
7. Click Finish.
   
   NOTE: Once set, Schedule+ retains these settings.