[mso] Re: create text file from column contents

  • From: Cherie <msogroup@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:55:40 -0400

Arrrgggghhh..I found plain old text after I sent that mail out..I'm almost 
there..the emails are stripped of quotation marks..but they are now double 
spaced (I know..picky..but I don't think Outlook will like it this way)
how do I single space the output and how do I automate this?
thanks
Cherie

It was 8/19/2004 when Cherie mentioned:
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 >It was 8/19/2004 when James LaBorde mentioned:
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 > >Cherie,
 > >
 > >If all you need is a text file, simply go to the table, right click it and
 > >select Export.  If you change the Save As Type to Text Files, you can
 > >customize how it will come out in the text file.
 >
 >James,
 >How do I customize how it will come out??? the only option I have for txt
 >is "Microsoft Word Merge"..and it comes out with all the addresses
 >surrounded by quotation marks (and the column name on the top..which I
 >don't need)
 >
 >once you have your layout
 > >complete, you can save the specs.  Then just export to text in the future
 > >using the same specs (You can automate this part).
 >
 >what do you mean by save specs? and how do I automate it??
 >thanks
 >Cherie
 >
 > >
 > >James
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---Thanks,
Cherie

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