When I saved it, it came out as Microsoft Excel whatever..OE won't read it..unless I am doing something wrong...entirely possible... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: saving OE export addy book problem > When you export an address book from OE you have a choice of > exporting to Microsoft Exchange or to a comma separated value (CSV) > text file. A CSV file can be read by many different database > programs including MS Excel, MS Access and others. > > A CSV file can NOT be read by OE. There is no need for that > capability. If you want to IMPORT from a CSV file click > file/import/OTHER address book/Text file (comma separated > value)/Import. If you exported to Microsoft Exchange then choose to > import from that instead of the Text file. > > If your intent is to save a copy of your address book in case you > need to re-install OE or if you want to place the same address book > in a second copy of OE simply copy the .wab file to the desired > location. > > To find the .wab file click start/search and then search for *.wab. > To find out where to put it when you need it, do the same search on > the drive where you want it and then over write the existing .wab > file. > > Let me suggest http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com as the premier source > of information on Outlook Express. I can not emphasize enough the > amount of useful information there. Far more than you will ever get > from me or anyone else here. If that is not your first place to > look for an answer, even before PCTT, then you will be wasting a lot > of time to get the same answer here, eventually. And a lot of > questions could very well go unanswered here. > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ML > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:06 PM > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: saving OE export addy book problem > > ummmm.. what happened when I tried to export the addy book was it > saved to MS Office format..I don't use that so..it wont open in > OE...I need to be able to save to cvs for OE but when I tried to > find the proper file format to change it to, nothing showed up..at > my computer, tools, file types..??? > so how am I going to change that file over to OE cvs instead of MS > office OE or whater it is??? > ml > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/