-----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ML Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:14 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: saving OE export addy book problem When I saved it, it came out as Microsoft Excel whatever..OE won't read it..unless I am doing something wrong...entirely possible... It is impossible to tell if you are doing something wrong because I have no idea of what you are trying to do. Please re-read my previous message. It should help you understand what you are doing and how to accomplish what I ***_think_*** you are trying to do. If my previous message is no help at all please explain exactly what you are trying to do and WHY you are trying to do it. If I know that I may be able to tell you how to do what you want to do. Don ----- 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 -- <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/