WONDERFUL! that did it - thanks so much! Janet -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:33 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Importing Excel 2000 list into Outlook 2000 Open the file in Excel and highlight all the data that you want included in what you are importing into Outlook....then click inside the Name box on your formatting toolbar....it's on the far left end of the toolbar and it usually displays the name of the cell you are inside (like A1 or G10 or something)....when you click in there, you will see the cell number get highlighted and shoot over to the left end of the box....type a name...make it short and no spaces, and it can't begin with a number....use something like addylist or something...then HIT ENTER (you must do this or the name won't take)...now you have a named range...save and close the workbook Now try the import from Outlook again and when it asks you for the named range, you should see addylist as a choice (or whatever you named the range)...just choose that and it should work fine. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janet Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:24 PM To: MSO (E-mail) Subject: [mso] Importing Excel 2000 list into Outlook 2000 Hello! I'm trying to import into Outlook a list of email addresses that I have in Excel. I keep getting the error message that the data file has no "named ranges". of course, for the life of me I can't remember what I'm doing wrong! Thanks, Janet Smith AssistVirtually ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/2003 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************