On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Jeff Abbott wrote:
> I did a search for this under the FAQ and the newtontalk archives, but
> couldn't find any information. (I may be using the wrong terms to
> search.)
>
> Is it possible to export an AppleWorks DB (saved as ASCII text) into
> Contacts on a Newton? I have about five hundred contacts in an AW
> database, probably about a hundred of those I'd like to have as contacts
> in Newton. I had hoped that I could trim the DB down to the hundred
> names and then import them (somehow) into the Newton. But I haven't, in
> my whole first week of Newton ownership, figured out how to do this.
If by ASCII text you mean a CSV (comma-seperated value) format, then yes,
you should be able to import it using that option in NCU. You will
probably have to manually map the fields.
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