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Entering Data in Your G18 PDA PHONE
Importing data
G18 User Manual 34
• Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only.
• CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address Book only.
• Date Book archive (.dba).
• Address Book archive (.aba).
• To Do List archive (.tda).
• Memo Pad archive (.mpa).
Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop. Use the archive file
formats to share information with other people who use Palm Powered
handhelds or to create a copy of your important Palm Desktop information.
To import data:
1. Open Palm Desktop.
2. Click the application into which you want to import data.
3. If you are importing records that contain a field with category names,
do the following:
a. Select All in the Category box.
b. Make sure that the same categories that appear in the imported file
also exist in the application. If the categories do not exist, create
them now; otherwise, the records will be imported into the Unfiled
category.
4. Choose File > Import; then select the file you want to import, and click
Open.
5. To import data into the correct Palm Desktop fields, drag fields in the
left column so that they are opposite to the corresponding imported
field on the right.
6. To exclude a field from being imported, deselect the field’s check box.
7. Click OK.
8. The imported data is highlighted in the application.
9. To add the imported data to your pda phone, perform a HotSync
operation.
See Palm Desktop online Help for more information on importing and
exporting data.