text file to directory listing Re:

by Nigel Dyson-Hudson <ndh(at)InternetSmiths.com>

Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:21:40 -0400
To:	"Narda Elvidge" <ne32(at)hotmail.com>, hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	hotmail
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narda,

Use Excel then each entry would be in a row & you could play with the cells 
to create mailing lists.
    Data --> Text to Columns
    Then search help on mail merge. You send the data to Microsoft Word and 
tell Word where each cell goes.

nigel

At 04:36 PM 6/19/2001 +0000, Narda Elvidge wrote:
>Hi All
>
>I was just sent the following question in an email from a former co-worker.
>I'm not familiar with ASCII files...would anyone have any idea's on how 
>this could be done?
>
>The question is:
>
>"Would you be able to convert an ASCII file into a format like a directory 
>listing?  We are thinking of creating a new directory for members and it 
>is in a ASCII file format"
>
>The lady works at a barter company and they want to create and maintain a 
>directory listing of all of their members.
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated!
>
>Thank you
>Narda Elvidge
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nigel dyson-hudson, InternetSmiths, Inc.
"Internet since lynx and mosaic days"
"I was Internet when Internet wasn't cool"

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