Microsoft KB Archive/180808

= OL98: Text After First Comma Lost Exporting to Text File =

Article ID: 180808

Article Last Modified on 1/11/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q180808





SYMPTOMS
If you export Contact information to a tab, or comma-delimited text file, some of your information may not export. Contact information that is not on the General page of the Contact form may not export properly if you include a comma in the field information. For example, typing names in the Contact "Children" field and separating each name with a comma exports only the first name. All names after the comma are lost when exporting.



RESOLUTION
If you enter multiple names in the "Children" field for example, use a single space between each name in the field.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Open one of your contacts.
 * 2) In the Categories box, type one, two, three.
 * 3) Click the All Fields tab.
 * 4) In the Select from list, click to select All Contact fields.
 * 5) In the Value column of the Children field, type John, Mary, Joe.
 * 6) Click Save And Close to close the contact form.
 * 7) On the File menu, click Import and Export.
 * 8) In the "Choose an action to perform" list, click "Export to a file" and click Next.
 * 9) In the "Create a file of type" list, click to select one of the Tab Separated Values or Comma Separated Values choices and click Next.
 * 10) In the "Select folder to export from" click to select the Contacts folder and click Next.
 * 11) In "Save exported file as", type c:\test.txt and click Next and then Finish.

Once the export finishes, open the file, c:\test.txt, in Notepad. Under your contact, the categories (one, two, and three) all appear, but the only name for the contact is the first name (John); Mary and Joe did not export.

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