Thank you for your suggestions. I'm new at this. I'll try reading the manual section that pertains to our problem. I'll yell if I need help. Thank you so much for your quick response. The city, state and zip are all in separate fields. No payment history has been inserted yet. We'll try it ourselves. We've never used a database before but I can see where it will be invaluable once we get it going. We've always hand addressed mass mailings............ugh! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 8:52 PM Subject: [support] RE: Importing from Excel was (RE: Year-End Tax Deduction Letter)
> Make sure you change the subject when the subject changes and delete > irrelevant appends. I almost ignored you email. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pat Horwitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:43 PM > > To: TechRocks Support > > Subject: [support] RE: Year-End Tax Deduction Letter > > > > > > We are just getting started with ebase. Our question > > is.............We now > > have 1000 names/addresses on an EXCELL database. Is there a way > > to dump the > > whole thing into ebase without re-entering everything into > > e-base one name > > at a time? (We also have it on ACCESS.) > > > Yes importing from Excel is possible. It may be either easy or hard > depending on how the data is recorded in Excel. For example you may have > city, state and zip all in one field or phone number is some strange format, > etc. Without seeing your Excel data it is hard to guess how hard it will be. > If you just have demographic information and no payment information it is > generally easier. Tell us something about your Excel file structure or just > dig in with the Ebase manual and try it. > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
