On 13 Jan 2007 at 12:17, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... > > I'm stuck. The problem I have is that I maintain my home address book > > as a spreadsheet in calc; my mobile phone software can copy > > information to the phone's memory from any of outlook > > express/outlook/lotus notes - but nothing more accessible like csv > > (thanks Nokia :-| ). So windows address book looks like what I'm > > stuck with as regards the nokia s/ware. > > > > I've tried various things, and can copy my data to a fresh base file > > (which doesn't help, but is a useful learning exercise) - but there > > seems no way to load it into WAB using the OOo tools. Drag and drop > > won't, and cut-and-paste only affects a single database cell. ...
> Outlook Express can import/export a CSV file so: Calc <-> csv <-> Outlook > Express <-> Nokia or have I missed something? Probably not. I didn't know OE would cope with csv. Which is because I avoid it like the plague (I find pegasus and thunderbird much better). But are 3 conversions really needed? Isn't there a quicker way? I was really hoping for something that could be scripted - this won't be a one-off transfer (although, I grant, infrequent). But thanks for the advice - I'll look at OE. (Apologies for the double posting BTW. Local mail system threw a wobbly). -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
