Re: [WinMac] Converting .dba and .aba files
From: Darryl Lee (lee[at]darryl.com)
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 04:25:40 EDT
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:46:54AM +0700, Brian Durant wrote:
> Date book and address book files from the Palm Desktop. MS Outlook 2000
> doesn't recognize tab or comma separated files exported from the
> (Win) Palm Desktop for some reason. Besides, I am trying to move away
> from Outlook, but I need some starting point from which to consolidate
> my info :-(
>
> I should probably also mention here that the main Mac stuff
> I need to consolidate is an Entourage address book file that I need to
> import into a cross platform(Win/Lin) address book and calendar that can
> be used to replace MS Outlook. Alternatively, I need to find a way to
> import an Entourage address book into MS Outlook and THEN export the
> whole #_%&£! thing to a cross platform address book and calendar.
Brian, seems to me that for your address book at least, you really
ought to just be able to export everything as comma or tab-separated,
and import it into Excel or whatever spreadsheet you've got , and
then drag/cut/paste the various columns around until they line-up
right for import into your cross-platform solution.
I don't think anything is going to convert all of these things for you
automagically, but if this is just a one-time import, it's probably
worth the time to consolidate it in a spreadsheet and do it right.
--Darryl
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