Entering Data in Your G18 PDA PHONE

Importing data

Tab delimited (.tab, .tsv, .txt): Address Book and Memo Pad only.

CSV (Lotus Organizer 2.x/97 Mapping): Address Book only.

Date Book archive (.dba).

Address Book archive (.aba).

To Do List archive (.tda).

Memo Pad archive (.mpa).

Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop. Use the archive file formats to share information with other people who use Palm Powered handhelds or to create a copy of your important Palm Desktop information.

To import data:

1.Open Palm Desktop.

2.Click the application into which you want to import data.

3.If you are importing records that contain a field with category names, do the following:

a.Select All in the Category box.

b.Make sure that the same categories that appear in the imported file also exist in the application. If the categories do not exist, create them now; otherwise, the records will be imported into the Unfiled category.

4.Choose File > Import; then select the file you want to import, and click Open.

5.To import data into the correct Palm Desktop fields, drag fields in the left column so that they are opposite to the corresponding imported field on the right.

6.To exclude a field from being imported, deselect the field’s check box.

7.Click OK.

8.The imported data is highlighted in the application.

9.To add the imported data to your pda phone, perform a HotSync operation.

See Palm Desktop online Help for more information on importing and exporting data.

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