When I try to import a named file from excel into outlook it appears to go
fine until the little folders stop flying, then I get the error message that
outlookk failed and will restart, notify MS about the error.

I also tried doing it as a csv file and ended with another, different error

I'm on XP2 and Office 2003 with all the latest updates.

My named range is Contacts, and I have labeled the 2 columns Name and
Business Address to match the Outlook contact structure.

Any suggestions?

Thanks Jerry

Have you tried exporting from Outlook to an XLS then fill that XLS with data
for importing?

"Jerryi" wrote in message
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When I try to import a named file from excel into outlook it appears to go
fine until the little folders stop flying, then I get the error message
that
outlookk failed and will restart, notify MS about the error.

I also tried doing it as a csv file and ended with another, different
error

I'm on XP2 and Office 2003 with all the latest updates.

My named range is Contacts, and I have labeled the 2 columns Name and
Business Address to match the Outlook contact structure.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for the suggestion Vince, I hadn't tried that but just did. I
exported my Contact file to excel, cut and pasted about 20 names into it from
the list I want to add, saved the file with a new name, and quit excel. I
went back to outlook and did the import process, which looked like it was
working fine. It ended without any errors but when I look into the folder it
was supposed to go in all I see is a grid of grayed rectangles in columns,
like an empty table. No data there at all.

What do you suggest I try next?

Thanks
"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Have you tried exporting from Outlook to an XLS then fill that XLS with data
for importing?

"Jerryi" wrote in message
...
When I try to import a named file from excel into outlook it appears to go
fine until the little folders stop flying, then I get the error message
that
outlookk failed and will restart, notify MS about the error.

I also tried doing it as a csv file and ended with another, different
error

I'm on XP2 and Office 2003 with all the latest updates.

My named range is Contacts, and I have labeled the 2 columns Name and
Business Address to match the Outlook contact structure.

Any suggestions?