Hi Liz,
Might help if you specified the name of the other program.
Sounds to me like your first row should have specific content words
to identify the column content.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm

"lizchase" wrote ...
I am trying to import a .cvs or .txt file into an email program. The error
comes up saying - field name headers do not exist. any help out there?
thanks.liz.