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Defining Names for Outlook's import feature
I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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Defining Names for Outlook's import feature
Save the file as a CSV then import that in Outlook.
Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data.
http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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Thanks! I like this idea of a dynamic name. But I can't get the syntax.
I've tried: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$1:$1),1) My list of names is on sheet1, and that's all that's on that sheet. It starts in the top left corner, A1. It's 6 columns wide, but the column count can be dynamic too? If I understand it right. Can someone adjust this or tell me the correct formula to set when I define my name. thanks, "Gord Dibben" wrote: Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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I GOT IT!
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNT A(Sheet1!$1:$1)) (I have no idea what offset means, or maybe I'd have figured this out quicker!) "Southern at Heart" wrote: Thanks! I like this idea of a dynamic name. But I can't get the syntax. I've tried: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$1:$1),1) My list of names is on sheet1, and that's all that's on that sheet. It starts in the top left corner, A1. It's 6 columns wide, but the column count can be dynamic too? If I understand it right. Can someone adjust this or tell me the correct formula to set when I define my name. thanks, "Gord Dibben" wrote: Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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Hmmm, Outlook doesn't recognize this coded 'named range'. It give me the
same old messege that this book doesn't contain any ranges... Guess I'll have to just save it as a cvs file after all. How boring. "Southern at Heart" wrote: I GOT IT! =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNT A(Sheet1!$1:$1)) (I have no idea what offset means, or maybe I'd have figured this out quicker!) "Southern at Heart" wrote: Thanks! I like this idea of a dynamic name. But I can't get the syntax. I've tried: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$1:$1),1) My list of names is on sheet1, and that's all that's on that sheet. It starts in the top left corner, A1. It's 6 columns wide, but the column count can be dynamic too? If I understand it right. Can someone adjust this or tell me the correct formula to set when I define my name. thanks, "Gord Dibben" wrote: Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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By golly.......you're right.
This type of named range is not recognized by Outlook. Sorry for chasing you around like that. Mayhaps someone else knows a workaround to get Outlook to recognize the dynamic range? Gord On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:43:04 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: Hmmm, Outlook doesn't recognize this coded 'named range'. It give me the same old messege that this book doesn't contain any ranges... Guess I'll have to just save it as a cvs file after all. How boring. "Southern at Heart" wrote: I GOT IT! =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNT A(Sheet1!$1:$1)) (I have no idea what offset means, or maybe I'd have figured this out quicker!) "Southern at Heart" wrote: Thanks! I like this idea of a dynamic name. But I can't get the syntax. I've tried: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$1:$1),1) My list of names is on sheet1, and that's all that's on that sheet. It starts in the top left corner, A1. It's 6 columns wide, but the column count can be dynamic too? If I understand it right. Can someone adjust this or tell me the correct formula to set when I define my name. thanks, "Gord Dibben" wrote: Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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thanks anyway...
"Gord Dibben" wrote: By golly.......you're right. This type of named range is not recognized by Outlook. Sorry for chasing you around like that. Mayhaps someone else knows a workaround to get Outlook to recognize the dynamic range? Gord On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:43:04 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: Hmmm, Outlook doesn't recognize this coded 'named range'. It give me the same old messege that this book doesn't contain any ranges... Guess I'll have to just save it as a cvs file after all. How boring. "Southern at Heart" wrote: I GOT IT! =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A),COUNT A(Sheet1!$1:$1)) (I have no idea what offset means, or maybe I'd have figured this out quicker!) "Southern at Heart" wrote: Thanks! I like this idea of a dynamic name. But I can't get the syntax. I've tried: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$1:$1),1) My list of names is on sheet1, and that's all that's on that sheet. It starts in the top left corner, A1. It's 6 columns wide, but the column count can be dynamic too? If I understand it right. Can someone adjust this or tell me the correct formula to set when I define my name. thanks, "Gord Dibben" wrote: Create a Dynamic Named Range to expand as you add more data. http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlNames01.html#Dynamic Or just save the workbook as a *.csv file and point Outlook to that. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:06 -0800, Southern at Heart wrote: I have an Excel file that is a table of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. It is continually being updated, so the number of records changes. Occassionally I will import this using Outlooks omport wizard in a contact folder, but when I do so it requires a 'Named Field', so I have to go back and select all the data in the excel file again and give it a new name. Is there a simpler way of having excel automatically give all the data on a sheet a name that will remain 'all the data' regardless of how many lines are added or deleted? thanks. |
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