Thank you. That was a great answer. I have one set of email addresses like
your first example and a new set with the first and last name separated by
commas, then the email address, as in the second example. Do I still need to
use tab between them?
> I'm not sure just what your list consists of. Is it just a succcession
> of email addresses separated by commas, e.g.
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> Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
Either this
John Doe, j.doe@xyz.zzz.com
Patricia Roe, p.roe@zzz.com
or this
John, Doe, j.doe@xyz.zzz.com
Patricia, Roe, p.roe@zzz.com
will import happily, the first into two fields, the second into three.
Where things get complicated is if you have commas actually in the data,
as in these examples which most English-speaking humans can parse but
which computers find difficult:
Peter, Paul and Mary, ppm@xxx.com
Sue, Grabbit & Runne, Attorneys at Law, xxx@yyy.com
For these you need either to use tabs to separate the fields
Peter, Paul and Mary<tab>ppm@xxx.com
or else enclose text fields in quote marks
"Peter, Paul and Mary", ppm@xxx.com
>Thank you. That was a great answer. I have one set of email addresses like
>your first example and a new set with the first and last name separated by
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>> Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
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John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]
Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.