Address Book

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Uploading phone numbers

Uploading an Excel Spreadsheet
Excel

You can upload the data in an Excel spreadsheet directly into your Address Book. There is no need to save the data in a text format first.

This is a quick and easy way of getting numbers into your Address Book.

The first column must contain the mobile phone numbers.

If you have more than one column in your Excel spreadsheet then the next 3 columns can contain (in this order)

  • A group name
  • The person's given name
  • The person's family name

Preparing a file for upload

You can upload phone numbers from a text file on your computer - the file must contain one phone number per line. You can generate the file in MS Word, Excel or Notepad but you must save the numbers into a text file - you cannot upload a Word or Excel file. If you are unsure how to save from Word or Excel into a text file then we strongly suggest that you use Notepad to edit your phone numbers.
 
Word You can safely edit a list of numbers in Word but you must save the list into a Text file. From Word choose "Save As" and then choose the "Save as type" as "Text only" i.e. .txt
 
Notepad Notepad is safe for editing lists since it has few options.
 
Macintosh Both SimpleEdit and TextEdit are safe for editing lists.

Text File Format

This sample file is suitable for upload into an Address Book. The group, given and family names are optional and each line can contain 1,2, 3 or 4 fields. Quotation marks around fields are also optional unless the field contains a comma.

This sample file is a mess - put here to illustrate the flexibility in format ...

"33687712345","Emergency"
33687712346,,Jean-Christophe
3545571000,Peace2000
447700900003,,Mary
"447700900004","","Mohammed",Rajput
447700900005,Emergency,Gian,Jones
"447700900006",,Leon,Hamilton
447700900007,President,Ólafur,Grímsson
"837700900008","",Yukio,Mishima
628170000,President,Gloria,Arroyo
"447700900010",,Kenny,Anthony
447700900011,,,"Patel"
"23480312345",Sales,Ademola,Oyeniyi
"19545551234",,John,Doe
"447700900014","","Sean"

This is a more typical file

33687712345,office,Pierre,Adecalom
33687712346,,office,Jean-Christophe,Mina
447700900003,family,Aldrelle,Hamilton
447700900004,friend,Mohammed,Rajpup
447700900006,family,Brian,Ngwenzi



Address Book information
  1. Overview
  2. Features and Benefits
  3. Examples and Case Studies
  4. Costs
  5. Private and "Public Subscription" Address Books
  6. Promoting a Club
  7. What information can you store in an Address Book?
  8. Supported phone number formats
  9. Uploading numbers into your Address Book

Access your Address Book

To access your Address Book you need to Login.

Once logged in, touch "My Account" in the main navigation bar and a second navigation bar will appear with an "Address Book" option.

SMS This page was last modified at 13:52 UTC on Thursday August 11, 2005