The Import screen is used to import data from another application into Wedding Magic. You can not import data from a previous version of Wedding Magic. You can import any delimited (comma, tab, or semi-colon) text file. If you have your data in Excel or some other program, you must first export it to a delimited text file before importing it.
To import data, first check the box to indicate if the first row in the file is column headings. Select the correct radio button to indicate if you want to add to your existing list of Family and Friends, or if you want to delete any existing names before importing the new data. Then locate the file by clicking the Browse button. If the file is a valid format, the program will automatically detect the delimiter and load the grid. At the top of each column, click in the box for a drop down box of available fields in the Wedding Magic software. For each column in your file, associate it with the appropriate field in our database.
If you need to make any changes to your data before importing, you can make the changes directly on this screen. If there is an error in the way that the columns were populated (if you had an extra comma or tab somewhere that threw the columns off), then you will have to make the change to your original file, and reload it into the grid.
Once everything is mapped correctly, click the Import button to import your data into Wedding Magic. Be sure to go to the Family and Friends screen to verify that the data was properly imported.
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