Apple Newton Connection Utilities (for Windows) User Manual

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By default, the Newton Connection Utilities imports delimited text files with
the following format. You can change these settings to import other formats.
See “Setting Miscellaneous Options” in Chapter 10, “Setting Advanced
Options,” for more information.

The following is another example of a delimited text file that uses tabs to
separate fields:

41

Importing Information to Your Newton Device

"First"

"Last" "Street"

"City"

"State" "Zip"

"Phone"

"Michael"

"Jen"

"333 West Point"

"San Juan"

"CA" "94000"

"(415)555-1234"

"Sheila"

"Black"

"222 West Mark"

"New York"

"NY"

"10000"

"(212)555-4321"

"Sanjay"

"Manni"

""

"Dallas"

"TX"

"75111"

"(214)555-4444"

"Ian"

"Smit" "555 Minny Dr" "Atlanta"

"GA"

"50000"

""

"First","Last","Street","City","State","Zip","Phone"
"Michael","Jen","333 West Point","San Juan","CA","94000","(415)555-1234"
"Sheila","Black","222 West Market","New York","NY","10000","(212)555-4321"
"Sanjay","Manni","","Dallas","TX","75111",("214)555-4444"
"Ian","Smit","555 Minny Dr","Atlanta","GA","50000",""

Column headings

show the field names.

Column headings

Fields of information

are separated by

tab characters.

Text in a field is surrounded by quotation marks.

Blank fields are also marked by quotation marks.

Text in a field is surrounded by quotation marks.

Blank fields are also marked by quotation marks.

Fields of information are

separated by commas.

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