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IMPORTING A CATALOGUE FILE

If you already have a list of items in a file that you want to import (instead of manually entering them one-by-one) you can do this via the "File | Import Catalogue File" menu option on the Main Window.

The file must be in Comma Separated Values (CSV) format.  You can create these by hand using a text editor, but it is much easier to create one by using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft® Excel and then save the file in CSV format using "Save As" and selecting the file type CSV, sometimes called "comma delimited" format.

Here is a file sample in its raw text form as would be viewed by a text editor (this example uses Notepad):
 


 
And here is the same file shown in
Microsoft® Excel:
 


 

In order to be a valid Import File, there are some characteristics which it must have:



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