IMPORTED contact_list.XLS to Outlook 2002, but no birthdays show?

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Had laptop stolen, so i am not working from a PST, but instead am importing
an XLS spreadsheet that I had as a backup. I can import the contacts fine
(yet, I was very disappinted to konw that Excel truncated the Notes Field!),
however, I cannot get all the birthday within those contact (there's probably
2,000 of them) to automatically propogate to the Calendar. The only work
around I have discovered is forcing me to enter EACH contact, re-select that
contacts birthday (even though it shows the correct date), and then hit Save.
Is there some way to automate this sequence, or better yet, is there a way
to force the Calendar to recognize the birthdays, and associate them with an
entry in the Calendar section?

thanks, Angelo

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Try using a list view of the Contacts folder and do a quick edit to each
record (add & remove a space) and quickly go through the list to create the
events

 

[Ricardo Silva [Outlook MVP]]

I would sugest my software is cheap (10 usd) and will do the job:
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod05.html

or use this one and add a reminder to your birthdays...
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/prods/prod04.html