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      <title>"New Feature: Import" by smeade</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="float:left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.synapsoftware.com/images/aimportf.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;LeadsOnRails.com now has an import feature allowing you to easily bring in basic information from a text file.  This feature leapfrogged others because of strong demand from users.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8221;Imports&amp;#8221; History and Management&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;After importing, you will be shown the list of leads that were brought in.  If you want to revisit that list later, or want to &amp;#8220;undo&amp;#8221; the import, click on &amp;#8220;Imports&amp;#8221; in the menu (on the left hand side of the screen) to see your import history.  From there you can click on the import to see the leads or click on &amp;#8220;undo import &amp;#8211; delete leads&amp;#8221; to delete the leads that were in that batch import.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Details are in the product.  Here is an overview of how to import leads from your file.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Your LeadsOnRails.com Account&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;1. Click on Imports on your LeadsOnRails.com menu&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;2. Click on &amp;#8220;Import Leads&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Carefully review the details in the Help section for instructions on what fields are imported and the required order of fields in your text file.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Import From Excel:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;To import an Excel spreadsheet, you need to first convert it to a coma seperated values (CSV) format.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;1. Open your spreadsheet and save as a different name because you will be modifying it.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;2. Modify the spreadsheet columns as described in the Import help file.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;3. Save as a &amp;#8220;comma separated values&amp;#8221; (CSV) file.  Choose File, then Save As&amp;#8230; from the Excel menu.  Choose &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CSV&lt;/span&gt; or Windows &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CSV&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help and Assistance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;If you would like a walkthrough or assistance getting your lead file in a format for importing, please contact Scott (comments@synapsoftware.com or 303-683-3522) for assistance.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:07:00 EST</pubDate>
      <guid>&lt;a href="/productlog/articles/2007/02/28/import-leads"&gt;New Feature: Import&lt;/a&gt;</guid>
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