The CallFire Grill » list http://www.callfire.com/blog Get the most out of CallFire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Preparing an Excel phone list for CallFire http://www.callfire.com/blog/2008/10/02/preparing-an-excel-phone-list-for-callfire/ http://www.callfire.com/blog/2008/10/02/preparing-an-excel-phone-list-for-callfire/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:29:29 +0000 Dinesh http://www.callfire.com/blog/2008/10/02/preparing-an-excel-phone-list-for-callfire/ Customers often call our support line asking:  “How do I prepare an Excel spreadsheet to be uploaded to CallFire?”.    Here’s an easy receipe to get rid of bad records that could cause upload problems:

  1. Copy your phone numbers into Column-A, using Excel.   Example
  2. Sort your list in Excel, by Column-A.   Example
  3. Visually scan Column-A for bad numbers that have less than 10 digits, more than 10 digits, odd characters & so forth.  Delete the row entirely by right-clicking on the row number, and selecting ‘delete.’   (Many records with bad numbers are at the very top and bottom of the sorted list.  Ex: “1111111111″ or “9999999999″.)
  4. Lastly, go to FILE > SAVE AS and Save a copy in *.CSV format.   Always rename your final CSV file to prevent mixups!

Good luck!  ~DR

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