Can you import data from Excel or WORD directly into CiviCRM?

Question

We have donor lists in Excel--can that data be imported to CIVICRM?

Answer 1

Yes! CiviCRM can import CSV files (Excel can save/export into that format).

For more information, see Importing Data into CiviCRM.

Please note this encouragement on that page:

For more details on how to think about your data before importing into CiviCRM, please read the section on "Organizing your data", especially "Mapping your data into CiviCRM".