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Data extract shortcuts

Sometimes a user wants to get raw data out of Toolbox for use in other applications.  There are several different ways to get raw data out of Toolbox such as performing an extract or using the Communicate feature.  Here’s shortcut if you only need to get contact information out of the Toolbox.

After setting your filter and confirming that you have selected the right group of people, click the “View” drop-down menu as shown below and select the view appropriate to the data you’d like to extract:

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Next you can expand the view to see the grid view of the datasheet.  Click the small blue arrow next to the person list:

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Next, click the small square to the upper left of the topmost person name (where the arrow is pointing in the image below).  This will select all the data the in the grid.

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Next, hit the buttons “Cntrl+c” on your keyboard (this copies all the data to a clipboard), open a blank Excel document, place the cursor in top left cell and hit “Cntrl+v” to past the data from your clipboard into the new document.  you can now save this file and use it as you intended.

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