Importing contacts from a file

Hi

I have imported contacts downloaded from a dbf file to an excel spreadsheet.
Problem 1: -Most of the data is OK but the email addresses are truncated to
one character.

Problem 2: I cannot get the contacts to sort by FirstName Last Name. They
have sorted by Last Name First Name and the only way I have been able to
rectify is by changing each contact individually. I have set my preferences
in the Options to my required preference.

I am Using Outlook XP