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I haven't used ACT in a looooooong time. I did some searching, and while I don't have a definite answer, maybe I can help you along. I'd create a basic Excel sheet with the fields you know you'll want in ACT. Once it's created, you should be able to go to into ACT and go to File > Data Exchange > Import and an import dialog will come up. That dialog will ask which columns from your Excel doc should go where in the ACT db.