## Importing Entries

Password Safe allows you to import password information from text files. These files may be generated by other applications, exported from a spreadsheet, or even written by hand using Notepad or similar text editor.

### Text Format

Text files used to import password entries must consist of one or more password entries. Each field within an entry is separated by a field separator and each entry may consist of one or more lines.

- Group and Title Field
  Groups and Titles are separated by periods. For example Finance.BangForBuckBank (Group.Title). If there is no associated group (a top level entry), then the Title should contain no periods.
- User Field
  The name of the user associated with this entry. To use the default name specified in Options... this field should be blank.
- Password Field
  The actual password.
- Notes Field
  If the Note is more than a single word, it must be enclosed between double quotes ("test note"). A note may span more than a single line, as long as it is terminated with a double quote.

### Import Text Settings Dialog

The field separator used in the text file being imported and a default group name to import the new entries into can be configured prior to the actual importation of a text file.

1. File > Import From....
2. Select Plain Text...
3. Set import settings and parameters for the text file being imported
4. If a Notes field multi-line delimiter character has been used, either in a previous Export or using a text editor, enter it here so that, during the Import process, the Notes field will be split into multiple lines by replacing this character by a newline.
5. Click OK
6. Select the text file to import.

Note: At the end of the import process, a small dialog box appears showing how may entries were added, and how many (if any) were unsuccessfully parsed.

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