Importing From Filemaker to Address Book to iPod errors - Help Please

I can export from Filemaker into Address book without any "obvious" problem.
When I synch the iPod, or swap iSynch.vcf file, the records show up but the first/main screen only shows the First Last Name but the rest of the fields are way down below, causing you to have to scroll 5 times to see it.
If I type in info into the address book it works fine. There is one single record that show up correctly, but that record is no different in the tab-delimited file (text tab text return)
I have tried exporting with various formats and methods, excel, vCard Creator, etc. I am importing "data" not name address phone, per se, a cd collection. However, it is not two words in a single field, nor a field that can't take text or numbers. What type of delimiter problems are there in the iPod contacts? Would one records field that overflows it's space and expands cause all the other to "expand" or Push out as well. Are Thanks

It's not so difficult. Export files in text (tab or comma). In the next field choose ASCII (DOS) in stead of MacIntosh. If you do so, it shouldn't be any problem with importing in Adressbook. Succes.

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