When exporting files, Project’s pre-defined maps can be really useful. But, we saw that we had to take some extra steps to get the pre-defined map to work properly when we imported a file.

To avoid all of this, you can simply choose to create a new map when importing a file. In this case, the Choose Data Types screen will be blank and you will have to choose what data you want to import.

Once you choose your data type, you must choose the source and then map the various fields, like we did when modifying the pre-defined map.

From there, just click Next to walk through the rest of the wizard, or click Finish to perform the import (or export) with the information you have given Project. If you often use the same mapping sequence, you may want to save your map on the last step of the Import/Export wizard.

Clicking this command will open this dialog:

After you have saved it, it will appear in the Existing Maps list when importing or exporting a file.