Excel 2007 CAN'T do Text to Columns properly

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moel_cybers2003

Hi All,

I have problem with Excel 2007 which cannot do Text to Columns. I have many
number in Indonesian format e.g. 6.000,897 which will be converted to
English/International format 6,000.897. I tried to use function Text to
columns but look like it doesn't work at all.

Is there any one know how to solve this problem?

THanks,
Moel
 
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Joel

You can use the menu Edit - Replace to make the changes

1) You can remove the period by repalcing the period with nothing.
2) Then Replace the comma with a period.

If you need the comma you can format the cells to show comma for the
thousands place.
 
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moel_cybers2003

Why office 2007 CAN'T do "Text to columns" at my case since I don't have
any problem with excel 2003. Do you know the reason? Is it a kind of "bug"
of Excel 2007?
 
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David Biddulph

Perhaps, in text to columns, you are trying to use as a separator a
character which isn't there as text, but is merely part of the formatting?

If you are getting different behaviour between Excel 2003 and Excel 2007, I
would recommend that you check your Windows regional options (in Control
Panel) for both setups, as my guess is that you have different number
formats set up.
 
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