how do I create a text file from a spreadsheet

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CenPenRich

I am trying to create a .prn file from a spreadsheet with 80 plus columns. I
have successfully completed this in the past with spreadsheets containing
less than 20 columns. I'm not getting all of the columns and a majority of
the columns do not show the values from the spredsheet. Where can I find
information that may help me solve this?
 
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Dave Peterson

There's a limit of 240 characters per line when you save as .prn files.

You have a few choices (try against a copy of your worksheet):

I'd either concatenate the cell values into another column:

=LEFT(A1&REPT(" ",5),5) & LEFT(B1&REPT(" ",4),4) & TEXT(C1,"000,000.00")

(You'll have to modify it to match what you want.)

Then I'd copy and paste to notepad and save from there. Once I figured out that
ugly formula, I kept it and just unhide that column when I wanted to export the
data.

If that doesn't work for you, maybe you could do it with a macro.

Here's a link that provides a macro:
http://google.com/[email protected]
 
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