importing from a *.txt file

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Randy Bratton

I am trying to import a *.txt file that has a semi-colon delimiter. When I
run the import, Excel places each individual record into a new column. I need
to import each record into a new row instead. Can you help?


Randy Bratton
 
D

Dave Peterson

Is the semicolon a delimiter between fields on that single row/record/line?

Or is the semicolon followed by a newline character--so that each
row/record/line only has one field?
 
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David Biddulph

Edit your txt file, and replace all semi-colons by paragraph markers.

Alternatively, having pulled everything into a row in Excel you can Copy,
then Edit/ Paste Special/ Transpose to put into a column.
 
D

Dave Peterson

Just to add to David's response.

Open you text file in MSWord.
Select all the text
Edit|replace
what: ; (semicolon character)
Click on the More button if the additional options aren't visible
Click inside the Replace with box
click the Special characters button
select paragraph mark

Replace all

Copy|paste special|text into Excel
or save as a .txt file and import the way you like.
 
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