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- From: curzon@trooa.enet.dec.com (07-Jan-1993 1300)
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- Subject: Re: converting ascii file to wk1 file
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 12:03:08 -0600
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- >My question: Has anybody experiences in converting data (in ascii format)
- >to worksheet formats (.wk1 files)?
- >
- >Thank in advance,
- >
- >Roelof Oldenhuis
- >oldenhuis@ib.agro.nl
-
- Most spreadsheets understand some version of ascii delimited
- file. This is sort of a defacto / unofficial standard.
-
- Try this:
- -Surround alpha-numeric fields with the ascii doublequote char.
- -Remove commas, and currency symbols from numeric fields
- -Ensure there is at least one whitespace between each field
-
- Then most spreadsheets (or other shrink wrap programs) should be
- able to read in the file. DON'T try to bring it in as a normal
- save-format file (e.g. wk1). Instead, find the menu item something like:
- "Import external format | ASCII delimited". In Lotus, it's "/File Import
- Numbers". Good luck....
-
- Richard Curzon, Digital Equipment of Canada
- Toronto
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