<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you select the options for importing data from a text file with field delimiters.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In this spin box, select the first row of data to be imported.</help:help-text> The rows are visible in the preview window at the bottom of the dialog. You will normally not want to import the first line if it contains only the column headings.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select the character set of the data to be imported from this combo box.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2">Separator Options</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In the separator options area select whether the data fields of the text file are to be separated from each other by field separators or if the data fields have fixed widths.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option, if the data fields in the text are only separated from each other by their own width.</help:help-text> In the preview window, the width of the data fields can be adjusted by clicking and moving the window's ruler as you wish.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option to separate the data fields in the text with the aid of field separators.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if data fields are separated by tabs.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if data fields are separated by semicolons.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if data fields are separated by commas.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if data fields are separated by spaces.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option if data fields are separated by another character which is entered in the text box to the right.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option to combine several consecutive field delimiters as one.</help:help-text> This has a direct effect on the import of blank data fields.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In this combo box, select a delimiter optionally used to frame individual data fields when they contain the field delimiter.</help:help-text> These text delimiters have to have already been defined when the text file was created. The character can be entered directly.</p>
<p class="Head2">Fields</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Select the data type here. The preview window will display the effects of your settings.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use the <span class="T1">Type</span> combo box to select which type is to be used when importing the data field of the column selected in the preview.</help:help-text> Select one of the following options:</p>
<p class="TextInTable">US English formatted numbers will be searched for and included regardless of the system language. No number format will be applied. Entries that do not contain any US English formatted numbers will be handled under <span class="T1">Standard</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you import number fields that may contain the number 0 (telephone numbers, zip codes) for example, enter the text type.</p>
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<p class="Head3">Preview</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <span class="T1">Preview</span> area shows an example of how many characters of a record can be included in one column (=in the data field). You can select various columns and assign them a type in the <span class="T1">Type</span> combo box. You can also set the width of the data fields if you're working with fixed widths.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Select the areas between columns that are not to be transferred as data fields, and select "hide" in the Type combo box.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For further information regarding filters, refer to the topic: <help:link Id="65614" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Information about Import and Export Filters</help:link>.</p>
