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Default number as string with importing txt file

Don't import the *.txt file.

Open it directly from FileOpen.

The Text to Column Wizard will appear and let you choose the formatting of the
data as Text


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:54:00 +0200, "alfred wallace" wrote:

How to keep the left zero(s) of a string in a cell by importing a simple
text file ?
thank you in advance
GH



 
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