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save as a .prn file
I'm using Excel 2002-how can I override the 240 character max when saving a
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There's a limit of 240 characters per line when you save as .prn files. So if your data wouldn't create a record that was longer than 240 characters, you can save the file as .prn. I like to use a fixed width font (courier new) and adjust the column widths manually. But this can take a while to get it perfect. (Save it, check the output in a text editor, back to excel, adjust, save, and recheck in that text editor. Lather, rinse, and repeat!) Alternatively, you could 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.) Drag it down the column to get all that fixed width stuff. 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/groups?threadm=015...0a% 40phx.gbl RichP wrote: I'm using Excel 2002-how can I override the 240 character max when saving a file as a .prn -- Dave Peterson |
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