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How do I copy a Word text file into Excel in a way that each character ends
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Paste each line into column A.
Then put this in B1:
=MID($A1,COLUMN()-1,1)
drag to the right (as far as you need--but you've only got 256 total columns)
and drag down the range



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How do I copy a Word text file into Excel in a way that each character ends
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Thank you. Very helpful.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Paste each line into column A.
Then put this in B1:
=MID($A1,COLUMN()-1,1)
drag to the right (as far as you need--but you've only got 256 total columns)
and drag down the range



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How do I copy a Word text file into Excel in a way that each character ends
up in a separate Excel cell?


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