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I have a huge number of txt files that we need to import to Excel. The
problem is that I have to import them one at a time and will have to do
this every day in the future. Here is an example of what it looks
like:

Code:
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Column 1 Data Column 2 Column 3 Not fixed width
Data1 Data 2 goes here Data 3 goes here

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As you can see the data is aligned on the left with the longest data
string setting the column width. This can be a data value or the
column heading... Only spaces are present not tabs. Currently I have
to do a Text to Columns and manually set each column width. All my
reports have these standard widths for each column.

Is there any way to save a "Text to Columns" style or make a new import
style with these settings?

Mike


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With a bit of tweeking and trouble shooting I got this to work very
well.

Thank you,
Mike


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