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set column width using character spaces
Hi there,
I hope this doesn't turn out to be a silly question. Is there a way to set a defined column width based on character spaces rather than measurement? I'm creating a form template that when saved as a ..txt file from the Excel file will have a specific number of spaces between each column. Any ideas? All help is appreciated! Super cool regards, Troy |
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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 Troy | yorT wrote: Hi there, I hope this doesn't turn out to be a silly question. Is there a way to set a defined column width based on character spaces rather than measurement? I'm creating a form template that when saved as a .txt file from the Excel file will have a specific number of spaces between each column. Any ideas? All help is appreciated! Super cool regards, Troy -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave,
that was 2003 - how do you remember what you have posted that far back? Pete |
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It comes up quite a bit and I've pointed to that post a few/lots of times.
Pete_UK wrote: Dave, that was 2003 - how do you remember what you have posted that far back? Pete -- Dave Peterson |
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