Set Defaults in File Import of a Text File
 

For some reason I had had a default in the File Import Wizard of using the
Tab as the delimiter. Worked perfectly first time every time for the files.

For some reason today, Excel is now defaulting to Other with the "=" as the
delimiter.

How can I reset the default delimiter to "Tab"?

Set Defaults in File Import of a Text File
 

Excel likes to help by remembering the choices you've made on that dialog.

One way to make excel forget is to close excel and reopen it.

Another way is to run data|text to columns and specify the settings you like.
These new settings will be remembered until you either close excel or change
them.

If you don't think you ran data|text to columns, maybe you had a macro that ran
that changed the settings????

Dkline wrote:

For some reason I had had a default in the File Import Wizard of using the
Tab as the delimiter. Worked perfectly first time every time for the files.

For some reason today, Excel is now defaulting to Other with the "=" as the
delimiter.

How can I reset the default delimiter to "Tab"?

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Dave Peterson

Set Defaults in File Import of a Text File
 

Your solution solved the problem. I opened the file, corrected the settings
on the import, finished the import, save the file, closed Excel. Reopen
Excel, import the file, Voila! - the file imports as expected.

Thanks for your help.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Excel likes to help by remembering the choices you've made on that dialog.

One way to make excel forget is to close excel and reopen it.

Another way is to run data|text to columns and specify the settings you like.
These new settings will be remembered until you either close excel or change
them.

If you don't think you ran data|text to columns, maybe you had a macro that ran
that changed the settings????

Dkline wrote:

For some reason I had had a default in the File Import Wizard of using the
Tab as the delimiter. Worked perfectly first time every time for the files.

For some reason today, Excel is now defaulting to Other with the "=" as the
delimiter.

How can I reset the default delimiter to "Tab"?

--

Dave Peterson