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Excel open file as text
is there a way to tell excel when opening new file, treat is as text?
i.e. even if there is a 00000 value leave it the way it is |
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Excel open file as text
New workbooks don't have values.
Do you mean open a *.txt file in Excel and have values treated as Text. Open the *.txt file and the Text Import Wizard will pop up. In Step 3 select all columns(Shift + click).......Column Data FormatText. Finish. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:52:38 -0800 (PST), " wrote: is there a way to tell excel when opening new file, treat is as text? i.e. even if there is a 00000 value leave it the way it is |
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