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Article #6434Re: LOTUS QUESTION
From: Jeffrey T. Jones
Date: Mon, 05 May 1986 15:22
Date: Mon, 05 May 1986 15:22
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In article <3474@gatech.CSNET> andrew@gatech.CSNET (Andrew Ditchfield) writes:
>I am importing an ASCII file that is in a table format. The problem is that
>the whole table is assigned to column 'A' of the spreadsheet. After several
>records a table record is encountered which is too big to read into one
>column of Lotus.
>Any advice on how to map the fields in my table like ASCII file to the
>columns in Lotus ??
Try using the /FIN (file - import - numbers) instead of /FIT (text). I use
this all the time and it works Ok. The only thing that bugs me is that I lose
all the text. However, the numbers are what's important to me, and they work
fine. Hope this helps...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!noscvax!tetra!jtjones From: jtjones@tetra.UUCP (Jeffrey T. Jones) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: LOTUS QUESTION Message-ID: <141@tetra.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-May-86 11:22:29 EDT Article-I.D.: tetra.141 Posted: Mon May 5 11:22:29 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 8-May-86 08:26:54 EDT References: <3474@gatech.CSNET> Reply-To: jtjones@tetra.UUCP (Jeffrey T. Jones) Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 17