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Saving as text file

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eshwar - 30 Sep 2004 01:40 GMT
Hi,
I need to save excel file as text file. The problem is i need tex
file delimited with ~ (tilda). when i do save as, i am getting tex
file with huge spaces. how can i do this?

Thanks in advance.
Eshwar
Dave Peterson - 30 Sep 2004 02:18 GMT
One way is to change a windows setting.

In win98:
windows start button|settings|control panel|regional settings applet
Number tab|list separator (change to tilde)

Apply and do File|save as|CSV (comma separated)

Remember to change it back when you're done!

Or maybe you could write your own macro to do exactly what you want:

Here are three sites that you could steal some code from:

Earl Kiosterud's Text Write program:
www.smokeylake.com/excel
(or directly:  http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/Text%20Write%20Program.htm)

Chip Pearson's:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/imptext.htm

J.E. McGimpsey's:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/textfiles.html

(You may be happy with Earl's version--right out of the box!)

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Earl Kiosterud - 30 Sep 2004 03:05 GMT
Dave,

I changed that page to www.smokeylake.com/excel/Text_write_program.htm a
while back.  The %20 was messy.

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Dave Peterson - 30 Sep 2004 03:24 GMT
Off to update my links...

Thanks,

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Dave Peterson - 30 Sep 2004 03:31 GMT
It looks like that URL is case sensitive.

http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/Text_write_program.htm
worked, but
http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/Text_Write_program.htm
and
http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/Text_write_Program.htm
didn't

(Is that something you can change?)

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Earl Kiosterud - 30 Sep 2004 04:23 GMT
Dave,

Thanks.  Sheesh.  I know better.  I've changed it to text_write_program.htm.

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Dave Peterson - 30 Sep 2004 20:22 GMT
The links work with lowercase characters, but (from someone who speaks no HTML)
isn't there a way to make it case insenstive--completely?

(Ps.  I've updated my links again.  <vbg>)

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