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From: snafu@ihlpm.UUCP (Wallis)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: LOTUS QUESTION
Message-ID: <801@ihlpm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 10:22:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  7 10:22:10 1986
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> >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...

Using the /FIT option will preserve text if it is
enclosed in double-quotes (e.g., "text" ).


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                              Dave Wallis
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                       AT&T Network Systems, Inc.
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