Book4.xlsx

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I worked out what was happening. As the first column was so large, I didn't see that I needed to select the 3rd column to be text. I thought every column was selected.<br />
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User error!<br />
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Thanks for your help
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I worked out what was happening. As the first column was so large, I didn't see that I needed to select the 3rd column to be text. I thought every column was selected.

User error!

Thanks for your help

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Hah! That first column threw me too, at first. I thought there was something wrong with the data, seeing that the first column starts with a &quot;&nbsp;quote and I first thought that this was the reason that all the data was in one column only. <br />
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Until I decided to scroll to the right. &nbsp;:-))<br />
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Thanks for the grade and I'm glad I was able to put you on the right track.<br />
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cheers, teylyn
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Hah! That first column threw me too, at first. I thought there was something wrong with the data, seeing that the first column starts with a " quote and I first thought that this was the reason that all the data was in one column only.

Until I decided to scroll to the right.  :-))

Thanks for the grade and I'm glad I was able to put you on the right track.

cheers, teylyn

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I am importing a CSV file into Excel 2010 as text.<br />
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When I import, I choose that I want to take it as text so that the numbers remain the same e.g. 0005 is imported as 0005. <br />
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The import however is losing the zeros and importing 5 into the column.<br />
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I have ensured that I have the import setting to text and have also set the column properties to text but it still loses the zeros.<br />
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I have uploaded a section of the file I am uploading. The line foto 0005 is an example<br />
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example.csv

I am importing a CSV file into Excel 2010 as text.

When I import, I choose that I want to take it as text so that the numbers remain the same e.g. 0005 is imported as 0005. 

The import however is losing the zeros and importing 5 into the column.

I have ensured that I have the import setting to text and have also set the column properties to text but it still loses the zeros.

I have uploaded a section of the file I am uploading. The line foto 0005 is an example



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