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Try surrounding your text in quotes (i.e. &quot;00-1102&quot;), which would read the entire string as one entry versus multiple entries.<br />
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Also consider converting your .TXT file to a .CSV file and use comma's to separate the columns instead of white spaces. A simple search/replace in Notepad would automate that for you. Once done, just open the CSV file in Excel<br />
ex:<br />
07/31/2014,00-1102,0,49180<wbr />.6<br />
07/31/2014,00-1102,0,992.5<wbr />9
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Try surrounding your text in quotes (i.e. "00-1102"), which would read the entire string as one entry versus multiple entries.

Also consider converting your .TXT file to a .CSV file and use comma's to separate the columns instead of white spaces. A simple search/replace in Notepad would automate that for you. Once done, just open the CSV file in Excel
ex:
07/31/2014,00-1102,0,49180.6
07/31/2014,00-1102,0,992.59

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I have no choice with this import file. It comes from a payroll processor.
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I have no choice with this import file. It comes from a payroll processor.

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That was the trick. Thanks.
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Please note the second column. When I import this into Excel when it gets to the rows where the values begin with 11 Excel tries to convert the value to dates so I get Nov 1, etc. I just want them all to be read is as text fields. How do I get Excel to treat this entire column as text fields?<br />
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0731-GL-REPORT.TXT

Please note the second column. When I import this into Excel when it gets to the rows where the values begin with 11 Excel tries to convert the value to dates so I get Nov 1, etc. I just want them all to be read is as text fields. How do I get Excel to treat this entire column as text fields?

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