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katdiazklpa
May 28, 2019Copper Contributor
Excel - Data from Text
When I import from a text file - DATA FROM TEXT/CVS, for some reason the numbers are not as numbers, so when I enter "auto sum" at the bottom, it's not adding the numbers I need it to. How do I fix ...
Rusty Dane
May 28, 2019Brass Contributor
Select your column, then go to Data, Text to Columns. Hit Next three times & select 'General', then Finish. Right click the still selected column & format the column to the Number format you want.
- katdiazklpaMay 28, 2019Copper Contributor
Rusty Dane While waiting for a reply I just found that "opening" the text file in excel instead of importing it leaves the number(s) intact and works like the prior versions of excel used to work.
thank you!!
- Rusty DaneMay 29, 2019Brass Contributor
Good to hear!
- katdiazklpaMay 28, 2019Copper Contributor
Rusty Dane that's great - I never knew that!!! thank you!!