1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textshared0000000208xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Text Import</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/00/00000208.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ModalDialog:RID_SCDLG_ASCII" id="bm_id3148919" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150960" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Text Import</paragraph> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149987" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid="SC:MODALDIALOG:RID_SCDLG_ASCII">Sets the import options for delimited data.</ahelp></paragraph> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="howtoget"> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000401.xhp#textimport"/> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<switch select="appl"> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<case select="CALC"><embed href="text/scalc/guide/csv_files.xhp#csv_files"/> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/scalc/guide/csv_formula.xhp#csv_formula"/> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</case> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</switch> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147588" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="45">Import</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:LB_CHARSET" id="bm_id3155934" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154788" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">Character Set</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149495" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:LB_CHARSET">Specifies the character set to be used in the imported file.</ahelp></paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:LB_CUSTOMLANG" id="bm_id315593499" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id315478899" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Language</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314949588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Determines how the number strings are imported.</ahelp></paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314949587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If Language is set to Default (for CSV import) or Automatic (for HTML import), Calc will use the globally set language. If Language is set to a specific language, that language will be used when importing numbers.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314949586" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">When importing an HTML document, the Language selection can conflict with the global HTML option <link href="text/shared/optionen/01030500.xhp" name="Use">Use 'English (USA)' locale for numbers</link>. The global HTML option is effective only when the Automatic language option is selected. If you select a specific language in the HTML Import Options dialog, the global HTML option is ignored.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:NumericField:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:NF_AT_ROW" id="bm_id3153377" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154894" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="47">From Row</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150247" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48"><ahelp hid="SC:NUMERICFIELD:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:NF_AT_ROW">Specifies the row where you want to start the import.</ahelp> The rows are visible in the preview window at the bottom of the dialog.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149999" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Separator Options</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149640" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Specifies whether your data uses separators or fixed widths as delimiters.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:RadioButton:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:RB_FIXED" id="bm_id3153894" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156553" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Fixed width</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150710" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="SC:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:RB_FIXED">Separates fixed-width data (equal number of characters) into columns.</ahelp> Click on the ruler in the preview window to set the width.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:RadioButton:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:RB_SEPARATED" id="bm_id3147043" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156560" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Separated by</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SC:RADIOBUTTON:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:RB_SEPARATED">Select the separator used in your data.</ahelp></paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_TAB" id="bm_id3153345" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147250" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="49">Tab</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_TAB">Separates data delimited by tabs into columns.</ahelp></paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_SEMICOLON" id="bm_id3157959" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154317" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="51">Semicolon</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157863" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_SEMICOLON">Separates data delimited by semicolons into columns.</ahelp></paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_COMMA" id="bm_id3147089" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145313" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="53">Comma</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150693" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_COMMA">Separates data delimited by commas into columns.</ahelp></paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_SPACE" id="bm_id3109848" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163802" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="55">Space</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_SPACE">Separates data delimited by spaces into columns.</ahelp></paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CKB_OTHER" id="bm_id3149098" localize="false"/> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:Edit:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:ED_OTHER" id="bm_id3149801" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147335" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="57">Other</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156329" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58"><ahelp hid="SC:EDIT:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:ED_OTHER">Separates data into columns using the custom separator that you specify. Note: The custom separator must also be contained in your data.</ahelp></paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_ASONCE" id="bm_id3146807" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150978" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="59">Merge delimiters</paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_ASONCE">Combines consecutive delimiters and removes blank data fields.</ahelp></paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ComboBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_TEXTSEP" id="bm_id3147619" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155341" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Text delimiter</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="SC:COMBOBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_TEXTSEP">Select a character to delimit text data. You can can also enter a character in the text box.</ahelp></paragraph> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id315538811" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Other options</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id315366511" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Sets some other import options.</paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_QUOTED_AS_TEXT" id="bm_id315790911" localize="false"/> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id314847411" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Quoted fields as text</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314995711" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">When this option is enabled, fields or cells whose values are quoted in their entirety (the first and last characters of the value equal the text delimiter) are imported as text.</ahelp></paragraph> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:CB_DETECT_SPECIAL_NUMBER" id="bm_id315790922" localize="false"/> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id314847422" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Detect special numbers</paragraph> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314995722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">When this option is enabled, Calc will automatically detect all number formats, including special number formats such as dates, time, and scientific notation.</ahelp></paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314995723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The selected language influences how such special numbers are detected, since different languages and regions many have different conventions for such special numbers.</paragraph> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id314995724" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">When this option is disabled, Calc will detect and convert only decimal numbers. The rest, including numbers formatted in scientific notation, will be imported as text. A decimal number string can have digits 0-9, thousands separators, and a decimal separator. Thousands separators and decimal separators may vary with the selected language and region.</paragraph> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155388" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="61">Fields</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">Shows how your data will look when it is separated into columns.</paragraph> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:LB_TYPE1" id="bm_id3157909" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148474" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="63">Column type</paragraph> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"><ahelp hid="SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_ASCII:LB_TYPE1">Choose a column in the preview window and select the data type to be applied the imported data.</ahelp> You can select one of the following options:</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3155179"> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152945" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Type</paragraph> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3145121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Function</paragraph> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Standard</paragraph> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3155923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">$[officename] determines the type.</paragraph> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3152472" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Text</paragraph> 122*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Imported data are treated as text.</paragraph> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Date (DMY)</paragraph> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 131*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 132*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156434" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Applies a date format (Day, Month, Year) to the imported data in a column.</paragraph> 133*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 134*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 135*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 136*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 137*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148740" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Date (MDY)</paragraph> 138*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 139*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 140*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149688" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Applies a date format (Month, Day, Year) to the imported data in a column.</paragraph> 141*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 142*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 143*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 144*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 145*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Date (YMD)</paragraph> 146*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 147*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 148*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153207" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Applies a date format (Year, Month, Day) to the imported data in a column.</paragraph> 149*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 150*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 151*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 152*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 153*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148981" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">US English</paragraph> 154*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 155*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 156*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153178" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">Numbers formatted in US English are searched for and included regardless of the system language. A number format is not applied. If there are no US English entries, the <emph>Standard</emph> format is applied.</paragraph> 157*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 158*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 159*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 160*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 161*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154329" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Hide</paragraph> 162*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 163*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 164*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">The data in the column are not imported.</paragraph> 165*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 166*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 167*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 168*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="75">If you selected one of the date formats (DMY), (MDY), or (YMD) and you enter numbers without date delimiters, the numbers are interpreted as follows:</paragraph> 169*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3145745"> 170*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 171*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 172*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="76">Number of characters </paragraph> 173*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 174*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 175*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150495" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="77">Date format</paragraph> 176*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 177*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 178*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 179*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 180*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="78">6</paragraph> 181*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 182*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 183*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153056" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="79">Two characters each are taken for day, month, and year in the selected order.</paragraph> 184*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 185*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 186*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 187*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 188*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="80">8</paragraph> 189*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 190*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 191*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="81">Four characters are taken for the year, two each for month and day, in the selected order.</paragraph> 192*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 193*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 194*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 195*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147295" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="82">5 or 7</paragraph> 197*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 198*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 199*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151168" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="83">As with 6 or 8 characters, but the first part of the sequence has one character less. This will suppress a leading zero for month and day.</paragraph> 200*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 201*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 202*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 203*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">If you want to include the leading zero in the data you import, in telephone numbers for example, apply the "Text" format to the column.</paragraph> 204*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149287" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="39">Preview</paragraph> 205*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Shows how the imported text will look after it is separated into columns. To apply a format to a column when it is imported, click a column and select a <emph>Column type</emph>. When you select a <emph>Column type</emph>, the column heading displays the applied format.</paragraph> 206*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150105" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">If you want to use a fixed width to separate the imported data into columns, click in the ruler to set the width boundaries.</paragraph> 207*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155746" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="74"><link href="text/shared/guide/keyboard.xhp" name="Navigating Without the Mouse">Navigating Without the Mouse</link></paragraph> 208*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">For more information, see <link href="text/shared/00/00000020.xhp" name="Information about Import and Export Filters">Information about Import and Export Filters</link>.</paragraph> 209*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 210*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 211