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26<topic id="textscalc01text2columnsxml" indexer="include">
27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Text to Columns</title>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8004394">
33<bookmark_value>text to columns</bookmark_value>
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35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:TextToColumns" id="bm_id1029200802260951" localize="false"/>
36<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id2300180" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp">Text to Columns</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id655232" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><variable id="text2columns">Opens the Text to Columns dialog, where you enter settings to expand the contents of selected cells to multiple cells.
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39<section id="howtoget">
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42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id9599597" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To expand cell contents to multiple cells</paragraph>
43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2021546" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can expand cells that contain comma separated values (CSV) into multiple cells in the same row.</paragraph>
44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2623981" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">For example, cell A1 contains the comma separated values <item type="literal">1,2,3,4</item>, and cell A2 contains the text <item type="literal">A,B,C,D</item>.</paragraph>
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46<listitem>
47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7242042" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the cell or cells that you want to expand.</paragraph>
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49<listitem>
50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6999420" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Data - Text to Columns</emph>.</paragraph>
51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6334116" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You see the Text to Columns dialog.</paragraph>
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53<listitem>
54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9276406" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the separator options. The preview shows how the current cell contents will be transformed into multiple cells.</paragraph>
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56</list>
57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8523819" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can select a fixed width and then click the ruler on the preview to set cell breakup positions.</paragraph>
58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1517380" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can select or enter separator characters to define the positions of breaking points. The separator characters are removed from the resulting cell contents.</paragraph>
59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7110812" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">In the example, you select the comma as a delimiter character. Cells A1 and A2 will be expanded to four columns each. A1 contains 1, B1 contains 2, and so on.</paragraph>
60<section id="relatedtopics">
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62<embed href="text/scalc/guide/csv_formula.xhp#csv_formula"/>
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