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    Import a document with names and email addresses

    Hi There
    I've a document with names and email addresses which I'm trying to paste into excel.
    However when I do this it pastes the information across the page and down it, is there any way around this ?
    Would really appreciate the help.
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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    What type of document is it? In which format?
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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    It's a a Word document with the names and email addresses.

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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    Which version of Word? How is the data laid out? In a table? Tabs? Columns? How are you trying to copy and paste it in?

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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    It's the latest version of word, the data is laid out with the name and email addresses seperated by a comma.
    No rows or columns, and yes I'll try to copy and paste it in. Any help would be great.

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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    OK - so copy and paste it into Excel and it should all end up in one column. All you then need to do is use the Text to Columns feature on the Data menu.

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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    If the Word records with the commas separated values are terminated with a Paragraph Mark for each record, save the Word data as a TXT file. Then open Excel and open the text file and you will be prompted for the delimiter that is being used (just like Text to Columns). Choose the comma and finish and the file will be opened in Excel with each field in its own cell for each record.

    If this is an Existing Excel file, you can import the text file by placing the cursor where you want the data to start then click on the Data tab, Get External Data, Text and follow the prompts which are very similar to the above prompts when opening a text file. The data will be imported into the cells as above.

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    Re: Import a document with names and email addresses

    Thanks a mil guys, much appreciated!

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