Alfred

I have just heard from MS and this is fixed now in internal builds, so will
work OK in future betas or the released product

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
www.nickhodge.co.uk
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"Nick Hodge" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'll check it out. I use it all the time too and hadn't noticed. My
> point
> was the import wizard, etc is still using the same code base as XL5, so it
> must be a display issue??? or similar.
>
> I'll take a look and get back
>
> Just taken a look and it sucks! (Sorry) I will try and get a bug post in
> or see if it's already been picked up by someone and get back.
>
> --
> HTH
> Nick Hodge
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Southampton, England
> www.nickhodge.co.uk
> [email protected]HIS
>
>
> "Alfred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I am sorry, I beg to differ. I use this function for a living. Import
>> availability figures from monitoring systems for SLA compliation.
>> Without
>> these figures we don't get paid. Excel 2003 does not have these
>> problems.
>>
>> In Excel 2003, the boundaries adjustmentmay not be as good as Word, but
>> it
>> is bearable. In Excel 2007, it is really bad. Have you tried it?
>>
>> regards
>> Alfred
>> "Nick Hodge" wrote:
>>
>>> Alfred
>>>
>>> AFAIK, no change in this since XL5 (1992)
>>>
>>> --
>>> HTH
>>> Nick Hodge
>>> Microsoft MVP - Excel
>>> Southampton, England
>>> www.nickhodge.co.uk
>>> [email protected]HIS
>>>
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>>> "Alfred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>> > Excel 2007 beta 2 12.0.4017.1004
>>> >
>>> > Import of plain text file really suck.
>>> >
>>> > select Fixed width and try to create or move the colum boundaries.
>>> >
>>> > 1. The boundaries on screen is not synced to the tip of your mouse
>>> > pointer.
>>> > 2. What you see on screen is not where the column actually appears.
>>> > 3. Double click to remove boundaries is a hit and miss.
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