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Importing data into Excel (TxT)

Steps to convert content from a TXT or CSV file into Excel


The steps to import a TXT or CSV file into Excel are similar for Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016:
1.Open the Excel spreadsheet where you want to save the data and click the Data tab.
2.In the Get External Data group, click From Text.
Select the TXT or CSV file you want to convert and click Import.
Select "Delimited". A delimiter is just a fancy way of saying that your TXT file uses tabs or your
CSV file uses commas to separate and group your data.
Click Next.
PDF to Excel
1.Open the Excel spreadsheet
2.Select the tab Data > Get data > From file > From PDF
3.Select the PDF file and select Import
4.Then you will see a Navigator panel with the tables and pages in your
PDF, along with a preview
5.Select the table and click on ‘’Load’’. The table is imported to the
Excel sheet.
Data cleaning techniques
Select and Treat All Blank Cells
1.elect the entire data set.
2.Press F5 (this opens the Go To dialogue box)
3.Click on the Special… button (at the bottom left). This opens the Go
To Special dialog box.
• If you want to enter 0 or Not Available in all these cells, just type it
and press Control + Enter

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