Re: Delimiting columns in Notepad
- From: "Ann Medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:28:16 -0500
Hi David and all:
Good news. I could not separate data your suggested way
SoI opened the PFirelog.Log file, copied and pasted to clipboard, opened Excel
and pasted data.
All data from firewall report is in first column A, fields separated by a space.
So to experiment
Alt+d arrow down to text to columns and enter.
Wizzard appears, I checkd delimited, next,
checked space as delimiter, next
After looking at report only 1 line changed.
So I typed
control+g and enter type a6:a499 to select cells and enter
repeated above process and all data from a6:A499 are now in separate columns.
I need to repeat many times to select cels. I think Excel will only allow 499
or 500 selected cells at once.
Anyway thanks to all on list who gave me direction.
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lennie Rinaldi" <merlin739@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:29 AM
Subject: [blind-windows] Re: delimiting Notepad to Excel
> Hi Ann,
>
> You might want to try going to Alt+D and arrow down to imported external
> data.
>
> Right arrow to import data and hit enter.
>
> Follow the information needed. After you enter the file name, enter
> on the open button to bring up the wizard. I think that you should be
> able to follow the wizard. You should be able to set the delimiter to
> space to separate the data into columns.
>
> I wish that I could be of more help.
>
> Lennie
>
> At 03:33 PM 2/3/2009, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>Windows Firewall creates a PFirewall.Log file which can be opened by
>>Notepad. This file tracks what is going on within my desktop. I would
>>like
>>to have each column go into a separate column in another application such
>>as
>>word or excel so I can sort, summarize and follow data on a specific
>>column. This report has date, time, action, protocol, SRC-IP, SRC-Port,
>>DST-Port.
>>Each column is separated by a space. Does anyone know how I can use Jaws
>>to
>>import this text file so that each column on text report can go into a
>>separate column in Excel?
>>I think this term is called delimiting. Presently, when I copy the entire
>>report to clipboard and paste into Excel all columns go into first column.
>>Thanks,
>>Ann
>>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Delimiting columns in Notepad
Ann,
I use MS-Word as the intermediary.
Paste your text to an open MS-Word document.
Make sure all the text is highlighted.
In Word 2003 Alt+A, v, x (This is tables, convert, Text-to-table).
In Word 2007 it's the same keystrokes, but you can use the ribbon if you're
comfortable with it.
Select auto-format and select the space character as the column delimiter.
Make sure you tab around in the dialog and check the number of columns that
Word is anticipating. Change this if it's not what you expected.
Press OK.
You'll get a table
Select the entire table and copy.
Paste into an open Excel sheet.
The first time you do this, it's likely you'll find that things don't work as
expected,so prepare to play around a lot with the original text file.
It works better if the columns are delimited with a tab character, as spaces
can be in the body of a cell.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Ann Medlar
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: February 03, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Delimiting columns in Notepad
Hi Everyone,
Windows Firewall creates a PFirewall.Log file which can be opened by
Notepad. This file tracks what is going on within my desktop. I would like to
have each column go into a separate column in another application such as word
or excel so I can sort, summarize and follow data on a specific column. This
report has date, time, action, protocol, SRC-IP, SRC-Port, DST-Port.
Each column is separated by a space. Does anyone know how I can use Jaws
to import this text file so that each column on text report can go into a
separate column in Excel?
I think this term is called delimiting. Presently, when I copy the entire
report to clipboard and paste into Excel all columns go into first column.
Thanks,
Ann
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