AJ- There is an application called textpad. http://www.textpad.com it is a = great text editor. In textpad you can create macros to do whatever you = need, strip characters, add return characters. It can help with = importing data. You can likely use textpad to turn your columns into = rows. Then import it into Excel. -Anthony =20 -----Original Message----- From: AJ Dalton [mailto:a_j_dalton@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:38 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Excel Question I routinely copy information from Notepad to Excel. In Notepad, items = are=20 written with a Carriage Return between items (so are in column format). However, I need these 'vertical' items copied from Notepad and Pasted = into=20 Excel in Lines - in one step. That is: The second vertical item in = Notepad=20 is pasted into Excel as the second horizontal cell - in one step. Can this be done in Excel? I only see ways to do it in multiple steps. Thanks for any help. AJ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* =20 http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/junkmail ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the = quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will = also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no = mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, = send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an = invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, = you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************