No, because in many of the files 5 or more fields will be right next to each other with no spaces, commas, etc. I can't go in an put these in by hand either, because we are talking about files that may be 500 to 2000 characters wide and 10000 to 1000000 lines long. Thanks, Jason -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Anna K Byrne Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:14 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: EXCEL 2002 importing fixed width files Can you set it as delimited, using ~ or some such thing to separate the columns? At 09:02 PM 12/2/2003, you wrote: >Hi all, I'm using JFW5 and Excel 2002. > >I need to import a fixed width ASCII file. However, the import wizard wants >me to move the arrows on the screen to set the column widths for each >column. How can I do this with Jaws? Surely there's an alternative method. > >Thanks, >Jason > > >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.