Issue 1835 - can't import external data from a text file
Summary: can't import external data from a text file
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 1834
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: 638
Hardware: PC Windows ME
: P1 (highest) Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: oc
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Reported: 2001-10-09 10:34 UTC by marcusdaub
Modified: 2003-09-08 16:55 UTC (History)
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Description marcusdaub 2001-10-09 10:34:22 UTC 
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have text files that contain data which are separated with spaces and tabs like:
README   TXT           315         4.096  09.04.01  18:41  04.10.01       A     readme.txt
LICENSE  TXT         6.066         8.192  17.07.01  15:37  04.10.01       A     license.txt

I want to insert the text files into a spreadsheet so, that the data which is separated by spaces are then in separate fields. I mean column A contain README and LICENSE and an other column contain 315 and 6.066 and an other column contain 09.04.01 and 17.07.01. 
Normaly I have to go to Insert -> External Data -> and choose the file with the ...-button. In the appearing window (Text Import) I choose the sepatator options and click the ok-button. The windows closed and the former (External Data) appeared and contain the url to the file (file:///G:/test.txt). (I don't know if this is the correct format on a windows machine). The other box (Availible tables/ranges) is empty and the ok-button is disabled. I can only
click to cancle or help.

How can I import external data from a text file?

Best regards
Marcus Daub
m.daub@web.de
Comment 1 peter.junge 2001-10-09 11:28:35 UTC 
Our database seems to store lots of issues double today ;-)

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 1834 ***
Comment 2 peter.junge 2001-10-09 11:29:41 UTC 
double