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14 Creating and Opening Files Chapter 2
Importing Data
Table 2.1 Opening Text Files
Automatically Determining Data
Arrangement
Windows
Macintosh
1 Select File > Open.
2 From the Files of type field, select Text
Files.
3 To use the import rules as set in
Preferences, select Data, using Text
Import Preferences. (See “Customizing
Text Import/Export Options,” p. 350.)
To have text import use its best guess to
arrange the data, select the Data, using
best guess option.
If you select the option Select this filter
the next time this dialog is invoked,
the default file type choice is set to the
option you select in the Files of type
list.
4 Select the file you want to open.
5 Click Open.
1 Select File > Open.
2 Select the file you want to open.
3 From the Open As field, select Data
(Best Guess) or Data (Using
Preferences).
4 Click Open.
Manually Specifying Data Arrangement
1 Select File > Open.
2 From the Files of type field, select
Text Files.
3 Select Data with Preview.
4 Select the file you want to open.
5 Click Open.
6 Complete the Text Import window.
See “Understanding the Text Import
Preview Window,” p. 15, for details.
7 Click Import.
1 Select File > Open.
2 Select the file you want to open.
3 From the Open As field, select Data
(Using Preview).
4 Click Open.
5 Complete the Text Import Preview
window. See “Understanding the Text
Import Preview Window,” p. 15, for
details.
6 Click Import.