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Chapter 2 Creating and Opening Files 15
Importing Data
Table 2.1 Opening Text Files (Continued)
Automatically Determining Data
Arrangement
Linux There is no way to determine the data
arrangement automatically.
Manually Specifying Data Arrangement
1 Select File > Open.
2 From the Filter field, select
– *.txt (Fixed Width Text) if your file
has fixed text line widths, or
– *.txt*.csv (Delimited Text) if your
file contains delimiters (characters
that signify the end of a text line)
3 Select the file you want to open.
4 Click Next.
5 Complete the Text Import Options
window. See “Understanding the Text
Import Preview Window,” p. 15, for
details.
6 Click Finish.
2 Creating and Opening Files
Understanding the Text Import Preview Window
When you open a file, JMP detects the file’s structure and displays the appropriate Text Import window
type. If JMP opens the wrong type of window, such as the Fixed Width window when your file is
delimited, click the Delimited Fields or Fixed Width Fields radio button to access the other import
type.
Below are descriptions of the windows’ elements.