Selecting the Text Format and Start Row
Selecting a text format and start row is the second of four steps in the process of importing ASCII. A text file is either delimited by a character or has fixed-width columns or fields. The ASCII Preview Window's sample display of the text files can be used to determine if the text files are delimited by characters or have fixed-width fields.
Text files may also contain a header in the file to represent field or column names. The start row should then be modified to skip or ignore any header rows in the text files. The ASCII Preview Window provides a sample display of the text files to determine if a header exists and how many lines of initial text to ignore in the text files.
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Step 2: Select Text Format and Start Row
Selecting the Text Format and Start Row
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Complete Step 1 of the ASCII file import process if you have not already done so. See Step 1: Selecting ASCII Files to Import for instructions.
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On the Step 2 page, select either the Delimited or Fixed Width option for the text files.
Tip Use the ASCII Preview Window's navigation tools to help determine the type of text the file contains.
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Select which row to start the import with by clicking the Start import at line arrow buttons
or by entering the line number in the box provided.
Tip Use the ASCII Preview Window to help determine the number of header rows to skip in the text files.
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Click Next to go to the next step.
Go on to Step 3:
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Go back to Step 1: Selecting ASCII Files to Import
Go back to ASCII Import Wizard
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