How to copy two rows of data into one

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I have been given the daily responsibility of importing into Excel a mainframe text file to format and distribute to the sales staff. Most of the data in the text file imports into one cell on one row, with the exception of the part number description which unfortunately comes into Excel as two rows because the mainframe has the description formatted into two rows. Is there method to combine the two row description into one cell? As an example, the data would import as such:

Branch Year Part Description Ctn Qty
23 2009 12345 Brown-White Wire 2500
125 Volt 4 Lead

The description which imports into Excel as two lines needs to be combined into one cell with the associated data. I appreciate any assistance or suggestions.

Thank you
 

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It is not clear how your data is laid out.
Assuming row 1 has the heading and it starts in row 2, continuing to use 2 rows each time, try this formula in B2 copied down ...

=IF(INT(ROW()/2)=ROW()/2,A2&A3,"")

It works by checking even row numbers and adding them what is in the cell in the next row. Odd number rows give "".

You can then copy the new column and use edit\paste special\values in place to convert the formulas to values. Delete the original column and sort the new column to get rid of empty rows.

look at this
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486700
 
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