Data> Text to Columns - ARGH!

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Help.. I have a pipe delimited ascii file I tried to import with no success, some of the data gets converted by excel. SO.. I have cut and pasted the entire document into a worksheet, I have highlighted ALL cells and formated them as "text" so that my data doesnt get converted and changed.
As I do the "text to columns" Excel converts my data as if I hadn't formatted the cells at all.

HELP!

thanks!
 

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Woot!
I figured it out.. all by my little lonesome!

:)

never noticed that little array of choices for output.. lol
 
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