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March 30th, 2010, 06:23 PM
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Leading Zero dropping off after export to Excel
Good afternoon,
I'm exporting data from a view I created in Lotus Notes 8.0 to Excel 2007. One of the fields looks like a number (it has no alpha characters), but is set up as "general". The field is 11 characters long and can contain a "0" (zero) as the first character in the field. I have no control over this field. When I export selected documents from the view and save it as a .csv file, which we've been instructed to do, and open with Excel, the leading "0" drops off. The problem with this is, I only need the first 4 characters. Before Lotus Notes 8.0, I could save as a Lotus file and had no problem with the "0" not dropping off. I can not save as a Lotus File now - have to save as .csv Is there a quick fix to preventing the "0" from dropping off? -- Thanks, Tina Hudson 
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March 30th, 2010, 06:43 PM
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Leading Zero dropping off after export to Excel
Even though its a .csv file, open it with
Data Import External Data Import Data This allows you to tell the import Wizard that the field is Text. This will allow leading zeros to be retained. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu201001 "Tina Hudson" wrote: Good afternoon, I'm exporting data from a view I created in Lotus Notes 8.0 to Excel 2007. One of the fields looks like a number (it has no alpha characters), but is set up as "general". The field is 11 characters long and can contain a "0" (zero) as the first character in the field. I have no control over this field. When I export selected documents from the view and save it as a .csv file, which we've been instructed to do, and open with Excel, the leading "0" drops off. The problem with this is, I only need the first 4 characters. Before Lotus Notes 8.0, I could save as a Lotus file and had no problem with the "0" not dropping off. I can not save as a Lotus File now - have to save as .csv Is there a quick fix to preventing the "0" from dropping off? -- Thanks, Tina Hudson
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March 30th, 2010, 06:56 PM
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Leading Zero dropping off after export to Excel
To quote a famous 70's family rock and roll band - I think I love you!
Excel 2007 was slightly different than the steps you told me. I clicked on "From Text" on the Data tab, and then the familiar dialog box popped up. I identified the delimiter (which was a comma), and then highlighted the field in question, making it a text field and my leading 0's remained intact! You're a genius! Many thanks!!! Tina -- Thanks, Tina Hudson "Gary''s Student" wrote: Even though its a .csv file, open it with Data Import External Data Import Data This allows you to tell the import Wizard that the field is Text. This will allow leading zeros to be retained. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu201001 "Tina Hudson" wrote: Good afternoon, I'm exporting data from a view I created in Lotus Notes 8.0 to Excel 2007. One of the fields looks like a number (it has no alpha characters), but is set up as "general". The field is 11 characters long and can contain a "0" (zero) as the first character in the field. I have no control over this field. When I export selected documents from the view and save it as a .csv file, which we've been instructed to do, and open with Excel, the leading "0" drops off. The problem with this is, I only need the first 4 characters. Before Lotus Notes 8.0, I could save as a Lotus file and had no problem with the "0" not dropping off. I can not save as a Lotus File now - have to save as .csv Is there a quick fix to preventing the "0" from dropping off? -- Thanks, Tina Hudson
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March 30th, 2010, 08:15 PM
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Leading Zero dropping off after export to Excel
You are quite welcome!
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu201001 "Tina Hudson" wrote: To quote a famous 70's family rock and roll band - I think I love you! Excel 2007 was slightly different than the steps you told me. I clicked on "From Text" on the Data tab, and then the familiar dialog box popped up. I identified the delimiter (which was a comma), and then highlighted the field in question, making it a text field and my leading 0's remained intact! You're a genius! Many thanks!!! Tina -- Thanks, Tina Hudson "Gary''s Student" wrote: Even though its a .csv file, open it with Data Import External Data Import Data This allows you to tell the import Wizard that the field is Text. This will allow leading zeros to be retained. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu201001 "Tina Hudson" wrote: Good afternoon, I'm exporting data from a view I created in Lotus Notes 8.0 to Excel 2007. One of the fields looks like a number (it has no alpha characters), but is set up as "general". The field is 11 characters long and can contain a "0" (zero) as the first character in the field. I have no control over this field. When I export selected documents from the view and save it as a .csv file, which we've been instructed to do, and open with Excel, the leading "0" drops off. The problem with this is, I only need the first 4 characters. Before Lotus Notes 8.0, I could save as a Lotus file and had no problem with the "0" not dropping off. I can not save as a Lotus File now - have to save as .csv Is there a quick fix to preventing the "0" from dropping off? -- Thanks, Tina Hudson
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