Convert text to columns

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Separate a cell that contains multiple values into different columns according to a delimiter (such as a space or comma) or a column break location in your data.

Topic: Office 2007 /Excel /Data

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  • Select a cell or column of cells containing the content you want to split.
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  • Select whether to use delimiters or fixed width to split the data. Note: Delimited data is separated by characters such as a space or comma. Fixed width data is separated by column breaks that you define.
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  • Select the check boxes of the delimiters to separate columns of cells. Select the Treat consecutive delimiters as one check box if your data contains delimiters that appear consecutively. Select a Text qualifier to ignore certain delimiters.
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  • Select the cells to contain the split data.
  • To format the data in the new columns, click the data header in the Data preview section, and then select a destination data format.
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  • Follow the instructions to split your data accordingly.
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  • Select the cells to contain the split data.
  • To format the data in the new columns, click the data header in the Data preview section, and then select a destination data format.
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