Questions tagged [fixed-width]
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Copy text into Excel, Fixed Width, where data starts every 40 rows
I have data from a text file I want to import into Excel. The text data is grouped in blocks of 40 rows with headings. After about 12 rows the new set of data starts again with headings. There are ...
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Particular unicode characters are not shown in some fixed width fonts for some editors in Windows 10
I am grateful to the user Berend for turning my attention in the right direction: originally the question blamed fonts, which turned out not to be the case.
While there are lots of beautiful fonts ...
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Monospaced font in Manjaro
I have been a user of KeePassXC for pwd-management for a while not and am quite happy with that. When I started using Manjaro with xfce I have not been able to use the monospaced font in notes of ...
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Trigger Text Import Wizard in Excel based on file extension
We occasionally receive files with fixed-width fields. I have some users who need to open these in Excel. They mostly know how to use the Excel Text Import Wizard for this situation, but they ...
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Conversion of fixed-width file to Excel and back [duplicate]
I have a fixed-width file which is used by the interface as it is. Now, I have some 500 records for which one of the fields is blank. I have the information separately with me.
I was wondering if ...
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Notepad++ How to display multiple vertical lines
I often work in Notepad++ with files containing several fields of fixed width data.
I know how to display one vertical line at a custom position (Settings/Edit).
I would like to be able to quickly ...
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Fixed space/width printing of variables in shell
I have made a tabular report of some data variables printed via printf in shell.
Project One | 76 | 80M | 80M | 80M
Project Two | 46M | 52M | 52M | 52M
Project Three | 174 | ...
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Have a very large fixed width .txt file, have column widths for the records to guide me, and need .CSV out of it [closed]
The text file is a tax roll off the tax assessor website, and it is 2.63 GB. Every program that I have tried, including UltraEdit, Convert XLS, didn't find anything helpful in excel because we're ...
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Windows 7: Custom width of a specific taskbar icon, [duplicate]
I'm using Taskbar Meters as a convenient way to keep my resource usage visible at all times. If you are not familiar with the product, it opens separate windows for memory, CPU, and disk usage with ...
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Going to print multiple cards in fixed size
I need to print out about 80 "cards" for an invitation and to fit the envelope I need to print them in a very exact size. Each "card" has to be 5cm in width and 7.5cm in height.
Instead of just ...
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How to paste Excel data as fixed-width text?
If I copy data in Excel and paste it in a text file, I get tabs between cells. That's not good, I want spaces - and I want the columns to be aligned. How can I achieve this without a lot of effort (...
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Display characters on a square grid?
How can I display characters as if they are square in vim? The characters themselves don't need to be square, but if you were to draw a grid through all centre points of the characters it should make ...
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Automate Excel Text Import Wizard?
I receive files on occasion in a fixed width format. I need to import them into Excel but Excel doesn't perfectly pick up the columns. I can do it manually each time with the Text Import Wizard, but I'...
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Export an Excel spreadsheet to fixed-width text file?
Excel has the functionality to import fixed-width text files where it presents a dialog that lets you choose where the begins and ends of fields are which it puts into columns.
Does it also have ...
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How to change the Gmail plain text font in the compose textbox?
How can I force Gmail to use a font I like in the compose textbox? I compose emails using plain text mode, not the rich text mode.
Browser: Firefox
OS: Windows
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