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Data from text file mutates/changes when copied in Excel
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Anonymous
Dear reader,
When I want to copy/paste values from a text file to Excel is changes the number in a weird way.
For example:
Textfile contains this number: 1405,23484357812024
Excel pastes it as: 140.523.484.357.812.024
I have the feeling something goes wrong with comma and dots but I cannot find the solution.
("Paste Special..." doesn't seem to work).
It also seems like it's multiplied by multiple factors.
Thank you for your answer
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Anonymous
2024-05-22T11:24:55+00:00 -
Andreas Killer 144.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2024-05-22T10:05:00+00:00 That's normal, you have to import the data from text file.
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Andreas.