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    number notation

    If I open the txt file with notepad the numbers look different then when I open with excel. Can anybody tell me how I get the numbers the same in excel as in notepad? (the ones in notepad are correct)
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    Re: number notation

    I dont know how you got that format.
    If you save as text file tab delimited the numbers remain the same in inverted commas.
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    Re: number notation

    If I open the txt file as excel file the number format changes (as you see in the .xls file).
    How can I open the txt file in excel so that the numberformat stays the same as in the txt file?

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    Re: number notation

    The numbers seem to import just fine for me. My guess is that your system is set to use "." as the thousands separator and "," as the decimal separator, where the text file is using "." as the decimal separator. Check your system settings, or override them in Excel options to make sure that Excel will use "." as the decimal separator.
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    Re: number notation

    opening in wordpad, change '.' by ',' and then opening in excel did the trick.

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