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    Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    I have an Excel spreadsheet that multiple users use. I have several macros in the spreadsheet that move entries from one worksheet to another. One of these macros involves automatically formatting and sorting the data that the user pastes the tab delimited text into the worksheet. This macro depends heavily on the pasted data being already separated into the separate columns and all highlighted (which normally happens automatically since paste is of text that is already tab delimited).

    I have one user that it was working correctly for until a couple of days ago. Now, when she pastes the tab delimited text into the worksheet, it populates all to only one column, with only that one column highlighted (as if the text was not tab delimited....more like what would happen with normal text to columns that wasn't delimited). Because hers is not formatting correctly when she pastes it into the worksheet, the macro to format, sort, and move the data to another worksheet isn't working. Again, the paste is working properly for all other users, it is only for her that it does this, and hers was working normally until a couple of days ago.

    I know this has to have been something she inadvertently changed on her own Excel, but I have no idea what it could be. Can someone please guide me as to what could have caused her Excel to no longer recognize the pasted data as tab delimited text? I appreciate ANY help!
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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    Are you sure the Notepad being used to copy from is exactly the same as all the others, and that the process of copying and pasting is the same.

    What is the NotePad used and exactly what do you do to copy and paste?
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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    Yes, I initially thought she might have downloaded the info the wrong way (as in maybe she hadn't downloaded the info as tab delimited text or something like that), but it's the correct format.
    I had her email me the notepad file that she was copying and pasting, and I tried it myself. When I pasted it myself, pasted in correctly. When she pasted from the same exact file, it pasted
    as if it was not tab delimited text.

    The process is basically, you download today's list from our customer service database, using the "Export All to Tab Delimited Text" option, and they save it in a folder.
    Next, they navigate to find the file and open it. They right click, choose "Select All", the choose "Copy". Finally they go into the Excel worksheet, right click into cell E6, and click paste.
    If the paste is formatted correctly, they would then click the "Format CIM Exports" button which contains the macro which does the rest.
    When it's formatted like hers is doing, the macro does not work based on the way the macro is written. I just need to get hers to paste like it was before.

    Hope that clears it up somewhat. Thanks for your help!

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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

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    Perhaps MERGED CELLS ?

    Of course trying to trouble shoot the issue/s without having the actual workbook will be nothing more than a guessing game.
    And those guesses could go on forever.

    Posting a copy of the actual workbook (without any confidential information) is required.

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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    Have you actually observed her doing the copy and paste.
    Are you sure she's actually using Excel for Windows and not say Google sheets or Excel for Mac?

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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    I've uploaded a copy of the workbook (blank) so you can see. The tab the notepad data is pasted into is the Import From CIM tab.
    I'm also uploading a sample of the Notepad data that's downloaded in tab delimited text format to help paint the picture better.

    I haven't physically seen her copy and paste it, but like I said, she was having no problems before a couple of days ago.
    When she had this issue pasting it on her computer, I had her go to her manager's desk and try pasting the same file on her manager's computer,
    and it pasted correctly. So, bottom line, she's copying and pasting it correctly, there's just some setting on her own computer that's
    either not recognizing it as tab delimited text, or it's reformatting it as non-delimited regular text in one column on its own.
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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

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    Although this won't identify the specific error that is occurring .... what about giving her a clean, new workbook to use ?
    Is the error still happening with the new workbook ?

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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

    Great question Logit. I actually have tried giving her a clean workbook to try it on, and same result.

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    Re: Pasting Tab Delimited Text from Notepad into Excel - Need Help

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    Hmmm .... my next step would be to have EXCEL deleted from her computer, then reloaded.

    My thought is something is corrupt in EXCEL itself.

    My 2 cents.

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