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10.1.3 Importing Data Using the Import Cells Operation

     

The Import/Cells operation imports an NExS-format file that was created with a prior Export/Cells operation. The default file extension for cells format is .xc3. For more information about exporting cells, see section 10.2.2, ``Exporting Data in NExS Format,'' later in this chapter.

To import data using the Import/Cells operation:

  1. Select Import... from the File menu. NExS displays the Import Data dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 10.2.

  2. Click the File Format option button and select Cells.

  3. Click on the Selection entry box and type the name of the spreadsheet you wish to import, or select a spreadsheet by highlighting its name in the Files list. NExS imports the file at the current location of the cell cursor.

  4. To select a different directory, double-click on the directory name in the Directories list. NExS then displays the names of files in that directory in the Files list.

  5. Click OK to complete the Import operation.


You can also use Import/Cells to import an entire NExS spreadsheet (.xs3 file) into the current spreadsheet. Just specify the name of the .xs3 file to be imported in the Import/Cells operations, and all of the cells of the specified spreadsheet will be imported into the current spreadsheet, translated to the location of the cell cursor.


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999