Problems with importing text-data in Excel 2000

[Kjetil Madsen]

Hi!
We have just installed Office 2000 on a new laptop with
XP pro. The problem is that when we try to import ASCII
text (CSV) into Excel, this doesn't work. The same rutine
works allright when we use a PC with Windows 2000/Office
2000. How come ??? Do we need some patches ??

Kjetil M.
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[Dave Peterson]

The first place I'd look at is to see if there is a difference between the two
pc's list separator (the thing that defines the "comma" in the CSV files).

Windows start button|settings|control panel|Regional Settings Applet
Number Tab
It's near the bottom.

This is a windows setting, so it may affect other programs. You may want to
turn it back to the way it was. (On the other hand, if your co-worker is
running things ok, you should be able to keep that way, too????)