Microsoft KB Archive/31182

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994

Article ID: Q31182

SUMMARY
ProVue (the maker of OverVue) recommends importing Microsoft Excel documents as text files. To save an Excel file as a text file, do the following:


 * 1) Open the worksheet in Excel you want to save as a text file.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Save As.
 * 3) In the Save As Dialog box, select the Text option.
 * 4) Click the Save button.

This document can then be opened in OverVue by following the instructions in the OverVue manual for importing a document in &quot;Tab Between Cells Format.&quot; To transfer an OverVue document into Excel, do the following:


 * 1) Start OverVue.
 * 2) From the Print menu, choose Blank Report Template.
 * 3) From the Print menu, choose Edit Report Template.
 * 4) From the Special menu, choose Microsoft File.
 * 5) From the Template menu, choose Quit.
 * 6) From the Find menu, choose Select Commands to choose the records you want to transfer.
 * 7) From the Print menu, choose Print Report On Disk, give the report a name, and then click the Save Button.
 * 8) Quit out of OverVue.
 * 9) Open a new worksheet in Excel and choose Open from the File menu.
 * 10) Select the report you created in OverVue.
 * 11) Click the Open button.
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