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Export select rows only from Excel to use in documentation
Subject:Export select rows only from Excel to use in documentation From:Svi Ben-Elya <svib -at- flashnetworks -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:15:50 +0300
Can anyone help me automate export of parameter info from Excel for import
into table is FM. Please CC me.
Current Situation:
1. I automatically separate out the relevent columns to a separate worksheet
(defined in Excel).
2. I use a separate column to mark which rows I need for which worksheet.
All rows appear in the worksheet (relevant ones with text - other are
blank).
3. I save the worksheet as a tab delimited file.
4. I import the .txt file into FrameMaker and save as text. The table is
fine except that I am stuck with all of the blank lines.
Needed Mechanism:
1. I want to automatically remove all of the blank lines either inside the
Excel file or when I export (save as).
2. I also want to add a bracket to the start and end of one of the cell
values in the worksheet.
T(Sheet1!A2),"") places the relevant text into the worksheet field if
"3-Common" is found.
"" keeps the cell empty if "3-Common" is not found.
- Svi Ben-Elya -
Documentation Manager
svib -at- flashnetworks -dot- com
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