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<h1 id="hd_id2300180" dir="auto">Text to Columns</h1>
<p id="par_id655232" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><a name="text2columns"></a>Opens the Text to Columns dialog, where you enter settings to expand the contents of selected cells to multiple cells.</p>
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<h2 id="hd_id9599597" dir="auto">To expand cell contents to multiple cells</h2>
<p id="par_id2021546" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can expand cells that contain comma separated values (CSV) into multiple cells in the same row. </p>
<p id="par_id2623981" class="paragraph" dir="auto">For example, cell A1 contains the comma separated values <span class="literal">1,2,3,4</span>, and cell A2 contains the text <span class="literal">A,B,C,D</span>. </p>
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<p id="par_id6999420" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Choose <span class="emph">Data - Text to Columns</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id9276406" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Select the separator options. The preview shows how the current cell contents will be transformed into multiple cells.</p>
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<p id="par_id8523819" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can select a fixed width and then click the ruler on the preview to set cell breakup positions.</p>
<p id="par_id1517380" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can select or enter separator characters to define the positions of breaking points. The separator characters are removed from the resulting cell contents.</p>
<p id="par_id7110812" class="paragraph" dir="auto">In the example, you select the comma as a delimiter character. Cells A1 and A2 will be expanded to four columns each. A1 contains 1, B1 contains 2, and so on.</p>
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