The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0
SUMMARY
To import MORE II outlines into Microsoft Excel, do the following:
- Make sure that the Plain Text filter is located in the System
Folder.
- From the File menu, choose Save As (to export the entire file) or
Send To (to export the current selection).
- Select the Plain Text filter and save the document. The document is
converted to a tab-delimited text file, with each sublevel
represented by one tab.
- This file can then be opened into Excel.
MORE INFORMATION
Please note the following:
- MORE II saves text files with tabs delimiting each subheading. In
Excel, each tab is treated as a separate column. The resulting
spreadsheet will look basically like the outline did, with each
subheading being indented successive columns to the right.
- Labels present problems for Excel (they can be turned off by
selecting No Labels from the Save As dialog box in MORE II). When
labels are exported with the outline, Excel reads an extra tab in
front of document text (a label is simply a special type of
subheading in MORE II for dealing with long text. It is the
equivalent of document text in a Word outline). Therefore, with
labels, all document text is tabbed over one extra column when it
is imported (in fact, it is tabbed over to the same column as the
next level of subheadings). Without labels, the document text is
imported in the same column as the subheading it is beneath. Note
that this is local to a given subheading; that is, the subheadings
with labels export the extra tab in front of their respective
document text, and the opposite is true for any subheadings that do
not have labels.
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