problem importing text into excel 2007

[PivotMan]

Hello,

I have data files (1 per day) that are downloaded from a vendor site. The
files come accross with a WR1 extention. I beleive this is a Lotus Syphony
format.

The data length of each row is about 480 characters in the WR1 file.

When i import the data into excel 2007...it is truncating the data at 255
characters. I thought that cap on cell length was eliminated in 2007.

So I tried opening the file using MS Word. the full row was shown. I
copied and pasted the data from Word into excel and the full row with 480
characters shows up in the first cell.

That is the result i am looking for, but would love to have it happen in
just one step. I do not want to have to open in word and transfer to excel.

Once the data is in the single cell in Excel, i can easily parse the data
according to the record layout.

So any idea why i cant import the text or open the text file in Excel 2007
without truncating the data?

Many thanks for your suggestions.
PivotMan

 

[Don]

How is the File format in Excel setup? When you open a new file or save a
file , we now have mult options and it appears you have it set as an older
version? Do file save/as .xlsm or .xlsx and not one of the older ones.

fyi - I like PivotMan name

 

[PivotMan]

Hi Don and thanks for responding. When I opened up the file and did a save
as, iit was oepning up as a text tab delimited file. I changed it to excel
workbook and amazingly the missing characters reappeared.

Any ideas on how to have this converted automatically?

Meaning, i get these files every day and it would be nice not to have to go
through the 2 step process. Open, Save as.

Thanks again...so simple, yet so complex!