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Old 07-25-2013, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SABRMnLgs View Post
I have about 20 Microsoft Office Word files I want to transfer to Microsoft Excel. Everything I have tried (drag and drop, etc) says "not valid'.
Excel is basically a database so difficult to put large Word files into it and keep them readable, but if you only have a small amount of verbiage in each document you should be able to copy and paste the text into cell A1 and Excel will lay it out as it deems best - you will lose most formatting, however